August 24, 2012
Clemens: 'I'm nowhere near major league ready'
SUGAR LAND, Texas — Roger Clemens says he’s not ready to return to the major leagues. The 50-year-old Clemens is scheduled to start on Saturday for the Sugar Land Skeeters...
Yankees' Jeter stays in despite getting beaned in head
CLEVELAND — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter stayed in the game despite getting hit in the batting helmet by a pitch. Jeter was hit in the left side of his head...
Yankees' Girardi: I would have 'never' hit heckler
According to Joe Girardi getting swept three games by the White Sox in Chicago had nothing to do with him snapping at a heckling fan who called the manager a...
Clemens thinks Armstrong 'got fed up' with accusations
SUGAR LAND, Texas — Roger Clemens says he can only speculate at why Lance Armstrong decided to stop fighting charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. “I...
Gonzalez, Loney scratched from lineups with Red Sox, Dodgers close to blockbuster
BOSTON — Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez and the Dodgers’ James Loney were scratched from their team’s starting lineups Friday night as the clubs tried to finalize a major trade. The Red...
Tiger overcomes achy back to stay in contention at Barclays
The common phrase this year — "Tiger's back" — took on a new meaning Friday at The Barclays. Woods felt a twinge in his lower back when he awoke and...
Apple wins blockbuster lawsuit against Samsung
A jury has ruled for Apple in its huge smartphone patent infringement case involving Samsung and ordered Samsung to pay $1.05 billion. In its lawsuit filed last year, Apple Inc....
Sabathia stops Yanks' streak, beats Indians 3-1
CLEVELAND — CC Sabathia came off the disabled list and went into the eighth inning and Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer to help the Yankees snap a three-game losing...
Astros beat Mets 3-1 for DeFrancesco's 1st win
Jordan Lyles won for the first time in two months and the Houston Astros snapped a seven-game skid Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the sluggish Mets, giving Tony...
Soler: Red Bulls can't win unless they fix their failing defense
GM Erik Soler isn’t managing expectations, proclaiming his Red Bulls have enough talent to win their first-ever domestic title – and that includes their beleaguered defense. But he admits if...
Jets punter Conley's job could be on the line
Jets punter T.J. Conley could be kicking for his job this week. After two poor punts against the Giants last week, the Jets are keeping an eye on other team's...
Red Bulls captain Thierry Henry to miss first-place showdown for birth of son
Thierry Henry will miss the biggest game of the Red Bulls’ season for one of the biggest events of his life. Henry and significant other Andrea Rajacic welcomed a son...
Jets to take long look at kickers after Sunday's game
The Jets will make a decision on their kickers after Sunday's game with the Panthers, although that decision may they need to take a longer look.Kickers Nick Folk and Josh...
Sam, Barklage possibilities for Red Bulls on Sunday
Red Bulls rookie keeper Ryan Meara was ruled out for the rest of the season; but newly-signed winger Lloyd Sam and recovering right back Brandon Barklage are both possibilities for...
Rousey: Jones has 'responsibility to defend' UFC title
Ronda Rousey seems to have an opinion on everything, so it’s no surprise she has taken a hard-line stance about Jon Jones and the cancellation of UFC 151.The Strikeforce women’s...
WATCH: Titans returner breaks leg in gruesome fashion
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee returner Marc Mariani had surgery Thursday night after breaking his left leg at the end of a punt return in the first quarter against the Arizona...
Tebow won't play in Jets final preseason game
The Jets will rest backup quarterback Tim Tebow in Thursday's preseason finale against the Eagles, Jets coach Rex Ryan announced Friday.Starters traditionally sit out the final preseason game, but it...
Rabies scare at Ravens game
These football fans might be rabid — literally. Health officials are warning Baltimore Ravens fans they may have been exposed to rabies when a bat landed on a fan's shoulder...
Jets draw Rex's ire with sloppy practice
Jets coach Rex Ryan was unhappy with his team's final practice before Sunday's preseason game with the Panthers."I thought we had too many mistakes on both sides of the ball,"...
Tennis ref appears in LA to face murder charge
LOS ANGELES — A professional tennis referee accused of killing her 80-year-old husband has made her first court appearance in Los Angeles after being extradited from New York. Lois Goodman's...
Singh among leaders, Tiger in the hunt at Barclays
Vijay Singh feels he is playing as well as he ever has. Now if he can just get a win to prove it. Singh played bogey-free Friday on Bethpage Black...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker denies he's talking up a run for NJ governor
NEWARK — Speculation about Newark Mayor Cory Booker's political future swirled Friday following a report that he was telling state party chairs that he is mulling a gubernatorial run against...
Aurora 'shooter' James Holmes told classmate he wanted to kill people in March
DENVER — Newly filed court records allege that the man accused of opening fire on an Aurora movie theater told a classmate he wanted to kill people four months before...
Bernanke says there's room for Fed to act further
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke makes clear in a letter to a House lawmaker that he thinks the Fed can do more to bolster the economic recovery and...
2 US gov't employees hurt in Mexico shooting
MEXICO CITY — Two U.S. government employees were shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday, a law enforcement official said. The two...
