June 20, 2013
6 kids injured when cement truck slams into school bus
Six children and two adults were injured Thursday after a cement truck slammed into the side of a school bus in Cypress Hills, said FDNY officials. The accident occurred after...
Big kickboxing event coming to NYC, but MMA still shut out
Tyrone Spong’s dream ever since he was a kid growing up in the Netherlands was to one day fight in New York City, what he calls “the capital for every...
Sick email from teacher accused of raping 10-year-old girl
A Bronx teacher accused of raping his 10-year-old student sent her a repulsive email after the attack, saying he was “too rough” but rationalizing that “it’s normal,” prosecutors say. Anthony...
LICH no longer accepting ambulance patients
The financially-strapped Long Island College Hospital in Downtown Brooklyn stopped accepting ambulance patients early this morning – the latest development in SUNY Downstate’s long-running battle to close the Cobble Hill...
Rutgers new coach Jordan lands another touted prospect
Eddie Jordan is a quick learner. Rutgers’ new men’s basketball coach is making a habit of landing top recruits, and he continued the practice on Thursday by securing a verbal...
Ex-Packers LB Bishop says Giants are interested in him
The Giants are often interested whenever there is a veteran linebacker available on the open market that may come cheaply and might have something left in the tank. Such is...
Niese injures shoulder in Mets’ win over Braves
ATLANTA — Now that’s what you call discomfort. Just when the Mets appeared to have something going for them, in the form of a potentially solid and deep rotation, Jon...
Pettitte, Yankees fall flat vs. Rays
Though Phil Hughes has been cast as the rotation whipping boy by self-loathing Yankees fans, a popular veteran left-hander hasn’t been very good lately. That would be Andy Pettitte, who...
Rent-stabilized tenants hit with highest hike in five years
Hundreds of thousands of tenants were hit tonight with rent hikes that are the highest in five years -- 4 percent for one-year lease renewals and 7.75 percent for two...
Feds only have 2 squads left to combat city Mafia families
Fugghedouboudit. The FBI has only two squads -- and roughly 25 agents -- left to combat New York's five Mafia families. Once a prime focus for the feds, enfeebled mob...
Fordham nabs three football All-Americans
In 2011, the final season under then-head coach Tom Masella, the Fordham Rams scored only 13.2 points per game.Last year, in Joe Moorhead's first season at the helm, the Rams...
Turning over a 'New Leaf' with Katsuya Eguchi
Katsuya Eguchi is a pleasant man. Wearing a black suit with a red Pikmin sticking out of his coat pocket, Eguchi is nothing but smiles. Why shouldn’t he be? His...
7-Eleven deploying immigration inspectors
7-Eleven is deploying its own team of immigration inspectors to franchises nationwide in the wake of a big illegal-alien scandal where the feds say workers in Long Island and Virginia...
NBA won't let Clippers-Celtics do deal involving Rivers: report
The resurrected Clippers-Celtics deal has been put back in the morgue by the league. According to a CBSSports report, both teams were informed days ago that the deal sending coach...
11 boneheaded Bronx gang members who loved Louis Vuitton bags busted by cops
A violent but dimwitted Bronx gang is in handcuffs, all because its members couldn't keep names and addresses straight, officials said today. The "6 Wild" gang had what it thought...
2 injured by falling branch in Brooklyn
Two people were seriously hurt after they were hit by a tree branch in Brooklyn this afternoon, authorities said. The branch fell about 3 p.m., and hit a man and...
Sen. McCain gives personal tour of Senate to Vietnamese Army members
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain gave a personal tour of the Senate to senior members of the Vietnamese Army today -- 40 years after he was released from brutal captivity...
Spike denied by Heat's Allen trying to do 'He Got Game' spoof
MIAMI – Knicks superfan/filmmaker Spike Lee got thwarted by the Heat again. Spike attended Thursday’s Heat morning shootaround at AmericanAirlines Arena with a camera crew to film a spoof with...
