December 20, 2012
'I can do the best job': Rousey feeling no pressure as first female UFC fighter
UFC president Dana White has pinned the entire future of women’s MMA on Ronda Rousey. In interviews, he has referred to the new female division as “The Ronda Rousey Show.”Think...
WATCH: Spike Lee stars in commercial reminiscing about King's 60-point game for Knicks
On Christmas Day in 1984, Bernard King scored a then-record 60 points inside Madison Square Garden against the then-New Jersey Nets.This Christmas, Brooklyn’s most famous Knicks fan, Spike Lee, reminisces...
Bernie Madoff's brother gets 10-year sentence
The brother of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff has been sentenced in New York to 10 years in prison for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling. Peter Madoff...
Spring-ing to life
The much sought-after 529 Broadway, a two-story building on the northwest corner of Spring Street in the middle of a busy shopping district, has been sold for $150 million to...
Worker injured after elevator drops two floors
A worker suffered a broken ankle when a service elevator plunged two floors at a Midtown hotel this afternoon, authorities said. The unidentified employee of a laundry company was moving...
ZombiU: Gritty, unforgiving, satisfying
(Editor's Note: We have been totally swamped over the last two months. We're working on getting through a lot of titles -- too late it would seem -- as well...
Looking to replace Dickey, Mets reach out to agents for Pavano, Liriano
In their search to fill out the back-end of their rotation, the Mets reached out to the representatives of Carl Pavano and Francisco Liriano, among many others.Yankees fans know Pavano...
'Most realistic' return date for Lakers' Nash is vs. Knicks
The Lakers’ Christmas gift to the Knicks? The return of Steve Nash. The star point guard, who has been out with a fractured foot since early in the season, says...
Disgraced ex-cop Kenneth Moreno turns self in to serve year sentence
Disgraced East Village ex-cop Kenneth Moreno -- the lead officer in last year's notorious "Rape Cops" trial -- finally turned himself in this afternoon to serve a year sentence for...
So long, 'Our Hit Parade,' it's been a great ride!
Last night I was at Joe's Pub to attend the last installment ever of "Our Hit Parade." -- exactly four madcap years after being in the audience for the very first...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Giants-Ravens reeling, Megatron's chase of history
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week. Megatron chasing history Sure, the Lions are having a down year and...
Forget your sweater: 2012 set to be hottest year ever for NYC
Unless meteorologists are horribly off in their predictions for the next few weeks of 2012, New York City is set to finish its warmest year ever, with an average temperature...
Jets try out YouTube kicking sensation (video)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- A Norwegian whose Youtube clip of spectacular trick shots has been watched over half a million times could be on the verge of an NFL contract as...
Adam Lanza's mother buried in New Hampshire: report
The mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School killer Adam Lanza was burried in New Hampshire today in a quiet family-only service, according to CNN. Nancy Lanza was shot last Friday...
Ex-Olympian reveals double life: I was an $600/hour escort
Screw the Olympic legacy and Nike commercial — I was a $600-an-hour call girl! Suzy Favor Hamilton, a three-time US Olympian in middle-distance running, spent the last year working as...
Bernie Madoff's brother Peter to face Ponzi scheme victims in Manhattan court
The suspense surrounding the sentencing of the brother of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff will largely be absent because a plea agreement makes a 10-year prison term all but certain. But...
Bell 'definitely' wants to be back with Jets next season
Safety Yeremiah Bell is scheduled to become a free agent after the season and is not sure what will happen but he'd like to remain a Jet."No question, I'd like...
ESPN suspends Parker for 30 days; promises more 'oversight' for First Take
Maybe Rob Parker’s mistake will lead to real change at First Take, but most likely not. ESPN has decided to increase “editorial oversight” on the show while announcing that Parker...
Gun used in cop shooting netted in undercover buy
The gun used to blast a cop in the chest inside a Lower East Side housing project over the summer has been recovered, The Post has learned. The .22-caliber handgun...
'We have to take action' on gun control: Biden
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will push to tighten gun laws in response to last week's schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday, and Speaker John Boehner...
First female UFC champ responds to critics who say she should not headline PPV
Ronda Rousey is punching back at critics who say she shouldn’t be headlining a UFC pay per view in February.The UFC’s first female fighter and champion told The Post she...