Fans attacked at 49ers game sue team, NFL
SAN FRANCISCO — Two San Francisco 49ers fans who were attacked during a preseason home game against the rival Oakland Raiders have sued the team, parking lot security firm and...
Melo wants to bring Olympic 'mentality' back to Knicks
Carmelo Anthony wants the Knicks to have a gold medal mindset. The Knicks forward said that he wants to bring the mentality that Team USA had during its gold medal-winning...
Tony Scott's notes didn't mention health issues, motive for suicide: coroner
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County coroner's officials say notes left behind by "Top Gun" director Tony Scott did not give a motive why he would kill himself. Coroner's office...
Astros owner open to Clemens returning to big leagues
Welcome home, Rocket.That’s what Astros owner Jim Crane would tell Roger Clemens if he decides to return to Major League Baseball. The legendary pitching great will start Saturday for the...
Vito Lopez engaged in 'verbal, physical sexual abuse'; stripped of post and perks: panel
Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Vito Lopez, one of the most powerful politicians in the state, is being stripped of his power after an ethics panel found he had engaged...
RBS closing in on LIBOR settlement: sources
Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to agree a settlement in the next two months with US and UK authorities investigating its role in an interest-rate rigging scandal, according to...
Jets' Sanchez given better ratings than Tebow in Madden NFL '13 video game
Tim Tebow is looking up at Mark Sanchez on the depth chart in video game land, too.Madden NFL ’13, the latest installment of the popular franchise by EA Sports, has...
UFC's Jones to fight Belfort; Silva tried to save lost card
The saga of Jon Jones and ghost card UFC 151 took yet another swerve Friday.Lyoto Machida turned down a rematch with Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title on Sept....
Appeals court upholds life sentence for bin Laden aide who stabbed prison guard in eye
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the life sentence given to a former Osama bin Laden aide who stabbed a federal prison guard in the eye even though it...
Casey Anthony no longer on probation in Florida
MIAMI — Casey Anthony's year of probation on a check fraud conviction is over. Florida Department of Corrections officials confirmed Friday that the 26-year-old Anthony is no longer under supervision....
Judge says Zimmerman can leave county to see lawyers
SANFORD, Fla. -- The former neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin can leave the county where he lives so he can meet with...
South Korean court rules Samsung didn't copy iPhone
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Samsung won a home court ruling in its global smartphone battle against Apple on Friday when judges in Seoul said the company didn't copy...
Rangers target Doan to sign by Sept. 15: report
The Rangers have less than a month to ramp up their pursuit of Shane Doan. The Coyotes star’s agent told the Arizona Republic on Thursday that Doan will be “signing...
USADA strips Lance Armstrong of Tour de France titles, issues lifetime ban
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased 14 years of Lance Armstrong's career Friday - including his record seven Tour de France titles - and banned him for life from the sport...
Will Osama raid book help Obama?
Publisher's Weekly reports today that the publicity for the Navy SEAL writing under the pseudonym Mark Owen's "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin...
3-point stance: Looking closer at the Hunter move
The Jets will hold their final practice that is open to the public on Friday. The Jets have just one practice next week on Tuesday between games on Sunday and...
Republicans modernize immigration stance
In the run-up to the Republican national convention, work is being done to finalize the party's platform for 2012. And as a Los Angeles Times editorial points out today, on...
MSG net income more than triples in fourth quarter
Madison Square Garden Inc.'s net income more than tripled in the fiscal fourth quarter as changes to the NBA schedule and the continuing renovations at Madison Square Garden boosted its...
Orders fall for most US durable goods in July
WASHINGTON — Orders for long-lasting US factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation category, fell in July for the fourth time in five months, a sign that manufacturing may be faltering....
Video: Cops kill Empire State Building gunman after he slays co-worker
Shocking video released last night shows the fatal confrontation that ended with a murderous fired worker's death near the Empire State Building Friday morning, minutes after the man gunned down...
Cops hunt for suspect who punched elderly man in Bed-Stuy
Cops are looking for a Platoon movie fan who punched an elderly man in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and stole his wallet, authorities said. The suspect, captured on surveillance camera, attacked the 79-year-old...
East Coast farmers still dealing with aftermath from Hurricane Irene a year later
WAITSFIELD, Vt. — A year after Hurricane Irene swept away topsoil and crops and replaced them with rocks and contaminants, farmers from North Carolina to Vermont are rebounding but still...
North Korean leader seeks trip to China for economic help
BEIJING - North Korea's young leader wants a state visit to China in the latest move in his push to lift the isolated state out of decades of poverty, but...
LI owners, housekeeper bound during home break-in
Police are looking for three armed bandits who tied up the owners and housekeeper of a Long Island home and stole assorted jewelry and electronics before fleeing in the owners'...
Teen girl reported missing escapes home where she was held captive, sexually assaulted
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. — A teenage Missouri girl reported missing more than two years ago told police she escaped a home in a decaying, crime-ridden Illinois village where she was...
McRaven tells troops to pipe down
WASHINGTON - Special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven warned his troops, current and former, that he would take legal action against anyone found to have exposed sensitive information that could...
Syrian regime airstrikes kill 23 in eastern city
BEIRUT — A fighter jet bombed an apartment building Friday in eastern Syria, killing at least 21 people after rebels in the area made significant advances in the city and...
