March 15, 2013
Jets sign former Chargers NT Garay for defensive line depth
A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that the New York Jets have signed former San Diego Chargers nose tackle Antonio Garay to a one-year deal....
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: Christ the King freshman draws comparisons to Stephenson
Rawle Alkins was a virtual unknown entering the prestigious Catholic league playoffs, an impressively built freshman from Florida who appeared in just a handful of regular season games.By the end...
No-confidence vote for NYU president Sexton
NYU faculty gave president John Sexton a vote of no-confidence yesterday, accusing him of a high-handed management style as he pursues aggressive growth plans. The school’s board of trustees, however,...
BEST BETS: UFC 158
The day before every major event, The Post’s MMA expert Marc Raimondi breaks down what you should know in order to intelligently wager on the fight.On Saturday, the UFC is...
Poll position: Weiner's spending on surveys shows he may be mounting comeback
There may still be some life in the old Weiner yet. Campaign filings show that former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who is contemplating a possible political comeback, spent $106,500 on polls...
Butler into A-10 semifinals with win over LaSalle
Anyone who came to see a showdown between Rotnei Clarke and Ramon Galloway would have left Barclays Center disappointed Friday afternoon. Clarke and Galloway, easily two of the most talented...
Dip in blacks and Hispanics qualifying for NYC specialized high schools
Fewer black and Hispanic students qualified to attend one of the city’s eight specialized high schools this year compared to last year, new city Department of Education data show. The...
Sour Apples: NY teens starry-eyed for new Samsung Galaxy S4
Teens claim Apple isn’t fresh. New York teenagers claim they are converting from the iPhone to Samsung’s new eyeball-scanning smartphone because their generation is tech-savvy enough to brand-hop. “The iPhone...
Yankees sign former Tigers OF Boesch to one-year deal
The Yankees added some outfield depth and a decent left-handed bat Friday.With Curtis Granderson out with a fractured forearm, the Yankees signed Brennan Boesch to a one-year, $1.5 million contract,...
Small plane crashes at S. Fla. parking lot; 3 die
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport, killing all three people onboard and burning about a dozen cars. Fort Lauderdale...
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova visits Red Bulls practice
On the eve of tomorrow’s home opener vs. archrival DC United, the Red Bulls got a surprise visitor at today’s practice: Barcelona head coach Tito Vilanova, who is undergoing cancer...
Romney apologizes for losing election
OXON HILL, Md. — Republican Mitt Romney apologized for losing the presidential election as he returned to the national stage on Friday, promising to work in a diminished role alongside...
Broncos forced to release Dumervil due to missed deadline
Gone in six minutes.The Broncos lost one of their best players Friday because of a missed deadline in one of the more bizarre transactions of the wild NFL offseason.A half...
Yankees' Sabathia pitches five innings in spring debut
TAMPA, Fla. — New York ace CC Sabathia got a little stronger with each inning in his spring training debut. After a rough first inning, Sabathia worked four more innings,...
Duda homers in Mets' win over Braves
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Jeremy Hefner showed that he can punch out hitters if he gets riled up enough. Not known as a strikeout pitcher, Hefner struck out the last six...
Gang sold weed in Sour Power candy wrappers at Harlem bodega: cops
This candy was smokin'. An East Harlem drug gang sold marijuana out of Sour Power candy wrappers for $10 a bag, officials said today. "The sour," the alleged gangsters called...
Jets sign former Steelers lineman Colon
The Jets are finally starting to make some moves in free agency.The team agreed to a one-year $1.2 million contract with guard Willie Colon, according to a source. This comes...
UFC 158 preview: Pot-smoking, anti-establishment Diaz takes aim at poster boy St-Pierre
Nick Diaz is right.No, not when he accuses Georges St-Pierre of steroid use. Or when he blows off UFC media workouts. Or fails a drug test for marijuana use.Diaz is...
Knicks to sign Martin for rest of season
LOS ANGELES -- Although Kenyon Martin left Thursday night’s loss to the Blazers in the final minutes with a bruised shin the veteran power forward is fine, and the Knicks...
Charlotte's Henry taken to hospital after struggling to breathe at A-10 tourney
Charlotte guard Pierria Henry was taken to the hospital after suffering an injury in the 49ers’ 72-55 loss to St. Louis in the second round of the Atlantic 10 tournament...
Giants bring in former Cowboys LB Connor for a visit
Continuing their search for linebackers, the Giants will take a look Dan Connor, the former Panther and Cowboy, who is coming to town for a visit.Connor, 27, refused to take...
Detective gets three to nine years in prison for 2009 DUI death of Bronx grandmother
A highly decorated ex police detective was sentenced today to three to nine years in prison for the drunk-driving death of a Bronx grandmother in October 2009. Kevin Spellman, 45,...
Hudson Valley Republican assemblyman arrested on pot charge
ALBANY – A combative Republican state assemblyman who voted against legalizing medical marijuana in 2011 was busted for pot possession yesterday, State Police announced today. Steve Katz, who compared Speaker...
