February 5, 2013
Newtown children's choir to honor fallen friends at the Grammys
A group of children from Newtown, Conn. who recently recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" are preparing for a live appearance during the preshow broadcast for Sunday's Grammy Awards....
Chelsea residents, pols, oppose sale of historic post office
The US Postal Service wants to unload the Old Chelsea Post Office on West 18th Street - but neighbors say they won’t give up the landmark without a fight. “I...
Giants release veteran linebacker Boley
Linebacker Michael Boley's four-year tenure with the Giants ended Tuesday when the team released the 30-year-old.A starting outside linebacker on last year's Super Bowl winner, Boley played in all 16...
Harbaugh hints that 49ers unlikely to release backup QB Smith
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh may have "great respect" for Alex Smith and he may have a "great personal friendship" with his backup quarterback, but it doesn't mean the coach is...
Credit card scammers steal more than $200M
A New Jersey-based crime ring with New York ties used fake identities to create 25,000 bogus credit cards and steal more than $200 million in one of the largest schemes...
Former Knicks guard reflects on Linsanity a year after he took over basketball world
On Feb. 4, 2012, Jeremy Lin entered the Knicks rotation and created a phenomenon no one could have predicted. Just over one year later, and one decision to sign a...
Ravens parade draws big crowd in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — Baltimore celebrated with its Super Bowl champion Ravens on Tuesday, with thousands of fans in purple lining the streets of Charm City and packing the team's stadium for...
MTA execs get big checks
It’s payday for MTA big shots! The transit agency — which constantly socks riders with fare hikes, the latest coming in March — handed four MTA execs checks totalling $253,000...
Stand-up guy: I got comic $tripped
Did you hear the one about the comedian who laughed his way to the bank? He wasn’t cashing a check from the Upright Citizens Brigade. The improv comedy troupe that...
Obama’s hunky speechwriter may be heading to Hollywood
President Obama’s chief speechwriter and one of People magazine's former "most beautiful" people is reportedly giving up the White House for a shot at screenwriting. The Los Angeles Times reports...
Rob Ryan a candidate to be Saints DC: report
Rob Ryan may not be out of work much longer.According to NFL.com, the Saints may be interested in bringing Rex's twin brother to New Orleans, having been without a defensive...
Ex-beauty queen gets early rehab release to aid job hunt
Elegant ex-beauty queen and recovering Vicodin addict seeks high-end, Manhattan retail sales employment — rap sheet provided upon request. Russophiles a plus! Former Miss Russia Anna Malova — still hoping...
Woman threatens to shoot at school over alarm
A woman threatened to shoot at a Staten Island elementary school because their alarm was driving her berserk, authorities said. Renata Angioli, 50, allegedly called the assistant principal of Heartland...
New Devils ready for taste of Rangers rivalry
Being the new guy in town, or in this case the locker room, is never easy. For a handful of Devils players added to the roster in recent weeks, comfort...
Obama to make first trip as President to Israel
WASHINGTON — President Obama will visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in the spring, the White House said Tuesday, marking his first visit since becoming president. Obama and Israeli...
Obama seeks short term budget fix to avoid deep March 1 cuts; dodges long-term deficit problem
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a short-term deficit reduction package of spending cuts and tax revenue that will delay the effective date of steeper automatic cuts...
Joba: Youkilis texted me, but 'filling Alex's shoes' should be biggest concern
TAMPA -- The bad blood between Kevin Youkilis and Joba Chamberlain should be the least of the concerns for the new Yankees third baseman.“I don’t want him to have to...
Chris Brown likely faked community service: DA
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke Chris Brown's probation, saying there is no credible evidence he completed his community service sentence for beating Rihanna, and citing...
Two young men taken to hospital after falling into frigid pond at Central Park
Two young men horsing around on thin ice in Central Park fell into the frigid pond waters today — and brought along three first responders trying to pull them out,...
Figoski's father falls ill at 'cop killer' Lamont Pride's murder trial
The elderly dad of slain hero cop Peter Figoski suddenly fell ill today at the trial of his son’s alleged killers, just a day after his wife had broken down...
Man charged with tossing rock through windshield that killed Qns. driver in 9-yr-old case
A nine-year hunt for the fiend who hurled a boulder from a Yonkers overpass, killing a Queens woman driving her elderly mom to Mass, ended today in a murder indictment,...
WATCH: Alaskan MMA fighter scores scary bent-over-backward knockout
Getting knocked out is bad enough. But it’s probably far worse when the top of your head is the first thing to hit the canvas when you’re rendered unconscious.That was...
Highly-touted Rangers prospect Miller to make debut Tuesday night
The moment that many were waiting for will finally arrive Tuesday night, when the Rangers’ 2011 first-round pick, J.T. Miller, will make his NHL debut against the Devils in Newark.Miller,...