US drones kill 18 militants in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — US missiles slammed into three compounds close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 18 suspected militants, Pakistani officials said, just a day after the government summoned an American...
13-year-old boy shot dead in Brooklyn
A Brownsville boy was killed early today in a street clash, cops said. Two groups of kids began fighting about 12:40 a.m. on Tapscott Street and Blake Avenue, and shots...
Protesters begin to arrive in Tampa for RNC
TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans aren't the only ones determined to come to Tampa, even as Tropical Storm Isaac heads toward Florida. Protesters are coming, too. Demonstrators representing various causes are...
Romney says big businesses 'doing fine,' helped by tax havens
HOPKINS, Minn. — Creating a potential headache for his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said big businesses in the U.S. were "doing fine" in part because they get advantages...
Coloring book features trading cards of terrorists
I’ll trade you my Khalid Shaikh Mohammed for your Moammar Khadafy. A St. Louis-based coloring book company released a graphic coloring novel about the 9/11 attacks – with the book...
Armstrong's coach hits out at 'unjust' legal case
Lance Armstrong's longtime coach came to his defense on Friday, saying the Texan is the victim of an "unjust" legal case that is likely to cost him his seven Tour...
Norway mass gunman won't appeal prison sentence, regrets not killing more people
OSLO, Norway — Accepting a sentence that could keep him imprisoned for life, Anders Behring Breivik regretted not killing more people in a bomb and gun massacre that left 77...
Veteran Xavier looking to repeat, achieve playoff success
A breakout sophomore season didn't quiet William (Trey) Solomon's apprehension and nerves heading into his junior year. It only heightened them. "Now he's supposed to be something," Xavier coach Chris...
Veteran and confident Brooklyn Tech talking title
They’re throwing the “T” word -- title -- around in Fort Greene. The senior-heavy Engineers feel this fall is their time, the moment they have worked so hard for. They...
HS football recruiting roundup: Florida and Syracuse at top of list for Jefferson's Ogundeko
Ebenezer Ogundeko, Thomas Jefferson’s dynamic defensive end considered one of the top players in the country at his position, has set official visits to Syracuse, Florida and Notre Dame. He...
Pondexter sparks Liberty to win over Mercury
PHOENIX — Cappie Pondexter scored 31 points to lead the Liberty to an 89-77 victory over Phoenix Thursday night to move into sole possession of fourth place in the Eastern...
WADA: Armstrong stance raises questions on charges
BRISBANE, Australia — World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey says Lance Armstrong's decision not to contest doping charges against him was an admission that the allegations "had substance in them."...
Sorry Babe, Jeter is the 'greatest Yankee of all time,' Ventura says
CLEVELAND — Standing behind the batting cage in Chicago early Wednesday night, Robin Ventura measured his words before speaking. The first-year White Sox manager is aware of the Yankees’ rich...
Yankees say Nova’s stint on DL could be quick
CLEVELAND — Ivan Nova landing on the 15-day disabled list yesterday doesn’t necessarily mean his season is kaput. According to several pitching gurus, depending on the level of inflammation found...
Stingy pitching, Maddon’s mixing make for real threat
My first strong memory of Olympic competition was as an 8-year-old in 1972, watching an 800-meter runner named Dave Wottle who was gaunt, sickly pale and wore an unsightly white...
Yankees need CC to excel in return
CLEVELAND — His shoulders are certainly thick enough. His skin, too. Nobody has ever doubted the will to win and the professionalism that oozes out of every pore in his...
Tiger, Rory share some laughs after decent first rounds
The Tiger Woods-Rory McIlroy duel did not produce the first-round fireworks many expected in yesterday’s Barclays Championship opening round at Bethpage Black. But both Woods, who shot a 3-under-par 68,...
Mickelson gets off to solid start at Barclays
After starting on the back nine yesterday, Phil Mickelson finished his opening round of the 2012 Barclays Championship with a routine two-putt par at the par-4 9th hole. A small...
UFC bout
UFC president Dana White went on a lengthy rant during a media conference call yesterday, blaming light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and his coach for forcing the company to cancel...
Harrington adds new chapter in 9-year feud with Euro captain
There is a delicious scenario brewing at Bethpage Black after yesterday’s opening round of The Barclays Championship, where Padraig Harrington seized a one-shot lead with his 7-under-par 64. Harrington tops...
Seeing red over being in the Black at Bethpage
We value our image in these parts. Call us loud, impatient and bossy, and it sounds like a compliment. We’ll tell you what we think even if you didn’t ask....
Deep, seasoned Holy Cross eyeing big year
Holy Cross coach Tom Pugh hopes a year older means a year wiser for his football team. The Knights were littered with talented sophomores last season, but injuries and inconsistent...
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...
Vandals desecrate historic B'klyn cemetery, do $100G worth of damage
Ghoulish vandals cruelly desecrated historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn — toppling dozens of gravestones, smashing monuments and doing roughly $100,000 in damage. The destruction was discovered Tuesday morning by groundskeep¬ers,...
Tight-knit Jefferson eyes fast start
It was shortly after 3 p.m., moments after Thomas Jefferson began stretching for its second practice of the day. A player was walking through the fence at Moe Finkelstein Field...
