August 22, 2012
MTA payroll tax ruled unconstitutional
The controversial MTA payroll tax — which imposes a 34 cent tariff on every $100 that employers pay towards salaries — is unconstitutional, a state supreme court judge ruled today....
Azarenka gets top seed at U.S. Open, Serena No. 4
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka will be seeded No. 1 at the U.S. Open, with 2006 champion Maria Sharapova at No. 3, and three-time winner Serena Williams at No. 4. The U.S....
Rays move closer to Yankees with win over Royals
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --- James Shields gave the Tampa Bay Rays another strong pitching performance as they make their push in the AL East. Shields took a three-hitter into the...
Sale fans 13 as Chisox sweep Yankees
CHICAGO — Chris Sale struck out 13 in 7 2-3 stellar innings to get his 15th victory, Alex Rios hit a go-ahead homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the...
Rosario homers, leads Rockies past Mets 5-2
Wilin Rosario hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Mets 5-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight victory at Citi Field. Rosario...
Holmes returns to Jets team drills; RT rotation intrigues
Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes took another step toward returning from rib and back injuries Wednesday. Holmes participated in team drills for the first time since Aug. 4. He wore...
Cardinal Dolan to offer prayer at GOP convention: Romney
Cardinal Timothy Dolan will give the benediction at the Republican National Convention the night Mitt Romney accepts the presidential nomination. Romney announced the news in an interview with "The World...
Yankees’ Nova has tightness in shoulder, could land on DL
CHICAGO --- Ivan Nova is expected to miss his next start and could land on the disabled list after feeling tightness in his right shoulder.The Yankees righty suffered the injury...
Mets shut Santana down with back inflammation
Johan Santana can start contemplating 2013.The Mets left-hander is not expected to pitch again this season, after the team on Wednesday placed him on the disabled list with an inflammation...
WATCH: Nevada secretary of state wins MMA debut by KO
From the political arena to the MMA cage.Ross Miller, the Nevada secretary of state, made his amateur mixed martial arts debut last week, knocking out Jamaal Williams in the second...
Fed minutes indicate possible new action soon
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials spoke with increased urgency at their last meeting about the need to provide more help for a weak US economy. Many felt further support would...
Giants' Pierre-Paul will miss preseason game with back spasms
Scratch one defensive end from Friday night’s preseason game against the Bears – the game where the starters will receive extensive work before not playing much at all in the...
Michael Jackson's nephew appointed co-guardian
LOS ANGELES -- A judge has appointed Michael Jackson's nephew to share guardianship responsibilities for the singer's three children. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff during a hearing Wednesday named TJ...
Twin half-brothers of Ramarley Graham, teen shot by police, headed to prison
The twin half-brothers of an unarmed drug suspect who was killed by police are now headed to prison in a separate gun-gang case. A judge suggested both cases reflect the...
Taylor Swift scores biggest digital sales week for female artist with 'Never Ever'
Country star Taylor Swift's latest single made a record-breaking entry in Wednesday's Billboard Digital Songs chart, scoring the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a female artist....
NHL labor talks canceled, will resume Thursday
A week after their last session, the NHL and its Players Association still didn’t know how to proceed, so they cancelled Wednesday’s scheduled bargaining session in Toronto.The talks were cancelled...
Former Yankees starter Colon fails MLB drug test, suspended 50 games
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics was suspended for 50 games Wednesday after testing positive for testosterone. Major League Baseball made the...
NJ Transit to ramp up bus security effort
NEWARK — NJ Transit bus riders shouldn't be alarmed if they see an increased police presence at terminals around the state. Transit police will be more visible there and at...
KSM hearings at Gitmo canceled because of looming hurricane
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — A scheduled week-long series of hearings in the case against admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his cohorts was canceled today because of the looming...
Hunter returns to Jets practice Wednesday
Jets right tackle Wayne Hunter was back at practice Wednesday.The embattled tackle missed Tuesday's practice at MetLife Stadium for "personal reasons."OLB Calvin Pace rsaid he would practice on Thursday after...
DVD Extra: Gene Kelly, 100, and his rocky start at MGM
Thursday is the 100th anniversary of Gene Kelly's birth and I previewed TCM's "Summer Under the Sun'' tribute in Sunday's print edition. Here are some quick thoughts about a couple of films not included...
Two errors cited as cause for Second Ave. subway explosion
The mid-day explosion along the Second Avenue Subway zone might have been caused by two serious errors by the contractor, the MTA said today. Officials said that the blast appeared...
Despite trade talk, Jaguars, Jones-Drew saga could last a while
The fight between Maurice Jones-Drew and the Jaguars front office does not look like it is going to end anytime soon.According to an ESPN report, Jones-Drew has said that he...
Nadal to compete in exhibition at Madison Square Garden
Rafael Nadal is heading to the Big Apple to play tennis - only it'll be for an exhibition match next March, not the U.S. Open next week. Nadal, who pulled...
