July 11, 2013
Nets sign Kirilenko to two-year deal after losing out on Bogdanovic
ORLANDO, Fla. — Billy King’s backup plan turned out to be a stroke of genius.Thursday, one day after the Nets moved on following an agreement with Bojan Bogdanovic that fell...
Six more come forward to accuse Yeshiva University bigs of sex abuse cover-up
Six more ex-students of Yeshiva University’s prestigious all-boys high school have stepped forward to allege honchos there covered up decades of sexual and physical abuse. Only days after 19 other...
Red Bull fan group profanely rejects cash offer to stop YSA chant
With MLS and commissioner Don Garber adamant about eliminating the persistent and profane “You suck a-hole” chants around the league, the Red Bulls front office reached out a hand to...
Don't sleep on this rockin' 'Cradle'
Nothing says jarring like people in tuxes and gowns praising unions and singing lines like “there’s something so damned low about the rich!” This odd juxtaposition takes place at City...
Yankees' Robertson, Dodgers' Puig fall short in All-Star vote
Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman and Toronto reliever Steve Delabar have won the fan voting for the last spots in the All-Star game.Yankees reliever David Robertson finished second to Delabar,...
Taylor suffers ankle injury in Nets' Summer League loss
ORLANDO – The Nets got their first injury scare of the week when Tyshawn Taylor sprained his right ankle late in the second quarter of their 92-76 loss to the...
Cop-killer defense witness pricey for taxpayers
Some expert! A defense witness in the death sentence retrial of cop killer Ronell Wilson earned $5,000 in taxpayer money in less than two hours today — mostly to read...
All-Star Fan Fest set to kick off Friday at Javits Center
It has been an agonizing few years for Mets fans. This summer, however, has brought a glimpse of the future in Matt Harvey, midseason joy in a Citi Field All-Star...
Red Bulls talk YSA, laud supporters
A Long Island native and New Jersey resident, Red Bulls coach Mike Petke hasn’t just been a fan favorite, but a fan himself. He’s said if he weren’t coaching the...
Rookie QB Smith not at Sanchez's Jets West workouts: source
Some Jets went West, and at least one went South.Jets rookie quarterbacked Geno Smith opted not to join offensive teammates at Mark Sanchez’s annual Jets West Camp, and instead is...
Brooks found guilty in Soho House swimsuit designer tub-strangle murder
Trust-funder playboy Nicholas Brooks has been found guilty early this evening of the Soho House bathtub strangulation of his beautiful, swimsuit designer girlfriend, Sylvie Cachay. Cries of "Yes!" rang out...
Immaturity abounds in Adam Sandler’s ‘Grown Ups 2’
Being a grown-up is tough! Sometimes, just to provide for your kids, you have to take a job that’s tedious, pointless and degrading. Like, for example, a role in “Grown...
Stocks soar: Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs after Bernanke signals continued support for economy
NEW YORK — The stock market is closing at a record high after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would continue to support the U.S. economy. The...
Devils' Kovalchuk shockingly retires from NHL, leaves $77 million behind
Devils superstar forward Ilya Kovalchuk is retiring from the NHL and returning to Russia. The Devils announced the stunning news Thursday afternoon in a statement, saying that the 30-year-old Kovalchuk...
People going deaf from blasting music through headphones: survey
People are going deaf by blaring music from their MP3 players. A New York City Health Department survey released today found that nearly one in four young adults (between the...
The worst kind of 'Piano man'
Can you PLEASE stop playing that damn piano! A Central Park West resident slapped his downstairs neighbor with a $30,000 lawsuit claiming he’s driving him to distraction with his round-the-clock...
A glimpse of the Second Avenue subway
The MTA shared an underground glimpse of the Second Avenue’s future 86th Street subway stop and nearby tunnel today. “The station is dug, we are putting in concrete,” said MTA...
Sharks and tornadoes combine for latest SyFy gem, ‘Sharknado’
The tagline on the posters for “Sharknado,” SyFy’s latest dirt-cheap monster-disaster movie is simply, “Enough said.” The awesomely awful movie, which premiered last night, follows an attack on Southern California...
Cliff Galbraith, the best kind of con man
Cliff Galbraith has worn a lot of ratty hats in the comics biz. Artist, writer, Rat Bastard, entrepreneur and now, con man. As in, con promoter.The devout Jersey guy is,...
