March 14, 2013
State to crack down on 'deceptive' electricity seller: officials
Underhanded sales practices like signing up customers without telling them and preying on non-English speakers could bar a Florida electricity seller from doing business in New York, state officials said...
Wright scratched from WBC game due to sore ribs, will meet with Mets doctors
MIAMI – The Curse of the WBC has struck down Captain America. David Wright is out with an injury to his ribs and this could turn into the dreaded oblique...
New Broncos WR Welker says there's no hard feelings toward Patriots
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Two days, $56 million. Yes, John Elway can handle the checkbook almost as nimbly as he once threw the football. For the second straight offseason, the Broncos...
Samsung unveils iPhone-challenging Galaxy S4
Samsung Electronics is ratcheting up its rivalry with Apple with its new Galaxy S 4 smartphone, which has a larger, sharper screen than its predecessor, the best-selling S III. Samsung...
Diaz accuses UFC champ St-Pierre of using 'plenty of steroids'
Nick Diaz doesn’t just think Georges St-Pierre is pampered. He thinks the UFC welterweight champion is using performance-enhancing drugs, too.Diaz, who challenges St-Pierre on Saturday night at UFC 158 in...
Accused cleaver killer Tarloff had obsession with mother, kissed her on the mouth
He's Norman Bates -- with a meat cleaver. Jurors in a Manhattan murder trial peered deep inside the creepy, mother-obsessed mind of admitted killer David Tarloff today. Months before the...
Gee walks four as Mets fall to Tigers, 9-1
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Dillon Gee couldn’t pinpoint the reason for his lack of command. One thing he’s certain about, it’s not related to his health. The Mets right-hander...
Reuters editor indicted for helping Anonymous hack websites
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal grand jury indicted Matthew Keys, deputy social media editor at Reuters.com, of aiding the group Anonymous to hack into Tribune Co computers. The incident occurred...
Queens locals begged for traffic safety measures before teen was struck & killed
Locals had been begging the city for years to install traffic calming measures on the busy Queens street where a teenaged boy was struck and killed by a car earlier...
Giants sign former Steelers safety Mundy
The Giants added some depth to their defense on Thursday, signing safety Ryan Mundy, who played in every game the past four seasons for the Steelers, mostly on special teams.Mundy,...
Man dies after being hit by train in Midtown
A man was killed after he jumped in front of a train in an apparent suicide at the Bryant Park subway station, police sources said. He was struck about 4:05...
Knicks' Woodson: 'No doubt, I am worried' about Carmelo's injury
Mike Woodson admitted to being worried about Carmelo Anthony’s knee injury and defended his decision to play him in the Nuggets’ 117-94 thrashing of the Knicks on Wednesday night. In...
Butler settles in, drops Dayton in first A-10 tourney game
It was just a matter of time before Butler found its stroke, and when it did there was no way to stop it. Maybe it was the unfamiliar surroundings or...
Lakers' Bryant out indefinitely with severe ankle sprain
ATLANTA — The Lakers’ push for the playoffs might be without Kobe Bryant for a while. The Los Angeles star severely sprained his left ankle Wednesday night after missing a...
Syracuse escapes Pitt, meets rival Georgetown in Big East semis
The Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry has been the Big East’s most intense for more than three decades. But it’s the last three weeks of the feud that has the Orange fuming and...
Long Island College Hospital to stay open
It’s another reprieve for Long Island College Hospital. A Brooklyn judge ruled today that the State University of New York cannot close down the Cobble Hill hospital and ER because...
Former Giants first-round pick Phillips signs with Eagles
The Giants will be seeing plenty of Kenny Phillips in 2013, as on Thursday he signed to play for the Eagles after spending the first five years of his career...
NY gun show operators agree to new weapon sale rules
ALBANY, N.Y. — Most of New York's gun show operators have agreed to new rules designed to make sure weapon sales are properly tracked and done safely, Attorney General Eric...
Rubio, Paul pitch to conservatives at CPAC
WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. senators seen as possible candidates for the 2016 presidential election brandished their conservative credentials on Thursday as Republicans sought to regroup after their bruising election loss...
Knees not the only problem for Knicks as JR questions team's 'heart'
PORTLAND – A championship dream is dying out West. The three alarming knee injuries to each member of the Knicks, “Trio Grande’’ – Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler...
Giants re-sign LB Rivers
Keith Rivers didn’t make much of an impact in his first season with the Giants, arriving with fairly high expectations after a disappointing four-year run with the Bengals. Rivers didn’t...
Mother of B'klyn teen gunned down says she's 'waiting for Kimani to come home' and 'asking for justice'
The mother of the teen gunned down by cops last week spoke out for the first time since the 16-year-old’s death sparked a pair of riots in Brooklyn. "I'm still...
Georgetown tops Cincinnati, sets up Syracuse showdown
Georgetown is getting the game everyone wanted to see. Despite coughing up a 16-point first-half lead against ninth-seeded Cincinnati, the top-seeded Hoyas’ smothering defense sustained its reputation with a 62-43...