PayPal to expand services to retailers that take Discover
SAN JOSE, Calif. — PayPal says it is expanding its brick-and-mortar payment services to more than 7 million stores across the U.S. in a partnership with Discover. EBay Inc.'s payments...
Drew Peterson allegedly offered witness $25,000 to hire someone to kill third wife
JOLIET, Ill. — A witness testified at Drew Peterson's murder trial Wednesday that the former Illinois police officer offered him $25,000 to hire a hit man to kill his third...
Brain-damaged NJ boy gets $14.5 million in settlement
A New Jersey teenager left brain-damaged after being struck by a line drive off a metal bat while he was playing in a youth baseball game will receive $14.5 million...
Ex-Penn State president's lawyers dispute Freeh report
PHILADELPHIA — A lawyer for ousted Penn State President Graham Spanier attacked the university-sanctioned report on the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal Wednesday, calling it a "blundering and indefensible indictment" of...
Alpha 5-2 favorite for Travers Stakes
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin's 3-year-old colt Alpha, two-length winner of the Jim Dandy, is the 5-2 favorite in a field of 11 for Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes...
'One Man, Two Guvnors' earns back its investment shortly before leaving Broadway
The British farce "One Man, Two Guvnors" is laughing all the way to the bank — it's made back its money just before leaving Broadway. Producers of the James Corden-led...
Sapp: Belichick had odd way of expressing draft interest
Bill Belichick really, really wanted to draft Warren Sapp.So bad, Sapp said Tuesday on ESPN Radio’s Scott Van Pelt Show, that the current Patriots coach, then with the Browns, told...
Queens peacock eludes cops for 2nd day
Peacock 2, NYPD 0. For a second consecutive day, Emergency Service Cops have been unable to nab a plucky peacock who's turned a leafy Queens block into his home. The...
Dishonored developer interview
What gets me excited about video games these days are new IPs. Even in an industry plagued by somewhat uninspired sequels, there are still developers out there creating incredible new...
Darksiders II developer interview
Sequels that rely on an intricate storyline don’t usually like to jettison the main character players control from game to game. While there have been other characters in the Halo...
Akin still defiant but agrees to skip GOP convention
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women's...
B'klyn traffic agent busted for raping teen
A traffic enforcement agent was arrested and charged with rape yesterday, police said. Charles Taylor, 25, of the Bronx, was accused of taking a woman he texted and dated to...
Paul Ryan slams Obama over 'You didn't build that' remark
ROANOKE, Va. — GOP running mate Paul Ryan says President Obama's "you didn't build that" remark explains why the U.S. recovery has been so sluggish. At a campaign rally in...
Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home for sale in Ohio
BATH, Ohio — The childhood home of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is for sale in northern Ohio. The three-bedroom, 2,170-square foot home on a private wooded lot in Bath, near...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel most powerful woman in world, Hillary Clinton second: Forbes
Forbes magazine ranked German Chancellor Angela Merkel the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row in the annual list dominated by politicians, businesswomen and...
Obama surrogate Albright: We'll blame Bush 'forever'
Madeleine Albright pulled the curtain back on the Obama campaign while talking to a Democratic audience in Colorado recently when she said that an aspect of the strategy is to blame the Bush administration...
Silva-GSP megafight probable if St. Pierre wins next match
A megafight between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre is closer than ever before.UFC president Dana White said on the Dave & Mahoney radio show...
Rise in US home sales reflects steady improvement in housing market
WASHINGTON — Americans bought more homes in July than in June, the latest evidence that the housing market is slowly recovering. Sales of previously occupied homes rose to a seasonally...
48 dead in Kenyan clashes over land: police
MOMBASA, Kenya — Hundreds of farmers attacked a village, killing at least 48 people in southeastern Kenya in an escalation of clashes between the farming and pastoral communities over land...
Gov. Cuomo argues government can 'make your life better'
Gov. Cuomo delivered a simple message today that sounded like an keynote address for the Democratic Party: Make government work! "The Democratic Party believes in government. Government is a vehicle...
T-Mobile brings back unlimited data plan
NEW YORK — Unlimited wireless data is back. After sliding off the menu of cellphone plans, data plans with no caps are making a comeback at smaller wireless companies trying...
Toll Brothers third-quarter profit rises as it delivers more homes at higher prices
Active high-end buyers and the inklings of a housing market recovery proved to be a profitable mix for Toll Brothers in its third quarter, as it delivered more homes at...
Signs at former Jet Vilma's restaurant: 'Do not serve' commish
Roger Goodell is going to have to get his BBQ fix elsewhere in Miami.Brother Jimmy’s, a restaurant in the city owned in part by Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, has signs...
LL Cool J nabs intruder at LA home
LOS ANGELES — LL Cool J plays a special agent on TV's "NCIS: Los Angeles," and now he's caught an actual bad guy. Los Angeles police say the rapper grabbed...