'Scammers' steal from Sandy Hook victim Noah Pozner's family: uncle
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The family of Noah Pozner was mourning the 6-year-old, killed in the Newtown school massacre, when outrage compounded their sorrow. Someone they didn't know was soliciting donations...
Judge: Newark must release Facebook grant emails
A judge has ordered Newark Mayor Cory Booker to release internal emails related to a $100 million grant to the city's schools made by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The ruling...
Amar'e won't return on Knicks homestand, needs 'a little more time'
Amar’e Stoudemire participated in his second practice with their D-League squad from Erie but said he’s not ready to come back on the Knicks homestand that ends Sunday vs. the...
'Les Misérables' is revolutionary
I love musicals, always have — but my feelings about Tom Hooper’s bombastic version of the long-running stage hit “Les Misérables’’ had me thinking about the opening lines of another...
Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks failed to disclose $40,000 loan from real estate broker: House Ethics Committee
WASHINGTON — Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY., failed to disclose a $40,000 loan from a real estate broker on his financial disclosure reports but there's no credible evidence that the errors...
Helicopter that crashed into East River was too heavy: report
A helicopter that crashed into the East River off New York City during a sightseeing tour last fall, killing three people, was carrying too much weight, according to a federal...
FOUR CORNERS: Off bench or as starter, Knicks need Amar’e to reach championship level
The Knicks can be even better.The 19-6 team that has already far exceeded expectations and is in tops in the Eastern Conference has reached these levels without their second-most talented...
NHL cancels all games through Jan. 14
The NHL could be one step away from canceling another hockey season because of a labor fight with the players. In the latest round of cancellations, the NHL on Thursday...
B'klyn music teacher busted for having sex with teen choir member: cops
This time he played the wrong tune. A Brooklyn middle school music teacher and trumpet player bedded a teenage member of his wife’s youth choir — and even had sex...
Fat Joe pleads guilty to failing to file income tax returns
Hip-hop rap master "Fat Joe" pleaded guilty today to criminal charges of failing to file federal income tax returns. The 42-year-old performer -- whose real name is Joseph Antonio Cartagena...
Nicks returns to Giants practice, Bradshaw, Tuck remain out
Wide receiver Hakeem Nicks returned to practice today, but the Giants were still missing running back Ahmad Bradshaw, defensive tackle Justin Tuck and offensive linemen David Baas and Chris Snee...
BMG nears $90M deal for Sony/ATV song catalog
BMG Rights is close to a deal for Sony/ATV’s Rosetta music publishing catalog, several sources told The Post. One executive said the music publishing firm had offered around $90 million...
Jets will release or trade Tebow after season: source
The Tim Tebow era with the Jets will end after a season of many headlines, but few snaps. According to a source, the Jets will do their best to trade...
Rex has 'absolutely zero focus' on Sanchez's future with Jets
Rex Ryan today responded to the various reports that the Jets are looking to trade Mark Sanchez in the offseason by declining to confirm, but also not giving Sanchez any...
Booker rules out bid for NJ gov, eyes US Senate run
Newark Mayor Cory Booker ruled out a bid as New Jersey's governor but confirmed he was eyeing a run for the US Senate. "Let there be no doubt - I...
NY marathoners can finally get their money back
New York City Marathon runners can receive a refund of their entry fee after this year's race was canceled because of Superstorm Sandy. When the event was called off last...
Cuomo pushes first gun control law since Sandy Hook
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York officials are scrambling to negotiate the first new gun control laws in the nation since the mass shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School. Democratic...
Holder to meet Newtown investigators
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 - US Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Newtown, Connecticut, on Thursday to meet law enforcement officials and investigators who are examining the school massacre there,...
Survival shops, hotels and other businesses cashing in on Mayan apocalypse
Ahead of the predicted Mayan apocalypse tomorrow, many survival shops, restaurants, hotels and other businesses are raking in the profits. Even though December 21 is nothing more than the end...
Sales of previously occupied US homes jump to highest level in three years
WASHINGTON — US sales of previously occupied homes jumped to their highest level in three years last month, bolstered by steady job gains and record-low mortgage rates. The National Association...