Yankees' Mustelier injures knee crashing into railing
TAMPA -- Ronnier Mustelier's hard-charging style of play cost him Friday when he ran into a railing by the third base dugout chasing a foul ball.Mustelier, a third baseman in...
Worker who set fire to nuclear sub sentenced to 17 years
PORTLAND, Maine — A shipyard worker who set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine because he wanted to go home was sentenced to a little more than 17 years...
St. Louis tops Charlotte in A-10 quarterfinals
No amount of free throws was going to bail out Charlotte against St. Louis on Friday. In fact, just one day after the 49ers’ stay in Brooklyn was extended by...
Potential Jets QB target Kolb released by Cardinals
PHOENIX — The Arizona Cardinals have released Kevin Kolb, ending the quarterback's two injury-filled seasons with the team. The team's move on Friday came just ahead of the deadline for...
Algerian sentenced to 10 years in prison for NYC synagogue terror plot
An Algerian man who pleaded guilty to rare state-level terrorism charges that he plotted to blow up New York City synagogues was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. Ahmed...
Gaitley has Fordham women's hoops one win away from first NCAA berth since 1994
Tradition begins now. Stephanie Gaitley is not a saleswoman by trade, but she certainly did a good job of selling that line to players when she took over as the...
Book him! Accused of lewd act, Wis. man banned from 'all the libraries on the face of the earth'
RACINE, Wis. — A 20-year-old Racine man who's accused of engaging in lewd behavior in a library has been banned from "all the libraries on the face of the earth."...
Welcome to Walmart: Baby born at upstate NY store
WALLKILL, N.Y. — A baby has been born inside an upstate New York Walmart store. According to media reports, a woman went into labor around 8 p.m. Thursday at the...
Man charged after raping girl, killing her mother in central New York parking lot
CLAY, N.Y. — Police have accused a man of fatally stabbing a school librarian and raping her child after carjacking them at a central New York mall. They say the...
US to bolster missile defenses in Alaska to counter N.Korea threat
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based missile defense system, reflecting concern about North Korea's focus on developing nuclear weapons and its advances in...
Vatican slams 'anti-clerical' campaign against pope over actions during Argentina's military junta
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican lashed out at what it called a "defamatory" and "anti-clerical left-wing" campaign to discredit Pope Francis over his actions during Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta, saying...
Hot spring trend: Digital prints
Take a fast train to the fashion future. Dresses have gone computer chic in graphic patterns, like not-so-nerdy Ali Larter and Jaime King.
Clock ticking for last dog standing at Sandy animal shelter
MINEOLA, N.Y. — An animal welfare official says the last dog remaining at a Long Island storm shelter is "loveable" and deserves a foster or "forever home" with lots of...
After fight with wife, prison guard tries to remove wedding ring — with his gun
PITTSBURGH — A federal prison guard has been charged with shooting his own finger in a drunken attempt to remove his wedding ring during an argument with his wife at...
Jets not raising ticket prices
The New York Jets are reducing the price for some tickets and not raising the cost of any in their 82,500-seat stadium. Jets President Neil Glat says Friday about 3,000...
Giants' Rivers knows he must prove he can remain healthy
He knows.Keith Rivers arrived to the Giants a year ago hearing the knock on him was an inability to stay healthy. He couldn’t do it in four years with the...
SEE IT: Bill Clinton celebrates with Louisville after Big East tournament win
Not a bad start to the Big East tournament for Louisville. First, they beat Villanova to advance to the semifinals then they hung out with former president Bill Clinton. According...
Keller departs Jets for one-year deal with Dolphins: source
The dismantling of the Jets roster continued Friday with the departure of longtime tight end Dustin Keller, who signed a one-year deal with the Dolphins, according to a source.Keller becomes...
Red Bull target of feces blackmail plot
The beverage and sports marketing giant Red Bull said on Thursday it was the target of a blackmail attempt by someone who had threatened to contaminate its energy drinks. The...
High school sports will never be the same without Curran
Thursday was spent reliving all the great memories of Jack Curran, the one of a kind Archbishop Molloy baseball and basketball coach who passed away at the age of 82....
WATCH: Human statue takes down heckler
One human statue made a heckler pay the price for his numbskullery. The all-gray, cowboy-outfit wearing street performer was on Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise, Australia when a purple-shirted jerk...
Giants taking a look at WR Murphy
The Giants will lose some depth in their receivers corps, as Ramses Barden and Domenik HIxon are unrestricted free agents and it’s likely neither will return, with Hixon more likely...
Jets sign RB Goodson to three-year deal
After a seemingly endless run of departures, the Jets made their first significant addition of the offseason. Two days after Shonne Greene signed a three-year deal with the Titans, the...
Harlem leap mom convinced she gave infant son concussion, blamed self for 'handicap' in final note
Tragic new details emerged today from the suicide note left by the mom who leaped eight stories to her death while clutching her infant son. Cindy Bacharach, 45, jumped out...