Business briefs
More joblessThe number of US workers filing for jobless benefits rose for the second straight week by 4,000, to a seasonally adjusted 372,000 in the week ended Aug. 18, a...
Software giant’s Windows dressing
Microsoft is hitting the refresh button with a new corporate logo — the first in 25 years — before the lumbering software giant rolls out a wave of new products....
Nasdaq feelin’ queasy
Two large banks have turned up the heat on Nasdaq’s Bob Greifeld — and the exchange boss may be beginning to melt. The exchange CEO, while standing firmly behind a...
Not sold on gold
Show me the money! That’s what Citi Private Bank told hedge fund mogul John Paulson yesterday as the private banking unit asked for its $410 million investment back. The redemption...
Exit at News Corp.
Jonathan Miller, chief digital officer of News Corp., is leaving the company at the end of September as he seeks a more hands-on role with a standalone firm.The announcement comes...
Time is of the essence for digital overhaul
After operating profit tumbled more than 40 percent in the most recent quarter, there’s a new sense of urgency surrounding Time Inc. and its push to capture digital dollars. Following...
Hostess vote is close call: CEO
Hostess Brands Chief Executive Gregory Rayburn said it is “hard to handicap” whether union workers will vote to accept a final offer to save the bankrupt bakery. The Teamsters on...
Boob tube tumult
As angry as consumers are about widespread TV channel blackouts, mad men are really fuming. Ad execs say that escalating programming battles — which in the past rarely resulted in...
Vornado pockets SoHo retail condo for $31M
Vornado Realty Trust has purchased the 9,200-square-foot SoHo retail condo at 501 Broadway for $31 million. The store runs through the block to 72 Mercer St. and lies between Spring...
Best Buy, Schulze talk
Best Buy has resumed talks with founder Richard Schulze about an agreement that would allow him to conduct due diligence in his effort to acquire the company, said two people...
Donald fires suit at resort
Donald Trump has a message for a bunch of developers in the Dominican Republic: You’re sued! The Donald slapped Cap Cana S.A. and its owners with a $5.8 million-plus suit...
A Canadian mall mauling
Attention US shoppers: the Canadians are trying to take over a mall near you! Hedge-fund tycoon Bill Ackman rang the alarm bells yesterday at General Growth Properties — whose developments...
FB sked-ad-dle
Two major advertisers have temporarily stopped doing business with Facebook because the social network giant allows a page called “Pedophiles are people too” to remain on its site. The Texas...
Don’t kill PE suit, judge
The biggest US private-equity firms acted like an illegal cartel in rigging the bids on $270 billion in takeovers over three years, a group of shareholders claim.The explosive claim was...
Mitt: I’d give Fed boss the heave-ho
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said yesterday that if elected, he would select a new Federal Reserve chairman, replacing Ben Bernanke, countering advice Tuesday from top economic adviser Glenn Hubbard...
Poll: Akin loses lead
WASHINGTON — Embattled Rep. Todd Akin is now behind 10 points in his bid to unseat once-vulnerable Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a new poll found yesterday. It is a dramatic...
Bubba ‘clear’ on his ‘choice’
President Obama has tapped surrogate-in-chief Bill Clinton to boost his re-election bid on the airwaves, just as the Republican Party prepares to officially nominate Mitt Romney. In an ad titled...
Romney drills home oil-boost energy plan
Expect to hear renewed chants of “Drill, baby, drill!” Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney unveiled an energy plan that focuses heavily on boosting offshore oil drilling and giving states the...
Cardinal sin: Bam blew off DNC blessing
WASHINGTON — President Obama turned down a chance to have Timothy Cardinal Dolan deliver a prayer at the Democratic National Convention after Dolan told Democrats he would be “grateful” to...
Man shot in B’klyn cab dies
The young taxi passenger shot in the head during a botched Brooklyn robbery died yesterday after being removed from life support, authorities said. Nikita Grebelsky’s death means that Michael Magnan,...
Long-awaited Scorsese suit
This film is 22 years in the making — and counting. Director Martin Scorsese has been pushing back filming a movie he agreed to do more than two decades ago...
A glass act
The box-like, nearly windowless Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport will undergo a vast overhaul that will turn it into a glass shopping mall, officials said yesterday after reaching...
17 cops punished for racist Facebook comments
The NYPD has tracked down 17 cops who called West Indian Day paraders “savages” and “animals” on Facebook and has meted out varying degrees of punishment — including holding out...
Ads a rail concern
Metro-North is reviewing its policy of allowing noncommercial messages at commuter train stations, as a flurry of ads offer views on Islam and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.The Hearst Connecticut Media Group...
Hunt’s on for ‘beat & grope fiend’
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has joined the manhunt for a sick pervert who tried to rape a masseuse after a brutal beating in the Village last week. “This attack...
Hoop ‘shooter’: I’m not guilty
A White Plains father of a 5-month-old boy yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot up a Harlem basketball tournament last month, wounding five people — including one...
Date-rape rap nix
An NYPD traffic agent accused of rape was freed because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence to charge him, sources told The Post.Charles Taylor, 25, was accused of drugging and raping...
John’s killer denied parole
ALBANY — John Lennon’s killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said yesterday. Mark David Chapman, 57, was denied...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A burglar wearing a yarmulke swiped an antique menorah from a home in Borough Park, cops said. The perp slinked through a window into the home on East...