JETS TOP 25: No. 10 Jeremy Kerley
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...
Ex hospital CEO pleads guilty to taking $300K in kickbacks from staffer
The former CEO of Manhattan’s Hospital for Special Surgery pleaded guilty today to pocketing nearly $300,000 in kickbacks from a subordinate staffer in exchange for negotiating payment of her annual...
Obama rewarding high-cash donors with plum overseas posts
President Obama has been rewarding big-money supporters with plum overseas jobs, continuing a pay-for-post trend that’s alarms career diplomats, according to a published report today. Obama is far from the...
Knicks want to test Shumpert's ball handling in Summer League before adding third PG
LAS VEGAS – While Glen Grunwald said he’ll likely sign a third point guard to the roster, the Knicks GM said he’s eyeing Iman Shumpert during the summer league to...
Robert De Niro and John Travolta are merely killing time in 'Killing Season'
Fifteen years ago, the first big-screen teaming of Robert De Niro and John Travolta might have been a genuine event. Now it’s just another dubious paycheck job for a pair...
Nets' Blatche: Garnett and I have put troubles in past
ORLANDO – Andray Blatche says he and Kevin Garnett have put their past troubles behind them.“Actually, I can say Kevin, he surprised me,” Blatche said on a conference call with...
What do Christians and devil worshippers have in common? Schism among Satanists on abortion issue
The devil supports a woman's right to choose. Or does he? The answer might be hard to find out because the Church of Satan seems split on the issue. On...
New Red Bull Sakagya: I need this team to be a champion
After captaining a Red Bull Salzburg team that won three Austrian Bundesliga crowns, now veteran defender Ibrahim Sekagya has come to New York to help their sister club win their...
Gift from above: Laundromat delivers clothes via drone
Air-delivered freshly pressed laundry might sound like an extravagance — but that's exactly what patrons of a local laundromat are being treated to in Philly. Manayunk Cleaners on Main Street...
Adult diapers to outsell baby diapers in Japan
Adult diapers are set to outsell baby diapers in Japan by 2020 in just the latest example of the challenges facing a nation where more than 20 percent of the...
Boehner sees will to act on immigration in House
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says the vast majority of House Republicans believe they need to tackle the immigration issue. But he says securing the borders must come first,...
Philadelphia slaps back taxes on lap dances at local strip-clubs
After failing to institute hikes on soda and cigarettes, Philadelphia officials have reportedly slipped a lap dance tax under the radar. The Philadelphia Daily News reports that the lap dance...
Kelly praises tough mugging victim after woman tells armed thug he didn't have 'cajones' to shoot her
New York’s top cop today praised the tough-talking SoHo woman who emasculated a cojones-less mugger. Commissioner Ray Kelly said he admired mugging victim Anna Graham, 54, for standing up to...
Judge tells Soho tub-strangle jury to disregard 'speculative' 'rough sex' defense
The forbidden "rough sex" defense has reared its head once more in the Soho House tub-strangle trial -- this time in the deliberations room. "There's no evidence in this case...
At least 9 injured in 'bug bomb' explosion, fire leads to partial building collapse in Chinatown
Two dozen exploding pesticide bombs rocked a Chinatown building with a fiery blast that left at least nine people injured today after part of the prewar structure collapsed, authorities said....
GAMETRACKER: Royals at Yankees
Follow live as Derek Jeter makes his return to the Yankees lineup against the Royals. Jeter missed the first 91 games of the season recovering from a broken ankle.
New wonder drug matches and kills all kinds of cancer — human testing starts 2014
Stanford researchers are on track to begin human trials of a potentially potent new weapon against cancer, and would-be participants are flooding in following the Post’s initial report on the...
Patriots CB Dennard arrested on suspicion of DUI: report
Another risky Patriots draft pick is in trouble with the law.New England’s starting cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested for suspicion of DUI in Lincoln, Neb. on Thursday morning, Omaha.com reports....
Asiana pilot may have been blinded by bright light during crash landing that killed 2, NTSB not ruling out lasers
The pilot of a plane which crashed at San Francisco airport, killing two people, may have been temporarily blinded by a bright light as he came into land. Lee Kang...