Wright, Yankees catchers and Pujols/Cano
Apologies for the inconsistent blogging this week, and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), the video blog and Friday conversations have to be put on hold. I was supposed to return to...
Bloomberg blasts state's move to extend charter for troubled UFT-run school
The state's decision to extend the charter of a troubled school run by the teachers' union was an "out and out political cave," an angry Mayor Bloomberg charged today. "The...
Six killed, five injured in Mexican spring break hotspot Cancun
CANCUN, Mexico — Two masked men armed opened fire in a bar on the outskirts of the Mexican tourist resort of Cancun on Thursday, killing six people and wounding five,...
Upstate man is 1st arrested under NY's new gun-control SAFE Act
HANOVER — Authorities say a western New York man apparently is the first person to be charged with violating the state's gun-control law. Local media outlets report that state Attorney...
Mets' Wright has 'moderate' rib cage strain, questionable for opening day
PORT ST. LUCIE -- David Wright has a "moderate" left rib cage strain, the Mets said Friday, putting his availability for Opening Day in question.The third baseman returned to New...
Trend alert: Celebs earn their stripes
Follow suit with Nicole Richie’s zebra chic or a mix of patterns like Brooklyn Decker.
Nabokov saves day for Islanders
TAMPA, Fla. — Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves for his second shutout this season and 54th overall in the NHL, and John Tavares scored his 17th goal in the Isles’...
Georgetown-Syracuse should play in this Big East tournament finale
In 1980, Georgetown and Syracuse met in the championship game of the first Big East Tournament. John Duren, Eric Floyd and Craig Shelton led the Hoyas to an 87-81 victory...
Syracuse tops Pittsburgh; gets Georgetown tonight
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...
Georgetown grinds out win over Cincinnati
Georgetown made history by winning the inaugural Big East Tournament, but if the Hoyas are going to place an all too appropriate bookend on this nostalgia-filled week, they will have...
Knicks routed again on road, fall to Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Knicks were missing their entire “Trio Grande’’ Thursday night for the first time since Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler were united last season. So...
UMass tops George Washington in first round of A-10 tourney
Someone should have told Chaz Williams he was allowed to play more than just three minutes of basketball. But three minutes of Williams was all UMass needed in its 77-72...
Scent of a legend
Oscar winner Al Pacino, 72, takes actress girlfriend Lucila Solá, 33, for a spin on the red carpet this week at the Time Warner Center screening of his new HBO...
Jack Curran / 1930-2013: More than a successful coach
Jack Curran died Wednesday night doing what he loved best — watching one of the two sports he had a lifetime love affair with. Sitting in his favorite chair in...
City, former players grieve loss of Molloy legend Curran
If there’s a Hall of Fame in heaven, there’s a seat reserved for Jack Curran. Curran, the winningest high school coach in New York State history and a local treasure,...
Kolb could be next in Jets pile of quarterback leftovers
The Jets may need to expand the quarterbacks meeting room, as they could add another player to their quarterback competition in the coming days. The team has had internal discussions...
Cheap CB deals could bring down Revis price for Jets
The noise around Darrelle Revis being traded quieted down a bit yesterday as many of the free agent cornerbacks came off the market. As The Post reported yesterday, the Jets...
Upstart SideCar zips into Big Apple traffic
Is New York ready for SideCar? The controversial ride-sharing startup, whose app matches drivers and passengers going in the same direction, launches in the city today. Passengers pay the SideCar...
Business briefs
Low-rent ‘VetGeneral Motors is planning to build an entry-level Chevrolet Corvette that would cost less than $50,000 and widen the iconic sports car’s appeal.Maffei a-Live Live Nation, the biggest concert...
Lew in NYU $ brew
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is facing fresh heat over a $685,000 golden parachute that NYU gave him in 2006. Outraged by stagnant professor salaries and skimpy student financial aid,...
Anschutz yanks AEG off block
Billionaire Philip Anschutz has scrapped plans to sell his sports and entertainment empire, AEG, after bids came up short. “We have made it clear to our employees and partners throughout...
Feds charge editor
A 26-year-old deputy social media editor at Thomson Reuters has been charged with helping Internet group Anonymous hack the Los Angeles Times’ website and alter a story. Matthew Keys, of...
Plumper Anna portfolio may not pack more punch
The elevation of Anna Wintour is the latest visible sign of a shift in corporate fortunes.Wintour, who will take on the added duties of Condé Nast artistic director, is likely...
Hedge-fund row
Highland Capital, the $20 billion Texas hedge-fund giant, fears a former top executive is plotting to steal clients, intensifying an already bitter legal battle. Patrick Daugherty, who resigned as the...
Report: JPM lied about Whale loss
Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase sidestepped oversight and misled investors about the size of its complex derivative trade that ended up blowing a $6.2 billion hole in its books, Senate investigators...
CIT fee for JCP vendors
Doing business with JCPenney will cost a little extra from now on. CIT, a major lender to smaller clothing suppliers, will tack a 1 percent surcharge onto loans it makes...