Jets' quarterback options for next year (NFL and college)
When the Jets go shopping for a quarterback in the offseason, to either unseat or replace Mark Sanchez, they will find the grocery shelves hardly stocked with names that will...
School gunman wanted to join Marines - but mom said no: report
Doubtful he would have made them "proud." School massacre gunman Adam Lanza wanted to join the Marines, according to a new report. And if he couldn't join the Marines, he...
My Baseball People of the Year
Back in 2006, in my previous gig, I came up with the idea of naming a Baseball Person of the Year. I wanted this person to be someone (or multiple...
Loved ones mourn kids, teacher killed in Sandy Hook shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. — A single bell tolled Thursday at the Connecticut funeral of a 6-year-old girl killed by a gunman at her elementary school, while a cardinal in New York...
Rock stars die young more than others, solo stars twice as likely to do so: study
LONDON — Rock 'n' roll will never die — but it's a hazardous occupation. An academic study published Thursday confirms that rock and pop musicians are more likely to die...
Weekly unemployment claims up by 17,000 to 361,000
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week by 17,000, reversing four weeks of declines. But the number of people seeking aid is consistent with...
US economy grew at annual rate of 3.1 percent over summer
WASHINGTON — The US economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 percent over the summer as consumers spent more and state and local governments added to growth for the...
ICE to buy NYSE for $8.2B
The New York Stock Exchange is being sold to a rival exchange for about $8 billion, ending more than two centuries of independence for the iconic Big Board. The buyer,...
Midwest hit by its first major snowstorm of season
DES MOINES, Iowa — The first major snowstorm of the season began its slow eastward march across the Midwest early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, creating treacherous driving...
Police ID woman killed in fiery LIE pileup
Police today identified the woman killed in a chain reaction of fiery crashes on the Long Island Expressway as 68-year-old Christa Zepf of Blue Point. This morning all lanes of...
Upstate brewery to produce 'Game of Thrones' beer
COOPERSTOWN — A new line of beers linked to the hit HBO drama "Game of Thrones" is being produced for the series by an upstate New York brewery. Brewery Ommegang...
Mets need to make push for Diamondbacks outfielder Upton
Now that the Mets have caught up behind the plate, it’s time to tackle the massive outfield problem. There must be greener pastures ahead, but this is a situation that...
Knicks, Anthony bury Nets in Garden
There isn’t a doubt any longer which borough is home to the best basketball team or the city’s best player. The Brooklyn commute to Manhattan can be a bear, and...
Knicks, Nets headed in opposite directions
So it seems we may have to wait a while before we get Lakers-Celtics, Dodgers-Giants, or Army-Navy thriving on either end of the Manhattan Bridge. It seems the deep passions...
Amukamara, Phillips back at practice for Giants
It was not exactly “All In” for the Giants Wednesday, but they did welcome back two key members of their defensive backfield, as safety Kenny Phillips returned from a knee...
Giants not relying on past late-season success
It looks like déjà vu all over again for the Giants, who went from 7-7 last season to a Super Bowl victory. At 8-6, they need to win their final...
Giants must wrap up Ravens RB Rice
In order for the Giants to avoid getting shown the door, they need to crash through it no matter who is in their way. “Our backs are actually against the...
Giants kicker Tynes says he isn't in slump
Lawrence Tynes is not in a slump. That’s the thought-process of the Giants’ kicker, who, after a torrid start to the season, has missed a field goal in each of...
Debacle shows Jets have no plan at QB
Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow stood about 25 feet away from each other in the Jets locker room Wednesday looking glum as they addressed the team’s quarterback situation and fielded...
McKnight: Jets fans helped push Ryan to bench Sanchez
Running back Joe McKnight said he believes the lack of fan support for Mark Sanchez played a role in Jets coach Rex Ryan’s decision to bench him. “I think it...
Jets open to trading Sanchez: source
Mark Sanchez’s return to the Jets in 2013 is not a guarantee. The team is open to all options with Sanchez, according to a source, including trading him or releasing...
Jets' McElroy relishing chance to finally start
In trying to rationalize his quarterback change Wednesday, Jets coach Rex Ryan spent a lot of time talking about protecting the football, about being a leader, about being a winner,...
