March 26, 2013
Teen dead after being hit by No. 2 train
March 26, 2013 | 11:46pmA teenager was struck and killed by a north-bound No. 2 train while trying to cross through the track tunnel at 79th street in Manhattan, police courses said. It was...
Woman sues city after cop allegedly gropes her during search
March 26, 2013 | 11:15pmA Brooklyn woman who claims a cop groped her body and sexually propositioned her during a search of the apartment where she works as a caregiver has sued the city,...
MTA's FASTRACK service angers Jewish locals on Upper East Side
March 26, 2013 | 10:16pmThe MTA’s plans for nightly 6 train shutdowns along a huge stretch of the Upper East Side falls during the height of Passover, infuriating Jewish locals who rely on the...
Yankees sign Overbay after he's released by Red Sox
March 26, 2013 | 9:59pmThe Yankees signed veteran first baseman Lyle Overbay to a minor league contract on Tuesday, hours after the 36-year-old was released by the Red Sox.Overbay, who is expected to join...
Red Bulls' Petke: Noncommittal on Luke Rodgers return
March 26, 2013 | 9:28pmLuke Rodgers clearly loved New York, and many New York fans apparently loved him. But the former Red Bull striker’s odds of returning to the city seem to be dwindling,...
Nets' Johnson may sit Wednesday with quad contusion
March 26, 2013 | 9:17pmPHOENIX – After being unable to practice with his teammates Tuesday at Arizona State as he continues to deal with the right quad contusion that held him out of Sunday’s...
Bobby Hurley named Buffalo's new head coach
March 26, 2013 | 9:14pmOne year after turning down the opportunity to take over the Wagner men’s basketball program, Bobby Hurley has decided he’s ready to run his own show. The former Duke and...
Funeral for former Knicks guard Williams set for Wednesday
March 26, 2013 | 9:11pmBOSTON -- The Knicks sent out a release on Tuesday announcing the funeral arrangements for former Knicks point guard Ray Williams.Williams, who played for the team in the 1970s and...
Nike causes controversy with Tiger's 'winning takes care of everything' ad
March 26, 2013 | 8:05pmStrippers, porn stars, infidelity, mysterious car crashes, divorces and the alienation of countless fans don't matter. Winning does. That's according to a new Nike ad which pictures Tiger Woods lining...
Wells: Joining Yankees a 'dream come true'
March 26, 2013 | 7:58pmTAMPA, Fla. -- On his first day with the Yankees, Vernon Wells recalled a game in the International League more than a decade ago and he saw Darryl Strawberry in...
UPDATED: NCAA tournament bracket
March 26, 2013 | 7:54pmCheck out the updated NCAA tournament bracket with the Sweet 16 game times.
Mets' Wright feels 'good' after playing in minor league game
March 26, 2013 | 7:51pmPORT ST. LUCIE -- David Wright played in his first game since suffering an injury during the WBC and had one hit in five at-bats.More importantly, the Mets star finished...
New white pants for Giants in 2013
March 26, 2013 | 7:47pmDo you like white pants? If so, you’ll love the Giants new alternate uniforms for the 2013 season.Instead of their traditional grey pants, the Giants will wear white pants for...
Yankees' Jeter has 'stopped putting dates' on return to field
March 26, 2013 | 7:22pmTAMPA -- Don't look for Derek Jeter to bounce off the DL on April 6 -- the first day the shortstop is eligible.Asked Tuesday about GM Brian Cashman's hope that...
Obama to appoint first woman as head of Secret Service
March 26, 2013 | 7:16pmWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will appoint veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director, a White House official said, signaling his desire to change the...
Port Authority police officer arrested and charged with insurance fraud
March 26, 2013 | 7:16pmA Port Authority police officer who moonlights as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based punk rock band "Cousin Sleeze" was arrested today and charged with insurance fraud for claiming to...
Foundry Networks pair charged in $27M insider trading case
March 26, 2013 | 7:12pmA former chief information officer for Foundry Networks Inc. and an analyst for a firm that advises a group of hedge funds in San Francisco have been charged in New...
Lakers' Howard vows revenge against Warriors' Lee for elbow (VIDEO)
March 26, 2013 | 6:31pmDwight Howard is looking for revenge.Following the Lakers 109-103 loss on Monday against the Warriors, L.A.'s big man was furious with Golden State's David Lee after Howard got elbowed in...