Slain sniper was penning new 'gun history' book
FORT WORTH, Texas — A publisher says a former top Navy SEAL sniper and best-selling author who was fatally shot at the weekend had a second book in the works....
State GOP assemblyman calls Cuomo's pushing of gun control bill 'dictatorial,' says Hitler 'would be proud'
ALBANY – Hitler and Mussolini would be "proud" of the way Gov. Cuomo jammed his gun control bill through the legislature last month, a Republican assemblyman from upstate charged today....
STARTING FIVE: Big East darkhorse, No.1 seeds and Manhattan rebound
Every week during the season, New York Post reporters Zach Braziller and Anthony Sulla-Heffinger go one-on-one over the latest hot topics in college basketball.This week they talk No.1 seeds in...
Critics seek to delay enforcement of city soda ban
Opponents of the city's plan to crack down on supersized, sugary drinks have asked a judge to delay enforcement of it, saying beverage makers and sellers shouldn't have to spend...
Red Bulls re-sign McCarty to 'extended' contract
A day after trading away leading scorer Kenny Cooper for much-needed allocation money and salary cap room, the Red Bulls used some of that cash to lock up holding midfielder...
Rescuers save worker who had foot trapped in car atop Roosevelt Island tram
A worker was left perilously hanging mid-air from a tower of the iconic Roosevelt Island Tramway today after his leg somehow became caught in a piece of machinery, officials said....
WATCH: Ride along as helicopter flies over four volcanoes
Active volcanoes are rare, but four active volcanoes erupting within 110 miles of one another is something worth documenting — which is exactly what a team of Russian photographers did,...
Lakers' Howard won't make Brooklyn debut tonight
Dwight Howard will have to wait to make his Brooklyn debut.The Lakers star said following the team's morning shootaround in Midtown that he will sit out Tuesday night's game against...
Alleged SoHo firebug claims he was 'stressed': pleads not guilty to setting fatal blaze
By LAURA ITALIANO Hours after falling into a jealous rage and setting last month's fatal SoHo apartment fire, a Manhattan man callously told cops he "really didn't care either way"...
Lakers' Gasol not sure he can co-exist long-term with D'Antoni, Howard: report
The Lakers could use a fresh start, struggling to a 22-26 record this season despite one of the league's most talented rosters, and come next year, Pau Gasol may need...
Woman killed in Hell's Kitchen hit-and-run
A woman died after a hit-and-run in Hell's Kitchen, officials said. The victim was walking up Ninth Avenue when a truck turning right on 41st Street slammed into her around...
Founder of 'Ground Zero Mosque' allegedly used $167K in project funds for 'personal' gain: suit
The founder of the controversial "Ground Zero Mosque" allegedly enriched himself with $167,000 in funds meant for an educational project in 2006 to 2008, according to a new bombshell lawsuit...
Feds charge 18 in alleged $200M credit card scam
NEWARK — Federal officials say they have broken up one of the nation's largest credit card fraud rings. Eighteen people have been charged with participating in the Jersey City-based scam....
Former teammate: Ravens' Lewis didn't earn 'playoff check'
Ray Lewis rode off into the sunset with a Super Bowl win, but in the last game of his "last ride," former teammate Trevor Pryce thinks that the future Hall...
Prison officer busted after becoming pregnant by cop-killer she was guarding: feds
A federal prison officer became pregnant after secretly carrying on a prohibited sexual relationship with a cop-killer inmate she was supposed to be guarding, prosecutors announced today. The feds say...
Ravens lost Lombardi Trophy for a time Sunday night: report
The Ravens spent 12 years searching for the Lombardi Trophy. Then, hours after winning it on Sunday, the search was on again.The Super Bowl trophy must have spent a wild...
Jets fire OL coach DeGuglielmo, make other staff changes
The Jets have fired Jets offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo, the team confirmed.DeGuglielmo, who held the same position in Miami and came to New York with recently-fired offensive coordinator Tony...
WATCH: The perils of driving the 'world's smallest car'
Jeremy Clarkson really outdid himself on a recent episode of "Top Gear" when he unveiled what he claimed to be the world's smallest car. Apparently designed by the host himself,...
Man injured by Harlem train hit
A man was struck by a subway this morning in Harlem, authorities said. The unidentified straphanger was at the Cathedral Parkway station at 10:05 a.m. when he was hit by...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Lakers
Deron Williams and Dwight Howard will finally be in Brooklyn together Tuesday night, although they won’t be sharing the same locker room.Instead, the Lakers will make their first trip to...
Fla. judge: No trial delay in Trayvon Martin case
SANFORD, Fla. — A judge in the case of a former neighborhood watch leader accused of shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has denied a defense request to delay the trial....
WATCH: Patriots' Gronkowski dances shirtless, slams friend at Vegas nightclub
Rob Gronkowski's post-Super Bowl dance moves may land him in hot water again.While not as jarring as his antics following last year’s Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl tight end was...