With Sanchez benched for McElroy, Tebow’s love affair with Jets clearly over
Whomever decides to seek fame and fortune in the big city and chase a Super Bowl with the Jets better understand the place is a wasteland, a hell-hole where the...
Cardinals' Fitzgerald says MMA fighters are tougher than football players
Larry Fitzgerald plays one of the most grueling and demanding sports in the world. But the Arizona Cardinals wide receiver says from a physical standpoint, football is “not even close...
Business briefs
Google deal Google agreed to sell its Motorola Home Business to Arris Group for $2.35 billion, finding a buyer for a division that sells TV set-top boxes. Bove to bolt...
Suitors all want a piece of Glassnote
Glassnote, one of America’s most successful independent music labels, is being courted by several suitors eager to cash in on the firm’s ability to take fringe acts mainstream, The Post...
Teacher pension investments in gun makers under review
America’s teachers are facing a $100 million conundrum. That’s roughly the amount various teacher pension, school and retirement funds have invested in the publicly traded stocks of four gun makers,...
Fed chief has gone totally round the Ben(d)
The Federal Reserve has to be kidding. Last week the Fed announced that monetary policy would be tied to the nation’s unemployment rate. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who has already...
Nothing in store: Window-shoppers sap Xmas forecast
Shoppers are crowding malls but that doesn’t mean cash registers are filling up. A prominent research firm lowered its forecast for holiday retail sales yesterday, despite the fact that it...
‘Short’ storm hits Herbalife
Herbalife, the maker of namesake nutritional and weight-loss supplements, fell the most in more than seven months after hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said he has taken a short position...
UBS, traders seared in rate-fixing scandal
Banking giant UBS is coughing up $1.5 billion in fines — and two of its fat-cat traders face prison — after a US and UK investigation of the bank found...
Paulson funds nixed
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson has gotten another dose of bad news. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is recommending that its financial advisers pull client money out of Paulson’s Advantage...
E-mail drama in price-rig case
BOSTON — The country’s largest private-equity firms certainly didn’t see this coming. The judge presiding over the $270 billion bid-rigging case against the firms, one day appearing ready to dismiss...
FB to sell ads on its own app
Facebook is keeping its mobile ads for itself. The company halted an experiment that allowed advertisers to use its treasure trove of data about users to buy ads on third-party...
Adviser trio in tax mess
Three former advisers for an unidentified Swiss bank, Stephan Fellmann, Otto Huppi and Christof Reist, were charged by the US with conspiring to help American clients hide more than $420...
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Gersh out
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said Chief Executive Lisa Gersh is stepping down after just five months on the job as the domestic diva’s empire retrenches. The company also said it...
No more ‘Gov’t. Motors’
The US Treasury plans to sell its stake in General Motors over the coming year, all but assuring a multibillion-dollar loss in a move that will end the automaker’s “Government...
Madoff victims let loose
They hope you choke! Two of Bernie Madoff’s victims are outraged over his younger brother ahead of his sentencing today for helping pull off the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme. In...
Plaza sweet
Tommy Hilfiger and wife Dee Ocleppo love decorating for the holidays, and they bring the festive spirit to all of their homes — including residences in Connecticut, Mustique and, of...
Tips on tipping
This will be the first holiday season for my wife and me in a white-glove building on Park Avenue. How much should we be tipping the staff? — Gordon K.,...
Upstate dept.
Narrowsburg, Ny, is a gorgeous tableau of late 19th-century Main Street buildings stuffed with big-city sophistication. The tiny Sullivan County hamlet hugging the “Big Eddy,” as this part of the...
Just sold!
Manhattan EAST VILLAGE $690,000 141 E. Third St. One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 725 square feet, with beamed ceilings, windowed eat-in kitchen and subway-tiled bath with marble floor and Art Deco tub;...
Ricky’s NYC
Ricky Martin is still livin’ la vida loca — but it’s a more grown-up life now, with twin sons and a new home purchase on the Upper East Side. Sources...
NYers who believe in Mayan apocalypse search for sex before the world ends
Stop the world — I wanna get off! A sexy swimsuit model and countless other lusty New Yorkers say tomorrow’s predicted Mayan apocalypse is a great reason to have sex,...