Red Bulls Thierry Henry & Jamison Olave back practicing, in line to play vs Union
March 26, 2013 | 6:28pmThe winless Red Bulls were missing captain Thierry Henry and centerback Jamison Olave, their most accomplished attacker and defender, for last weekend’s loss in Montreal. First-year head coach Mike Petke...
Woodson hopes Knicks have chance to end Heat's streak
March 26, 2013 | 6:26pmBOSTON - The South Beach showdown is one week away but Mike Woodson is hoping the Miami Dream Team is coming in with a 30-game win streak. If the Knicks...
City's oldest police precinct gets $61.7M renovation
March 26, 2013 | 6:25pmIt may be worth getting arrested just to see the spanking new $61.7million state-of-the art facelift on the landmark, 19th century Central Park precinct. Gone are the boarded up windows...
Te'o improves 40 time at Notre Dame's Pro Day
March 26, 2013 | 5:45pmManti Te’o helped his draft stock slightly during Notre Dame’s Pro Day on Tuesday.The Fighting Irish linebacker improved on his 40-yard-dash time, running a 4.75 and 4.71 unofficially according to...
Elderly woman dies after being hit by motorcycle, driver in serious condition
March 26, 2013 | 5:32pmAn elderly woman died at the scene of a horrific accident after getting struck by a motorcycle while trying cross a Queens highway, authorities said. The 41-year-old motorcyclist was driving...
Rangers' Miller is game-time decision against Flyers
March 26, 2013 | 5:18pmPHILADELPHIA — Rangers rookie forward J.T. Miller said that his left wrist feels better and that he’ll be a game-time decision for Tuesday night’s game against the Flyers at the...
Woman found dead aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship under 'suspicious' circumstances
March 26, 2013 | 5:17pmBALTIMORE — An FBI spokesman says a death aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been classified as suspicious. The FBI is investigating the death of a 62-year-old Virginia woman...
UPDATE: Chandler out for Knicks against Celtics
March 26, 2013 | 4:52pmBOSTON - Tyson Chandler won't return to the lineup for the Knicks game against the Celtics."He's just not ready, maybe tomorrow," coach Mike Woodson said with the playing host to...
Brooke Astor's son Anthony Marshall loses appeal, faces up to three years in prison
March 26, 2013 | 4:23pmThe late Brooke Astor's son lost his appeal on his 2009 conviction for trying to steal $60 million from his mother. Anthony Marshall has been free on appeal, holed up...
$20M Edward Hopper painting set for auction
March 26, 2013 | 3:54pmAn Edward Hopper painting of New York City's Roosevelt Island is coming to auction where it's estimated to sell for up to $20 million. "Blackwell's Island" will be offered May...
Florida Gulf Coast looking for donations to help up coach's salary: report
March 26, 2013 | 3:43pmCinderella's been to the ball. And she can't go back to tattered rags now. Florida Gulf Coast has become the most popular team in the nation, becoming the first No....
DVD Extra: DeMille's 'Samson and Delilah' and other Easter offerings
March 26, 2013 | 3:39pmJust in time for Easter, Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and Delilah'' (1949) has finally made its very belated debut on DVD, while another popular '40s religious epic whose style couldn't...
FIFA upholds U.S. win in blizzard over Costa Rica
March 26, 2013 | 3:33pmThe U.S.' 1-0 victory over Costa Rica in Friday's World Cup qualifier will stand after FIFA threw out a protest by the Costa Rican FA.The game was played in blizzard...
With tickets for home opener still available, Red Sox lowering beer prices
March 26, 2013 | 3:30pmThe Boston Red Sox are doing business more like the Pawtucket Red Sox. Faced with the specter of another down season the Red Sox will attempt to fill Fenway Park...
North Korea puts artillery forces at top combat posture
March 26, 2013 | 3:25pmSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats...
1,000 ducks, 16,000 pigs found floating in Chinese rivers
March 26, 2013 | 3:06pmChinese pigs definitely don't fly, and apparently neither do Chinese ducks. 1,000 thousand dead ducks were found floating in a river in China just one week after 16,000 dead pigs...
Giants DT Rogers has $500,000 in jewelry stolen: report
March 26, 2013 | 2:49pmShaun Rogers certainly doesn’t travel light when it comes to jewelry.The Giants defensive tackle this past weekend reportedly was robbed of $500,000 worth of jewelry in Miami Beach, according to...