Assad invades suburb
BEIRUT — Syrian troops raided a Damascus suburb yesterday as part of a widening offensive by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces to seize control of parts of the capital and surrounding...
It’s ‘rest in pieces’
Ghoulish vandals cruelly desecrated historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn — toppling dozens of gravestones, smashing monuments and doing roughly $100,000 in damage. The destruction was discovered Tuesday morning by groundskeepers,...
Sex-fiend coach cops plea
An ex-Little League coach accused of sexually abusing boys at sleepovers admitted to the sick acts yesterday before a Queens judge. David Hartshorn, 54, had faced more than 100 years...
‘Toxic tower’ fears
Skeptical Brooklyn residents last night vented their concerns about a proposed 700-unit luxury rental apartment complex that could one day rise above the polluted Gowanus Canal. Officials from the Manhattan-based...
Death smash
This smashed vehicle and blood-soaked sidewalk are grim evidence of the tragic death of an elderly man yesterday in a pedestrian-only section of the Financial District. The driver of the...
Airports still fowling up
Federal efforts to prevent bird and wildlife strikes on airplanes are “not sufficient,” said a US Department of Transportation study released yesterday. A review of 37 airports found that 25...
Court best shot for taxis: Mike
The city’s best — and perhaps only — hope for expanding metered-cab service to the boroughs outside Manhattan now rests with an appeals court, Mayor Bloomberg indicated yesterday. He said...
‘Extreme’ fare hike looms after ruling
The state Supreme Court ruling against the MTA payroll tax would have a ripple effect that wipes away nearly $2 billion in funding, a devastating blow that would lead to...
Chuck bottle battle on tap
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia water and sewer authority is asking Congress to serve tap water instead of bottled water at the presidential inauguration. The authority’s general manager yesterday...
News flesh: More boobs on tube
Full-frontal nudity is going prime-time. There were 64 documented incidences of full-frontal nudity in the 2011-2012 TV broadcast season, says a parents group. That’s a 6,300 percent jump over the...
East Village fitness guru beds clients then breaks up on Facebook: lawsuit
An East Village fitness studio is going to the downward-facing dogs because its “master trainer” can’t keep his hands off the clientele, according to a blockbuster new lawsuit. Body Evolutions...
Dial M for moron in phone ’fess
This prisoner should have hung up.Robert Henderson, 21, accused of trying to stab a Red Hook grocery-store clerk to death, was caught admitting his crime on a phone call from...
Sgts. win $20M in OT case
It’s not Christmas in August, but it might as well be for more than 4,300 current and former NYPD sergeants who are due windfall shares of a $20 million settlement...
W’chester rent-law fix
Faced with a contempt-of-court threat, Westchester’s top executive yesterday said the county will seek to reintroduce legislation barring landlords from rejecting tenants who receive federal rent subsidies.County Executive Robert Astorino...
Cops save heart victim
Quick-acting bridge and tunnel cops saved the life of a Staten Island man who was on the verge of having a heart attack, authorities said.Robert Stanzione, 54, was feeling sick...
NY ‘celeb’ terror summit
ALBANY — It’ll be a star-studded “emergency” meeting.Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, national security analyst Peter Bergen and a Norwegian deputy police chief who responded to last year’s deadly...
State ethics panel now investigating Bx. pol Naomi Rivera
Soon, the only agency that won’t be investigating Naomi Rivera will be Interpol. The powerful State Joint Commission on Public Ethics yesterday joined the growing list of probers looking into...
DC church ble$$
WASHINGTON — The Washington National Cathedral has received a $5 million gift from Lilly Endowment Inc. for restoration of damage caused to masonry on three high spires by last summer’s...
Son’s crash kills his dad
ROSE, NY — A Brooklyn man accompanying his son to SUNY Buffalo was killed yesterday when the teen veered their vehicle into oncoming traffic and smashed head-on into a pickup...
Grocer tosses 57 salad bars to city schools
The city’s school lunch program got peppered with green reinforcements yesterday when Whole Foods announced it was donating 57 salad bars to celebrate the opening of its new market on...
Navy SEAL who penned book on bin Laden raid ID’d
WASHINGTON — That didn’t take long. One day after the Dutton publishing company confirmed it planned to publish a new book on the killing of Osama bin Laden by an...
Ump cool at death of hubby
A callous US Open umpire talked cops’ ears off about the tennis legends whose matches she had worked — virtually ignoring her husband lying dead when detectives arrived at her...
Unplucky peacock hunters
The cagey peacock of Kew Gardens is still batting a thousand. Two hapless Animal Care and Control workers became the latest to strike out trying to capture the escapee from...
Mayor: Apple's shelters are so luxe, people don't want to leave
Be it ever so humble, there’s no better place to be homeless. New York’s billionaire mayor yesterday played the city’s concierge-in-chief, declaring that his administration has made shelters so nice,...
LI man freed on DNA evidence enjoys first day of freedom after 18 years in prison for wife's murder
He waited two decades for a simple cup of coffee with Mom. A Long Island man whose conviction for strangling his wife was tossed Tuesday spent his first full day...