Michael Dell takes slumping Dell Inc. private in $24.4B buyout
ROUND ROCK, Texas — Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that represents the largest deal of its kind since...
Man fatally shoots sister, wounds niece in Flatbush home attack: sources
A woman was killed and her daughter was wounded after a relative shot them this morning in their Brooklyn brownstone, law-enforcement sources said. The dead woman’s brother, William Thurman, 70,...
WATCH: US skier Lindsey Vonn airlifted after being seriously injured at race
Lindsey Vonn was airlifted after a severe crash today at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming, Austria, according to the BBC. The crash happened on the first day of...
A-Rod's teammate support and the Mets' pursuit of Michael Bourn
Both Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera made their first public appearances yesterday since the Miami New Times published its big story last week – when they make the movie version...
WATCH: American dies after Mexican tiger act goes terribly wrong
An American tiger trainer was killed at a circus in northern Mexico Saturday when one of the tigers he was performing with mauled him. Alexander Crispin, 35, was circling two...
North Korea threatens 'stronger' measures than nuclear test
SEOUL — North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric on Tuesday threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile"...
Suspected NYC-to-Buffalo drug kingpin arrested
State police say they've arrested a New York City man who spent two years on the lam after being identified by authorities as the kingpin in a multimillion-dollar heroin ring....
WATCH: Christie, Letterman snack on doughnuts, share favorite fat jokes
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and David Letterman have shared some laughs about the many fat jokes the comedian has made about the lawmaker's ample girth. Christie has termed his...
No. 23 Pittsburgh holds off Seton Hall
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh basketball coach Jamie Dixon isn't much on style points. Good thing, because there weren't many to go around in the 23rd-ranked Panthers' 56-46 win over Seton Hall...
Mets SS Tejada plans to swing by camp early this time
Ruben Tejada doesn’t intend to again make the mistake of arriving on time for spring training. After irritating manager Terry Collins last year by waiting until the deadline for position...
Mets prospect Wheeler sees first big league camp as 'big opportunity'
PORT ST. LUCIE — Get ready for a Zack Attack. Prized pitching prospect Zack Wheeler is prepared to give it his best shot to make the Mets’ rotation this spring,...
Wright makes Mets’ best pitch to free-agent CF Bourn
PORT ST. LUCIE — David Wright is all-in on the Mets. That includes being a front-line recruiter for Sandy Alderson & Co. Wright told The Post yesterday he has spoken...
Super hosts promise some Big Apple flavor
Now it’s our turn. Bring on another Ice Bowl, maybe even a Snow Bowl, at the historic first New York/New Jersey Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium on Feb. 2, 2014,...
NYPD releases stop-frisk numbers: Most used in Brooklyn & Queens, nearly all stopped are black or Hispanic
The NYPD for the first time publicly released a report last night on its controversial stop-and-frisk procedure that breaks down by city precinct — and by race — those targeted....
Five things the Giants have to do to reach next season's Super Bowl
One year ago, the Giants were bundling up and gearing up for their victory parade through the Canyon Heroes as newly-crowned Super Bowl champions. Their quest for as repeat fell...
Five things the Jets have to do to reach next season's Super Bowl
The Jets would love to be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium, and the AFC will be the home team next year. It’s a...
Knicks' Chandler forced to wear Ravens hat after losing Super Bowl bet to 'Melo
Tyson Chandler netted a share of a Knicks record for three straight 20-rebound games Monday night but lost his Super Bowl bet with Baltimore's own Carmelo Anthony. For the postgame...
Business briefs
S&P slipStocks fell on concern that the European debt crisis may intensify and a smaller-than-forecast increase in US factory orders. The S&P 500 slipped 1.2 percent, to 1,495.71, after reaching...
Hammer time: Bonnie takes over all of NBCU cable
NBCUniversal boss Steve Burke anointed Bonnie Hammer his cable queen. Hammer yesterday solidified her grip on NBCU’s cable-TV empire in a management shake-up that also saw her closest rival, Lauren...
FTC corrects language on Herbalife
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday corrected an earlier statement regarding a “law-enforcement investigation” into Herbalife.In response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Post, the FTC said some...
OMG! US MBS suit against S&P is LOL funny
I’m LOL about this one. Late yesterday afternoon, the Justice Department said it would sue Standard & Poor’s for rating mortgage-backed securities incorrectly during the 2008 financial crisis. This is...
JPMorgan chief Dimon gets religion
Bank boss Jamie Dimon is done with doing penance. When it comes to his bank rivals, however, they still have a lot to atone for. Fresh from taking his lashes...
Motey time served
Karl Motey, a former tech stock analyst who testified for the government in two insider-trading trials and secretly recorded more than 400 conversations for the FBI in New York, was...