Feliciano will report to Mets minor leagues
March 26, 2013 | 2:39pmPORT ST. LUCIE ---- Pedro Feliciano has decided to accept a minor league assignment with the Mets.A day after the veteran reliever was told he won't make the Mets' Opening...
10 car crash on NJ Turnpike
March 26, 2013 | 2:32pmA multi-vehicle crash on the eastbound Newark Bay extension of the NJ Turnpike caused a commuting nightmare for drivers headed towards the Hudson County area on Tuesday morning. The initial...
Prince to pauper: Future King of England to lose job after US firm takes over UK search and rescue
March 26, 2013 | 2:00pmBRITAIN’s search-and-rescue helicopter service — which employs Prince William — is being taken over by an American company, the government announced today. The award of the £1.6billion deal to Bristow...
Taxpayers shell out nearly $3.7M for ex-presidents
March 26, 2013 | 1:38pmWASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton's 8,300-square-foot Harlem office near the Apollo Theater costs taxpayers nearly $450,000. George W. Bush spends $85,000 on telephone fees, and another $60,000 on travel....
Mets starters: Hefner hit by liner, Marcum has neck soreness
March 26, 2013 | 12:45pmPORT ST. LUCIE --- The hits keep on coming.Just as the Mets were awaiting word on Shaun Marcum's status Tuesday, Jeremy Hefner left an exhibition game against the Cardinals after...
Two hurt in Crown Heights fire
March 26, 2013 | 12:22pmTwo people were hurt in a Crown Heights blaze early today, authorities said. One resident was seriously injured in a first-floor fire that began about 2:30 a.m. at a Crown...
Court could avoid ruling on gay marriage ban
March 26, 2013 | 11:47amWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California's ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether...
Italy's high court overturns Amanda Knox acquittal, orders new trial
March 26, 2013 | 9:33amROME — Italy's highest criminal court ordered a whole new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend on Tuesday, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her...
MTV chief: Brooklyn’s 'vibrancy' fueled Barclays Center VMAs choice
March 26, 2013 | 5:38amThe head of MTV says selecting Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to host the hot Video Music Awards show this year was a no-brainer.MTV President Stephen Friedman told the Post yesterday that...
Rengan Rajaratnam flies to New York to plead not guilty
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe younger brother of convicted hedge fund honcho Raj Rajaratnam flew to New York from Brazil last weekend to tell a Manhattan federal judge that insider trading doesn’t run in...
Business briefs
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amMSG move Dave Howard, a former Mets and Major League Baseball executive, has been hired as president of MSG Sports, and will run business operations for the New York Knicks,...
UBS: $62 million from Nasdaq is paltry compensation for Facebook IPO debacle
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amNasdaq got approval from regulators yesterday to pay out $62 million to trading firms hurt by Facebook’s botched share sale — but UBS is having none of it. The Swiss...
Yanks’ move on StubHub & fans is a wild pitch
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWe all know that the Yankees have balls. But the Bronx team’s desperate attempt to keep people who’ve already paid full price for tickets from selling those tickets to others...
BlackBerry goes sour
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBlackBerry shares tumbled yesterday for a second straight day after Goldman Sachs cut its rating on the struggling smartphone maker, citing a disappointing debut for the company’s Z10 phone in...
Lear’s $115M Concord
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amConcord Music Group, the home of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles work, is getting new owners. The Beverly Hills-based independent record label is being sold to New Haven, Conn., Wood Creek Capital...
Furor in the Dell: Icahn, Blackstone may team
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTwo of the most prominent US investors could upset Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion buyout bid for Dell Inc., after billionaire Carl Icahn opened the door to an alliance with Blackstone...
No kiddin’, this tech titan is all of 17
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIn some ways, Nick D’Aloisio is your typical high school kid — he has a girlfriend, his mom is on his case to clean his room, and he has a...
Isle be damned! Cyprus ‘fix’ sinks marts globally
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amCyprus never seemed so close to Wall Street. Fears that Europe’s relatively small $13 billion bailout of the Cypriot banking system could be used as a template for wobbly banks...
Schulze’s Best move
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBest Buy founder Richard Schulze will return to the company as chairman emeritus after failing in a six-month attempt to take over the electronics retailer.Schulze will receive as much as...
Revel into bankruptcy
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amRevel, which many hoped would turn around Atlantic City’s struggling casino market, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Under yesterday’s filing, most of the casino’s debt will be converted into...