Going Gaga at doll deal
Lady Gaga may be mending her bad romance with the makers of the popular Bratz dolls. Toy-maker MGA Entertainment told a judge it’s in the final stages of negotiation with...
Rodney King was high when he drowned: report
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned, a coroner’s report released yesterday concluded. The...
Queens bee man accused of funny-honey ‘scam’
The Queens man who kept 3 million bees in his back yard has been accused of diluting his honey with corn syrup and selling more than half a ton of...
Famed Colony Music store in Times Square to close after 64 years
The song is over. Times Square record Mecca, Colony Music, a favorite attraction for performing icons such as Elvis, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson, will close after 64 years next...
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Cops arrest water vendor who 'opened fire' on busy Bx. corner
A rivalry between two Bronx vendors near Yankee Stadium erupted into gunfire yesterday — with a water hawker in a dark suit blasting a newspaper seller with whom he’d been...
Trash-talking veep’s Tampa tantrum
In an electoral season of appalling gutter politics, the Obama campaign is about to test a new bottom. Contrary to tradition — which dictates that Democrats and Republicans respectfully lie...
Romney on the rise
Hurricane permitting, the GOP convention kicks off Monday, and with it, the preliminaries are over and the general election begins in earnest. How stands the race? At first glance, and...
Peddling pedophilia: No way to save Face(book)
The Issue: Facebook’s refusal to take down a page on its site that promotes pedophilia. *** Kudos to John Crudele for crying foul about the disgusting pedophile site on Facebook...
Tough medicine for Medicare
The Issue: How Medicare will change after big funding cuts kick in under ObamaCare. *** ObamaCare devalues the lives of the most innocent: unborn babies and the elderly (“Dems’ Medicare...
A truly sick stunt
What do City Council Speaker Chris Quinn and GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney have in common? They kill with cancer. Well, not really. But just as a band of Obama-ites...
Scheindlin strikes again
There she goes again. Judge Shira Scheindlin, that is — whose latest ruling has further handcuffed the NYPD’s ability to defend its stop-and-frisk policy in court. Scheindlin, a reflexive lefty...
CUNY’s newest ‘first’
On Monday, the glorious halls of the New York Public Library hosted a remarkable inauguration: More than 300 New Yorkers began their college education as the first-ever students of CUNY’s...
Cheesy rider!
If you’ve ever wondered why Manhattan bike messengers hurtle through red lights, barrel over sidewalks and fly the wrong way on one-way streets, “Premium Rush” provides an answer: The biker...
‘Sleepwalk’ is no snooze
Early in his career, comedian Mike Birbiglia went through a bit of a rough patch. Part of this involved being engaged to the wrong person, and part of it was...
French friendship flick ‘Lies’ down on the job
France’s friendship dramedy “Little White Lies” is such a blatant rip-off of a far better American movie that it could have been called “Le Big Chill.” This time it’s Jean...
Summer ‘Hit’ runs out of gas
Burt Reynolds and Sally Field they’re not, but you could do worse for mindless late-summer entertainment than Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell in “Hit & Run,’’ a lowbudget, R-rated update...
Teddy Bear
The old trope of the gentle giant looking for love gets a spare-looking, kind-hearted sprucing-up by Danish director Mads Matthiesen. Dennis (Kim Kold) is a bodybuilder, his astonishing physique made...
General Education
Gimme a “D’’ for Tom Morris’ wan summer-school comedy — getting an undeserved token theatrical run concurrent with its debut on iTunes — that wavers between extreme silliness and unbearable...
Neighboring Sounds
‘Neighboring Sounds,” the feature debut of Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho — a former movie critic — is a welcome departure from the ultra-violent druggie films we’ve grown accustomed to...
Magic mostly from pit
For this year’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Mark Morris stayed off the stage and climbed into the orchestra pit. And what’s coming out of there — where Morris conducts the festival...
The Victim
Michael Biehn, the sturdy character actor best known for playing the good guy in the original “The Terminator,” gives directing a shot for the second time in a low-budget would-be...
The Revenant
About 30 minutes too long and somewhat clumsily executed, this zombie’s-eye-view story still manages to evoke the comic and splattery spirit of the best ’80s cult horror flicks (and features...
Death By China
After watching Peter Navarro’s documentary “Death by China,” you may want to stop buying products from that Communist-ruled land. Trouble is, you may not be able to find an alternative....
A beautiful Buddhist view
Spectacular vistas shot in 70 millimeter are a fine way to spend time in a movie theater. And “Samsara,” the new dialogue-free documentary from Ron Fricke (“Baraka”), offers plenty. Angkor...
Macatee replacing Enberg as voice of US Open
When Bill Macatee was about to start his career as a play-by-play man, Dick Enberg invited him to Southern California for a three-day private seminar. Macatee eagerly took the broadcasting...
Nets sign Greene as backup forward
Donte Greene will soon be the latest player to join the Nets, as their massive roster overhaul this summer continues. The 6-foot-11 forward tweeted, “HELLO BROOKLYN” along with a picture...