Mexican authorities capture former USC professor who allegedly traveled around the world to have sex with children
LOS ANGELES — It was a call from a Mexican citizen who recognized the photo of a former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list that gave...
Photo purports to show James Gandolfini at dinner just a day before star's death
Images have surfaced that could be the last ever snapped of James Gandolfini, prior to the acting great’s sudden death in Rome yesterday. Atlanta resident Blake Kahn and Dee Duncan...
Gandolfini was set for a dramatic return to HBO on 'Criminal Justice'
James Gandolfini was set to return to HBO in a miniseries called "Criminal Justice," but the star's sudden passing has thrown the project back into limbo. The network that made...
Knicks owner's band to tour with The Eagles this summer
During July's free agency, Knicks owner James Dolan will be carrying around a guitar more than his NBA checkbook.Dolan's blues band, JD and the Straight Shot, announced it will hit...
All-woman jury selected for George Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. — An all-women jury has been chosen in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, who says he shot an unarmed Trayvon Marin in self-defense. Prosecutors and defense...
Patriots' star Aaron Hernandez gave house scrub down hours before pal's dead body found, allegedly tampered with home security tapes
New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez allegedly tampered with his own home security system and hired cleaners to scrub down his house, hours before a drinking buddy was found dead...
Man throws spear at moving car, arrested by police
Sacramento police say they have arrested a man who threw a spear at a moving car. The Sacramento Bee reports Wednesday that the spear was lodged in the car after...
Brook Astor's son denied retrial, may head to prison Friday
An 89-year-old heir has been denied a new trial on charges of looting his mother's fortune and he may have to go to a New York prison as soon as...
‘Monsters University’ doesn’t live up to the hype
“My job isn’t to make mediocre students slightly less mediocre students,’’ says the dean in “Monsters University,’’ the third under-achieving animated feature in a row from the once-great Pixar Animation...
‘Unfinished Song’ is a tear-jerker worth seeing
I saw an interview Terence Stamp gave promoting “Unfinished Song’’ in which he quipped that he and Vanessa Redgrave, who plays his dying spouse in “Unfinished Song,” had a combined...
Facebook announces addition of video to Instagram app
Mine’s longer than yours. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom showed off the photo app’s new feature that allows users to share 15-second snippets of video — putting it in direct competition...
Leader of massive motorcycle theft ring convicted - faces up to 25 years in prison after using vans to swipe up luxe rides
The kingpin of a massive motorcycle theft ring was convicted of enterprise corruption in Manhattan today. Steve Dow, 31, who went by the nickname "Jersey Dred," now faces anywhere from...
Combat sports phenom Spong wants to win titles in boxing, kickboxing and MMA
Rashad Evans has a good idea of what it takes to be a champion. He held the UFC light heavyweight title for a year and won multiple crowns as an...
Former NYC high school stars Jones, Parrom reunite at Nets workout
Lamont Jones, the Haggerty Award winner at Iona as the best college player in the Metro New York area, was headed to another workout – one with the Nets --...
Caught fish handed: Man gets week in jail for cheating in fishing tournament
A Minnesota fisherman long suspected of cheating at tournaments has reportedly hooked an unwanted catch — a week in jail. The Park Rapids Enterprise reports that Alfred Mead, 72, pleaded...
Doctor recounts frantic 40-minute bid to save James Gandolfini after teen son calls for help
Doctors in Italy battled for 40 minutes to save the life of "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini after the actor's 13-year-old son called for help, according to new reports. The Hollywood...
Phillies' Young gets clean slate after anti-Semitic beatdown of Midtown tourist
Postseason star Delmon Young has wiped his criminal record clean of a year-old, drunken Midtown beatdown in which he'd shouted, "F---ing Jews!" while pummeling a random male tourist. The Phillies...
Travelers Championship a short ride for NYC golf fans
If you are a golf junkie and were not able to score tickets to last week’s U.S. Open at Merion, the PGA Tour is a short drive away from the...