Yum! chokes on China chicken
Yum! Brands warned yesterday that it expects its profit for the year to decline as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell continues to reel from a...
BlackBerry shares jump 15% on rebranding, upgrade
BlackBerry should change its ticker symbol every day. Shares in the company, gained 15 percent yesterday — the first under its new BlackBerry corporate name and BBRY ticker symbol. The...
Virgin founder Branson flags down a taxi app
Richard Branson feels he can make some green from New York City’s yellow cabs. The knighted British mogul is one of several investors who pumped a total of $30.6 million...
Riled up by ratings: S&P set to be sued
You can rate the chances the Justice Department will sue Standard & Poor’s over its mortgage bond ratings AAA, sources tell The Post. Federal regulators, along with as many as...
Facebook plans smartphone app that tracks location of users
Facebook is developing a smartphone application that will track the location of users, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the company aims to capitalize on the mobile...
Lazard downgrades New York Times
New York Times shares fell yesterday the most in almost three months after Lazard Capital cut its recommendation for the stock to sell from neutral. The stock dropped 6.1 percent...
A luxury hotel to W. 38th St.
A somewhat mysterious, boutique luxury hotel is coming to a gritty West 38th Street block that has yet to shed its Garment Center feel. The 21-story, 180-room Archer New York,...
No cents in Canada
Canada started phasing out its pennies, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-cent value to produce. The Royal Canadian Mint on Monday officially ended its...
Tagg’s out! KOs Sen. bid
WASHINGTON — Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s oldest son said yesterday he’s ruled out a run for an open Senate seat in Massachusetts.“The timing is not right for me,” Tagg...
Bam fires back at critics
WASHINGTON — President Obama likes shooting guns — honest — the White House said yesterday, in the most expansive comments since aides put out a photo over the weekend of...
O’s tardy working
WASHINGTON — Oops! President Obama did it again. The president yesterday missed the deadline to submit a budget — the fourth time in five years that he’s failed to produce...
Clinton gone & Kerry on
WASHINGTON — John Kerry yesterday took over for Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, admitting he’s got some “big heels to fill.”Kerry, a former US senator and 2004 Democratic...
Moving target on drone strikes
A newly revealed Justice Department memo outlines the government’s rational for ordering deadly drone strikes on Americans, according to a report.The 16-page “white paper” concludes the government can kill any...
Winter of his disinter: Skeleton is Richard III
LEICESTER, England, — A skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a parking lot is that of Richard III, archaeologists said yesterday, solving a 500-year-old mystery...
Asst. principal really ‘stinks’
Smell ya later! Education officials are seeking to give the boot to a Queens administrator who they say inexplicably set off a stink bomb in the stairwell of his middle...
Teacher’s X rap: Brooklyn sub tried to hide 'affair' with student
A married Brooklyn substitute teacher tried to keep an alleged fling with a teenage student secret by using a phone app to disguise her number, school probers claim. Deidra Bryan,...
Posh condo ragin’ over Texans’ wild boors
A Texas couple turned a designer Manhattan condo into a virtual flophouse by renting their apartment to transient, hard-partying guests, a lawsuit alleges. Robert and Marilyn Blodgett, of Houston, have...
SI ma fought killer: Istanbul cops find slay DNA
The Staten Island mom murdered during a dream vacation alone in Istanbul likely fought for her life before her skull was crushed, according to Turkish news reports. Istanbul investigators yesterday...
Staten Islanders call on Cuomo to buy out Sandy-wrecked homes
ALBANY — They want to flee Mother Nature’s wrath on Staten Island — but not in Long Beach. Residents in the Oakwood Beach and Fox Beach sections of Staten Island...
NY can’t make up its fracking mind
ALBANY — With voters split down the middle on fracking, Gov. Cuomo’s point man on the controversial practice signaled yesterday that the can may get kicked even further down the...
Cosmo-nut Ahmadinejad: Launch me into space
He really is a space cadet. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he’s volunteering to be blasted into space to test his nation’s ability to place a human in orbit around...
Schumer: Give us ‘Liberty’!
WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Schumer demanded yesterday that the Interior Department provide a date for when the Statue of Liberty will reopen after the site sustained damage in Hurricane Sandy.“The...
'Cannibal' cop’s wife was a real dish: feds
The wife of accused NYPD “cannibal cop” Gilberto Valle might have been on the menu — her name and a physical description of her came up while he was discussing...
‘Psycho’ JFK screener busted
A Transport Security Administration screener assigned to Kennedy Airport was arraigned in Connecticut state court yesterday on a charge of smacking his 75-year-old mother a day after he was charged...
Horror crash: Woman loses leg crossing street in Brooklyn
Two good-Samaritan passers-by in Army uniforms helped save a woman whose leg was severed after she was hit by a car in Brooklyn yesterday. The 30-year-old victim was crossing the...