Richmond's late technicals hand Charlotte win at A-10 tournament (video)
This was not the homecoming Richmond forward Derrick Williams imagined. Williams, a Harlem native, was whistled for a technical foul as Charlotte guard Pierria Henry took free throws with 4.7...
Rape suspect used taser on ex-girlfriend before slipping it past airport security: prosecutors
A rape suspect who slipped a stun gun past airport security used the weapon on a Queens victim, then sexually assaulted her to punish her for breaking up with him,...
WATCH: Gus goes ballistic as Illinois beats Minnesota at buzzer
Bittersweet. Gus Johnson makes one of his classic game-winning calls as Illinois’ Brandon Paul hits this buzzer-beater to open the Big 10 tournament with a win over Minnesota. Unfortunately, it’s...
More Carnival Triumph passengers sue company over cruise ship disaster
DALLAS — A federal lawsuit has been filed seeking damages for 17 people who were passengers last month on the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship. The plaintiffs in the suit...
Double trouble! Taylor Swift's love life questioned on 'Jeopardy'
Taylor Swift’s love life isn’t just a Hollywood punch line -- now she’s a “Jeopardy” question. The venerable quiz show took a good-natured swipe at the pretty singer last night,...
Ex-Treasury Secretary Geithner has book deal, release scheduled for 2014
Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal. Geithner has an agreement with Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House, Inc. Crown announced Thursday that Geithner's book, currently untitled,...
NHL realignment approved; Hamrlik probable for Rangers
WINNIPEG—The NHL Board of Governors officially approved the new realignment plan on Thursday, setting four divisions and a new playoff format effective next season.Contrary to earlier reports from the Players’...
Staples Center-owner AEG no longer for sale, Anschutz says
LOS ANGELES — Billionaire Philip Anschutz said Thursday he is pulling AEG off the market and the company that owns the Los Angeles Kings and the Staples Center is no...
Ed Asner released from hospital
LOS ANGELES — Ed Asner's publicist says the 83-year-old actor is out of a Chicago-area hospital after being diagnosed with exhaustion. Publicist Charles Sherman says Asner was released Thursday and...
US senators push for TSA investigation into Newark safety procedures
New Jersey's US senators today urged the Transportation Security Administrator to "conduct a full review of security screening procedures" at Newark Airport after The Post exposed how TSA screeners there...
Teacher's union takes aim at Bloomberg's control of public schools
The teachers’ union today proposed to gut one of Mike Bloomberg’s signature legislative achievements: the ability of the mayor to run New York City’s public school system. The United Federation...
Floating jacuzzi steams full speed ahead, all over the world!
We caught up with Dutch furniture designer Frank de Bruijn, who just happened to invent, like, the greatest thing ever—a 2,000 liter, eight-seater jacuzzi boat. The HotTug heats by a...
AROUND THE CAGE: Jones, Sonnen feud heating up again before UFC in Newark
Chael Sonnen has been quiet. Actually, no. He’s been downright gracious when talking about Jon Jones over the last three months.That could be about to change with his fight against...
Henry Kissinger to get Intrepid Freedom Award
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is slated to receive the Intrepid Freedom Award for his distinguished career defending the values of freedom and democracy. The ceremony will be held...
Carnival flying stranded cruise passengers home
PHILIPSBURG, ST. MAARTEN — Passengers from the Carnival Dream were heading to the airport Thursday instead of sailing home after an on board generator problem halted their trip in the...
Jets interested in soon-to-be-released Cardinals QB Kolb: source
Could the Jets be adding another quarterback to their competition shortly?The team has had internal discussions about adding Kevin Kolb, according to a source, once he is released by the...
Brooklyn beats out Manhattan in population boom
The hipsters are multiplying. Booming Brooklyn is leading the city's population explosion, according to figures released today. Census data shows that the city's largest borough grew by 2.4 percent to...
Yankees' Hughes throws BP, unsure if he'll be ready for start of season
TAMPA -- Phil Hughes threw live batting practice for the first time since injuring his back last month, but he’s not ready to make any guarantees if he’ll be on...
Mathieu on NFL: Putting marijuana before football 'not fun anymore'
yrann Mathieu is hoping to bolster his sinking draft stock by convincing teams he doesn’t get high anymore.Mathieu was kicked out of LSU, and missed all of last season, for...
Former NY Gov. George Pataki endorses Catsimatidis for mayor
Former three term Republican Gov. George Pataki today today endorsed supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis for mayor. “John Catsimatidis has the skills, the vision and the courage needed to lead New...
Senate panel approves assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an assault weapons ban in a party -line vote that underscores how hard it will be for the measure to survive in...
Prosecutors still probing ex-MLS CEO in alleged wife choke
Four months after his arrest for allegedly beating and choking his wife in a Manhattan hotel, former Major League Soccer big Hal Douglas Quinn has still not been indicted, prosecutors...