Falcone’s big loans
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amHedge-fund manager Philip Falcone, beset by declining assets, securities regulators and the bankruptcy of his wireless venture, LightSquared, is borrowing money against personal real estate. Falcone and his wife, Lisa,...
3 Lions on the ‘Rocks’
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amFormer Condé Nast executive Richard “Mad Dog” Beckman is teaming with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and entertainment lawyer Joel Katz to form a new branded-entertainment company called Three Lions Entertainment....
Size matters
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPromgirl.com founder and racehorse owner David Wilkenfeld had a hot streak when his gelded colt Vyjack won four races in a row. He’s likely to make the Kentucky Derby if...
Shrink’s butcher a real psycho: expert
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAn expert witness called by the defense team of cleaver-swinging maniac David Tarloff testified yesterday that the killer wasn’t faking his psychotic symptoms. Psychologist Dr. Barry Rosenfeld, of Fordham University,...
S&M pol: I feared gal
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amA bondage-loving New Jersey pol unleashed a barrage of kinky e-mails to his lobbyist gal pal — and at the same time griped that she was a “vicious and cold”...
SI jihadist guilty of lies
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amA Staten Island man was convicted yesterday of lying to FBI agents investigating his efforts to join jihadist groups overseas. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, 23, a US citizen born in New...
Kalikow’s kid in heroin bust
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe unemployed, drug-addled daughter of real-estate mogul Peter Kalikow was arrested for dealing heroin in The Bronx with her boyfriend, according to a criminal complaint. Kathryn Kalikow, 27, and junkie...
‘Killer’s alibi a video game
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAn accused Brooklyn gunman yesterday claimed he was playing a video game during a fatal Coney Island shooting, and his friends backed up his alibi. Joseph Brown, 29, was arraigned...
Don’t be a twit: mayor
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe two city EMTs whose racist Twitter rants were recently exposed by The Post are examples of the need to be extremely careful while using social media, Mayor Bloomberg said...
Blood money: Durst out to grab dead wife’s 82G
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amRobert Durst, the notorious multimillionaire scion of a Manhattan real-estate family, wants to collect money from his dead wife’s estate — even though he’s considered a suspect in her disappearance,...
Biden’s national perk
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWASHINGTON — President Obama did a favor for his No. 2 yesterday by designating a 1,100-acre national monument in the home state of Vice President Joe Biden, using an executive...
Man hurt in Queens hit-run
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amA man was in stable condition last night after a car slammed into him in Queens and then was driven away, according to police. The victim was crossing 81st Street...
Israelis will reopen cash tap to Palestinians
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amRAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel said yesterday it would resume regular monthly transfers of about $100 million in taxes and customs it collects for the Palestinian Authority, giving much-needed relief...
Crash kills cop gridder
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAn NYPD cop who was a star player on the department’s football team was killed early yesterday when a commercial truck smashed into his pickup on the Long Island Expressway,...
Kerry, Karzai make nice
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amKABUL — Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unity between their two nations yesterday, as the US military ceded control...
$how us your asana!
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTrendy yoga outfitter Lululemon has been forcing some female customers to show their downward dogs — to prove their pants are sheer enough to deserve a refund. On the heels...
NYPD Daily Blotter
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amManhattan Police are looking for this man (pictured) in connection with the vicious mugging of a straphanger in the Times Square subway station yesterday. The suspect, seen here on surveillance...
Boom lowers again on crane kid
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe son of crane magnate James Lomma yesterday was nabbed with heroin packets labeled “America’s problem’’ — his second drug bust in six months, authorities said.James Lomma Jr., 22, was...
More in snore! Tilda keeps MoMa art fans guessing
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTilda Swinton was back at the Museum of Modern Art yesterday for another performance of her wacky piece of conceptual art, in which she “sleeps” all day in a box....
Body amid Queens fire
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amFirefighters found a body yesterday in a burning co-op in Queens, officials said.The Bravest made the grim discovery shortly after showing up at the North Shore Towers apartment complex in...
Gov’s budget taxes bizmen’s patience
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amALBANY — Gov. Cuomo says the state needs high tax rates on millionaires because the economy’s struggling — but some analysts say the economy’s struggling because of those high tax...
Teacher-eval hope
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amA state deal to make sure teacher-evaluation plans are put in place and stay in place could break the logjam between the city and its teachers union. The deal ensures...
De Blasio still tweet on his @#$@# aide
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBill de Blasio is sticking by his Twitter-ranting staffer. Just hours after The Post (pictured) inquired about a string of offensive tweets from his mayoral campaign’s volunteer coordinator, de Blasio...