Post’s ‘Joe Rab’ dies
Joseph Rabinovich, who spent four decades as a top editor at The New York Post before his retirement in 1998, has died. He was 93. Rabinovich, who was known fondly...
Movers’ 48G bill a no-go
A retired investment banker who was acting out his own private “Storage Wars” in court for the past two years may finally get his stuff back. John Coleman, 70, sold...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens Two men were stabbed in the stomach and one in the leg on a Jamaica subway platform yesterday afternoon, police said. The men appeared to be waiting for the...
Slain cop Peter Figoski’s mom weeps as she sees son’s bloody shield in court
There was blood on his badge. Chilling photos of slain Brooklyn cop Peter Figoski’s bloodstained shield and uniform were revealed in the first-degree murder trial of his killer yesterday —...
Ala. siege ends with boy saved, killer dead
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Police yesterday stormed an underground bunker where a 5-year-old boy had been held hostage for nearly a week, rescuing the child and leaving his abductor dead....
W. Side yoga gal’s very rude awakening — she finds man masturbating
She was finishing her workout — he was just starting his. An Upper West Side woman in post-yoga, meditative bliss was allegedly awakened by the sounds of a maintenance worker...
NY Medicaid exec pay is sickening
Executives at Medicaid- funded not-for-profits in New York are hauling in massive salaries, with one raking in $2.8 million and 14 others topping a half-million, an explosive congressional report has...
Cop spying under fire
Civil-rights attorneys are trying to halt NYPD surveillance of Muslims, arguing that the practice is illegal without evidence of criminal activity. According to papers filed at the US District Court...
NYPD releases stop-frisk data
The NYPD last night released a report on its controversial stop-and-frisk procedure that breaks down by precinct — and by race — those who’ve been targeted. The figures, all from...
Hello, you pretties!
Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis — who each stars as a witch in the upcoming “Oz he Great and Powerful” — cast their spell in a photo shoot...
Banana big refused to call 911 for dying three-way sex partner, cop says
A hard-partying banana mogul repeatedly refused to call for an ambulance after a woman he plied with cocaine fatally overdosed during a three-way sex romp at a Park Avenue hotel,...
Rich-digs duo: Spa humbug!
It was all a mirage.A venture capitalist and his wife paid $1.68 million for an apartment in the River Terrace Apartments modeled after the exclusive Miraval spa in the Arizona...
East Village bar-hostage gunman guilty
It took a Manhattan jury less than four hours to reject the insanity defense of a psychotic, racist gunman who had held an East Village wine bar hostage in June...
Royal-rumble wrap: Partyer cops plea in prince brawl
This so-called “Battle Royale” is finis — at least in Manhattan Criminal Court. Former Hawaiian Tropic Zone owner Adam Hock pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct yesterday for a year-old Meatpacking...
NJ sen. rips ho ‘smears’
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez says allegations that he engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic are “smears.”The allegations appeared on a conservative Web site just before...
Oksana suing for cold cash
Olympic ice-skating champion Oksana Baiul has filed a $5 million lawsuit that claims NBC Universal and a skating promoter falsely used her image to promote two televised shows in 2011...
Mets eye casino at Citi to help offset losses suffered in Bernie Madoff scandal
It’s an Amazin’ gamble! The Mets’ owners want to roll the dice on building a Las Vegas-style casino next to Citi Field to recoup some of the $162 million for...
‘CPR’ cop saves baby
A cop used CPR — which she learned only a week ago — to save a Brooklyn baby yesterday, sources said.Dad Rostom Omiadze, 39, bolted out of his Bensonhurst yelling...
King of the hill, top of the heap: Koch’s swan song is ‘New York, New York’
New York gave the ultimate send-off to beloved former Mayor Ed Koch yesterday — a standing ovation as his casket was carried out of a synagogue to the tune “New...
A shame Ed had to miss this farewell blowout!
Were it not for a previous engagement with the Almighty, there’s not an icicle’s chance in hell or heaven that Ed Koch would have missed this party. Movers, shakers, machers...
Realty big accused of rape at posh Standard Hotel
An Aspen, Colo., real-estate honcho is accused of raping a woman at the tony Standard hotel in the Meatpacking District, The Post has learned. Keith Hartigan, 37, was busted Friday...
Mob had $2M ‘hit’ fund: feds
When mobsters draw on this account – people get whacked. A Bonanno associate and a Canadian drug kingpin used a $2 million “hit” fund – so they could quickly hire...
Gov pick for court is stalled
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo’s first pick for the state’s top court ran into unexpected trouble yesterday as Senate Republicans questioned her credentials.The Senate Judiciary Committee tabled a vote on whether...
NFL: Beyonce's explosive show didn’t blow Super power
Beyoncé puts a lot of power into her shows — but not that much! Everyone from football fans to a former NFL great had pinned the Super Bowl blackout on...