City $lapped for teach ax
A teacher the city tried to boot for slapping a student not only get her job back, but deserves $85,000 in back-pay, a court ruled yesterday.Former Brooklyn elementary-school teacher Beverly...
MTA: We’re $trapped – so you hang
Straphangers were slapped with their fourth fare hike in five years yesterday. The MTA’s board overwhelmingly green-lighted the increases — only one member voted against toll hikes — that will...
Lhota takes the first step toward a mayoral run by formally resigning from the MTA
MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota yesterday took the first step toward a run for City Hall, resigning from his post at the transit agency to test the waters in the crowded...
Say high to E. Side trapeze
Lower East Siders may soon be flying in the sky.The city is seeking proposals for a seasonal trapeze operation at Hamilton Fish Park on the Lower East Side — including...
Doing a number on Times Sq.
Keep your fingers crossed. The 7-foot-tall “13” that will be part of the lit-up “2013” when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve arrived in Times Square yesterday — and...
Hold on, Mr. Preshident!
Veteran TV newsman Sam Donaldson was arrested on DUI charges in Delaware, police said yesterday. Donaldson (pictured), a former White House reporter for ABC, was stopped on Dec. 1 by...
Fracking already a NY job booster
ALBANY — New York hasn’t said yes to fracking but the industry already supports more than 44,000 jobs in the Empire State.Natural-gas drillers in other states depend on New York...
Boehner dares Obama to reject a GOP tax hike on millionaires in 49-second address
WASHINGTON — In one of the most abrupt Capitol Hill press conferences ever, House Speaker John Boehner yesterday dared President Obama to ignore a Republican offer to raise taxes on...
9/11 studies dovetail
A study of the health impact of 9/11 expected to be released soon will find increases in cancer rates similar to those in a city Health Department study released this...
‘Super Mario’ in ‘perv’ bust
Cops busted a man outfitted as a Super Mario Brother yesterday in Times Square for allegedly groping a passer-by, law-enforcement sources said.The incident happened on 42nd Street near Seventh Avenue...
State Department officials resign after report blasts security, management 'failures' for Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON — Three top State Department officials resigned under fire yesterday after a scathing report blasted “grossly inadequate security” and management “failures” before the attack on the US diplomatic mission...
GOP’s Sandy $lash
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans yesterday offered their own Hurricane Sandy relief bill — which is less than half the original proposed amount.The GOP version calls for $23.8 billion to be...
CUNY administrator admits grade-fixing and forgery at Zicklin School of Business
A top administrator at CUNY’s Zicklin School of Business pleaded guilty yesterday to forging signatures to raise failing students’ grades — and alleged that four professors helped in the scam....
Liu: Ax big firms’ tax breaks
Take from the rich and give to the less rich.That’s city Comptroller John Liu’s plan, as outlined in a State of the City speech he will give today.Liu wants to...
Fake doc butt-toxic: cops
A Queens woman allegedly pretended to be a doctor and performed a butt-lift operation on a patient, who became seriously ill after the operation, cops said. The 40-year-old victim paid...
Driver dead, 16 injured in Long Island Expressway chain-reaction pileup
It was hell on wheels. A woman was killed and 33 other people were injured in a massive chain-reaction smashup on the Long Island Expressway yesterday after a big-rig driver...
Dognapper hits home
All they want for Christmas is their stolen pooch. Coldhearted thieves burglarized a Long Island home, stealing cash, trashing the place — and swiping the family’s beloved Maltese-dachshund mix named...
Rich-girl ‘smackdown’ suit
A socialite train wreck beat up her “sober coach” so badly that the woman is awaiting a spinal fusion, a Manhattan lawsuit claims. Joselyn Wohl, 32, daughter of New York...
'Voodoo victim' bashes grandmother and cop with plastic elephant tusk: police
A deranged Hamilton Heights man, fearing he was under a “voodoo spell,” fatally beat his grandmother yesterday with a fake elephant tusk and then bashed a cop in the head...
Westminster ‘breed’ing like crazy
Two new breeds will compete at next year’s Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden, officials said yesterday. The Russell terrier and the treeing Walker coonhound will bring the total...