Scientists put young panda couple in the mood with naughty films
A pair of pandas were sat in front of a porn movie to get them in the mood during mating season. Scientists feared the couple would never have baby bears...
Newtown shooter interested in other mass murders
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The man who killed 26 people inside a Connecticut elementary school last year showed interest in other mass killings, people close to the investigation told The...
Court removes judge set to preside over 'Whitey' Bulger trial
BOSTON — The judge who was set to preside over the trial of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was removed from the case Thursday by a federal appeals court that...
Archbishop Molloy coaching legend Curran passes away at 82
Jack Curran, one of the most decorated coaches in the history of New York City high school sports, passed away at the age of 82 Wednesday night, Archbishop Molloy athletic...
WATCH: Dolan calls new Pope Francis 'savvy,' says not to expect major doctrinal changes
New York’s Timothy Cardinal Dolan hailed the elevation of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, calling the new pontiff an ideal combo of intellect and charm. The 76-year-old Argentinian Bergoglio, who took the...
New York Attorney General urging NFL to examine whether potential draft picks asked about sexual orientation
ALBANY — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL on Tuesday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly asked about their sexual orientation during the league's combine,...
Suu Kyi draws rare rancor over Myanmar mine report
Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced the wrath of hundreds of villagers on Thursday angered by her defense of an independent report that backed expansion of a copper...
POST-CAST: Mets GM Alderson joins Vaccaro, Hale
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joins Post columnist Mike Vaccaro and Mark Hale on this week's Post-Cast. Alderson will talk about why manager Terry Collins has yet to receive an...
Italian bishops erroneously send e-mail to Cardinal Scola congratulating him on becoming pope
MILAN, Italy — Italian bishops were quick to congratulate the new pope. Too quick: They got the wrong man. The Italian Bishops' Conference Wednesday sent a congratulatory email to one...
Applications for unemployment aid fell to 332,000 last week, pushing four-week average to lowest level since March 2008
WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, reducing the average number of weekly applications last month to a five-year low. The drop shows that fewer layoffs are strengthening...
Gunman who killed 4 and police dog in shootout dead after standoff in upstate village
HERKIMER — Crazed upstate gunman Kurt Myers’ final victim was a rookie FBI tactical dog who was remembered fondly for making the “ultimate sacrifice” for his handlers. Myers shot dead...
Pope Francis' humility: stops by hotel to get bags
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill...
22 people dead, dozens wounded after series of attacks in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — A string of explosions tore through central Baghdad within minutes of each other on Thursday, followed by a coordinated assault by gunmen who raided a government building and...
Physicists say they have discovered long-sought Higgs boson particle
GENEVA — It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. In what could...
Hot spring trend: bold reds
Get overheated with the hottest color du jour. Follow the red light a la Miley Cyrus in a supercharged jumpsuit, or Mia Wasikowska in a drop-waist shift dress.
Ready for 4-12? Jets' plan pointed toward 2014
The players don’t come but they sure go, and because these are the Jets we are talking about, you have every right to wonder whether Team Woody — owner Woody...
Welker, Amendola deals set market for Giants' Cruz
Victor Cruz hopes Wes Welker, the prototype slot receiver, did not set a market yesterday when he left the Patriots and signed a two-year, $12 million contract to play catch...
Patriots lose Welker, nab Amendola
The Jets won’t have to worry about Wes Welker tormenting them on a regular basis anymore. The Patriots’ prolific slot receiver sent shockwaves yesterday by bolting the security of Tom...
Santana, Mets GM Alderson ‘on the same page’ after spring dispute
PORT ST. LUCIE — Whatever bitter feelings Johan Santana might have harbored toward the Mets front office seem to have dissipated. The veteran lefty broke more than a week of...
Mets d’Arnaud, Harvey show growth after rough start against Nats
VIERA, Fla. — Travis d’Arnaud still hasn’t caught a game in the major leagues, but he got a pretty good taste of what it will be like when he tried...
Package deal: Mets' Valdespin down with wearing cup
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jordany Valdespin will have soup-to-nuts protection the next time he steps on a baseball field. “I never use a cup, but I’ve got to use it...
New York’s dueling superheroes slug it out tonight
MIAMI — New York, New York; Met vs. Yankee. David Wright against Robinson Cano in the WBC version of the Subway Series — winner goes to San Francisco. Welcome to...
St. John's will sweat out NIT bid after Big East ouster
St. John’s might have walked off the Garden court for the last time this season. After losing to Villanova 66-53 Wednesday night in a Big East Conference Tournament second-round game,...
Louisville-St. John's series may be in the Cards
Louisville, on its way to the ACC next season, is interested in maintaining a series with St. John’s, sources told The Post. It makes sense for a couple of reasons,...