Romney making up distance in swing states
According to the New York Times' Nate Silver, Mitt Romney is doing better in the swing states than he was in June and July. Silver is looking at the results...
Homelss man shot by transit officer in Harlem
A cop accidentally discharged his gun and wounded a homeless man during an arrest in Harlem yesterday, police said. Transit cops in a patrol car heard a woman screaming from...
3-point stance: Hunter, Tannenbaum and roster cuts
After practicing at MetLife Stadium for “Family Night,” the Jets return to Florham Park Wednesday to continue their preparation for Sunday’s game with the Panthers. Here are three things on...
Police investigating laser beams pointed at JFK-bound charter flight, helicopter
Police are investigating two incidents of laser beams pointed at aircraft — a charter flight coming in for a landing at Kennedy Airport and a helicopter dispatched to investigate the...
American Eagle net income falls in second quarter, retailer raises full-year earnings outlook
PITTSBURGH — American Eagle Outfitters' net income fell 4 percent in the second quarter as the retailer dealt with charges related to the sale of its 77kids business. Its adjusted...
Last year's champ Hansen out of Travers with injury
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Hansen, last year’s 2-year-old champion, will not run in Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes. “He had some inflammation in his left front leg this morning and is...
VIDEO: Hubbuch discusses Giants ice tub incident
The headlines around New York football over the last few days have been all about the Giants’ “hazing” incident – Jason Pierre-Paul tossing Prince Amukamara in a tub of ice...
New Jersey to auction off contents of prom gown shop
WAYNE, NJ — The assets of a northern New Jersey dress shop that closed in the middle of prom season will go on the auction block Wednesday. The state says...
Long Island teacher charged with DWI
A Long Island school teacher has been arrested on DWI and resisting arrest charges. Suffolk County police say 47-year-old Jay Condrill of Eastport was arrested on Tuesday. They say Condrill...
Poll shows White House race still tight
WASHINGTON — For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against President Obama....
Tropical Storm Isaac on GOP convention radar
MIAMI — Forecasters cast a wary eye Tuesday on Tropical Storm Isaac, which was moving west in the Atlantic Ocean and poses a potential threat to Florida during next week's...
Mars rover Curiosity prepares for test drive
LOS ANGELES — Scientists were preparing to send Curiosity on its first test drive over the billion-year-old rocks of Mars and said a busted wind sensor wouldn't jeopardize its mission...
USDA eyes whether tainted beef entered food supply
FRESNO, Calif. - Federal regulators who shut down a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving an animal welfare video were investigating whether beef from sick cows reached the human food supply....
YouTube launches presidential campaign live stream
YouTube has launched a dedicated presidential campaign channel that will feature live streaming video from the two parties' conventions and upcoming nationally televised debates as well as video content generated...
Tropical Storm Isaac getting better organized
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Isaac is getting better organized as it approaches the Carribbean. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Wednesday are near 45 mph. The US National Hurricane Center...
Gold-medal gymnast Aly Raisman signs endorsement deal with Poland Spring
BOSTON — Gold-medal winning Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman has signed her first major endorsement deal since returning from the London Olympics. The Needham, Mass. native this week signed a one-year...
A-listers to appear on 'Stand Up to Cancer' telethon
LOS ANGELES — An A-list cast of celebrities is joining a telethon to raise money and awareness to fight cancer. Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Samuel L. Jackson and...
Syrian forces kill at least 31 in Damascus raids
BEIRUT — Syrian regime forces shelled two Damascus districts Wednesday before troops backed by tanks swept through to carry out house-to-house raids in search of opposition fighters, killing at least...
US regulators investigating possible violation of Iran sanctions by RBS: report
LONDON — US officials are investigating possible violations of sanctions against Iran by Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's Financial Times reported Wednesday.. The part-nationalized bank declined to comment except to...
Scare for top gen.
America’s top general, on a mission to assess progress in the war against the Taliban, flew to Afghanistan — where his plane was hit by two rockets inside a heavily...
Bibi seeks rabbi blessing on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his national security adviser to convince a prominent rabbi that an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is kosher, officials disclosed yesterday. But it was...
Where is Busta Rhymes in your Top 5?
In the early '90s, hip hop music gave birth to classic hits and colorful fashion trends. Through a group called Leaders of the New School and A Tribe Called Quest,...
New coach instills revamped attitude, hunger in motivated Royals
Christ the King’s players eased up, thinking Day 2 of practice was over. Big mistake. New coach Tyree Allison wasn’t happy with the way a few players finished up their...
Sky is falling! Pondexter sparks Liberty
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Cappie Pondexter scored 25 points and Plenette Pierson added 21 as the Liberty beat the Chicago Sky 77-67 Tuesday night to pull within a half game of...