Ben ‘Argo’s to Washington
Sen. Affleck? Ben Affleck, looking serious — and a bit congressional — visited Capitol Hill yesterday but refused to dampen speculation that he’s considering running for a US Senate seat...
Shops’ ‘sins of emission’
Two Brooklyn motor-vehicle inspectors were busted for allegedly forging emission tests for diesel trucks, authorities said yesterday.Mark Asselta, 46, owner of a Bushwick repair shop, and Shlomo Freedman, 54, owner...
Bike ruling KO’d
Opponents of the bike lanes abutting Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West will get their day in court. An appellate panel ruled yesterday that Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan erred in August...
$1M deadbeat dad to LI ex: Help me!
The nation’s worst deadbeat dad made a tearful jailhouse call to the woman he owes more than $800,000 in child support, pleading for help to escape the “murderers and rapists”...
Brooklyn good Samaritans lift crashed car off of pinned child
A 9-year-old girl riding her scooter in Brooklyn last night was struck in a three-car accident and pinned beneath one of the vehicles — but was rescued by good Samaritans...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Police are looking for the teen suspect pictured who allegedly attacked a woman and snatched her iPhone in a Washington Heights subway station. Tamek Skinner, 17, walked up behind...
Bork dies at 85
Robert Bork, the judge and legal scholar whose nomination to the US Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan set off a battle for the judiciary that lived on long after...
Stroller rip-off
It was like taking candy from a baby.More than $700 worth of valuables were stolen from a stroller outside a day-care center in Park Slope, Brooklyn, cops said yesterday.An absent-minded...
‘In Cold Blood’ killers' bodies exhumed to check for link in 1959 Florida slaying
Detectives believe there’s another chapter to the horrific murder recounted in Truman Capote’s classic book “In Cold Blood.” The bodies of remorseless killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, — hanged...
Icy road? Just beet it
New York really is the home of the Borscht Belt.Officials will douse the New York State Thruway with 50,000 gallons of beet juice this winter, an anti-icing measure that’s cheaper...
The American way
America’s story is being told by the numbers. We’re gayer. Women are more prominent than ever. We are going to fewer rodeos, more baseball games and still watching a lot...
Itsy-bitsy Spidey an Obama web zinger
Bam! Pow! President Obama may have gotten trapped in Spider-Man’s web — but he still managed to snag the honor of Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2012. Yesterday’s announcement...
Heroic Newtown teacher called ‘superhero’ at emotional funeral
She’s their “superhero.” The selfless Newtown teacher who died shielding her students from a gunman’s assault rifle was remembered by her two kid sisters yesterday as a best friend, an...
Principal out of retirement
The retired principal of Sandy Hook Elementary will return to lead the school when classes resume next month. Donna Page, who left in June 2010, will run the school out...
Gunman prepped for massacre while mom was on vacation in New Hampshire
Adam Lanza spent two days home alone preparing for his Connecticut schoolhouse massacre after his mother went away on a mini-vacation, it emerged yesterday. Nancy Lanza checked into the Omni...
Tears for Newtown first-grader who wanted to be a fireman
He always dreamed of being a firefighter — and yesterday, he got a hero’s farewell. First-grader Daniel Barden — “one of those angels” killed at Sandy Hook Elementary — was...
Bullets to top traffic
Deaths from guns are on track to outpace automobile fatalities in the United States within three years, a new analysis has found.Based on current trends, there will be 32,929 firearm...
Extra security at city schools
New York City has begun assigning extra safety officers to the city’s elementary schools in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre. “We have two to three agents in every...
Pension funds have makers in their sights
The pension funds of Massachusetts and Connecticut have joined New York and a growing number of states and municipalities questioning their investments in the firearms industry in the days since...
Following Sandy Hook horror, Obama signals that he's ready to take on gun control
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday signaled that he’s finally ready to use his political muscle to take on the powerful gun lobby and push a package of gun-control bills through...
Behind the smears
Here’s something you may not know about the 1987 battle that kept Robert Bork off the Supreme Court: Opponents pursued a whispering campaign against him on the grounds that he...
The higher-ups skate on Benghazi
What really happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11 this year? Three months after the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed by a howling mob of Islamists...