Red Bulls ink defender Sekagya
The Red Bulls addressed their shorthanded back line by inking defender Ibrahim Sekagya. Sekagya will be added to New York’s roster pending receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer...
Excited Bargnani says Knicks 'can go very far'
LAS VEGAS - Saying he is “really starving to win’’, 7-foot Italian center Andre Bargnani believes he is joining a Knicks franchise that is destined to go far in the...
Zimmerman trial heats up as judge says jury can consider lesser charge of manslaughter; defense calls it 'a trick'
SANFORD, Fla. — A judge said Thursday that jurors in the George Zimmerman case can consider the lesser charge of manslaughter, but she delayed ruling on whether they may also...
Belize players say they were offered bribe to throw soccer match vs. U.S.: report
Members from the Belize men's national team were approached to throw their CONCACAF Gold Cup group match opener against the United States on Tuesday, this according to a transcript from...
Diet soda drinkers might get fatter and unhealthier than their 'regular' soda counterparts
Zero-calorie beverages may seem appealing – but a new paper argues that artificially sweetened drinks could actually throw off your metabolism, affecting the way your body processes regular sugars. Published...
$150 box used as TV stand sold to museum for $9.5 million after dealer identifies it as long-lost Japanese antique
A chest bought for £100 and used as a TV stand and drinks cabinet has sold for $9.5 million — after it was revealed to be a long-lost Japanese antique....
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Who watches the Watchmen? You can – on the HUGE screen
Well, this is a first. Watchmen has already made it to the big screen. But its prequel is gonna be on the REALLY BIG screen.Just days before the start of...
Smokin' hot 44-year-old Helena Christensen bares all in racy new photo shoot
Helena Christensen proves she’s still got the perfect body – by stripping naked for a magazine shoot. The Danish cracker – who turned 44 on Christmas Day – flaunted her...
19 people arrested, dozen of massage parlors filled with 'sweet young girls' closed in prostitution crackdown
They’ll be no more “happy endings” in this Brooklyn neighborhood. A dozen Bay Ridge massage parlors that doubled as brothels and advertised “sweet young girl” and “best Asian massage” on...
Radioactive water from Japan's quake and tsunami ravaged Fukushima power plant likely leaking into Pacific
TOKYO – Japan's nuclear regulator says radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant is probably leaking into the Pacific Ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by...
New Android app asks users to create national database of 'potentially unsafe' gun owners
A new Android app asks users to expose the home addresses of gun owners they deem “potentially unsafe” -- and share that information with the world. The Gun Geo Marker...
Scent of pork wafting through the air has San Francisco hippies up in arms
SAN FRANCISCO—The Haight-Ashbury district was all about peace and love until bacon entered the picture. The trouble began in May, when this city's health department shut down a popular restaurant...
Closing arguments set as Zimmerman decides 'not to testify, your honor'
Attorneys in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial will be making their closing arguments. Judge Debra Nelson told prosecutors and defense attorneys they should plan on starting closing arguments Thursday. The...
Teenage half brother arrested over 11-year-old austistic boy found dead in shallow grave in California
MENIFEE, Calif. — Marisa Bell has a 9-year-old son with autism, so when she heard about a missing autistic boy in a nearby town, she dropped everything to join the...
Saudi princess arrested for human trafficking in California over treatment of Kenyan worker
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Suitcase in hand, the 30-year-old domestic worker from Kenya managed to flag down a Southern California bus and tell a passenger she had been held against...
CIA allowed 9/11 attack mastermind to design vacuum cleaner while in prison - 'We didn't want them to go nuts'
WASHINGTON — Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his...
'Be excellent to yourself, dude': Heartbreaking message in a bottle from 10-year-old found in Sandy debris returned to grieving mother
At first glance, the green plastic ginger ale bottle on the beach looked just like another of the billions of pieces of debris splayed across Northeast coastlines after Superstorm Sandy....
WATCH: Dashboard camera caputures severe mudslide on Colorado highway
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. — A thunderstorm has sent rocks, mud, debris and running water rushing down part of US 24 in a canyon in Manitou Springs, leaving some vehicles covered...
US to continue delivering jets to Egypt despite unrest
WASHINGTON -- The United States still plans to go through with the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the coming weeks, U.S. defense officials told Reuters on...