Passover cigarettes
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amJERUSALEM — Observant Jews in Israel craving a smoke during the weeklong Passover holiday that started at sundown last night can now enjoy a rabbi-approved puff.For the first time, the...
Brooklyn scores the VMAs
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe Moonman has landed in Brooklyn. MTV’s Video Music Awards show — featuring its “Moonman” statues — will be held at the Barclays Center this year, the network announced yesterday....
2 nice for Tunis: Topless woman’s protest spurs calls for death
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAlthough she lives in a democracy, you’d hardly know it by the backlash Amina Tyler got for standing up for women’s rights. Two weeks ago, the 19-year-old woman posted topless...
Mike fires at Albany
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe city “didn’t put a gun to their head” to force state officials to draft gun legislation that turned out to be faulty, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.Gov. Cuomo’s office is...
Bum given boots by kind-hearted cop is back to begging barefoot
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWhat a heel! The barefoot beggar who made headlines when a kindly cop gave him a pair of boots has an apartment and a preacher paying his bills — but...
NRA’s wrong number: Pro-gun robocalls to Newtown
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe NRA is attempting to recruit anti-gun-control allies from the unlikeliest of places — the Connecticut community devastated by December’s mass school shooting. Residents of Newtown, where a gunman killed...
Taxi app keeps you on track
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIt’s the oldest trick in a crooked cabby’s playbook — and it’s about to become obsolete, thanks to a new iPhone app. Taxi Turvi keeps hacks honest by tracking their...
Second Ave. subway suit
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amResidents of a 21-story high-rise on the Upper East Side are suing the MTA to stop a proposed pair of Second Avenue subway entrances in the middle of their block....
Calif. city is going for ‘broke’
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Having already cut its budget and services to the bone, Stockton, Calif., has no choice but to become the most populous US city to file for bankruptcy,...
Pol’s big $witch on park pays off
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amState Sen. Dan Squadron took in more than $65,000 from supporters of a residential development at Brooklyn Bridge Park — after he struck a deal that enabled housing at the...
Gay cuz on chief’s case
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWASHINGTON — When the US Supreme Court hears the case today that could make gay marriage a constitutionally protected right, Chief Justice John Roberts will look down from the bench...
Dept. of Ed.’s ‘trailer’ trash
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe city Department of Education will be required to report on the age and condition of its deteriorating stock of outdoor classroom trailers for the first time, under the proposed...
Pedro’s 2 beers — & $338M ticket
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAn immigrant father of five who buys lottery tickets and a couple of beers at the same Passaic, NJ, store every day is the sole winner of the $338.3 million...
Katz’s LESeder
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAn Upper East Side synagogue and a Lower East Side deli celebrated their shared past last night as Temple Emanu-El held a Passover Seder and dinner at Katz’s. “Holding the...
Quinn on thin ice: cops
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amCouncil Speaker Christine Quinn’s plan for oversight of the NYPD has damaged her chances of landing a coveted mayoral endorsement from a coalition of law-enforcement unions, The Post has learned....
House probers eye Bachmann
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWASHINGTON — Former Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics over campaign spending. A former staffer alleges that Bachmann violated federal...
Mayor slams candidates
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that it’s troubling that none of the candidates running for his job are offering specifics about how to contain crime.“It was really depressing,” the mayor said,...
Obama pushes immigration law
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWASHINGTON — President Obama hailed recent progress on immigration-reform legislation, saying he expects debate next month on “comprehensive, sensible” reform. Fresh off his trip to the Middle East, Obama dived...
Poll strike at drones
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amNearly 1 in 5 Americans — 79 percent — oppose drone strikes on US soil, but they are much more accepting of doing it abroad, a Gallup poll released yesterday...
DC’s uneasy balance
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThere is a growing consensus that the partisan power struggle in Washington has shifted somewhat in the direction of the Republicans. Will anyone draw the right lesson? The Republicans weren’t...
The gay-marriage stakes shift
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIt’s a sign of how far supporters of gay marriage have advanced that the term “opposite-sex marriage” — an infelicitous phrase that once would’ve been a confounding tautology — is...
Obama’s Mideast meddling: An undeserved apology
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe Issue: President Obama’s visit to Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology to Turkey. *** As his last act before leaving Israel, President Obama pressured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Sizing up Hillary for 2016
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe Issue: How Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state would be seen if she runs for president in 2016. *** Historically, someone’s “legacy” needs to pass the test of...