St. John's leaves lasting Big East memories
If the basketball gods had any sense of history, they would have shown more compassion for St. John’s last night. They would have appreciated the legacy of this tournament and...
Syracuse, Carter-Williams find swagger in rout of Seton Hall
After finding James Southerland for a 3-pointer midway through yesterday’s second half, Syracuse point guard Michael Carter-Williams strutted his way down court. He delivered even more swagger as the game...
Cincinnati wins an ugly one; Georgtown next
Cincinnati and Providence opened the second round of the Big East Tournament with a game only ink will remember. Moving one step closer to securing an at-large bid in the...
Jets listening, but not actively shopping Revis: source
Don’t get rid of that Darrelle Revis Jets jersey just yet. The Jets are not committed to trading Revis as has been reported, The Post has learned. According to a...
NFL scouts: Any deal for Revis must include a first-rounder
If the Jets are going to trade Darrelle Revis — and the noise is growing louder by the day that they will — they must fetch no less than a...
WATCH: Justin Timberlake in mannequin skit with Steve Carell, Jimmy Fallon
Justin Timberlake needs a hand. Or some arms. Or something. The singer-actor-sometimes comedian endured jabs at his boy-band days during a skit on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Wednesday alongside...
Knicks’ mile-high debacle: Melo to get knee drained; Chandler also hurt in rout
DENVER — The Knicks must be cursed. The Knicks’ crisis went from bad to unthinkable Wednesday night. “The Melo Game’’ turned into a nightmare as center Tyson Chandler and Carmelo...
Officer smashed in the face with a brick, 50 arrested in Brooklyn protest
A police officer was smashed in the face with a brick and 50 people were arrested as unrest over a teenager shot dead by cops continued to plague a Brooklyn...
Business briefs
Bull recordStocks edged up on Wednesday, with the Dow rising for the ninth straight session to another record, to 14,455.28. The Dow’s rally marked the longest streak for the index...
Judge allows bombshell private-equity suit to proceed
An explosive lawsuit accusing the country’s biggest private-equity firms of conspiring to drive down prices on deals is moving forward after surviving its biggest legal challenge yet. A federal judge...
UBS ‘B’ doesn’t stand for bonus
No bonus for you! Roughly 25 percent of UBS’ top managers in its investment bank received zip, zero, zilch for their bonus this year, The Post has learned. The shutout...
Hoop dream: Pay the athlete-students
Whenever I go to a college basketball game here’s what I’m thinking: Why are these kids playing for free? Basketball was on my mind this week because the wonderful Big...
Put up or shut up for Galaxy
Samsung is looking to upstage Apple. The South Korean electronics maker is expected to reveal its new Galaxy smartphone at a splashy event tonight at Radio City Music Hall. With...
Android Andy in new role
Andy Rubin, the architect of Android, the world’s top-selling mobile operating system, has decided to step down as Google combines mobile software divisions under one roof, the company said yesterday....
Falling futures: CNBC’s ratings hit as marts rise
You’d forgive the folks over at CNBC if, perhaps, just a small piece of them wished for the markets to collapse. After all, while it has been a record-breaking month...
Herba-short sues Icahn
An Herbalife short seller is suing billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Herbalife’s banks, claiming they are letting the distributor of nutritional and weight loss products perpetuate “one of the largest...
Singer: Fix Hess mess and stock could soar
Paul Singer’s Elliott Management issued a 71-page report yesterday blasting oil and gas giant Hess, saying the company could be worth a lot more if it would spin off assets...
Citi values SEC ruling
Citigroup won the right to omit from its annual meeting a question for shareholders that would require the lender to explore a breakup.The SEC said the proposal, submitted by Trillium...
DC on a 'Whale' watch
Mrs. Drew goes to Washington. In her first public appearance since the infamous London Whale trade sank her career and badly dinged JPMorgan Chase’s reputation, Ina Drew is set to...
Knives of March: Faculty vote targets NYU president
Beware the Ides of March, Mr. Sexton. NYU President John Sexton, facing a no-confidence vote this week by the faculty at the university’s largest schools, is behaving like a Roman...
Craps for Revel chief
Kevin DeSanctis, who guided Atlantic City’s Revel casino-hotel through its tortuous development, only to see it struggle in the cutthroat East Coast gambling market, is stepping down as head of...
Apple CEO on hot seat
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook must sit for a deposition in the US government’s lawsuit against the company over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market, a judge ruled yesterday. US...
Get to the Point
Back in January, Dave Maundrell, president of aptsandlofts.com, hosted an open house for the building he was unveiling — a modest, 7,100-square-foot affair at 48 Box St. in Greenpoint, consisting...
Just sold!
Manhattan FINANCIAL DISTRICT $630,000 150 Nassau St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 660 square feet, with open kitchen with Sub-Zero and Miele appliances, walnut cabinets and granite counters and marble bath; building...