The new (suicidal) GOP establishment
There is a new conservative establishment in America, made up of those who claim to be the anti-establishment. The New Establishment’s leaders claim to speak for the very loose agglomeration...
Super Bowl’s true winner
In the 4 1/2 hours of ceaseless spectacle that was Super Bowl XLVII — even the Roman numerals are excessive — there were only two minutes that made you stop...
Boy scouts’ moral code: should sexuality matter?
The Issue: Whether the Boy Scouts of America should lift a ban on homosexuals as scouts or leaders. *** Edward Whelan hits the nail right on the head (“Scouting’s Suicide,”...
Cuomo parts the waters
Shortly after Hurricane Sandy struck last October, Gov. Cuomo traveled to battered Long Beach, where he vowed that we’re not “going to just rebuild, we’re going to rebuild better than...
A two-party town
Democrats outnumber Republicans 6-to-1 in Gotham. So why would anyone fight for the GOP nomination for mayor? Two reasons: First, New Yorkers haven’t elected a mayor running on the Democratic...
A kindly killer
It may seem odd to think of a deadly sniper as a compassionate, caring soul, but Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL killed last weekend, proved just how natural it can...
The dirt on ‘Government Motors’
Maybe the most disturbing news in “American Turnaround,” Ed Whitacre’s new book that describes his stint as head of General Motors, is how naïve he was about what it means...
Beating the bus strike
Last Friday, the feds ruled for Gotham’s striking school-bus drivers. But it’s early innings. As long as Mayor Bloomberg holds firm, schoolchildren and taxpayers can win. Three weeks ago tomorrow,...
Woman’s broad study of the Bard’s works
Tina Packer’s survey of Shakespeare’s female characters, “Women of Will,” clocks in at almost three hours. And that’s the abbreviated “overview”: Starting in April, Packer will also perform extended versions...
New music from My Bloody Valentine, Tim McGraw and more
Albums of the Week My Bloody Valentine “m b v” ★★★ 1/2 WHO takes 22 years to finish a third album? Irish studio wizard Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine,...
Hot club fun time machine
‘She’s a real drama queen, that one,” whispered a shady-looking guy. And I, sipping from the coffee cup a winking bartender had just poured some liquor into, had to agree....
Soccer-fix ring alarms europe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Organized crime gangs have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of soccer matches around the world in recent years, including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers...
Red Bulls deal away top scorer Cooper
The salary-cap strapped Red Bulls dealt away their leading scorer, Kenny Cooper, to FC Dallas yesterday for allocation money, in essence trading away production for potential and much-needed flexibility. “Due...
Ramon to rehab
Jockey Ramon Dominguez has been transferred to Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, NY, after spending more than a week at New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center in...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $23,000; cl($10,000); 3YOFRANK AND DINO stepped up after getting carried out wide and broke maiden back in December....
Tomorrow’s Gulfstream Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $17,500; cl($10,000); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Afternoon Idol(L),121JBridgmhn6-7-7McDnld15-12 Malibu Wave(L),121P Lopez7-3-1Carrasc12-13 Bob Can't Jump(L),121JVelazquz4-2-1Ramirez6-14 Island Scholar(L),121J Lezcano2-3-1Pinchin8-15 Perfect Trippi(L),123JCastellan1-9-7Maker5-26 Honor's Gold(L),116J Chamafi4-5-7Fontana20-17...
Parx Racing Charts
February 4th, 2013 Clear And Fast.©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70y; $23,000; clm; 3YOOff: 12:26. Good. bid 3/4, long driveTime: 22.65, 46.77, 1:13.18, 1:4.48, 1:44.89. Trainer: Richard VegaWinner: B G, 3,...
Affrunti at Turf Paradise Graded Entries
FIRST-6f; $8,500; cl($10,000); 4up4-Airborne Mark 5-23-YouMakeMeBle8-11-Ironhouse 5-15-All Mighty Buck6-16-Bellagio Road 2-11a-Vindicate It 5-12-Higgs 8-17-Our Fortress 8-1a-CoupledSECOND-6f; $6,400; mdn cl($8,000); 3YO; (f)5-Golondrina 5-22-Earl's Girl 5-16-Seafarer 8-13-Flying Pearl 12-14-Addy's Caddy 9-27-Forced to...
Sports Shorts
HOOPS: Syracuse snaps 2-game skid C.J. Fair had 18 points and 10 rebounds as No. 9 Syracuse (19-3, 7-2 Big East) posted a 63-47 victory over No. 25 Notre Dame...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-6f; $6,400; mdn cl($8,000); 3YO5Bubb Rstr (Burdu)7.003.403.003Locomotve Breath (Bze)3.802.807Awfully Lucky (Mower)2.60* $1 Exacta (5-3) $19.80 * $1 Quinella (3-5) $10.10 * $1 Superfecta (5-3-7-6) $624.40 * $1 Trifecta (5-3-7) $74.10SECOND-1m(T);...