The sinner and the saint
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amMayoral candidates John Liu and George McDonald may not have much in common: While McDonald is suing to escape the city’s matching-funds program for campaigns, Liu’s team is busy sucking...
Sunshine State shockers
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIn any normal competition, Harvard would be the favorite — and Florida Gulf Coast University the expected also-ran. But that’s what makes March Madness so fun. This year, Harvard made...
Same-sex & the Supremes
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amToday the Supreme Court will hear arguments on California’s Proposition 8. Tomorrow it will hear a related case involving the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Each defines marriage as a...
Too brutal for NY
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIn early March, the state Senate approved the legalization of professional Mixed Martial Arts bouts here, caving to lobbyists for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Let’s hope the Assembly refuses to...
O’s Mideast trip changes nothing
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPresident Obama’s trip to Israel and Jordan last week had two widely divergent objectives. Publicly, he wanted to repair the political damage he has suffered from his frosty relationships with...
Dames of thrones
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWhere's a gal to look for a workable get-ahead manifesto these days? Surprisingly, the answers may be found in the macho HBO series “Game of Thrones,” with its third season...
Celebration unwarranted
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWatching the sluggish revival of “Happy Birthday,” you start fantasizing about what 10 drag queens could do to the play. They probably would be a better match for Anita Loos’...
New music from the Strokes, Depeche Mode and more
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAlbums of the Week The Strokes “Comedown Machine” ★★ 1/2 The Strokes are not likely to make another album that strikes as many sparks as their debut, “Is This It,”...
Parx Racing Analysis
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPost Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70y; $17,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3YOGRAN NEGRO stretched out in last and and tired late as the favorite at Penn...
Dominguez must rehab bit longer
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amRamon Dominguez says he has been told by his doctor that he must continue therapy on his fractured skull and he has no timetable for a return to racing. Dominguez...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAll horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $23,000; cl($12,500); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 TheWingedVns(L),121J Chamafi5-4-6Badgett7-22 Should Make It(L),107M Franco5-5-5Contess15-13 MissSilverBirch(L),116K Coa6-1-2DiSanto15-14 Grace'sNehNeh(L),121J Ortiz8-1-2Rodrigez2-15 Luck in the City(L),121SCamchJr7-4-5SJerkes12-16 Speedy...
Monticello grade
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPost Time: 12:50 p.m. Best Bet: Cannae Rocky (6th) FIRST: mile; pace; $3000; cond 2 Ididitmyrei (JMarohnJr) 8-5-1 5-2 6 May Day Jojo (MForte) 1-4-8 8-1 3 Yacht King (CWashington)...
Affrunti at Beulah Park Graded Entries
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amFIRST-6f; $3,200; cl($3,500); 3up3-City Seeker 6-11-My BestChance5-12-Money Makes 3-15-TheBuckeyeHer8-54-Pure Rush 2-1SECOND-6f; $4,500; mdn spcl wt; 3up2-Eyes Eyes Baby6-51-PerfectTriangle5-13-SweetTalkinFell5-25-Trulane Jones 20-14-NrthernGmbler2-1THIRD-6f; $8,300; alw opt clm; 3up2-Guilded Reward4-14-Fillya FullaLead8-11-Elroy J 3-15-ThorghbredEd15-13-PtentlArgment3-5FOURTH-1m; $3,000;...
Turf Paradise Charts
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amMarch 25th, 2013 Clear And Fast.©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedMonday’s racing at Parx was canceled due to weather.FIRST-6 1/2f; $5,500; mdn cl($5,000); 3upOff: 1:01. Good. bumped start,up lateTime: 22.41, 45.24,...
Sports Shorts
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amSOCCER: U.S. men to face Mexico tonight The U.S. men’s soccer team seems confident headed into an important World Cup qualifier tonight against Mexico in Mexico City. U.S. coach Jurgen...
Senators shoot down Devils
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amOTTAWA — The Senators didn’t get many scoring chances against the Devils in regulation last night, but it didn’t matter — they scored when it counted. Mika Zibanejad put home...