That’s entertainment
Bill Persky and Joanna Patton are the definition of a savvy New York City couple: He’s a five-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/director (“The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Kate & Allie,”...
Bold as bass
Catering queen and socialite Serena Bass (pictured) has just bought a charming townhouse in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood for $860,000. The four-story home at 229 Macon St. was built in 1910....
Lhota blo$$oms
Former MTA Chairman and GOP mayoral front-runner Joe Lhota raised a whole lot of dough to jump start his bid for City Hall.Lhota took in $730,000 the past two months...
‘Voting’ recycle
Some of the city’s antiquated mechanical voting machines — replaced by electronic devices two years ago — could stage a comeback as high-tech voter-information portals. Board of Elections officials yesterday...
Heat’s on Quinn
A war is brewing over City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s refusal to allow a vote on a bill to mandate paid sick days, The Post has learned. Thirty council members...
’Fess in judge hit
A man admitted yesterday to taking part in a sick plot to hire a hit man to kill a judge and prosecutor — and preserve their heads in formaldehyde as...
Pre-nope guy will appeal
The Long Island executive who stands to lose millions after his wife convinced a judge to overturn their prenup is appealing to the state’s highest court. Real-estate honcho Peter Petrakis...
Pedicure ‘hotfoot’ lawsuit
She wishes she’d gotten only cold feet.A woman was severely burned after a pedicurist left a callus remover on her feet for too long, according to a newly filed Manhattan...
Shocking stun-gun lapse at Kennedy
A Greek national was able to slip a stun gun past inept TSA agents at Kennedy Airport yesterday after using it in the alleged rape and assault of his ex-girlfriend...
Newark Airport security failure explained away by TSA blog
The TSA whined yesterday that it’s just too darn hard for agents to find bombs — unless the terrorists use explosives straight out of a Loony Tunes cartoon. That was...
’Net cherry picking
It may have a reputation for sex and sleaze, but the Internet is actually serving as a high-tech chastity belt for some New York women.A survey has found that online...
Dolphin spotted swimming in the East River
New York really does attract all manner of tourists. A playful bottlenose dolphin was spotted splashing around the East River between 94th and 103rd streets yesterday. The creature was chasing...
Crash-slay indictment
The career criminal who fled the scene of a fatal crash that killed an expectant couple and their unborn baby has been indicted by a grand jury on the top...
Coaster ‘tooth’ suit
A Brooklyn teen and his family are suing the Coney Island amusement park that holds the iconic Cyclone roller coaster, saying he chipped four front teeth on the thrill ride...
Terrorized into lying
A former Queens bartender identified a ranking Gambino mobster yesterday as the person who pulled a gun on one of the tavern’s owners three decades ago — a “split second”...
SUNY bids to add campus
ALBANY — SUNY may soon create its 65th campus, spinning its fast-growing College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering away from the Albany campus under a plan that gives more control...
MTA goes high tech
The MTA will add 77 high-tech kiosks to 16 subway stations that can do everything but swipe your MetroCard for you. The touch-screen kiosks — which the MTA calls “On...
City soda-battle win
The city caught a break yesterday when the Appellate Division agreed to hear arguments in the soda wars before it recesses for the summer.Mayor Bloomberg is racing the clock to...
Chelsea’s $10M digs at Mad. Sq.
Chelsea Clinton is buying a $10.5 million spread right across the street from Madison Square Park, sources told The Post yesterday. The former first daughter and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky,...
Baby survives Harlem mother’s death leap
A distraught lawyer leaped to her death from an eighth-floor Harlem co-op while clutching her baby son yesterday — but the child amazingly survived the plunge when she landed on...
Women’s worst enemy
Sheryl Sandberg is hazardous to women. The chief operating officer of Facebook, the universe’s top working mom, has reinvented herself as a latter-day guru to the fair sex — the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island A would-be bank robber was foiled by a teller in Westerleigh who simply refused his demands to turn over cash, police said. The suspect walked into the Richmond...
Apple cruise industry a $hipwreck
The number of cruise- ship passengers leaving from city ports fell last year for the first time since 2009. A study by the city’s Economic Development Corp. found that 587,727...
O on grill at budget powwow
WASHINGTON — President Obama went to Capitol Hill yesterday for his first meeting with congressional Republicans in two years, ran into tough questioning — and made no progress with his...
2nd night of rage
A police officer was smashed in the face with a brick and 50 people were arrested as unrest over a teenager shot dead by cops continued to plague a Brooklyn...
GI wept in ‘slay’ confess
He admitted he hit her — but said it was for her own good.A Queens jury yesterday watched as a hulking National Guardsman, accused of viciously beating and drowning his...
Upstate-killer rampage
HERKIMER, NY — A gunman killed four and wounded two in a wild shooting rampage in the sleepy upstate communities of Mohawk and Herkimer yesterday, authorities said. Officials had no...