Youkilis' grand slam keeps Nova, Yankees scuffling
CHICAGO — There are many benefits to CC Sabathia jumping off the disabled list Friday night. One, the ace returns from an inflamed left elbow as the Yankees’ AL East...
Yankees hurlers Sabathia, Pettitte eager to pitch in
CHICAGO — With the Rays pulling within four games and September looming, the Yankees received encouraging news Tuesday about two arms they not only need back from the disabled list...
Yankees' Pettitte not fazed by Clemens' return
CHICAGO — Andy Pettitte said he isn’t shocked Roger Clemens is making a comeback attempt at 50. “I guess you could say it kind of surprised me, but I guess...
Improved Richardson, hungry Heumegni have Hayes thinking big
James Richardson began last season fulfilling his dream by being named the starting quarterback at Cardinal Hayes as a junior. His season, however, was a mixed bag of game-winning drives...
Inexperienced Mount looks for collective effort to compete
Mount St. Michael has had its established stars in recent years. Last year was no different as the Mountaineers featured one of the city's top defenses. With the majority of...
Iona lands possible steal in former St. John's recruit Pelle
Iona landed arguably the biggest recruit in program history Tuesday night. Now the question is will Norvel Pelle, the 6-foot-11 former St. John’s signee from Compton, Calif., get cleared by...
Stout line anchors Flushing's hunt for playoff success
For all the success Flushing has enjoyed in the short time since Jim DeSantis resurrected the football program, there is still one mammoth hole in the program’s list of accomplishments....
Expect plenty of drama & noise at Bethpage Black’s No. 17
The par-3 17th hole on the Black Course at Bethpage was a tranquil setting yesterday. Groups of golfers lumbered through, hitting one or two tee shots before putting from various...
Popular Mickelson returns to site of heartbreak at Bethpage
A man’s voice bellowed from the crowd outside the ropes surrounding the 18th green at Bethpage Black yesterday as Phil Mickelson and his playing partners — Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler...
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...
Business briefs
Sirius suit Sirius XM Radio was sued by the Miami Police Relief and Pension Fund, which contends the board isn’t doing enough to protect the satellite-radio provider from a potential...
ABC goes for the late-night ad gold
Disney-ABC TV boss Anne Sweeney is making a grab for a bigger slice of the $400 million late-night ad pie. Thanks to higher ratings and a bounce in ad bucks,...
Best Buy battle: Ex-CEO Schulze enlists allies
Last week, Richard Schulze was targeting Best Buy. This week, he’s targeting Best Buy’s board. Schulze, whose bid for as much as $9.5 billion was spurned by the nation’s largest...
Talk pays for SEC stoolie
Almost a year after launching a new program to get people to blow the whistle on corporate wrongdoing, the Securities and Exchange Commission handed out its first award. An unidentified...
Tara’s Maiden voyage
SL Green has now hired Tara Stacom at Cushman & Wakefield to handle leasing of the nearly 850,000 square feet of space at 180 Maiden Lane that could be available...
MetroPCS loves hogs
Data hogs, welcome! MetroPCS is offering unlimited data plans — with no strings attached — at a time when most rivals are clamping down on heavy users. Yesterday, MetroPCS, the...
Apple at the root of Tiger profits
New York star hedgie Chase Coleman is on his way to a standout year — but a good chunk of his returns are supported by one very Main Street investment:...
Facebook’s ‘humour’ defense is folly
Facebook thinks that discussing the rape of children is a joke. The social network, whose stock has been in a death spiral since its initial public offering in May, decided...
'50 Shades of Grey' whips up sales at Barnes & Noble
Wanted: attractive, leather-bound books — especially if they’ve taken a few nicks! Lusty demand for the raunchy “50 Shades of Grey” series tickled sales and pinched losses at Barnes &...
Diller ups the ante for About
New York mogul Barry Diller is now the highest bidder for About.com, a Web property that’s on fire sale by the cash-strapped New York Times. Diller and his IAC/InterActiveCorp bid...
Another FB big selling
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz sold 450,000 shares in the social-networking site, the latest holder to sell after a lock-up restriction expired last week. The sale leaves Moskovitz with 7.05 million...
Modern Luxury to hit Hamptons
The summer season may be winding down in the East End, but Modern Luxury is plotting to invade the turf long dominated by rival Niche Media with a new magazine....
Yelp reviews bite: dentist
A Manhattan dentist is giving a one-star thumbs-down to a popular Internet review site. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Dr. Mal Braverman says Yelp only has "defamatory" bad...
Khalid and his killer crew head back to court
Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his cohorts will be back in a high-security military courtroom tomorrow for a series of hearings leading up to their terrorism trial in...
A train’s gun-thug rob spree
Cops are hunting for a pistol-packing goon over an A-train robbery spree in which he snatched cell-phones, a laptop, jewelry and a wallet from his three victims so far this...
Suicide director eyed ‘Top Gun 2’
Suicidal movie mogul Tony Scott spent his final days with actor Tom Cruise preparing to film a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster movie “Top Gun,” according to reports. They were...