Kareemed!
Former Credit Suisse banker Kareem Serageldin, the highest-ranking Wall Street executive to be charged for crimes tied to the mortgage meltdown, is coming home to face the music, The Post...
PE buyouts ‘imperil’ UK
The Bank of England is worried about the barbarians at its gate.The UK central bank sounded the alarm yesterday, warning that the last boom in leveraged buyouts could upend the...
Herbalife rips new Ack attack
Herbalife and Bill Ackman squared off again yesterday.The nutritional supplements company shot back at a 19-page report by Ackman’s Pershing Square, in which it compared Herbalife to Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing,...
Dow keeps roaring as streak continues
The Dow Jones industrial average has begun March like a lion — running its winning streak yesterday to 10.The much-watched index, which has hit a record high in each of...
‘Fake bomb’ heat on TSA
Politicians on Capitol Hill yesterday blasted the head of the TSA over a fake bomb slipped past Newark Airport screeners — and he defended the lapse by suggesting that other...
Albany almost done with budget – early!
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders are moving toward a historically early new state budget that is expected to include an extra boost in school aid, including funds for...
‘Cleaver’ ma fixation
He’s Norman Bates — with a meat cleaver.Jurors in a Manhattan murder trial peered inside the creepy, mother-obsessed mind of admitted killer David Tarloff, 45, yesterday.Months before slaughtering beloved psychologist...
Scientists close in on ‘God’ find
GENEVA — The search is all but over for a subatomic “God particle” that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists announced yesterday they believe they have discovered...
Musician's salt-stained violin emerges as the most important relic from the Titanic
This violin was unsinkable. A rosewood violin played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley on the Titanic deck as the ship sank has been confirmed as authentic by investigators, and could soon...
Suit: Dog was kennel-clubbed
A 40-pound dog named Matilda was mauled to near death at an upstate kennel by a Labrador, according to a $2 million Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit. Owner Melissa Cusick, 42,...
‘Whitey’ judge bumped
BOSTON — The judge set to preside over the trial of reputed gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was removed from the case yesterday.The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals, siding with...
Tragic hubby’s regret
The husband of the Harlem attorney who leaped eight stories to her death while clutching their baby regrets leaving home after they fought that day, a relative told The Post...
Reprieve for hospital
It’s another lifesaving measure for Long Island College Hospital.Finding that its board of trustees had violated open-meeting laws, a Brooklyn judge ruled yesterday that the State University of New York...
Acevedo dodged life
The driver who killed an expectant Brooklyn couple in a high-speed hit-and-run got his 20-to-life murder conviction thrown out in 1997 by claiming he was forced at gunpoint to commit...
Cannibal wife, tot at play
The wife of cannibal cop Gilberto Valle got back to regular life yesterday — spotted at a Reno, Nev., children’s play space with their infant daughter two days after her...
Break in Benghazi slays
WASHINGTON — Libyan authorities have detained a man investigators believe could be an important witness or suspect in the attacks on US outposts in Benghazi, Libya, last September, according to...
K-9 cop gives life
Crazed upstate gunman Kurt Myers’ final victim yesterday was a rookie FBI tactical dog that was remembered fondly for making the “ultimate sacrifice” for his handlers. Myers, 64, shot to...
Bronx HS principal's bizarre threat to cancel prom
She’s the Prom Killer. A no-frills high-school principal has canceled prom for her Bronx school’s entire senior class unless they magically achieve a 100 percent graduation rate, sources told The...
Ma: ‘Angel’ slain by cops was unarmed
“He wasn’t everybody’s angel, but he was my angel.” The mother of the Brooklyn teen killed by cops admitted that her son was no innocent — but said he was...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Two bungling brothers were nabbed for a botched carjacking in Bushwick after one accidentally shot the other, according to police sources. Pablo Rodriguez, 33, and Eduardo Rodriguez, 30,...
Coney Foot Plaza
How do you make Coney Island more like Times Square? Put in a pedestrian plaza!The city Department of Transportation on Wednesday will reveal its plan to Community Board 13 to...
Dumped gal sued over ‘lost’ nups ring
A Manhattan financial adviser who dumped his banker bride-to-be doesn’t believe her story that she lost her $48,000 engagement ring in the back of a taxicab.Michael Cannon, 37, is hauling...
‘Cats’ is top dog for Pataki
Former Republican Gov. George Pataki yesterday endorsed supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis for mayor — but many of Pataki’s former top aides are backing GOP rival Joe Lhota. “John Catsimatidis has...
Food-stamp use doubles
The number of New York City residents receiving food stamps more than doubled over the past decade under Mayor Bloomberg, according to data released yesterday.Now, 1.8 million receive food stamps,...
UFT bids to expel mayoral control
The teachers union yesterday revealed a plan to gut mayoral control over the public-school system — a move that critics blasted as a blatant power grab. The United Federation of...