Off-duty NYPD officer busted in alleged rape of 16-year-old girl: cops
An off-duty Staten Island cop was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 16-year-old acquaintance, cops said. Police officer Peter Ciollo of the 120th Precinct was cuffed Wednesday in Staten...
Shots fired as police standoff ends in Roseland, NJ
ROSELAND, NJ — Residents have returned home following a police standoff in northern New Jersey. It all started Wednesday night when a woman on Schweinberg Drive in Roseland told police...
Marvel’s Spider-Month! Fans guessing about Spider-Man’s future
Marvel’s branding July “Superior Spider-Month” and it’s been a wild ride in 2013 for poor old Peter Parker and an exhilarating opportunity for the resilient Doctor Octopus in the title...
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...
Jeter removed from Yankees win with tight quad, will have MRI
Derek Jeter finally made his season debut Thursday at Yankee Stadium and his twice-fractured left ankle made it through the 8-4 win over the Royals just fine. The same can’t...
With MLB meeting looming, Yankees' A-Rod makes strides
TAMPA — And in the sixth rehab game, Alex Rodriguez made progress. After going 1-for-12 with four strikeouts in his first five games, Rodriguez looked sharp in yesterday’s game at...
Overbay slam, Cano shot give plenty of support to super Nova in Yankees' rout
On a night they pummeled home plate with cleat marks after smooching it once in each the previous three games, it turned out the Yankees didn’t need more than two...
Yankees on deck vs. Royals
Today — 1:05 P.M. LHP Andy Pettitte (6-6, 4.37) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (5-5, 2.90) Game on YES, WCBS (880 AM) Three-game home series vs. Twins begins tomorrow. INSIDE THE...
Nova gives Yankees hope beyond Jeter
The Yankees’ concerns run so deep that no one player can rescue them. Not even their Superman. So consider last night a positive development in the Yankees’ pursuit of an...
‘Breaking Bad’ or bad break, lawyer stung
He’s a real-life Saul Goodman. A lawyer from Coral Gables, Fla., is facing charges that he ripped a page from the script of “Breaking Bad” and laundered money as a...
Business briefs
LightTunnel LightSquared plans to go to trial with its lenders over whether Dish Network’s acquisition of big chunks of its loan debt violated an agreement pertaining to how the bankrupt...
A bruised apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost the first round of the e-book fight to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. A judge ruled yesterday that Apple — the world’s largest tech company...
‘Too’ many Spitzers, not enough Lindsay Lohans
The only time I met Eliot Spitzer in person was in a Midtown hotel. I know what you’re thinking, but he’s not my type.Spitzer was giving a speech to some...
Q2 not so tasty for Yum!
Yum! Brands, owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, reported decreased second-quarter profit yesterday, but topped analysts’ estimates in the wake of a sales decline in China. The Louisville,...
The oddest couple
Talk about strange bedfellows. Carl Icahn’s latest Dell gambit has aligned his interests with those of his archrival — tech titan Michael Dell. Yesterday, Icahn urged fellow Dell shareholders to...
Tablets take big byte out of PCs
Personal-computer shipments dropped 10.9 percent in the second quarter, the fifth straight quarterly decline, as consumers continued to turn to smartphones and tablets for getting online, market researcher Gartner Inc....
SEC drops reins on fund ads
Memo to Madison Avenue: Don’t hold your breath. Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to lift an 80-year ban on advertising by hedge funds, private-equity firms and other investment...
Casino gambling craps out
It turns out the house doesn’t always win — at least not when it comes to Atlantic City’s troubled casino industry. The city’s 12 casinos saw gambling revenues drop a...
Frozen assets
Just don’t expect him to sing the “South Park” ditty, “What Would Brian Boitano Do?” Like the former Olympic ice-skating champ, Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein appears to have taken...
Bill’s billion looks $haky
Bill Ackman may struggle to raise $1 billion in the next week for a stock fund whose target he won’t identify.Calling the offer “a big ask” and comparing it to...
Caesars’ salad day
Caesars Entertainment surged 13 percent after it advanced plans to offer about $1.18 billion in stock in its emerging online gambling business. Shares gained $1.81 to $15.94; the Las Vegas-based...