Del Mar Results
FIRST-5 fur(T); $71,000; alw; 3up(f) 1 Mss Becc (Bejrno) 7.60 4.80 3.20 8 Nava Nataly (Gryder) 12.40 7.00 7 Miss Reditore (Gomez) 2.60 Scr: Luckyvic, Cayanna. * $1 Exacta (1-8)...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $10,500; clm($6,250); 3up1-She Is Are Lady7-55-She'sfrmDelwe4-12-Sexy Thunder 15-16-Sacred Desire 3-13-SuccessfulLady8-17-Cool Carolina 6-14-Runaway Joan12-1SECOND-7 fur; $10,500; clm($12,500); 2YO4-Rndy'sReflectn2-15-Don'tmissmyct6-11-LosRomosLcs15-16-Royal Apollo 3-12-Chief Again 8-17-Kayate Echo 5-13-Blue Light 4-1THIRD-1m(T);...
Del Mar Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $20,000; clm($8,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 HiddenBlessngL122RBejrn5-1-35-27 ImperialPride(L)113VBednr2-2-63-12 HombreHughsL120EMldnd5-6-215-13 Spartan Jet(L),120JSteinr8-4-512-14 Lone Justice(L),122KKriggr1-4-106-15 BrotherErnie(L),118AQnnz5-8-830-16 Orbach(L),110A Perez8-3-412-18 RummyscrtWrL118S Arias11-2-520-19 GibsonHomRnL120PValnzl7-1-66-110 Double Jack(L),120OFigur5-10-520-111 CadillacCoach(L120SIniguz4-6-910-112 Lucky Fitz(L),118MPedrz2-9-612-1SECOND-5...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm($10,000); 3upADDED WONDER races with Lasix for career debut. MALIBU SURFER drops in class after tiring last out. BARNICUS BAY fourth this level most...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-1m&70yds; $13,000; clm($10,000); 3up2Krom (Ortiz)33.6011.604.006Royal Credit (Maysonett)6.402.807Silver Endurance (Lopez)2.40* Exacta (2-6) $137.20 * $1 Superfecta (2-6-7-5) $886.90 * $1 Trifecta (2-6-7) $230.00SECOND-1 mile; $18,000; clm($10,000); 3up5Strshp Md It (MrqzJr.)15.205.403.403Princess Malia...
Saratoga Charts Tomorrow’s Saratoga Entries
August 23rd, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-2 3/8 miles(T); $150,000; Turf Writers Cup; stplchsOff: 1:00. Good. inside trip, drivingTime: 4:33.89.Trainer: Richard ValentineWinner: B G, 5, by...
Hondo feeding the ’dogs
The Big Red Deficit Machine was betrayed by the Big Red Baseball Machine last night, which caused Hondo’s deficit to jump to an abysmal 2,390 abernathys.Tonight, Mr. Aitch is going...
Rays win in shutout
ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Cobb pitched a four-hitter for his first major league shutout and the surging Rays beat the Athletics 5-0 last night to pull within 2 1/2 games...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 24SATAug. 25SUNAug. 26MONAug. 27TUEAug. 28WEDAug. 29THUAug.30YankeesCleveland7:05WWOR WCBS 880 AMCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.1:05YESWCBS Tor.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSNOGAMEMetsHouston7:10SportsNetNYWFAN 660 AMHou.1:10WPIXWFANHou.1:10WPIXWFANNO GAMEPhi.7:05SNYWFAN Phi.7:05SNYWFANPhi.1:05SNYWFANLibertyNO GAMEL.A.10:30NBATVSea.9:00No TVNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEInd.7:00MSGRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMEK.C.9:00ESPN2NO GAMENO GAMED.C.8:00MSG+WPATNOGAMES.I. YankeesBrooklyn.7:00No TVBklyn.6:00No TVBklyn.4:00No TVH.V.7:00No TVH.V.7:05No TVAbrd.7:05No...
The Post Line
NCAA FootballThursday, Aug. 30FavoriteLineUnderdogSouth Car.7VANDERBILTC. Florida23 1/2AKRONBALL ST.3 1/2E. Michigana-Texas A&M7 1/2LA. TECHUCONN24 1/2UMassUcla15 1/2RICEBYU13 1/2Wash. St.Minnesota8 1/2UNLVS. ALABAMA6 1/2Tex.-San. Ant.Friday, Aug. 31b-Tennessee4N.C. StateMICH. ST.7Boise St.STANFORD25 1/2San Jose St.Saturday, Sept....
Sports Shorts
Golf: Balin captures Met Open Danny Balin of Burning Tree shot a 5-under 66 to win the 97th Met Open championship and $27,500 with a three-day total of 206 at...
Flacco’s on fire; Ravens rip Jags
Joe Flacco completed 27 of 36 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns before leaving early in the third quarter, and the Ravens cruised to a 48-17 preseason victory over...
Serena has Open path to final
After winning Wimbledon and the gold medal in both singles and doubles at the Olympics over the past two months, Serena Williams is back at the top of her game,...
Calif. kids advance to U.S. LLWS final in rout
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Hance Smith hit two homers, including a first-inning grand slam, to lead Petaluma, Calif., to an 11-1, five-inning victory over San Antonio, Texas, last night and...
NFL boor just norm for TV
Although it’s far too late to do anything about, it’s still worth considering how we got here. Warren Sapp made the radio rounds this week pushing his new book. As...