Tighter NY gun-show checks
ALBANY — Gun-show operators across the state have agreed to “model procedures” ensuring background checks for potential firearms buyers, authorities said yesterday. Twenty-three operators who run 80 percent of the...
Bomb backfires
A Bahraini protester was transformed into a human torch yesterday when bullets fired by riot police hit a Molotov cocktail he was holding and set it ablaze. He had been...
Spidey flick’s matzo ‘gall’
“Spider-Man” is such a putz! Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg are blasting producers of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” for a plan to block streets and hog parking spaces over Passover. Columbia...
Great interest in this check
Neither a major bank nor the city noticed that $30 million had gone missing for almost four years.Now Deutsche Bank, which claimed the money as a tax refund in 2005,...
Slap at charter-school discipline
Charter schools are being unnecessarily harsh in disciplining students with special needs — suspending some for days and weeks on end, parents and an elected official charged yesterday.Success Academy Cobble...
Samsung’s new Galaxy S IV smartphone has eye-detection feature
It’s the smartphone that looks right back at you. Samsung yesterday unveiled its Galaxy S IV, with software that lets users automatically scroll down pages and pause and start videos...
NYPD cops ordered to run criminal checks on domestic-abuse victims
Women who report domestic violence are exposing themselves to arrest under a new NYPD directive that orders cops to run criminal checks on the accused and the accuser, The Post...
Cell on wheels worse in US
WASHINGTON — About seven of 10 Americans talk on their cellphones while driving, a rate higher than in Europe, health officials said yesterday.Sixty-nine percent of Americans said they had used...
Homeless man steals iPhone from 3-year-old boy in Greenwich Village: police
A heartless thief committed a crime that ranks even lower than taking candy from a baby — snatching an iPhone from a 3-year-old boy at a Greenwich Village store, law-enforcement...
Subway-death kin demand MTA records
The grieving Long Island parents of a 23-year-old man whose dismembered body was found on an L-train track in December want the MTA to hand over records of the gruesome...
Bieber delivers Lo blow
After a rough time in London last week, Justin Bieber yesterday built on his growing bad-boy image by posting an Instagram rant that took a shot at Tinseltown train wreck...
Low-cal McMuffin is no yolk
LOS ANGELES — McDonald’s will debut a new egg-white McMuffin next month and allow diners to opt for egg whites on all of its breakfast sandwiches, catching up with rivals...
Census records show more people are moving to NYC
The entrances to the Big Apple are now busier than the exits. For the first time in half a century, more people are moving into the city than moving out,...
LIC foresaw traffic tragedy
Residents and community leaders in Long Island City, Queens, had begged the city for years to institute traffic-safety measures on the busy street where a teenage boy was struck and...
Pope Francis told cardinals, 'May God forgive you for what you’ve done'
Pope Francis toasted the cardinals who had just elected him by joking, “May God forgive you for what you’ve done.” New details from inside the secretive Vatican enclave revealed that...
Pope pays for his inns
On his first morning as pontiff, Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican — to pay his hostel bill and collect his luggage. He had insisted on paying. “He was...
Cuomos at odds on pontiff
Gov. Cuomo yesterday called it “exciting” that the new pope is from the Americas, but his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, and sister, Madeleine, aren’t as high on Francis I,...
New cheap bus to Boston
BOSTON — A new low-cost bus line began offering service between Boston and New York City yesterday, less than a month after federal authorities, citing safety concerns, shut down the...
O, GOP make nice
WASHINGTON — President Obama said he had “a great conversation” with Senate Republicans yesterday during the third stop in his ice-breaking tour of the Capitol this week, discussing tax reform...
‘Psycho’ evict bid
A resident of a swank Financial District condo fears that her next-door neighbor could be the next Adam Lanza — and wants him kicked out.James Janovsky, 20, terrorized the building...
Pol bitten by rat
A former senior staffer for Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. yesterday claimed the lawmaker orchestrated a scheme to take bribes in exchange for political favors. In bombshell testimony, Ryann Hermon, who...
The people’s pope
By the first act of his papacy, Pope Francis sent a message, urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) about just what kind of pope he’s going to...
Upstate NY’s burden: Downstate’s criminals
The Issue: How proactive policing tactics in New York City affect the prison population upstate. *** New York is governed by men and women from downstate. Upstate is little more...
PC name game in the NFL
The Issue: Whether political correctness should force teams to abandon their potentially offensive names. *** Sports teams adopt names they admire, not to humiliate anyone (“Sacking the Redskins,” Editorial, March...
The trials of Barack Obama
No surprise that the lawyer for an American accused of going to Pakistan to enlist with the Taliban would demand that Jews be barred from his federal jury. Nor are...
The TSA bombs
People who secure glass houses . . . uh, Newark Airport . . . shouldn’t throw stones. Surely that’s the lesson the Transportation Security Administration would be wise to take...
Spidey’s welfare web
Does Spider-Man really need millions of bucks from hard-working New York taxpayers? Gov. Cuomo thinks so. This week the governor boasted that the producers of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” have...