Home Team Lineups
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTUEMar. 26WEDMar. 27THUMar. 28FRIMar. 29SATMar. 30SUNMar. 31MONApr. 1KnicksBoston7 p.m.TNTESPN 98.7 FMMem.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMECha.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEBos.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMENetsNOGAMEPor.10:30YESWFANNO GAMEDen.9:00YESWBBRUtah9:00YESWFANNO GAMENO GAMERangersPhiladelphia7:30 p.m.MSG NetworkWBBR 1130 AMNOGAMEOtt.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEMon.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEWinn.7:00MSGESPNIslandersWashington7:00 p.m.MSG Plus NetworkWRHU 88.7 FMNO GAMEPhi.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEPitt.1:00MSG+WRHUNO...
The Post Line
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amNCAA Basketball Tournament Thursday Regional Semifinals At Washington Favorite Line Underdog Indiana 5 1/2 Syracuse Miami 5 1/2 Marquette At Los Angeles Ohio St. 4 Arizona Wichita St. 4 La...
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March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBaseball1 p.m.Exh: Cardinals at Mets SNY4 p.m.Exh: White Sox at Rangers MLBN7 p.m.Exh: Astros at Yankees YESBasketball7 p.m.Knicks at Celtics TNT, ESPN (98.7 FM)7 p.m.Women’s NCAA Tournament, Second Round: TBA...
Del Zotto shores Rangers’ defense
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA — The Rangers are 4-5-1 in 10 games since Marc Staal went down with an eye injury three weeks ago tonight, when struck just above the right eye on...
Zuccarello re-signs with Rangers
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA — Mats Zuccarello wasn’t able to become a regular, let alone a core component within coach John Tortorella’s lineup the last two years. But the Norwegian winger is on...
Humphries shook off rust to make huge Nets return
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPHOENIX — Ever since he dropped Kris Humphries from the rotation in order to give Mirza Teletovic a chance, Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo stressed Humphries would get another shot....
LeBron, Heat push win streak to 27
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amORLANDO, Fla. -- LeBron James was in perfect position for the rebound he needed for a triple-double. Near the rim, no Orlando opponents in his way, he readied his hands...
Knicks' Chandler hoping to play tonight vs. Celtics
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBOSTON — Discretion is the better part of valor. Prevention is better than cure. The second mouse gets the cheese. Sometimes, caution is the way to go. So the Knicks...
Celtics without Garnett for Knicks matchup
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBOSTON — If you have to play the Celtics in Boston — as the Knicks do tonight — it doesn’t hurt to see them without Kevin Garnett — as the...
Knicks and their fans want no part of Celts in playoffs
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBOSTON — We all have been in relationships like this, right? When times are good — man, are they ever good. The laughs flow, the good times roll ... it’s...
Major win will prove Tiger's back!
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amORLANDO — Tiger Woods is the No. 1 player in the world again. But is he back? After winning his record eighth Arnold Palmer Invitational yesterday, Woods has won six...
Woods No. 1 again after Bay Hill victory
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amORLANDO — Tiger Woods has devoured the appetizers. Now it is time for the main course. Woods, who yesterday won his eighth Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill to capture...
Boothe back with Giants on one-year deal
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIt is clear the Giants are thinking about and striving for continuity on their offensive line heading into the 2013 season. That’s why they made the re-signing of left tackle...
Falcons center McClure retires
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amFalcons owner Arthur Blank said yesterday retiring center Todd McClure will have a new home in the team’s Ring of Honor. McClure, the Falcons’ longtime center, officially announced his retirement...
Mets’ Tejada trying to get through awful spring training
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amKISSIMMEE, Fla. — Terry Collins doesn’t care much for spring training stats. “You’ve got to be careful with March and September,” the Mets manager said yesterday, referring to spring training,...
Yankees' Cervelli confident he can be everyday catcher
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTAMPA — Francisco Cervelli is aware manager Joe Girardi has spoken well of the catcher’s improved defense, and believes he can be a frontline catcher in the big leagues. And...
Mets' Feliciano will go to minors or be released
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amPORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets bullpen remains a work in progress, but one thing known for sure is it won’t include Pedro Feliciano — at least for now. The...
Deal for Wells makes sense for Yankees
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTAMPA — Vernon Wells will cost the Yankees $13 million or $14 million for two years but might appear as a zero on the 2014 luxury tax forms. While the...
Jeter’s advice helps Yankees' Nunez settle down
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTAMPA — Time is often the enemy in baseball. Young players rush through plays in the field and their at-bats, but when you truly begin to understand the game, you...
Touring Northern Ireland: the mythical setting for 'Game of Thrones'
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe third season of HBO’s wildly successful “Game of Thrones” airs on Sunday, March 31, marking a return to the world of the Starks, Lannisters and those adorable baby dragons....