Serena, stop the racket
Serena Williams had a shot at making things right. She didn’t take it. The world’s No. 1 ranked tennis player, an icon to girls and women everywhere, did not apologize...
Bucs' Sapp slams Giants' Strahan again
Warren Sapp is not done ripping Michael Strahan. After the defensive stars had a nasty Twitter exchange in February following Sapp’s election into the Hall of Fame over Strahan, the...
New Jersey announces new policy to ban trash talk in high school sports
Talking trash won’t be considered just harmless fun anymore. At least not in New Jersey. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, the governing body for high school sports, announced,...
Lawyer for Yankees' A-Rod says MLB investigation against star is 'despicable'
Alex Rodriguez’s lawyer is going on the attack. David Cornwell, the attorney representing the Yankees third baseman and several other players embroiled in the Biogenesis performance-enhancing drug scandal, told USA...
Chrissy Teigen has Twitter regrets 'all the time' and her mom took her raciest shot
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen has become something of a Twitter sensation with her off-the-wall and barely censored tweets. Teigen posed for GQ’s latest issue and talked about whether...
Our Favorite Podcast: Mike and Ming’s “I Sell Comics”
Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen – known together as Mike and Ming – are two of the stars of AMC’s TV series “Comic Book Men,” which runs during seasons of...
Last of Figoski thugs get 25-to-life for roles in NYPD detective's murder
The final two thugs from the burglary crew that murdered hero NYPD Det. Peter Figoski were each sentenced to 25 years to life today. Ringleader Nelson Morales, 28, and career...
WATCH: The Wu-Tang Clan's ASL interpreter brought the house down at Bonnaroo
The gigantic Wu-Tang Clan clan took their hard-hitting style to Bonnaroo on Friday night but it was an extra, unofficial member of the group that stole the show. During a...
Jets' Mangold: Belichick probably 'losing mind' over Patriots problems
Jets center Nick Mangold couldn’t help taking a few digs at the arch-rival Patriots in the wake of Aaron Hernandez being involved in the investigation of a shooting death, Rob...
Torre gal still 'in shock' following heroic catch of tot after boy falls through apartment window
She may not have inherited his love for sports, but she certainly got his ability to catch! Joe Torre’s daughter made an amazing save yesterday when she fielded a baby...
Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey reuniting for 'Dumb and Dumber' sequel
Nearly 20 years after "Dumb and Dumber" was released, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are reuniting for "Dumb and Dumber To." Daniels said Carrey approached directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly...
7 injured in China in stampede to meet soccer star Beckham
BEIJING — Fans eager to see soccer superstar David Beckham stormed a police cordon Thursday in a stampede at a Shanghai university that injured seven people including five security personnel....
Off-duty traffic agent dies when thrown from motorcycle and run over by cab on Belt Parkway: cops
An off-duty traffic enforcement agent was killed last night when she was thrown from the back of a motorcycle after the driver hit a barrier along the Belt Parkway and...
JETS TOP 25: No. 24 Jeff Cumberland
As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players on the Jets roster. Each weekday we will...
'50 Shades of Grey' movie finds a director
LONDON — British visual artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson has been signed to direct the movie version of erotic best-seller "50 Shades of Grey," producers have announced. Taylor-Johnson, whose only...
Taliban offers to free US POW in exchange for senior members being held at Gitmo
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a US soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as...
Man dies in police custody after allegedly choking on golf ball-sized bag of cocaine during struggle with cops
A man died while in police custody last night when he choked a golf ball-sized bag of cocaine after struggling with cops in the Bronx, authorities said. Bronx narcotics cops...
Dean Haspiel, the Godfather of Comix
Earlier this week, in the actual print New York Post (and elsewhere on this site), staff writer Natalie O’Neill profiled Brooklyn resident Dean Haspiel’s latest, “The Red Hook.” Of course,...
A ‘once in a lifetime’ player, Wheeler impressed high school coach long before Mets
DALLAS, Ga. — For most of his 30 years, almost all of them in fact, these are the kinds of baseball players Tony Boyd has coached. Here, on the mound:...