A test for New York
The riots that roiled East Flatbush this week in the wake of the police shooting of an armed 16-year-old constitute a time of testing — and not for the NYPD....
Behind Goldman’s gay awakening
Now that Lloyd Blankfein says he plans to extend his reign as the chief executive of the controversial investment bank Goldman Sachs, it’s nice to know that he’s developed a...
‘Ginger & Rosa’ is a spicy look at the ’60s
The title is a bit of a misnomer, as “Ginger & Rosa” belongs almost entirely to the former. Ginger’s played by a flame-haired Elle Fanning, demonstrating that she may be...
Incredible Blunderstone
Steve Carell is fatally miscast as an arrogant, flamboyant third-rate magician in “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,’’ which by all rights should have been a second-rate Will Ferrell vehicle. Carell, as...
Place this non-important ‘Call’ on hold
You know things are dire when you find yourself thinking fondly of ol’ Buffalo Bill in “The Silence of the Lambs,” with his toy poodle and broken-tape-recorder voice. Nowadays any...
'From Up on Poppy Hill' review
Yokohama in 1963, as nearby Tokyo prepares to host the ’64 Summer Olympics, is the setting for Goro Miyazaki’s delicately nostalgic animated movie. The heroine is Umi, a quiet and...
'If I Were You' review
It’s always nice to see an Oscar winner of a certain age like Marcia Gay Harden (“Pollock’’) make an increasingly rare big-screen appearance. Too bad this screwball romantic comedy from...
Behind the scenes at ‘Kinky Boots’ with Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Christine Quinn may be the Democratic front-runner for mayor, but there’s one patch of New York where she’d face some formidable competition: Broadway, an area that would handily be won...
'Upside Down' review
Argentine writer-director Juan Solanas’ fantasy romance “Upside Down” is such a gorgeous wreck that I could almost sense Terry Gilliam somewhere muttering, “Wait a minute, I should have been the...
'Clip' review
There’s one bit of beauty in “Clip,” and it’s Isidora Simijonovic. She plays a Serbian teenager, Jasna, whose father is dying of cancer. Jasna copes by using her phone to...
Portnoy would complain about this Roth doc
As the documentary “Philip Roth: Unmasked” illustrates, interviewing celebrities is tricky. They ramble on about side topics, leave the main ones untouched and repeat well-worn anecdotes (often bungling them out...
‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ is funnier than ever on Broadway
Few Chekhov-inspired shows make you laugh out loud, and repeatedly at that. In fact there’s probably just one such rare bird on the planet: Christopher Durang’s riotous “Vanya and Sonia...
'Reality' review
It took torture to make Winston Smith love Big Brother in George Orwell’s “1984.” In Matteo Garrone’s latest film, the characters love the TV show “Big Brother” already, and the...
'Vanishing Waves' review
In Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte’s sci-fi thriller, a male scientist has his brain hooked up to a comatose woman (Jurga Jutaite), and discovers she’s smoking hot and thinks about sex...
Girls gone reviled!
James Franco, all is forgiven. He failed miserably (except at the box office last week) in the title role of “Oz the Great and Powerful.’’ But he’s a hoot as...
Mets’ Mejia gets his cutter back
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jenrry Mejia might have finally rediscovered a lost friend. The Mets right-hander was a late arrival to camp this year and has been limited to two...
Gee gets roughed up in Mets loss
PORT ST. LUCIE — Gee, that was awful. “I don’t want to think about it,” Dillon Gee said Thursday when asked to assess his performance in the Mets’ 9-1 exhibition...
Yankees’ young pitchers pounded in loss to Blue Jays
DUNEDIN, Fla. — If it wasn’t the worst game in the history of spring training it was close. Because of a pitching staff that issued 10 walks and three more...
Mets' Wright suffers rib injury, exits WBC
MIAMI — The Curse of the WBC has flattened Captain America. Slugger David Wright is down and out with a rib injury, and the Mets only can hope it doesn’t...
Girardi not sure how Yankees' catching platoon will work
DUNEDIN, Fla. — When the Yankees didn’t call Russell Martin to see what he was looking for to remain in The Bronx, the smart money was on a Francisco Cervelli-Chris...
Yankees' Hughes throws BP, could still start season on time
TAMPA — With a rotation that is a largely a mixture of aging veterans and somewhat unproven starters, Phil Hughes’ health is not something the Yankees want to worry about....
No matter what he does, Knicks' Anthony just can’t win
PORTLAND — He can’t win. That’s the best defense I’m going to muster for Carmelo Anthony, and even by saying that I understand what it implies out of context: that...
Knicks drops third straight on horrific road journey
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Knicks were missing their entire “Trio Grande’’ Thursday night for the first time since Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler were united last season. So...
5 Questions for Ken Singleton
Yes Network analyst Ken Singleton talks about which injury to a member of the Yankees concerns him the most and why he thinks the team can overcome those injuries with...