Blaze kills ’70s LIU star
An LIU-Brooklyn basketball star from the early 1970s was killed in a smoky Bronx blaze yesterday morning — just hours after he watched his beloved Blackbirds clinch an NCAA tournament...
Blue ‘monster’
Ivanka Trump’s homeless stalker traveled to Florida and conned his way into the VIP area of the famed “Blue Monster” golf course by pretending to be a reporter, cops said....
Judge won’t kill gun law
ALBANY — A judge refused yesterday to block New York’s tough new gun law. Justice Thomas McNamara ruled that the law prevents him from reviewing Gov. Cuomo’s justification for pushing...
No-show DOE loses ‘bus’ suit
First lesson on winning in court: Show up!The Department of Education is being forced to rehire a school-bus driver it canned for alleged reckless driving after city officials didn’t bother...
Boyland pal to plead
Embattled state Assemblyman William Boyland’s ex-chief-of-staff will plead guilty today to political corruption, sources told The Post.Ry-Ann Hermon was charged with bribery and conspiracy in December 2011 and is scheduled...
Shrink slayer’s ’fess vid
A Manhattan jury yesterday watched the chilling and rambling videotaped confession of a mental patient on trial in the slaying of an Upper East Side psychologist. The tape portrayed killer...
‘Exhausted’ Asner in hospital
Veteran actor Ed Asner was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday night while performing in a one-man show in Gary, Ind., and was being treated for exhaustion, his publicist said...
First among peers & beers
Whatever beer New Yorkers will drink to get their St. Patrick’s Day buzz on, the beer with the most buzz right now is Samuel Adams, a brand-research survey says.The survey,...
JPMorgan exec sued over 'bullying' behavior
A JPMorgan Chase executive got a little too bullish in the firm’s Financial District offices — bodychecking and threatening to punch male colleagues like a hockey goon and getting pushy...
TV ‘Mars’ fans $ave the movie
Who needs Hollywood producers when you can just get the fans to fund your film?Rabid lovers of the TV show “Veronica Mars” raised more than $2 million in just 11...
Pope of people a real blessing
The archbishop of Buenos Aires — a cardinal so humble that he prefers buses and subways to limousines and has kissed the feet of AIDS patients — was elected yesterday...
Guiding the church into a Brave New World
Today, we celebrate the election of Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio as the first pope from the New World. In addition to the great historical significance, it marks yet another step...
Humble Argentine priest's low-profile path to become Pope Francis
Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s humility was known throughout South America — but it became legendary eight years ago when he hinted to his fellow cardinals that he simply didn’t want the...
First Jesuit an ‘inspired choice’
The curtains on the Vatican balcony had barely been pulled open to introduce Pope Francis when the praise began rolling in from around the world. The faithful packed St. Peter’s...
In NYC, they cry for him, with joy
Argentinians across New York burst into tears and whoops of joy yesterday as they learned a cardinal from their homeland had been named the new pope. Shouting, “Argentina! Argentina! Argentina!”...
Envoy tapped for perilous Libya post
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday nominated a new ambassador to Libya, filling a post vacant since Chris Stevens was killed in the Benghazi attack last Sept. 11. The nomination of...
Come see exciting – er, Bushwick?
Forget Times Square and the Empire State Building. For a real New York experience, tourists should hop on the J, M, Z or L train — to Bushwick! The city...
Council overrides Mike’s jobless-bias veto
The City Council yesterday overrode Mayor Bloomberg’s veto and passed what will be the nation’s most far-reaching law to protect unemployed job hunters from discrimination.The legislation bans employers from posting...
O to see Israel’s beauty
WASHINGTON — President Obama will be leaving the missis at home when he heads to the Mideast next week, but he’s already lined up a stunning dinner companion: Miss Israel.Yityish...
Michelle makes me tidy up, admits messy President Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama has played the role of Felix to her husband’s Oscar during their entire 20-year partnership, President Obama revealed. “I had this little bachelor apartment that Michelle...
The craft of writing english well
When asked to explain the brisk pace of his novels, Elmore Leonard said, “I leave out the parts that people skip.” You will not want to skip anything in William...
The new killer bug
Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned on March 5 that “nightmare bacteria” called CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobactericeae) are raging through US health-care facilities....
A big gulp of sour grapes: Mike’s fizzled soda ban
The Issue: A state supreme court judge’s ruling on Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary soft drinks. *** Bravo to State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling for his decision to...
The admiral’s yarn
“Probably the most likely thing that is going to happen . . . that will cripple the security environment, probably more likely than the other scenarios we all often talk...
Meet the Pope
If there is one dogma left in our world, it’s the belief by our media elites that the Catholic church is doomed to irrelevance until it repudiates its approach to...
Flashback from Flatbush
Joe Lhota is warning against a backslide to the bad old days of 20 years ago, when the city was wracked with crime, chaos and other woes. The GOP mayoral...
Blame Kimani Gray
A 16-year-old aspiring sociopath pulls a gun, aims it at cops and is shot to death in response. Actions have consequences. Then his friends, to mark his passing, go on...