Ready for a new Carson show?
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amDr. Ben Carson (pictured), the Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon who has become the overnight darling of conservatives, is angling for his own TV show , it turns out — not a...
Talk show guests
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amTUESDAYKRISTIN CHENOWETH, KIM KARDASHIAN - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7BRANDY NORWOOD, LAUREN LONDON, JAY ELLIS - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 3...
‘Breaking Bad’ script thief caught, but script still missing
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIt’s still out there somewhere. A thief who broke into actor Bryan Cranston’s car earlier this month while he was shooting “Breaking Bad” stole his iPad and a script from...
Brody & Carrie are kaput
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amIs it love gone bad or the fact that he’s blamed for killing 200 people? You decide — but British actor Damian Lewis, who plays the turncoat Marine Nick Brody...
Bible boom: CNN wanted O’Reilly’s ‘Killing Jesus’
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amGod is hot again. Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly’s upcoming book “Killing Christ” is set for the National Geographic Channel sometime next year. It follows the astonishing success of...
'The Dog Whisperer' is getting a revamp
March 26, 2013 | 4:00am‘The Dog Whisperer,” with Cesar Millan, is getting a makeover and a new show after long absence. Millan ended the series last year after a 9-year run and a shocking...
Legitimate rape?
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amBack in August, Rep. Todd Akin, at the 58th annual National Prayer Breakfast, disgusted the entire female population by saying, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways...
Bootie call!
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amMidway through Harvey Fierstein’s new Broadway sensation, “Kinky Boots,” the entire cast breaks out into a splashy musical number that causes the audience to gasp and erupt into applause. The...
Go medieval!
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThe Dragon Lady is becoming a style icon. In HBO’s epic medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones,” the warrior princess who would be queen, Daenerys “Dany” Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), steals every...
‘Game’ on in Croatia
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWinter is coming “Game of Thrones” devotees have another fab travel option beyond Northern Ireland. Live out your fan-iest fantasies and visit Dubrovnik, the waterfront Croatia city that doubles as...
Dublin down
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amWorldwide, some 80 million people claim Irish ancestry. And this year the motherland is calling everyone home. “The Gathering” (thegatheringireland.com) is a yearlong tourism promotion launched to encourage everyone of...
Recs-n-effect in Park City
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amESPN’S X Games might be the stoners’ Olympics, but — with all its crazy, spinning, constantly changing camera angles — it’s doing as much to change the art and technology...
Weird but true
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amThis pizza’s dynamite. A makeshift pizza parlor in a trailer parked near a baseball field in Florida exploded when the pizza man started cooking up his pies. He wasn’t seriously...
Florida Gulf Coast’s Enfield is the happiest man in college hoops
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amAdmit it. Florida Gulf Coast busted your bracket, but after you saw the Eagles play, you didn’t even care. You loved the team. Tell the truth. You’d never heard of...
Providence repels Robert Morris
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amProvidence coach Ed Cooley was wide awake in the middle of the night thinking about what he’d say to the fans after his team’s final home game of the season....
Gillen: Time for Cinderellas to go home
March 26, 2013 | 4:00amFormer Xavier and Virginia coach Pete Gillen, a New York native and CBS Sports Network college basketball analyst, shares some of his March Madness thoughts and predictions with The Post....
PAX East dispatch: Outlast wants to scare the hell out of you
March 26, 2013 | 2:26amI couldn’t wait to stop playing Outlast, much like I can never wait to get upstairs after turning off a basement light. The game broke me somewhere between an ominous...
PAX East dispatch: You might go bald playing The Swapper
March 26, 2013 | 2:05amEven the earliest levels of The Swapper are difficult. Not pull-out-your-hair challenging, but definitely heading in that direction. Located in the Indie Megabooth at PAX East, developers from Finland-based Facepalm...
PAX East dispatch: Zombie Tycoon 2 is a no-hassle console RTS
March 26, 2013 | 1:53amI only played one zombie game at PAX East. In it I sent some of my zombies to attack my opponents zombies while my other zombies trained in a gym...
PAX East dispatch: The intrigue of Supergiant's 'Transistor'
March 26, 2013 | 1:51amWith Bastion, industry newcomer Supergiant Games delivered a gorgeous action-RPG with husky narration and an isometric camera view. Its new project, Transistor, was playable at PAX East, and it featured...