Rangers trade Rupp to Wild for Powe, Palmieri
Rangers general manager Glen Sather has decided action, not hope, is the best way to try to turn his team’s season around. With patience being an unrealistic luxury in this...
Rangers face Devils in Newark for first time since Eastern Conference finals
Tonight will be the first time the Rangers take on the Devils this season, and it will be on the same Newark ice where the Blueshirts’ postseason ended last May...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 5WEDFeb. 6THUFeb.7FRIFeb. 8SATFeb. 9SUNFeb.10MONFeb.11KnicksNO GAMEWash.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEMin.8:00MSGESPNNO GAMEClippers1:00ABCESPNNOGAMENetsLakers7:30YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM,101.9 FMDet.7:30YESWFANNO GAMEWash.7:00YESWFANNO GAMES.A.8:00YES/ESPNWFANInd.7:00YESWFANNO GAMEUConn7:00ESPNUWBBRNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMESyr. 3:00ESPNWBBRNOGAMERangersDevils7:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMEIsles 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMET.B. 7:30 MSG...
Islanders put Martinek on IR
Islanders defenseman Radek Martinek was placed on the injured reserve list yesterday with a groin and abdominal strain, retroactive to Sunday, according to the team’s website. The oft-injured defenseman was...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Purdue at Penn State BIG TEN7 p.m.Florida at Arkansas ESPN7 p.m.Villanova at DePaul ESPN27 p.m.Wake Forest at North Carolina ESPNU7 p.m.Women's: Marquette at UConn SNY7:30 p.m.Lakers at Nets YES,...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogN. CAROLINA13Wake ForestPurdue3PENN ST.Villanova1 1/2DEPAULYoungstown St.1CLEVE. ST.AKRON20C. MichiganMIAMI15Boston Coll.Florida9ARKANSASBRADLEYPickEvansvilleWichita St.9S. ILLINOISN. IOWA14Missouri St.VALPARAISO12 1/2Ill.-ChicagoKansas St.10TEXAS TECHGEO.TECH3Florida St.MICHIGAN6 1/2Ohio St.KENTUCKY17S. CarolinaNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogNETS3 1/2LakersROCKETS3 1/2WarriorsPACERS5HawksGRIZZLIES8 1/2SunsNUGGETS6BucksNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogPenguins$120-140ISLANDERSDEVILS-110-110RangersKings$115-135B. JACKETSCAPITALS$130-150Maple LeafsFLYERS-105-115LightningSENATORS$125-145SabresRED WINGS$150-170FlamesJETS$125-145PanthersBLUES$155-175PredatorsSHARKS$110-130Blackhawks
Party time in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — The city is in party-planning mode a day after the Ravens’ Super Bowl victory. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says the city’s parade for the team will begin at...
Record $98.9M bet in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said yesterday.Unaudited tallies show 183 sports books made...
Ravens’ Flacco basks in MVP afterglow
NEW ORLEANS — It was good to be Joe Flacco yesterday, and it only figures to get better in the coming days and months. Fresh off winning the Super Bowl...
Sorry, Jim, referees got crucial Super Bowl call right
Jerome Boger was making his first appearance as referee in the Super Bowl and some, including anonymous officials, questioned his qualifications for working this game. But I’m happy to say...
Deron: Nets now have home-court edge over elite teams
In the past, the Nets always would feel like they were playing on the road when teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Knicks and Heat came to town. But that’s already...
Nets put Howard in rear-view mirror
Deron Williams and Dwight Howard will be together inside Barclays Center tonight for the first time. But after watching the Nets spend the better part of a year doing everything...
Melo's Super start sends Knicks to easy victory over Pistons
Carmelo Anthony saw his string of 20-point games snapped at a Knick-record 31 straight on Saturday, scoring just nine points. He had that after less than 10 minutes last night,...
Knicks' Rasheed set for return
Mike Woodson said Rasheed Wallace’s long-awaited return could come in the game after the All-Star break, but that’s the soonest Wallace will return. Woodson thought Wallace would practice last week...
Tyson’s 20/20/20 vision a welcomed sight for Knicks
You would have expected Tyson Chandler to be in a better mood than he was after collecting 20 rebounds for the third straight game to tie a Knicks record last...
Chandler grabs 20 boards for 3rd straight game in Knicks' rout of Pistons
It’s a good thing for the Knicks franchise Lawrence Frank beat out Mike Woodson for the Pistons’ head-coaching job in the summer of 2011. Otherwise this Knicks season may never...
Yankees' Jeter taking it nice and easy
TAMPA — Derek Jeter has spent a lot of Super Bowl Mondays the way he did yesterday. He took some swings off a tee and fielded a few dozen slow...