Arena nets Isle business
The Islanders are getting a jump on their move to Brooklyn.Yesterday, the team announced that it was handing over business operations to Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark and his marketing...
Tribune splitting TV, pubs
Tribune Co. said yesterday that it wants to split its broadcasting and publishing businesses into two companies.Tribune said the move will let one company take advantage of growth in broadcasting...
Verizon’s $14B iProblem
Verizon Wireless may end up owing Apple as much as $14 billion in purchase commitments over time if the mobile carrier fails to sell an agreed number of iPhones, a...
Cooking up a deal
Apple CEO Tim Cook appears to be making some headway in his latest attempt to take over the living room. With media and tech hotshots gathered here for Allen &...
CNBC set on Smith
CNBC is close to bagging former CBS News anchor Harry Smith for a new talk show, which is almost certain to replace “The Kudlow Report” at 7 p.m., The Post...
Soak it up
If Snooki were house-hunting, she’d do well to skip Spring Lake, NJ, a laid-back coastal town that is the antithesis — and the antidote — to the rowdy resorts that...
Just sold!
Manhattan UPPER WEST SIDE $335,000 40 W. 72nd St. Studio co-op, 310 square feet, with renovated open kitchen, dining area and renovated bath; building features doorman, laundry and live-in super....
Spread the Love
Bill and Sarabeth Levine — owners of the famed Sarabeth’s restaurants, along with a bakery and jam factory — are positive that their Upper West Side apartment brought them luck....
Keeping your cool
My next-door neighbor has an air conditioner that makes such a loud noise that I can’t leave my window open when his AC is on. I wrote to the management...
Star burstyn
Versatile Oscar/Tony-winning actress Ellen Burstyn is continuing her real estate search in Chelsea. We previously reported that the 80-year-old Burstyn visited a two-bedroom, two-bathroom rental at 515 W. 23rd St....
Zimm defense rests
SANFORD, Fla. — Lawyers for George Zimmerman rested their case yesterday without calling the former neighborhood watch volunteer to testify, setting up the final stages of his murder trial for...
Bodybuilder model sues after Wall Streeter allegedly jumped into her car with plate of food and started beating her in 'drunken attack'
A curvaceous model and bodybuilder says she was viciously attacked by a drunken Wall Street bigwig after she refused demands to drive him home in the middle of the night,...
A ‘crock’ of broc from O
WASHINGTON — President Obama is wild for broccoli — or so he says.Asked what his favorite food was this week during a state dinner with kids, Obama, with a straight...
NY horndogs get off sleazy
Hide your daughters and bar the doors. New York has become the most sexist state in the nation, packed with sleazy elected officials who jabber about their commitment to women’s...
Rare clip of FDR in a wheelchair
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana professor says he has found film footage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in a wheelchair, depicting a secret hidden from the public until after...
Judge springs King Rat
The biggest canary in Mafia history is being let out of his cage. Notorious former Bonanno crime-family boss Joseph Massino — the first head of one of New York’s five...
Alleged Bonanno member a real mama's boy - Mom puts up $600K home to cover son's bail
This reputed Bonanno’s a real mama’s boy. “He’s 49 years old, he lives with his mother,” a lawyer for one of the alleged Viagra-slinging mobsters in a recent Bonanno crew...
GOP stalls immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Immigration reform got stuck in Congress yesterday, in just the latest manifestation of the festering distrust between the GOP-run House and President Obama’s Senate Democrats. House Republican leaders...
Quebec train death toll at 50
The death toll rose to 50 in last weekend’s fiery Quebec train crash, as Canadian officials said that 30 people who were missing are now presumed dead. The announcement came...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn His alleged life of crime is drying up. Cops nabbed a young man who, after allegedly burglarizing a Bushwick apartment, tried to elude the law by hiding in his...
Wife joins NYPD after her cop husband nearly died in stabbing
For most of the NYPD’s new cadets, the dangers of police work are something they will learn in time. For Dina Loor, it’s all too real. Probationary Police Officer Loor...
Movie-massacre gunman’s lawyers: He did it
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Lawyers for James Holmes have said for the first time that he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last summer....
Drivers are ‘text’-booked cases
The crackdown was 4 real. State cops ticketed more than five times as many motorists for driving while texting over the long Fourth of July weekend as they did during...