Mets on deck at Braves
TONIGHT — 7:10, SNY, WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM) LHP Jon Niese (3-6, 4.15) vs. LHP Mike Minor (8-2, 2.68) Mets begin a three-game series at the Phillies tomorrow. INSIDE...
Giants fixture Jennings lived and died with dignity
At the risk of coming off as maudlin, if ever I’m diagnosed with a debilitating, incurable disease, I’d only hope to be able to handle it half as well as...
Future bright for Dodgers star Puig
With apologies to Bruce Springsteen and writer Jon Landau, I saw Major League Baseball’s future, and his name is Yasiel Puig. Puig was the most electric player on the field...
Hughes pounded in 2nd game as Yankees settle for split with Donny's Dodgers
This time, it wasn’t the home run that ruined Phil Hughes’ night. Instead, it was five first-inning singles, a pair of doubles in the third and two more hits in...
Lundqvist says he had no role in Tortorella's firing
Henrik Lundqvist did indeed give a public voice to the Rangers’ disaffection on break-up day that, in retrospect, foretold the dismissal of John Tortorella as head coach 48 hours later,...
Sather unsure what’s next for 'disappointed' Messier after missing out on Rangers coaching job
Mark Messier’s future with the Rangers’ organization remains in doubt after being passed over in favor of Alain Vigneault to succeed John Tortorella behind the bench. “I don’t really know...
Sizzling Suzuki powers Yankees in opening win
Ichiro Suzuki isn’t quite as hot as his right field counterpart in this series, Dodgers phenom Yasiel Puig. But Suzuki is on a terrific run himself. “At the plate, in...
Blackhawks win OT thriller to even Stanley Cup series
BOSTON — Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals just seemed like it didn’t want to end. Maybe because no one else wanted it to end. The action didn’t want...
Yankees on deck vs. Rays
TONIGHT — 7:05, YES LHP Andy Pettitte (5-4, 3.95) vs. LHP Matt Moore (8-3, 4.12) TOMORROW — 7:05 P.M., WWOR RHP David Phelps (4-4, 4.08) vs. RHP Roberto Hernandez (4-7,...
Hollywood stars fight to land starring role in Hillary Rodham Clinton biopic
‘MAN of Steel,” “Wolverine”. . . every superhero needs an origins movie. Now the world has waited long enough. It’s time to see how Hillary Rodham Clinton got her superpowers. “Rodham,” a...
Would you wait 2 hours for this?
Last Friday at 8 a.m., a line of 20- and 30-somethings stretched down an entire block of Spring Street. Armed with folding chairs, board games and iPads, they might have...
Diddy is downright Revolt-ing on TWC
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ cable revolution is more of an evolution. After months of negotiations, his yet-to-launch channel, Revolt TV, has reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable to offer...
Business briefs
Powerful GM All of GM’s US brands ranked above average in J.D. Power & Associates’ Initial Quality Study, led by its GMC truck brand, which trailed only the Porsche sports-car...
Feelin’ lucky, punk$?
Hedge-fund honcho Steve Cohen is suddenly looking pretty smart. Just months after Cohen’s SAC Capital agreed to a $602 million SEC settlement over insider trading — without admitting any wrongdoing...
When nerds attack: Facebook's Instagram set to debut new video feature to rival Twitter's Vine in digital tit-for-tat
Take that, Twitter! Facebook’s Instagram is expected to roll out a new video feature today to rival Twitter’s 6-second video service Vine — escalating a digital tit-for-tat between the social-media...
Apple’s cable coup
Apple TV has scored two big media partners: ESPN and HBO.The Cupertino, Calif.-tech giant said yesterday that it would add the WatchESPN and HBO Go apps to its set-top box...
Mortgage lenders fall short
Your mortgage lender is still behaving badly.Four of the five banks that agreed last year to correct foreclosure and mortgage modification abuses are still not living up to their word,...
Google searches
Google, actively on the lookout for acquisitions, is for the first time considering forging alliances with private-equity firms to help it structure deals.While Google may invest cash to get a...