Press pussies soft on O
In its otherwise glorious history, the Oval Office has suffered its share of scoundrels. Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, to name just two, certainly left distinctive stains. Yet Barack Obama’s...
Camera truly an instamatic
This is a dream come true for shutterbugs and maybe for NFL replays: the world’s fastest camera, which can snap a trillion photos in just one second. MIT researchers have...
Bronx safe — for criminals
The cops cuff ’em, and the Bronx DA sets ’em free. Prosecutors working under District Attorney Robert Johnson routinely decline to pursue cases — at a rate twice as high...
Planned Parenthood $etback
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Texas can cut off funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women, even before a trial...
Teen slain at party
A teen was shot to death at a birthday party in Brooklyn yesterday — all over some disc-jockey equipment, police sources said. Darius Robinson, 17, was at a friend’s cookout...
Woman killed in Bronx horror crash
An elderly woman was killed and her husband is fighting for his life after a head-on collision in The Bronx last night, authorities said. A Mitsubishi Galant slammed into a...
Catholic schools go indy
PHILADELPHIA — Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will soon be managed by a private foundation, a historic arrangement that could reinvigorate a system decimated by high costs...
Cagey peacock ruffles Queens cops’ feathers
They can rappel down skyscrapers, rescue plane-crash survivors from an icy river, and go toe-to-toe with terrorists. But elite NYPD Emergency Service Unit cops were outsmarted yesterday by a plucky...
Gal, 62, abandons Cuba-to-Florida swim
MIAMI — Veteran long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad reached dry land yesterday, although not the way she had hoped after giving up on her fourth and possibly final attempt to make...
2nd death in LI home blast
A second person has died following a propane explosion that destroyed a Long Island house, killing an 18-month-old boy and injuring more than a dozen others.Patricia Salegna-Maqueda, 46, died last...
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Casino wants $1.5M back from winners
This gambling den made it hard to lose. An embarrassed Atlantic City casino is suing 14 gamblers — including two Big Apple residents — demanding they return the whopping $1.5...
‘Pot king’ charged in 5 hits
The alleged leader of a massive pot-selling ring was hit yesterday with a federal racketeering indictment that charges him with ordering five murders to protect his business between 1997 and...
Driver held in ‘cop hit’
The Queens man who drove into three cops last week while fleeing arrest surrendered yesterday, police said.Jeffrey Contreras, 23, was behind the wheel of a 2011 Toyota Rav4 when he...
‘Robbers’ unmasked
This year’s Dumb & Dumber award goes to — these guys. Edward Byam and Akeem Monsalvatge allegedly posed as cops and wore realistic masks while robbing a cash-checking store in...
JetBlue ass-enger tirade
At least this time, it wasn’t the pilot. A New York-to-Los Angeles JetBlue flight made an emergency landing in Denver after a drunken, freaked-out passenger groped a pregnant woman and...
Mars rover to roll
LOS ANGELES — Scientists yesterday prepared to send Curiosity on its first test drive over the billion-year-old rocks of Mars. Mission manager Mike Watkins said a broken wind sensor wouldn’t...
E. Side fire heroes hurt
Three firefighters were injured battling a two-alarm Upper East Side blaze yesterday, authorities said.The fire started at about 7:30 a.m. on the second floor of 797 Lexington Ave., and spread...
3-car SoHo crash mayhem
A three-car accident yesterday sent a station wagon flying into a storefront in SoHo, authorities said.The smash-up occurred at about 5:30 p.m. when a black Mercedes making an illegal U-turn...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A suspect is wanted for the violent robbery and possible sex assault of a woman in a West Village massage parlor, police said yesterday. The perp entered the...
Heels get spiked in ‘orgy’ shoe ad
Shoo! This huge banner ad for famed shoe designer Brian Atwood, showing naked men on a couch stroking Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel’s long legs, has been banned by the...
The ‘sell’ block: Upstate prison can be yours for 390G
ALBANY — Looking for a Big House? There’s one for sale in upstate Madison County. The state plans to put the former Camp Georgetown minimum-security prison on the auction block...
NYers frack & forth: poll
ALBANY — New Yorkers are fractured down the middle when it comes to fracking, a new poll has found. A Siena College survey released yesterday found that 39 percent of...
Vamp tramp comes out of hiding
She looks as pale as Snow White. Actress Kristen Stewart finally stepped out from the shadows yesterday and into the LA daylight in this exclusive first photo since her bust-up...
Slots of NYers back casinos
New Yorkers would vote to legalize Vegas-style casinos if the issue were on the ballot today, a new poll found.Big Apple residents favor full-fledged casinos — with live card-table games...
Judge card sharp: Nixes poker rap
His gamble paid off. A man who was found guilty of running illegal poker games on Staten Island saw his conviction tossed yesterday when a judge ruled that “Texas Hold...