Team USA falls to Dominican Republic, faces elimination
MIAMI — This was a home plate party for the Dominican Republic and now Team USA is once again facing an early exit from the WBC. The Dominicans scored twice...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 mile; $59,000; alw; 3upPINBALL has been an impressive winner as the favorite going longer in his last two...
AG wants NFL probe
ALBANY — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL yesterday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly asked about their sexual orientation during the league’s combine, which...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 D' Sauvage(L),111GRodriguz10-9-7Chtterpl20-12 Minescape(L),113K Coa6-7-5Persaud4-13 CalgaryEnforcr(L),108C Hiraldo7-7-12Parker50-14 Gargantua ,118O Gomez6-1-2LDlceCn20-15 TemeculaCreek(L),118CVelasquz5-8-4Rice9-56 Kid Wando(L),113P Tomas7-8-6Grusmrk6-17 Siete Machos...
Aqueduct Charts
March 14th, 2013Clear and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $65,000; mdn; 3YOFOff: 12:51. Good. rated inside to upperTime: 24.02, 48.76, 1:14.47, 1:39.97, 1:44.17.Trainer: Philip SerpeWinner: B F, 3, by Medaglia...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($10,000); 3upSHERIFF IRA troubled fourth this level and was claimed. LARGE KAUFY third this level going shorter. IRON POST won going longer.PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast...
Bill Smith at Meadowlands Graded Entries
Best Bet: Gordyyys Pet (9th)FIRST-Mile trot; $8,000; cond2 Gaelic And Garlic(SAllard)7-9-83-19 PaperBackedLindy(Tetrick)9-1-109-25 Heidi Falls(JMarohn)2-4-87-21 Hardrockenjessica(DMiller)3-8-710-13 Smuggler Hall(JMeittinis)8-6-66-14 O Dana O(SSmith)2-5-38-16 Western Credit(RPierce)7-10-312-17 Wiggs(JCampbell)3-7-715-18 Jailhouse Rockie(MMiller)6-6-112-110 Celebrity Lovin(AMiller)6-6-510-1SECOND-Mile pace; $20,000; cond7...
Vic Cangialosi at Tampa Bay Graded Entries
FIRST-6 fur; $9,000; clm($5,000); 4up1-Nesfield 8-55-Blonde Bullet 15-12-Romantic Juliet4-16-Mancn'sGddess3-13-Adremfrdrlene8-17-She'sOuttoLnch6-14-Ledge'sMnrchs8-1SECOND-7 fur; $10,000; clm($8,000); 3up5-Trinity Tavern 2-14-Talk 10-11-CaughtMeLkng7-26-Srprsedtseee30-12-Alwaysnthegje5-27-Friends Rule 4-13-Narrow Back 20-18-RobinDiamond20-1THIRD-6 fur; $21,200; clm($25,000); 3YO6-Richard Croy 5-15-Aidens Boy 15-11-Pyritedan 9-27-Wrol Up...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile trot; $9,500; condTRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:18 TIME-28.2; 57.4; 1:29.0; 1:59.0 5KeystoneCoco(PBrry)5.803.402.802Gotthemusicinyou(DMiller)5.603.408Bull Spreader (A Miller)2.60* Exacta (5-2) $33.40 * Trifecta (5-2-8) $151.80Winner picked by Bill SmithSECOND: mile pace; $12,500;...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 15SATMar. 16SUNMar. 17MONMar. 18TUEMar. 19WEDMar. 20THUMar. 21KnicksNOGAMENO GAMELAC3:30ABCESPNUtah10:30MSGESPNNO GAMEOrl.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMENetsNOGAMENO GAMEAtl.8:00YESWFANDet.7:30YESWFANNO GAMEDal.8:00YESWBBRNO GAMERangersNOGAMEPitt.1:00MSGESPNNOGAMECar.7:00MSGESPNDevils7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEFla.7:00MSGESPNIslandersNOGAMEFla.7:30MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEOtt.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEMon.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsPhiladelphia7:00MSG PlusWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMMon.7:00MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMERangers7:00MSG+2WFANNO GAMECar.7:00MSG+2WFANYankees* Miami1:05YES Network* $ Phi.12:05YESWCBS* Pitt.1:05No TVNOGAME* Phi.1:05ESPN* Bos.1:05YESWCBS* Minn.7:00YESMets*...
Sports Shorts
NBA: League says Kobe was fouled Officials missed a foul call when Kobe Bryant was injured in Wednesday night’s game against Atlanta, the league said. The Lakers star complained he...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballAtlantic Coast ConferenceQuarterfinals- At Greensboro, N.C.FavoriteLineUnderdogMiami8Bos. CollegeVirginiaPickNc StateDuke8 1/2MarylandNorth Carolina6Florida St.Big Ten ConferenceQuarterfinals- At ChicagoIndiana9IllinoisMichigan2WisconsinOhio St.15 1/2NebraskaMichigan St.5 1/2IowaAtlantic 10 ConferenceQuarterfinals- At Barclays CenterSaint Louis11CharlotteLa SallePickButlerVcu8 1/2Saint Joseph'sTemple2 1/2UmassSoutheastern...