BofA nabs JPM exec
Bank of America hired Anwar Zakkour from JPMorgan Chase as co-head of global telecommunications, media and technology investment banking, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg. Zakkour will report to...
Big Ben theory not working
How quickly things change!The Federal Reserve board was a little shy about tipping its hand yesterday, and so instead it sent chairman-for-the-time-being Ben Bernanke out to slyly break the news...
Morgans urged to sell out
It’s baptism by fire for the new board of Morgans Hotel.A shareholder in the 13-unit hotel chain is expected today to urge the newbie board — on the job for...
Secret Disservice: NYU keeps Chinese blind dissident Chen bottled up
NYU has been teaching an advanced class on how to build a Chinese wall. The school has effectively cordoned off political dissident Chen Guangcheng since he arrived in the US...
2 3Ds now 1: Stratasys buys MakerBot
Brooklyn-based MakerBot hit the jackpot. The 3D-printer maker, which just opened fancy waterfront industrial digs, was acquired by another giant in the industry, Stratasys. MakerBot, co-founded by Bre Pettis, sold...
$150M for Fab.com
Fab.com, a trendy online retailer, has closed a $150 million round of financing, valuing it at $1 billion, CEO Jason Goldberg said yesterday. The 2-year-old New York company will use...
Pat city
When NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan, his wife, Dawn, and their daughters, Lucy, 11, and Maeve, 8, moved to Williamsburg last summer, they tested out all the different ways to commute...
Just sold!
Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $1,761,000 2 River Terrace Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,191 square feet, with Thermador, Sub-Zero and Miele kitchen appliances, terrace, washer/dryer and bamboo floors; Riverhouse building features parking,...
Nature calls
Unless you stumble upon Livingston Manor in mid-June during its annual Trout Parade, it’s hard to grasp what this otherwise sleepy town in northern Sullivan County is all about. But...
Joe Torre’s daughter makes heroic catch of falling tot from store awning while dialing 911
The Yankees should play her in left field! Joe Torre’s daughter made an amazing catch yesterday when she fielded a baby who fell from a storefront awning in Brooklyn, officials...
'Drunk' driver a 1-man demolition crew in East Village: Car 'started destroying everything - just went out of control'
A wasted driver lost control of his rental car and rode up on an East Village sidewalk yesterday, striking three pedestrians and sending a fire hydrant flying into a Citi...
Dolce & Gabbana sentenced to prison in Italy for $266M tax evasion
MILAN — A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268...
Ex-probers call to reopen case of downed TWA Flight 800 on new 'explosion evidence' - claim NTSB, FBI ignored key clues from crash that killed all 230 aboard the 1996 flight
Six former investigators of the crash of TWA Flight 800 say they have new evidence that the jumbo jet was brought down by an “external explosion” off Long Island —...
Human bones at Goodfella’s Qns. home
Human remains that may be tied to a decades-old Mafia murder have been dug up at the Queens home of “Goodfellas” mobster James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke, law-enforcement sources said...
Quinn: I’d fire a too-frisky Kelly
Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn dealt a blow to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and his stop-and-frisk policies during a televised mayoral forum last night. The City Council speaker previously has said...
Ho’s, pimps pumped by ‘acquittals’
The ho’s got action. Cheered on by loyal hookers, father-and-son pimps Vincent George Sr. and Jr. were acquitted of the top sex-trafficking charges yesterday, with a Manhattan judge apparently swayed...
Paula’s ‘N’ hot water
Celebrity chef Paula Deen is back in the deep fryer after reportedly admitting that she regularly used the N-word — and we’re not talking about nutrition. The Southern-cuisine queen also...
Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez was partying at bar with pal hours before victim was found shot to death near NFLer's home - now he won't talk to cops: reports
New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was partying at a Boston bar Sunday night with the friend who was later found shot to death, according to reports. Hernandez, victim Odin...