Average city rent passes $3,000 while home prices soar in Brooklyn and Queens
The average monthly apartment rent in the city has soared past $3,000 for the first time, and the scarcity of housing is driving home hunters out to suddenly pricey Brooklyn...
Building-trades suit over prefab B’klyn tower
Two trade groups have sued the city to block the construction in Downtown Brooklyn of the world’s largest modular housing tower. According to court papers, the groups claim that officials...
Lot of $auce from old Apple
An original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $388,000. Known as the Apple 1, it was one of the first Apple computers ever built. It sold...
Lunar National Park: pols
Two congresswomen have launched a bill to turn the moon into a National Historical Park. The aim of their proposed Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act is to protect the areas...
Body artist paints on nude models in broad daylight in Times Square
The peep show has come back to Times Square. Provocative public body painter Andy Golub — who was tossed in 2011 for using nude models as his canvas — plied...
Garage stuck in park
Dozens of drivers got the shaft when the car elevator broke down at a busy Times Square parking garage — leaving them stranded in the city and their vehicles trapped...
DSK was hauling cash
Dominique Strauss Kahn keeps whining about his Big Apple “perp walk” — yet when he was hauled off the plane by cops he looked like an international drug kingpin with...
De Blasio cuffed and arrested at protest over hospital closure
Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio got himself cuffed and tossed into a police wagon yesterday at a Midtown protest over SUNY Downstate’s closing of Brooklyn’s Long Island...
Things get whack-y at GOP debate
A televised GOP mayoral debate seemed more like an airing of “The Godfather” last night, when one candidate accused another of using mob language to intimidate him.Doe Fund founder George...
Women’s groups blast Eliot as unfit for office
Women’s groups blasted Eliot Spitzer yesterday, saying his hooker scandal should disqualify him from being city comptroller. “Eliot Spitzer is not above the law. Prostitution is not a victimless crime....
Spitzer a no-show in 2012 election vote after writing column about voting for Obama
Eliot Spitzer failed to vote in last year’s presidential election — just four days after penning a column proclaiming “Why I Am Voting for Barack Obama,” The Post has learned....
Ex-Met's 'ninja' wife Anna Benson stripped of custody following gun-wielding break-in against estranged hubby: authorities
MARIETTA, Ga. — Former Mets pitcher Kris Benson yesterday got an emergency restraining order against gun-toting estranged wife Anna — and a judge stripped her of custody of their kids...
Ex-gov romping in poll
Client 9 is No. 1 one in the hearts of New York City Democrats. A new poll shows disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is steamrolling Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in...
Squeeze on Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities escalated their crackdown yesterday on the Muslim Brotherhood by ordering the arrest of its spiritual leader, while the group remained steadfast in its defiance of the...
China’s write stuff
BEIJING — Archaeologists say they have discovered a new form of primitive writing in markings on stoneware excavated from a relic site in eastern China dating back 5,000 years. That’s...
Fotog’s last shot
An Egyptian photographer recorded the moment of his own death as he captured images of a soldier firing on a crowd of protesters in a massacre of more than 50...
Cellphone snoop fees
WASHINGTON — Even government snoops have to pay those infuriating “activation fees” to cellphone companies. In the era of intense surveillance and secret court orders, the carriers are imposing hefty...
Rudy: PC views hurt terror war
WASHINGTON — Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani yesterday warned that homegrown jihadist terrorists — such as the Fort Hood shooter and Boston bombers — are avoiding detection because “political correctness” hamstrings...
‘You don’t have the cojones,’ woman tells armed thug
The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday....
A man pulled a knife on a guard while stealing 96 rolls of toilet paper from Red Hook supermarket
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. A thief, answering the call of nature, pulled a knife on a security guard at a Brooklyn supermarket when the worker tried to...
Soho jury hands-on
Jurors yesterday scrutinized photos of the victim’s and accused murderer’s hands during the first full day of deliberations in the Soho House bathtub-strangle trial. Both looked bad for Nicholas Brooks,...
Seyfried is ‘porn’ to be wild!
Foxy and furry Amanda Seyfried sure looks the part — of a woman who makes a living on her back, that is. The 27-year-old rising star plays the title role...