Second Avenue kaboom town!
What a boom-doggle! Second Avenue Subway workers put a protective cover over the wrong hole during escalator-shaft blasting yesterday, sources told The Post — resulting in a massive explosion that...
Ryan hits prez with guns blazing
WASHINGTON — Paul Ryan yesterday zinged President Obama by playing his guns and Catholic cards.“Hey, I am a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns...
Defiant GOPer Akin stays put
WASHINGTON — Rep. Todd Akin defiantly turned his back on pleas from Republican leaders — including Mitt Romney — to drop out of the Senate race in Missouri by last...
Joe to stump in belly of beast
WASHINGTON — The Democrats are sending Vice President Joe Biden to Tampa next week just as the Republicans kick off their national convention there, the latest in-your-face move in the...
Obama taps NBA $tar light
WASHINGTON — President Obama is hoping Michael Jordan and other hoop stars help him catch up to Mitt Romney in the campaign money race at three New York fund-raisers. Obama...
Semen signal: Hey, ova here!
Semen not only carries sperm, it also triggers a woman’s brain to produce an egg to fertilize, a new study shows. Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada used...
US Open ump in hubby ‘slay’
A feisty 70-year-old US Open ump who has crossed swords with tennis legends John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors was busted at her Midtown hotel yesterday for allegedly killing her 80-year-old...
SoHo is blue over Tiffany
Tiffany & Co. is coming to SoHo — but neighbors are seeing red, not Tiffany blue. Residents of 104 Wooster St. say contractors for the legendary jewelry store have been...
Pol piggy bank goes belly up
The nonprofit in which Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera allegedly stashed one of her lovers shriveled up when she could no longer deliver the government cash keeping it afloat, The Post has...
Big bogus blue jean seizure
Just in time to thwart illegal vendors’ back-to-school sales, federal agents have seized hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of knockoff blue jeans and kids’ lunch bags.US Customs and Border...
Diaz pal’s 500G ‘theft’
The head of two Bronx charities with ties to state Sen. Ruben Diaz was slapped with an additional charge yesterday of stealing more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds. The expanded...
Drown kin sue tour firms
HONOLULU — The family of a New York teen swept out to sea while hiking in Hawaii filed a wrongful-death lawsuit yesterday against two tour companies, claiming guides were negligent...
Double-job probe of Naomi’s beau
Bronx Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera’s schoolteacher boy toy is one busy guy. After teaching all day at a Brooklyn elementary school, coaching youth sports teams and attending school functions, Tommy Torres...
Afghanistan mission’s new woes
The recent string of “green-on-blue” (Afghan on US/Coalition troops) attacks in Afghanistan are cause for real worry: Not only might the Coalition’s vital mission to provide security training to the...
The GOP’s Akin heart
Todd Akin, the Missouri Senate candidate who believes a woman’s violated body can prevent pregnancy as long as it’s a “legitimate rape,” is not going to drop out of the...
Russian to judgment: A wrist-slap for ‘riot’
The Issue: Whether a Russian punk band convicted of “hooliganism” deserves its two-year jail sentence. *** Considering whom they were disrespecting, the three ladies of the Russian punk band Pussy...
NY’s anti-jobs 'culture'
The Issue: Whether the Cuomo administration should ease regulations to aid yogurt companies. *** I agree with Abby Wisse Schachter that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is...
Christie’s unconventional vow
“I don’t think they have any expectation, nor have they requested, that I have a personality-ectomy between now and next Tuesday. They know what they’re buying.” — New Jersey Gov....
Turtle Bay pickpockets
Maybe someone at the State Department is practicing for the role of Capt. Renault in a remake of Casablanca. What else, after all, could explain the department’s claim that it...
The Sheekey delusions
Who’s suffering from City Hall’s biggest delusion: Mike Bloomberg or John Liu? Bloomberg, for insisting that the winning bidder on the lucrative Tavern on the Green franchise did “exactly the...
Cuomo’s big bank heist
Is the Cuomo administration’s rough justice for a British bank meant to fight global money-laundering — or grab cash to plug New York’s bottomless budget hole? Two weeks ago, New...
Ignoring the Times, to keep NYC safe
Though Mayor Bloomberg often appears to be leading the charge on some of modern liberalism’s pet governing projects, there is a line that he will absolutely not cross: the sentiment,...
Money madness
‘Wall Street” meets “Good-fellas” — that’s how they’re describing Chazz Palminteri’s new play “Human,” which is slated to open on Broadway in the spring. Palminteri, who got his start with...
Too much religion from Cissy’s the gospel truth
At the BET Awards last month, Cissy Houston took part in a show-stealing tribute to her daughter, Whitney, that featured a medley sung by Monica and a poignant eulogy given...