Raped for ‘being gay’
A woman told police she was raped at knifepoint in Brooklyn Sunday morning because she’s gay, law- enforcement sources said.The 26-year-old woman said the man followed and attacked her at...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Cops have identified two suspects in a Boerum Hill street robbery. The 34-year-old victim was walking on Smith Street near Atlantic Avenue at 3:05 a.m. June 14 when Marcia...
NYPD cop Kevin Brennan recalls getting shot in the head: 'I remember hearing it go off. I remember feeling it'
Already hailed as a hero for his actions in the field, a Brooklyn cop bravely described during courtroom testimony yesterday the chilling surveillance video depicting a coldblooded gang-banger shooting him...
Clothes the door on your way out! Men's Warehouse founder and public face George Zimmer axed
At least he’ll have plenty of suits for job interviews. Men’s Wearhouse abruptly fired its founder and public face, George Zimmer, just hours before its annual meeting yesterday. The 1,143-store...
30G Mandela portrait swiped
This heist was a real work of art. A $30,000 portrait of Nelson Mandela disappeared from its creator’s Manhattan storage space, the artist said.Conor McCreedy sold the work last month,...
Duane Reade pharmacist turned 'free' blood-pressure test into pervy breast exam for Lebanese fashion editor, $40M suit claims
A Lebanese fashion editor in Manhattan on business was sexually assaulted by a Duane Reade pharmacist claiming to give her a breast exam, according to a new $40 million lawsuit....
Fears for Kim before birth
Kim Kardashian delivered her baby weeks early because doctors feared she suffered from a potentially dangerous condition, according to published reports yesterday.Kardashian experienced severe swelling in the days before her...
High & bye: NYC ‘pot’ big busted
Cops arrested an alleged drug dealer known for selling mind-blowing marijuana in the Garment District — leaving his young professional clientele high and dry for the summer.Westchester police busted Ron...
Bronx special-education teacher accused of raping 10-year-old student
A Bronx special-education teacher raped a 10-year-old student in a school parking lot — after convincing her parents he was escorting her to a fictitious event where she was to...
Astor swindler Anthony Marshall’s jurors defend guilty verdict in wake of challenge
Toss the swindler in the clink! Anthony Marshall jurors who have been accused by a fellow panelist of using dubious reasoning and falling sway to their emotions in convicting Brooke...
UFT’s nod a major boost for Thompson: pundits
Chalk one up for Bill Thompson!The city teachers’ union is putting its significant manpower and money behind Thompson in the race for mayor.The former comptroller and Board of Education president...
Foes hit Quinn’s rush for ‘anti-profile’ vote on stop-frisk bill - 'Political thinking is behind it'
Christine Quinn is rushing to pass the anti-racial-profiling bill before the Sept. 10 democratic mayoral primary to pander to liberal and minority voters, Queens City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. charged...
Lhota: City should double down on charter schools
In his boldest move yet on the campaign trail, GOP mayoral candidate Joe Lhota today will call for doubling the number of charter schools here, The Post has learned.In a...
'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dead of heart attack at 51
James Gandolfini, the Hollywood heavyweight who won multiple Emmy Awards for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in the smash HBO series “The Sopranos,” died of a heart attack...
'The love between Tony and Carmela was one of the greatest I've ever known.': ‘Sopranos’ castmates grieve loss of 'head of family'
Tributes to the late James Gandolfini poured in from his “Sopranos” castmates and Hollywood stars as they learned of his sudden death in Italy yesterday. "I am shocked and devastated...
'Reserved': Gandolfini mourned at Holsten's ice-cream parlor where last ‘Sopranos’ scene was shot
The owner of the New Jersey ice- cream parlor where James Gandolfini filmed the unforgettable final scene of “The Sopranos” paid a touching tribute to the actor last night. Holsten’s...
We won’t fuhgedd about this class act
James Gandolfini will be greatly missed. He was an expert character actor who was handed the leading role of a lifetime — troubled mob boss Tony Soprano — and knocked...
Democracy vs. freedom
With the very best intentions, we got it wrong. By elevating the establishment of democracy above all other priorities in states beyond Europe, we got elections — then had to...