Rangers not helped by NHL's unbalanced realignment
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Rangers now officially can say the league is screwing them. And so can every other team east of the Mississippi. Thursday, the NHL Board of Governors...
Nabokov, Islanders shut out Lightning
TAMPA — Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves for his second shutout this season and 54th overall in the NHL, and John Tavares scored his 17th goal in the Isles’ 2-0...
Rangers fall to Jets, drop out of playoff spot
WINNIPEG — Regardless of bygone good feelings or preseason expectations, the reality of the situation is with more than half the season played, the Rangers are now on the outside...
Nets see opening with Knicks’ injuries
To teams such as the Spurs, Celtics and Lakers, an NBA division title is as meaningful as a bucket of sand in the Sahara. To others, a divisional banner is...
Melo gets knee drained, will rejoin Knicks today
PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony had fluid in his right knee drained yesterday in New York and will rejoin the Knicks today in Los Angeles. While the Knicks listed him...
Lunacy reigns from MMA to Big East tourney
I Just had a funny thought. What if my father had been a basketball TV analyst? He would have been good — honest and concise — right up until halftime,...
Cassel agrees to join Vikings
The Matt Cassel carousel has spun again and this time the journeyman quarterback has landed in Minnesota. Cassel, who began his career in New England as Tom Brady’s backup and...
NFL owners to look at eliminating tuck rule
The infamous “tuck rule’’ could disappear from NFL games if owners approve a proposal from the competition committee to eliminate it at next week’s owners meetings in Phoenix. The owners...
Giants re-sign LB to 1-year contract
Fans of the Giants, even in good times, are frequently exclaiming, “We need linebackers!’’ and there’s no doubt that’s again the case this offseason. The Giants Thursday retained a player...
Starr Report
“HLN After Dark: The Jodi Arias Trial,” which kicked off Wednesday night at 10 p.m., got off to a strong start. Wednesday night’s launch, hosted by Vinnie Politan on CNN’s...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYAMY ROBACH, ALANA THOMPSON, STEVE BUSCEMI - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7JESSICA SIMPSON - Rachael Ray, 7 a.m., (OWN)VALERIE HARPER - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4RYAN REYNOLDS, JAMES...
Rutger Hauer channels Phil Spector
Isn’t Phil Spector in prison? Oh, wait — that’s Rutger Hauer, the newest member of the “True Blood” cast. The Dutch-born actor was caught by cameras on the show’s set,...
Jim Parsons ‘Theory’: ‘I could play The Flash’
Jim Parsons says casting him as The Flash could be “a match made in heaven.” The “Big Bang Theory” star is rumored to be under consideration for next year’s big...
Oprah tops 'Most Influential' poll
Oprah Winfrey may now be just a blip on the TV radar — but she’s still holding sway over her fans. For the second consecutive year, Winfrey has topped Forbes...
‘Jeopardy’ looking at Lauer as next host
The answer to the “Jeopardy” clue “Alex Trebrek’s replacement” has a new and surprising question: “Who is Matt Lauer?” The beleaguered host of the “Today” show is at the top...
‘Smash’exiled to Saturday nights
Say bye-bye to “Smash,” NBC’s grand — and very expensive — attempt to make a dramatic weekly series about the creation of a Broadway musical. The series, plagued by script...
The saggy-pants look is back
As Justin Bieber stepped out of his car in London on his 19th birthday March 1, he looked less the fresh-faced teenage heartthrob who seduced America through YouTube videos and...
Weird but true
What’s she going to do now, backpack through Europe? A Columbus, Ohio, resident finally got her high-school diploma at age 106. Reba Williams worked most of her life as a...
Orange to get revenge
SYRACUSE (-1) over Georgetown: I was going with Syracuse even before this line came out, expecting to be getting a couple points and encouraging you to jump on the money...
Kellogg dreams of sonny days
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Road to Atlanta promises to be a wild ride
Cbs and Turner brought their college basketball analysts and play-by-play men into Manhattan this week to discuss the NCAA Tournament, and opinions were offered on everything from Florida Gulf Coast...
Spiders suffer technical KO
This was not the homecoming Richmond forward Derrick Williams imagined. Williams, a Harlem native, set in motion a bizarre finish featuring eight free throws and an ejection in the final...
Garden draws rave reviews as NCAA tourney site
If you think it’s going to be absolutely bonkers in the Garden tonight, when Georgetown and Syracuse meet for the last time in the Big East Tournament, imagine the scene...
Smith’s 28 gets L’ville to semis
Ranked No. 1 in the preseason by some publications, Louisville had a lot going for it: Senior Peyton Siva is as heady a point guard as there is in the...
Irish have eyes for semifinals
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Rangers fall to Jets, drop out of playoff spot
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Fisher Bros. sale could bring $1B for cancer research
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Melo gets knee drained; Chandler out
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Pope Francis 'helps' St. Joe's outlast Xavier in A-10 tourney
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