Zito eyes upset at Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Hall-of-Fame trainer Nick Zito remembers the 2000 Travers Stakes, when his colt Albert the Great was beaten a nose by Unshaded, like it was yesterday. “That was...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Sentence for ex-Jet Brown Former NFL player and assistant coach Corwin Brown received a suspended four-year sentence yesterday for striking his wife and holding her hostage during a police...
Parx Racing Charts
August 21st, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:26. Good. dueled rail, drew awayTime: 22.76, 46.66, 59.42, 1:06.25.Trainer: J. GuerreroWinner: CH F, 3,...
NHL labor talks resume Wednesday as deadline looms
Common ground is as scarce as time in the NHL CBA negotiations that resume today in Toronto. The sides adjourned last week with the league and the Players Association agreeing...
Affrunti at Delaware Graded Entries
Post Time: 1:15 p.m.FIRST-1m; $12,000; cl($6,250); 3up; (f&m)4-Lookin' Foxy 2-12-Shezoutahere 20-18-Grand Gracie 3-13-Win Picture 10-17-AreYouJokinMe9-25-ParadeofColors4-11-Hidden Joy 8-16-Art's Girl 20-1SECOND-6f; $12,000; mdn cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)8-ExpectingMney3-23-Icunvme 10-14-Barbara 15-15-MyAngelHarriet9-29-TemptatnsSng10-16-Five Star Brew 5-11-Queen'sCrredr10-17-SoldIntheMddle8-12-Gitanilla 12-1THIRD-5...
Derby runner-up Bodemeister retired
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Trainer Bob Baffert’s 3-year-old colt Bodemeister, unraced since finishing second in the Preakness, has been retired to stud at WinStar Farm in Kentucky.According to a release, the...
Del Mar Graded Entries
Post Time: 5:00 p.m.FIRST-6f; $40,000; str hcp; 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 Papa G. T.(L),122MPedrz1-10-44-13 OldManLake(L),122JTalam1-8-x5-22 Justa Gusta(L),122PValnzl1-5-x12-14 Pearl Daddy(L),122RBejrn1-2-x9-25 ConfederatRcnL122ADlgdll1-3-54-16 Monument(L),122MGarci1-x-x2-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $50,000; cl($40,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3 FiveStarDavid(L120GGomz1-2-17-22 Peacenik(L),120RBejrn3-4-15-25...
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The Post Line
Preseason NFL Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Packers 2 1/2 3 (45) BENGALS RAVENS 7 7 (41 1/2) Jaguars TITANS 4 1/2 3 1/2 (42) Cardinals Friday GIANTS 4...
Hondo fishing for Marlin
Nova, the falling star, had his usual nothing last night, which proved costly to the Yankees, whose loss in Chicago sent Hondo’s burgeoning deficit skyrocketing to a chunky 2,240 reniffs....
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 22 THUAug. 23 FRIAug. 24 SATAug. 25 SUNAug. 26 MONAug. 27 TUEAug. 28 Yankees Chicago 8:10YES NetworkWCBS 880 AM NO GAME Cle.7:05WWORWCBS Cle.7:05YESWCBS Cle.1:05YESWCBS Tor.7:05YESWCBS Tor.7:05YESWCBS Mets Colorado7:10 SportsNet...
Africa lands first win at Little League World Series
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The first team from Africa in the Little League World Series will go home with one win. “This was so great,” Lugazi, Uganda, manager Henry Odong...
Umpire who blew perfect game saves Diamondbacks employee with CPR
PHOENIX — This time, Jim Joyce made the right call. You might say he was perfect. A major-league umpire for 24 seasons, Joyce gained notoriety in 2010 when his missed...
Connecticut kids bounced at LLWS
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Powerful Petaluma, Calif., can pitch, too. Hance Smith’s three-run homer in the third broke open a tight game, and Quinton Gago struck out seven over 5...
Giants veteran tackle looking forward to opportunity to play
Sean Locklear has been here before, where he bounces from side to side on the offensive line in hopes of finding a permanent home. The summer comes and goes, and...
Mets' Bay adjusts to limited action
Jason Bay still is trying to get the hang of his new part-time status with the Mets. The struggling outfielder , who was absent from last night’s starting lineup because...
Jones-Drew holdout starting to get ugly
Maurice Jones-Drew’s holdout appears far from over. His agent, Adisa Bakari, told the Associated Press yesterday the Jaguars running back is upset with owner Shad Khan’s recent public comments about...
Clemens not ruling out a return to big leagues
Roger Clemens didn’t say yes yesterday when asked about a possible return to the major leagues. More significantly, he didn’t say no. And maybe that tells us everything we need...
Yankees reliever Joba might be demoted
CHICAGO — Joba Chamberlain is not immune to being sent out to make room for CC Sabathia. Though the Yankees are mum about who goes when Sabathia comes off the...
Rays stay four games out
Eric Hosmer’s two-out single in the 10th inning drove in the only run in the Royals’ 1-0 victory over the Rays last night in a classic pitchers’ duel between Kansas...