German-born rookie Kuhn aims to ‘be back’ with Giants
It was not exactly a shocker to hear “Born In The USA” blaring from the gigantic speakers last Saturday night at MetLife Stadium during a break in the Giants-Jets preseason...
CB living Big Blue dream for his murdered brother
Let Victor Cruz tell you what is at stake for all the long-shot dreamers of the New York Football Giants in the make-or-break preseason game tonight against the Bears: “People...
Giants' Manning looking for big night against Bears
Might Eli Manning go through the entire preseason without throwing a touchdown pass? If so, might anyone care? Given that tonight’s preseason game with the Bears is 12 days before...
Hunter replaced by Howard as starting RT for Jets
When Wayne Hunter sat down with Jets coach Rex Ryan yesterday morning, he knew what was coming. The beleaguered right tackle had figured he would not make it to the...
Jets won’t let Wildcat out of bag
The Jets are keeping the Wildcat in the bag for the preseason.Coach Rex Ryan confirmed yesterday what had long been suspected: The Jets will not run any of the specially-designed...
Garcia still looking sharp at Barclays
Look who’s in contention again. Just three days removed from winning his first PGA Tour event since 2008, Sergio Garcia retained his form yesterday, shooting a 5-under 66 in the...
Clemens plays coy about return to majors
Roger Clemens admitted he has “some fun things planned’’ and “maybe another surprise or two,” but he refused to say yesterday his return to the major leagues is imminent, even...
Mets' McHugh shines in his MLB debut
Yesterday was Collin McHugh’s turn to provide hope for a brighter future amid a dismal present for the Mets. “If he keeps us in the game for seven innings, it’s...
Mejia may get some starts in September for Mets
There is a good chance prized righty Jenrry Mejia will be summoned to the majors next month, according to Terry Collins, with the manager saying the Mets will “do the...
Mets waste rookie McHugh’s gem, get swept by Colorado
Everything lately — the series, the month and the last 40 games — has been a catastrophe. The Mets moved right along with their ugly and embarrassing plummet yesterday afternoon,...
Rebuilding
Call it a Teutul huddle. “American Chopper” stars Paul Teutul and his son, Paul Jr. (or “Paulie”) — whose three-year feud has ripped their family apart — are talking about...
‘GMA’ #1 again
"Good Morning America” is back on top in the morning news race. “GMA” averaged 4.6 million viewers last week, beating “Today” (4.4 million viewers) for the first time in a...
'Arrested' this spring
The new “Arrested Development” will be out this spring on Netflix. The sitcom, which ended in 2006, is returning with its original cast. Netflix could add to the show’s 10-episode...
Still steady
‘Bachelorette” Emily Maynard and fiancé Jef Holm didn’t look like a pair on the rocks yesterday as they walked around Charlotte hand-in-hand. It was reported this week that Holm learned...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYPEGGY POST - Dr. Phil, 7 a.m., (OWN)THE WANTED, TYRA BANKS, KELLY CUTRONE - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7TRAIN - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4SOFÃA VERGARA, GABOUREY SIDIBE,...
‘Smash’ duo tapped to produce Oscarcast
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produce “Smash” for NBC, have been tapped to produce the Oscars on ABC in February. Zadan and Meron have a lot of experience in...
Morgan going ‘Inside’
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is CNN’s new “Inside Man.” That’s the name of the new weekend series Spurlock will host and produce for CNN starting in April. “Inside Man” wll...
Who's zooming who!
1. WWE Monday Night Raw 1,061,459 2. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta 933,094 3. SpongeBob 596,931 4. WWE SmackDown 592,287 5. Pretty Little Liars 539,392 6. Breaking Bad 363,170 7....
Sugar & vice
It wasn’t yet the end of the workday on Tuesday, but that didn’t stop a growing crowd of 20-somethings from assembling at a saucy new joint on the Lower East...
Weird but true
He was a “cat” burglar of a different kind. North Carolina cops suspected Terry William Pitt Jr. in several taxidermist break-ins but were surprised when they found a stuffed menagerie...
5 Questions for... Joey Harrington
Fox analyst and former Oregon QB Joey Harrington previews the college football season with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: What’s one team not a lot of people are talking about...
Aspiring actor accused in Weinstein plot has history of threats, money obsessions -- and stealing toilets: ex-roomie
And the award for best wacko goes to . . . The aspiring actor charged with trying to extort millions of dollars from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein plus four other...
USADA could strip Lance Armstrong's Tour de France titles for doping as soon as today
AUSTIN, Texas — Never one to back away from a fight, Lance Armstrong is finally giving in and the cost of quitting is steep: His seven Tour de France titles...
Bridge and tunnel cops visit Staten Island man they saved
Eagle-eyed bridge and tunnel cops saved the life of a Staten Island man — and later visited him and his ecstatic wife in the hospital, authorities said. Robert Stanzione, 54,...
Shane says Sayonara: Rector leaves St. Ray's for South Kent
Add Shane Rector to the ever-growing list of top city boys basketball players to bolt the five boroughs. The 6-foot-1 point guard, considered one of the top rising seniors in...
Cyberbully says he never threatened to rape anyone
He’s sticking to his story. An admitted cyberbully maintains that he never threatened to rape anyone — even though his victims’ “highly credible” testimony to the contrary got him tossed...