Cashman: Yankees to hide A-Rod from ‘paparazzi’
The Yankees have been cagey about Alex Rodriguez’s spring-training schedule, and they intend to stay that way. Mindful of the heat generated by the recent Miami New Times story alleging...
Starr Report
Say what you want about the Super Bowl — and all the hype, blah blah blah — but anyone connected with a show that airs in the plum post-Super Bowl...
ABC eyes share of online soap
The new online version of “One Life to Live” has trapped ABC in a Web of intrigue.Prospect Park, which is launching streaming versions of “OLTL” and “All My Children,” says...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, MICHELLE OBAMA - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 8 a.m., (OWN)GEORGE W. BUSH - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 9 a.m., (OWN)KATHARINE MCPHEE, LEEZA GIBBONS - LIVE! with Kelly...
Geraldo TV gig gone if he runs
Geraldo Rivera would lose his Fox News TV and radio gigs if he decides to run for public office, the network says. Rivera, 69, has floated the idea of running...
No @#$% Joe: Flacco tames his tongue for Dave
Super Bowl hero Joe Flacco showed up on the “Late Show with David Letterman” — and watched his language. A day after the Baltimore Raven quarterback exuberantly proclaimed his Super...
Whoa show no mo’
'Smash,' the Broadway musical TV show, wasn’t the first season. A smash, I mean. Annoying characters, a pat story line and the whole “I gotta sing! I gotta dance! I...
What to watch for this year on ‘Smash’
A retooled “Smash” debuts tonight on NBC and, as an insider, I can tell you that the most important change is the addition of an all-knowing, all-powerful, incredibly telegenic Broadway...
Touch of glass makes beer better
Tasting craft beer at its source — especially after a tour of its preparation — is like trying it for the first time. And many brewers all over the US...
Ready for the DJ wars
Las Vegas is buzzing about the seemingly unlimited money behind the forthcoming Hakkasan ultra-super-mega club/restaurant at the MGM Grand and the resurrection of the Light brand as a Mandalay Bay...
Feeling Super at the W Downtown
Hotel/real estate heavyweights hit the W New York Downtown on Sunday for a Super Bowl party where Mitchell, Matthew and Joseph Moinian entertained family and friends including Alan Tisch and...
Hot deals and sensational splurges
PUT A BIRD ON IT Is the “dream of the ’90s” alive in Portland? Go and see for yourself with the “Pilgrimage to Portlandia” package at downtown Portland’s Hotel deLuxe....
Just back: Mohegan Sun
Since mankind took its first drink and, shortly thereafter, made its first bet, these two activities have been linked together. The Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut decided to formalize the...
First look: Nobu Hotel
Just like TriBeCa has changed drastically since Nobu Matsuhisa and Robert De Niro opened up their Hudson Street Nobu restaurant in 1994, Vegas has seen a stunning makeover since Nobu...
He’s behind Beyoncé’s sizzling Super Bowl suit
While more than 108 million people watched Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show on TV, Rubin Singer was watching from the front row at the game with tears in his eyes....
Weird but true
In Hinds County, Miss., the law has a long arm and a tender heart. The sheriff is putting a little romance into crime fighting by putting up a billboard in...
St. John's Branch set for MRI, might miss UConn game
For the first time this season St. John’s is facing the specter of having to overcome a serious injury. Point guard Jamal Branch, who suffered a sprained left knee in...
Kate Upton is the new Marilyn
After some skateboarding, joke-telling and dancing on the Santa Monica Pier, curvalicious model-of-the-moment Kate Upton boarded an amusement-park ride while shooting her July 2012 GQ cover. “She’s riding on that,...
Chandler has 20 boards again, Knicks rout Pistons
Tyson Chandler tied a franchise record with his third straight 20-rebound game, Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 99-85 on Monday night...
FTC corrects language on Herbalife
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday corrected an earlier statement regarding a “law enforcement investigation” into Herbalife. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Post, the FTC...
Rutgers lands top lineman, then loses him hours later
One minute, Rutgers was working to gain a commitment from offensive lineman Ali Kassem of JUCO ASA College in Brooklyn. The next, the Scarlet Knights had him, then they didn't.Recruiting...
DNA evidence lacking in high-speed shootout with cops: lawyer
The attorney for a convicted career thief accused of going on a rush-hour robbery spree and shootout with cops is relying on a lack of DNA evidence to get a...
Woman in yoga pose awoken by man masturbating next to her, lawsuit claims
She was finishing her workout; he was just starting his. An Upper West Side woman in post yoga, meditative bliss was allegedly rudely awoken by a maintenance worker masturbating next...
Sylvie Cachay's accused killer's ramblings ruled admissible by judge
The trust funder charged in the Soho House bathtub strangling of his swimsuit designer girlfriend will see his ramblings to cops come back to haunt him at trial, thanks to...