Damning Suicide Note to Iran’s New Prez
Did the eldest son of Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani kill himself to protest the “hypocrisy” of his father and the regime he serves? Iranian news reports at the time said...
$horing up the subway
The Issue: Whether the city’s next mayor will address MTA debt, which has nearly doubled since 2001. *** Nicole Gelinas blames the MTA for all of the problems with our...
Supreme lunacy on voting: Will Jihadis decide Elex?
The Issue: A Supreme Court ruling that overturned an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship for voting. *** Arizona’s law requiring voter applicants to provide proof of US citizenship prior...
Shelly’s terrible two-fer
The way Albany handles legislation can be hard to understand. But it’s all too clear why the Legislature this week flubbed two clear opportunities to earn and save millions by...
Mush from the wimp
That was the joke headline a Boston Globe writer named Kirk Scharfenberg placed atop a 1980 editorial about a speech by President Jimmy Carter, thinking it would be removed before...
The union label
If Bill Thompson is smiling today, it’s because he’s received the coveted endorsement of the United Federation of Teachers. It’s a huge “get” for Thompson. For in the midst of...
Whole lot of nothin’
Once the Executive Mansion on Eagle Street in Albany was where big ideas went to hatch. But that hasn’t been true at least since Hugh Carey’s first term — and...
More easy money’s on the way
The big story yesterday was supposed to be Ben Bernanke’s signal to the markets about future Fed policy — whether he’ll scale it back, or just go on printing money...
'La Hija de Rappaccini' flowers in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
A contemporary take on a classic horror story blossomed into an evening of al fresco music Monday when Gotham Chamber Opera performed “La Hija de Rappaccini” on the grounds of...
Savion Glover taps into simplicity in 'STePz'
Savion Glover’s stripped down. Not literally — he isn’t channeling his inner Magic Mike, or even his inner Michael Jackson — as he did a few years back when he...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 20FRIJune 21SATJune 22SUNJune 23MONJune 24TUEJune 25WEDJune 26YankeesTampa Bay7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMT.B.7:05WWORWCBST.B.1:05YESWCBS+ T.B.2:05YESWCBSNOGAMETex.7:05WWORWCBSTex.7:05YESWCBSMetsAtlanta7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMPhi.7:05WPIXWFANPhi.4:05WPIXWFANPhi.1:35SNYWFANNOGAMEChi. Sox8:10SNYWFANChi. Sox8:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEPhi.5:00ESPNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.A.3:00MSG+NOGAMENOGAMEChi.12:30No TVS.I. YankeesHudson Valley7:00No TVH.V.7:05No TVH.V.7:00No TVAbdn.4:00No TVAbdn.7:00No TVAbdn.7:00No TVH.V.7:05No TVCyclonesAberdeen7:00No...
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball7 p.m.Mets at Braves SNY, WFAN 660 AM/101.9 FM7 p.m.Rays at Yankees YES, WCBS 880 AM7 p.m.Red Sox at Tigers MLBN8 p.m.College World Series: North Carolina vs. North Carolina State...
Dodger ball for Hondo
The Mariners, looking ancient at the plate, were blanked by the Angels last night, which caused Hondo’s deficit to grow to 250 mayberrys.Tonight, in the war on deficit spending, Mr....
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Activator (8th) FIRST: Mile pace; $11,000; claiming 4 Outa My Head (BSears) 2-3-3 5-1 7 KidCourageousA (LStalbam) 1-7-6 8-5 1 Alloveramerica (GBrennan) 5-3-4 6-1...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Navy charges players with sexual assault The U.S. Naval Academy yesterday charged three football players with sexually assaulting a female midshipman at an off-campus house in Annapolis, Md., more...
Tiger out until British Open
In little more than a month, Tiger Woods went from being tough to beat to having a tough time even playing. Woods said yesterday that soreness in his left elbow...