Cuban rips Knicks' Kidd for leaving Mavericks
Jason Kidd shouldn’t expect a warm welcome when the Knicks visit Dallas in November. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ripped his former player yesterday, saying he would not consider retiring Kidd’s...
Nets owner Prokhorov takes ‘little’ dig at rival Dolan
The rivalry between the Knicks and Nets is getting as heated off the court as it is expected to be on it this season. Some more spice was added to...
Zach fills out Tiger-Rory group in Barclays
Zach Johnson is under no illusions about what his place will be in the threesome that includes Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy for the first two rounds of The Barclays...
Round of golf claps for Augusta’s move to include females
One day after Augusta National announced it was admitting its first two women members, the news was still buzzing among PGA Tour players during the Barclays Championship practice round Tuesday....
Ryan excuses struggling Hunter from Jets practice
The Wayne Hunter saga continued last night when the Jets’ embattled right tackle was excused from a public workout for “personal reasons” while speculation swirled that the team is vigorously...
No defense for sputtering Jets offense
A Jets “attack” that set offensive football back decades in the first two exhibition games didn’t look any better during last night’s open practice at MetLife Stadium. Mark Sanchez threw...
Rookie LB Davis giving it all for Jets
File under the category of man bites dog. Or alligator — because this wasn’t your every-day complaint. After rookie third-round pick Demario Davis pulled a hamstring in conditioning tests just...
Jets GM: We’ll handle pressure
Mike Tannenbaum knows there is a lot expected of him and his team this season. But the Jets general manager also knows the expectations of others, including his team’s rabid...
Giants rookie RB Wilson nervous on verge of first start
Prior to each season, Giants running back David Wilson determines his goals and writes them down. He still hasn’t done it for his rookie campaign. But it could be finished...
Giants DT Rogers may return from clot
It’s possible Shaun Rogers might not miss all of the 2012 season. Rogers recently was found to have had a blood clot in his leg, a revelation that would cost...
Hazing glare gives Giants feel for how Jets live
For a day, for a news cycle, the Giants got a taste of how the other half lives — which is to say, on the record, on the edge, on...
Collins fumes after Mets' latest lackluster loss
If they can’t beat the Rockies, there’s always the Astros. If that doesn’t pan out for the Mets, maybe they can get a best-of-seven series going against the Newark Bears....
Mets may shut down Santana
Johan Santana isn’t officially done for the season yet, but signs point to the Mets left-hander at minimum missing his scheduled start Thursday against the Rockies. After experiencing lower-back soreness...
Starr Report
Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show returns Sept. 10 for its second season, armed with a new set in a new studio with a new format — and even a new...
Mama ‘Boo Boo’
The breakout star of TLC’s “Toddlers & Tiaras” spinoff, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” isn’t its mouthy redneck cherub. It’s her mama. June Shannon has proven more divisive than her...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYJENNIFER LOVE HEWITT - Dr. Phil, 7 a.m., (OWN)KYLE MASSEY, CANDACE NELSON - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7ZAC EFRON, KEVIN COSTNER, CARLEY RONEY - LIVE! with Kelly, 9...
Former Giant Strahan is Ripa’s new TV man: report
Looks like you can call it “Live With Kelly and Michael.” Ex-Giants star Michael Strahan will be named Kelly Ripa’s co-host on Sept. 4, according to various reports. As The...
Jimmy neutron
ABC is detonating the late-night landscape, moving “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to butt heads with Jay Leno and David Letterman at 11:35 p.m. “JKL,” which currently airs at midnight, will move...
Brrrrace yourself for ‘Sea Gold’
If you think that “Bering Sea Gold” — the series in which madmen risk their lives diving and dredging for gold in the treacherous Bering Sea off Nome, Alaska —...
Puttin' on the spritz!
Matthew Hamilton knows how to shoot — and spritz. The former Marine is the chef-owner of Lulu & Po, a new restaurant in Fort Greene, where patrons are downing wine...
Restaurants melt in summer of flops
No wonder the “Brooklyn Rules” restaurant crowd is so full of itself — Manhattan has seen enough dining-scene disasters in the past few months to make it the culinary world’s...
Taste test
With its Upper East Side address, steep prices and business-suit-clad clientele, Park Avenue Summer isn’t exactly the place where you’d expect to find a gaggle of 30-something Brooklynites sipping experimental...
Weird but true
Let’s say it one more time: Don’t party with monkeys. Police in Augusta, Ga., arrested a lab technician at Georgia Health Sciences University when they found him drunk and partially...
3 stabbed in Bronx
Three men were stabbed today in the Bronx in two incidents that occurred within a mile of each other, authorities said. First, two men were attacked around 4:20 p.m. on...
Woman crashes car into store after suffering seizure
A woman slammed her car into a store on Canal Street today after suffering a seizure and striking another vehicle, authorities and witnesses said. The accident occurred around 5:30 p.m....