Draft tingling for mayor
Can we draft Justice Milton Tingling, the state judge who just issued a permanent injunction against the Bloomberg ban on large sized sugary soft drinks, for mayor? Yes, Tingling would...
Not ready for Bette
Thunder, lightning: A star deserves a grand entrance, and Bette Davis gets one in Craig Lucas’ new two-hander, “The Lying Lesson.” The show zooms off to a dramatic start when...
Motown heats up in ’67
The Motor City of the ’60s was famous for three things: cars, Motown and riots. The last two figure prominently in Dominique Morisseau’s endearing new play, “Detroit ’67” — we’ll...
The Harlem Shakedown
More than 200 young men in prep uniforms sit quietly in an auditorium as a chino-clad student wearing a red wig with pigtails grooves to a beat. Suddenly they’re all...
Nets’ Wallace finally back into offensive rhythm
Gerald Wallace didn’t need to be told it had been awhile since he had last scored in double figures. “It’s probably been all season,” Wallace said with a wry smile...
Tynes runs out: Brown addition to Giants means kicker likely will get boot
Lawrence Tynes kicked the Giants into two Super Bowls, and those highlights will forever be a part of franchise lore. But nothing lasts forever and, after six seasons, he is...
Seavey, 53, wins Iditarod
NOME, Alaska —A 53-year-old former champion won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of Alaska’s grueling test of endurance. Mitch Seavey and 10 dogs crossed...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $65,000; mdn; 3YO(f)DOWAGER comes in with a bullet work and makes local return after finishing second at Gulfstream...
Rodriguez banned
Former jockey Rudy Rodriguez, the leading trainer at the Aqueduct winter meet with 39 wins from 139 starts (28 percent) including the Jerome and Gotham with leading Kentucky Derby hopeful...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $59,000; alw opt clm; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 MostHappyFell(L),121D Cohen4-2-5Ness5-12 Swag Daddy(L),116J Ortiz6-5-6Rodrigez8-13 Warrior Up(L),121E Castro1-3-3Ubillo20-14 Fortitude(L),121I Ortiz, Jr3-5-1Schsber10-15 Jet Set Cat(L),121R...
Gulfstream Charts
March 13th, 2013 Clear And Fast.©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $17,500; mdn cl($12,500); 3YO; (f)Off: 1:06. Good. 3 wide, drew offTime: 23.29, 47.39, 1:.34, 1:13.73. Trainer: John MazzaWinner: GR/RO F,...
Rangers coach turns page after loss to Sabres — sort of
WINNIPEG —Despite the fire coming out of John Tortorella’s mouth after Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Sabres in Buffalo, the Rangers coach did not burn the tape, did not call...
Goal-oriented Devils beat Flyers
Pete DeBoer wanted more shot attempts. The Devils gave their coach more goals instead. New Jersey’s best offensive performance in nearly a month, coupled with a second consecutive standout performance...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Tamayo (6th)FIRST: Mile trot; $9,500; cond5 Keystone Cocoa(PBerry)5-1-54-17 Dusenberg(PLachance)9-7-85-18 Bull Spreader(AMiller)2-2-23-11 Ringside Nguyen(YGingras)6-2-415-12 Gotthemusicinyou(DMiller)4-4-67-23 Brissot(JCampbell)6-4-38-14 Camp Speedy(DHoover)9-7-1020-16 Match Play(TTetrick)5-3-46-19 Amarcord(JPlutino)4-2-412-1SECOND: Mile pace; $12,500Rags To Riches6...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1m(T); $33,100; clm($50,000); 3upMISS TAPIT finished third this level going longer and was claimed. LOVE TO SCORE drops in class after showing some closing ability. WHY KATHERINE...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 14FRIMar. 15SATMar. 16SUNMar. 17MONMar. 18TUEMar. 19WEDMar. 20KnicksPortland10:30MSG Network/TNTESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMENO GAMELAC3:30ABCESPNUtah10:30MSGESPNNO GAMEOrl.7:30MSGESPNNetsNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMEAtl.8:00YESWFANDet.7:30YESWFANNO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETBDTBDRangersWinnipeg8:00MSG PlusWBBR 1130 AMNO GAMEPitt.1:00MSGESPNNOGAMECar.7:00MSGESPNDevils7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEIslandersTampa Bay7:30MSG NetworkWRHU 88.7 FMNO GAMEFla.7:30MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEOtt.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEDevilsNOGAMEPhi.7:00MSG+WFANMon.7:00MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMERangers7:00MSG+2WFANNO GAMEYankees*...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Exh.: Cardinals at Braves MLBN1 p.m.Exh.: Tigers at Mets SNY4 p.m.Exh.: White Sox at Angels MLBN7 p.m.WBC: Dom. Republic vs. United States MLBNBasketballNoonBig Ten Tournament, First Round: Illinois vs....