Kidd interviews Frank, Rogers for Nets’ staff
Jason Kidd got to throw from 60-feet, 6-inches last night. The Nets’ newest head coach, and a future Hall of Famer, said part of the reason he attended Cal was...
’Hawks win OT thriller, tie series
BOSTON — Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals just seemed like it didn’t want to end. Maybe because no one else wanted it to end. The action didn’t want...
Mets' Harvey mum on reported fight challenge to Rauch
ATLANTA — Matt Harvey declined comment on a Yahoo sports story that indicated he challenged Jon Rauch to a fight last year after the reliever, as part of rookie hazing,...
Yankees' Jeter takes first BP since setback
Derek Jeter took batting practice outside yesterday for the first time in his latest comeback from a broken left ankle. The shortstop took 21 swings at the Yankees’ minor league...
Nicks skipped Giants workouts over injury concerns
Hakeem Nicks broke his foot last year and a promise this year. And the two are very much related. The Giants’ wide receiver said yesterday it was injury concerns —...
Mangold: Jets' locker room wants Sanchez to start
Not only does Nick Mangold think Mark Sanchez should be the Jets’ Week 1 starting quarterback, but the Pro Bowl center believes the rest of the Gang Green locker room...
Heat's James: Game 7 vs. Spurs may be ‘biggest game of my life’
MIAMI — The giant-sized black billboard blankets the front of AmericanAirlines Arena — a picture of LeBron James in his white headband. The inscription reads: “Witness History’’ with a logo...
Prideful Spurs can bounce back from brutal Game 6 loss
MIAMI — Former Knicks coach and ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy said yesterday fans should focus on the Spurs in the first quarter of tonight’s Game 7 to see if...
Back to reality as Mets, Marcum fall to Braves
ATLANTA — We now return you to your regularly scheduled schlock. Super Tuesday was everything the Mets could have wanted, with Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler dominating the Braves in...
Drama mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows. The end is nigh for a few early-summer series: “Hannibal” (Thursday, 10 p.m., NBC) This series, like a fine wine...
Rosanna Scotto & Elvis Duran team up for 'Go To Your Room'
Yes, Rosanna Scotto and Elvis Duran really are good friends — and the New York media faves have a new TV special to prove it. “Go to Your Room,” airing...
Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' in ratings freefall
So now that the dust has settled, for the time being, on Charlie Sheen’s sitcom “Anger Management,” former co-star Selma Blair — fired Tuesday by Sheen — might be thankful...
Changes on 'Nightline' set for Dan Abrams & Terry Moran
ABC’s “Nightline” is rearranging its desk furniture. Terry Moran is leaving as co-anchor but will remain with ABC News as its London-based anchor and chief foreign correspondent — a role...
'Devious Maids' delivers dirty-minded fun
What would you call the demon love child of “Desperate Housewives” and “Down and Out In Beverly Hills?” I know! I know! How about Lifetime’s rollicking new show, “Devious Maids”—...
Zack Wheeler's debut hits a SNY season-high
SNY snared big numbers for the Tuesday-night debut of Mets pitching phenom Zack Wheeler. His six-inning, seven-strikeout performance against the Braves in a 6-1 Mets victory snared a season-high 3.23...
Weird but true
Moonshine isn’t dead — and neither are the whisky police. Agents of Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control busted a 63-year-old Danville ranch owner and confiscated his wares: 339 one-gallon jugs of...
Stars remember Gandolfini
Tributes to the late James Gandolfini poured in from Sopranos cast members and Hollywood stars as they learned of his sudden death in Italy. “The guy was like a brother...
Jersey town mourns loss of 'regular guy' Gandolfini
Working-class Westwood, New Jersey mourned the loss of their hometown hero, TV mob boss James Gandolfini. The Emmy Award winner, who was born in the town’s Pascack Valley Hospital in...
James Gandolfini (1961-2013): My 2001 interview -- 'Right now, I'm just enjoying myself'
James James Gandolfini may be a notoriously reluctant interview subject - answers tend to come out in three words or less - but no one can accuse Tony Soprano's alter...