A safer, gun-free NYC: Mike’s crime crusade
The Issue: Mayor Bloomberg’s call for stronger gun-control laws, following the Sandy Hook shooting. *** If Mayor Bloomberg wants to continue his crusade on guns, then he should lead by...
Hillary in hiding
There were a few surprises in the State Department’s report on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, which went public Tuesday night, costing three bureaucrats their jobs. Surprise 1: The Libyan...
Lhota looms
No sooner had Joe Lhota resigned as MTA chairman yesterday, possibly to pursue the mayoralty, when City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s top political operative chirped: “Voters aren’t going to forget...
Robert Bork, 1927-2012
Wouldn’t it be nice if those who vilified Robert Bork in life would acknowledge their unfairness now that he has died? Starting with Vice President Joe Biden, who as Senate...
Left must fight to keep the ’Net free
A new iron curtain is replacing the one that fell with the Soviet Union — but this one is in cyberspace. Like the Berlin Wall of old, it’s going to...
Tappan Zee mystery
In the runup to Christmas, Gov. Cuomo just presented a great bargain for New York “shoppers”: The state Thruway Authority will build the new Tappan Zee Bridge by 2018 for...
Kleinfeld's harsh reality
When Parisa Arash, 31, went to Kleinfeld looking for a dress for her December wedding in Miami, she was expecting a calm, serene store where she’d be catered to with...
‘Hanu-mas’ for everybody
Being showbiz pros, Marc Kudisch and Jeffry Denman know full well the secret to a good comedy team is opposing personalities. You suspect they exaggerate their differences for their goofy...
Parker issues RG3 apology
Six days later, Rob Parker realized he was wrong. The ESPN “First Take” host who said on Thursday’s program that Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is “kind of black” and...
PSU scandal voted story of the year
The Penn State child sex-abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by U.S. editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by the Associated Press....
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Sports Shorts
NBA: Thunder notch 12th straight victory Kevin Durant set a season high with 41 points and had 13 rebounds as the Thunder (21-4) held off the Hawks, 100-92, for their...
Knicks' Smith finally finds his shot
Mike Woodson has done something no coach ever has done. He’s told J.R. Smith not to hesitate when he shoots. “Other than Coach Woodson, I’ve never been told I was...
Gulfstream Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m; $33,700; mdn cl($50,000); 2YOEL GRAN JOYFUL was third in maiden special at Tampa Bay when adding blinkers. He...
Tomorrow’s Gulfstream Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m; $22,500; str alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Brother Bird(L),123JCastellan1-7-2Maker2 UntuttableAffar(L),112E Zayas5-7-4Paul3 Nemo Landing(L),119OBocachic9-1-6Vitali4 Chiseled Light(L),114J Chamafi5-3-4Chavez5 Red Hills(L),121L Saez8-1-1Garoffalo6 Today's Man(L),119G...
Gulfstream Charts
December 19th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7f; $52,500; mdn spcl wt; 3upOff: 12:46. Good. 3wd trn, drew clearTime: 22.85, 45.77, 1:1.71, 1:23.84. Trainer: Todd PletcherWinner: B C,...
Home Team Lineups
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Blue Jays embrace favorite tag
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RG3 fined 10G for apparel violation
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Yankees, Ichiro finalize $13 million deal, leaving Ibanez in limbo
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Former Jets DT Jenkins slams Sanchez
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Tragedy bonds Giants' Cruz with Newtown family in mourning
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Nets defense gets picked apart with pick-and-rolls
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Once again, Nets flop in third quarter
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Isiah lands NBA TV gig
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Knicks' Chandler dominates in second half
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Knicks' Amar’e to test knee again today
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Starr Report
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Drama Mama
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Monkey do
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‘The Twilight Zone’ update coming
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Shock treatment
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New boss at ‘Katie’
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Weird but true
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St. John’s transfer Lindsey fuels Rider
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Jets open to trading Sanchez, but contract stands in the way: source
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Alternative rocks
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'Super Mario Brother' busted in alleged Times Sq. grope
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Young girl pinned in 3-car accident saved by good Samaritans
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Knicks bury Nets in Melo return
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Ex-Jet Jenkins goes after Sanchez
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Jets place rookie WR Hill on IR, ending his season
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