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballBig East ConferenceAt Madison Square GardenQuarterfinalsFavoriteLineUnderdogGeorgetown3CincinnatiPittsburghPickSyracuseLouisville7 1/2VillanovaMarquette2 1/2Notre DameAtlantic Coast ConferenceAt Greensboro, N.C.: First RoundGeorgia Tech1Boston Coll.Nc State11 1/2Virginia TechMaryland5 1/2Wake ForestFlorida St.2ClemsonBig Ten ConferenceAt Chicago: First RoundMinnesota2IllinoisMichigan14 1/2Penn...
Bush, WRs headline busy 2nd day OF NFL free agency
So much for a second-day lull. An already wild and woolly NFL free-agent period surprisingly picked up speed yesterday, with Wes Welker, Danny Amendola, Dashon Goldson, Reggie Bush and Cliff...
Fat chance Knicks' Felton feels the love in Portland
DENVER — Raymond Felton is firing back at his Portland detractors who made him a scapegoat for the Blazers’ rotten lockout season. “They didn’t make the playoffs last year when...
Sports Shorts
MLB Strasburg gets nod for opener Stephen Strasburg will make his second Opening Day start for the Nationals when the NL East champions open the season at home against the...
Heat streak hits 20
PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James scored 27 points and the Heat became the fourth team to win at least 20 consecutive games in a season, rallying to beat the 76ers 98-94...
Yankees' Hughes to take big step with BP session today
TAMPA — Until Phil Hughes pitches in an exhibition game, the Yankees won’t know if the right-hander will have enough time to avoid starting the season on the sidelines. And...
Yankees relying on Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera to fill important roles
TAMPA — This is not nostalgia. This is necessity. This is not thanks for the memories. This is about making more memories. This is not Old-Timer’s Day on endless loop....
Jeter returns to shortstop while Rivera, Pettitte take mound last night for Yankees
TAMPA — Jorge Posada squatting behind the plate would have made for a Core Four reunion last night at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Derek Jeter started his first game at...
Greene, Landry, Bell latest Jets defectors
The gutting of the Jets roster continued yesterday, but they did not lose their most important player — yet. The Jets did not trade their star cornerback as things quieted...
Melo to get knee drained; Chandler also hurt as Knicks crushed by Nuggets
DENVER — The Knicks must be cursed. The Knicks’ crisis went from bad to unthinkable Wednesday night. “The Melo Game’’ turned into a nightmare as center Tyson Chandler and Carmelo...
Big-name injuries are far from only reason Knicks ‘ship be sinkin’
DENVER — It is for times like these when the Knicks’ own archives provide helpful guidance to the crises at hand. Thirty-one years ago, in the midst of an extended...
Starr Report
Tv and books: Veteran Hollywood agent Joel Gotler has just inked a deal to represent best-selling author J.A. Jance — who’s penned 21 J.P. Beaumont mystery novels — with an...
Current unfair
Keith Olbermann, who basically talked himself out a $50 million contract at the liberal Current TV cable channel, yesterday settled his wrongful-firing lawsuit against the network for 10 cents on...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows. Guest stars with familiar faces haunt their old stomping grounds this week: “Once Upon a Time” (Sunday, 8 p.m., ABC)...
Why Twitter-bug Katie Couric can’t sleep at night
What’s keeping Katie Couric up all night tweeting for company? “Ugh! It’s 4 am! Woke up at 2:30 and can’t get back to sleep! Anyone with me out there? #sofrustrating”...
Weird but true
It was a “moon”-light wedding. As a couple was tying the knot in South Carolina hotel-courtyard nuptials, a man in a room overlooking the ceremony allegedly pressed his bare buttocks...
Beware Billikens at Barclays bash
While there is so much fanfare surrounding the Big East Tournament at the Garden, 12 college teams will be vying to make history in Brooklyn starting today. Barclays Center will...
Bucknell headed to big dance
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Mike Muscala scored six of his 20 points during a decisive second-half stretch to help Bucknell capture its second NCAA Tournament berth in three seasons with a...
Syracuse will keep on rolling
Syracuse (pick) over Pittsburgh: Syracuse has lost its past four games against ranked teams, so the Orange gotta be due, right? Despite Seton Hall sticking around far too long yesterday,...
Rutgers’ season ends with a thud against Notre Dame
Beleaguered Rutgers coach Mike Rice started the week with a guarantee from his boss that he will be back for next season. Unless the Scarlet Knights play in the College...
Pope and Glory
High-Powered crisis management requires quick thinking and, it turns out, a killer wardrobe. That’s why, when Olivia Pope — the lead character in “Scandal” played by Kerry Washington — does...
Devils whip Flyers as Henrique, Hedberg shine
Pete DeBoer wanted more shot attempts. The Devils gave their coach more goals instead. New Jersey’s best offensive performance in nearly a month, coupled with a second consecutive standout performance...