At the moment Korean jet crashed in SF, pilots told passengers: Stay in your seats
After crashing their Korean jetliner at San Francisco International Airport, pilots of the doomed craft ordered passengers to remain seated — even as flames began to engulf the plane, investigators...
New crew standards
Airline pilots will be required to have more experience and pass more rigorous tests under the most significant increase in commercial flight-crew standards in decades, the Federal Aviation Administration said...
Councilman McCaffrey dies
Veteran Queens Councilman Walter McCaffrey, who represented Woodside, Sunnyside and Long Island City for 16 years, died yesterday after a brief illness. He was 64. The son of Irish immigrants,...
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ‘smug’ in courtroom, pleads not guilty to Boston bombings
In a silent courtroom packed with victims of the Boston Marathon attack and their families, bored-looking bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty yesterday in his first appearance since his...
Date short & sweet: Lovelorn beauty queen chooses Shaq over Post reporter
Lonesome beauty queen Nana Meriwether wasn’t dateless for long. The Miss USA stunner, who had so much trouble finding love in the Big Apple that she had to look online,...
Why Zimmerman should be acquitted
On a rainy night in February 2012 at a gated townhouse complex in Sanford, Fla., George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin stared at each other, and both perceived a threat. What...
A leak witch hunt
The Obama administration’s response to high-profile leaks may cause more problems than it solves. In the wake of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s theft of military intelligence documents, splashed all over...
Anti-greed or anti-growth?
The Issue: Whether the enterprising spirit behind fracking for natural gas and oil reflects greed. *** Daniel Hannan, a British member of the European Parliament speaking in defense of fracking,...
Freedom of the press — but only mainstream media
The Issue: Whether freedom of the press is for everyone or only, as some claim, paid journalists. *** Excellent points by Glenn Harlan Reynolds as he takes issue with Sen....
Jury duty
The defense rests. And whether George Zimmerman is guilty of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin is something we’ll leave to the only folks qualified to judge:...
Coming up Queens
When popular culture goes looking for America, it often lands in Queens. From Archie Bunker to Doug Heffernan to Peter Parker to George Jefferson (until he moved his family to...
Fat chance
Why is the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey submarining her own party’s likely nominee for the US Senate, Newark Mayor Cory Booker? Plainly that wasn’t state Sen. Barbara...
Freezing NYC growth
The war raging over whether to landmark a few dozen buildings in East Midtown obscures a more critical preservation issue for the next mayor: the mushrooming of whole districts where...
The real comptroller surprise
Eliot Spitzer may be Scott Stringer’s worst nightmare, but he could be a dream come true for John Burnett. Who? A 43-year-old African-American with nearly a quarter-century experience on Wall...
Confessions of the bottle service girls
Stefanie Ross has been asked for everything from drugs to pizza to sex throughout her nine-year career as a bottle-service girl. “I think when people are spending a certain amount...
John Malkovich helms a thrillingly sexy 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'
The sexual gamesmanship in Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Danger-euses” has never seemed quite so viciously amoral as it does in the hands of John Malkovich. The actor, who made a...
Cyndi Lauper wins over the music-nostalgia crowd at the Beacon
‘if you could refrain from taking up-the-nose shots, I’d appreciate it,” decreed Cyndi Lauper last night at the Beacon Theatre as she gently dissuaded the snap-happy front row from pointing...
Pilobus teams with tricksters Penn & Teller but the results are less than magical
Pilobolus just hooked up with illusionists Penn and Teller — but the result is less than magical. The 42-year-old troupe opened its season Tuesday at the Joyce with a new...
Lincoln Center Festival's 'The Blind' is a feast for the ears
If you’re a hard-core opera buff who finds the Met’s flashy sets and costumes distracting, have I got a show for you! It’s called “The Blind,” and for the duration...
Sports Shorts
NBA: Kobe won’t ‘waste time’ on Dwight exit Kobe Bryant is working hard to get back on the court and not wasting any time thinking about Dwight Howard. Bryant said...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 mileT; $46,000; mdn cl($50,0); 3upf PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 Quintile(L),117 IOrtizJr 4-2-6 8-1 2 Judy G(L),119 L Saez...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Activator (9th) FIRST: Mile pace; $11,000; claiming 4 Pay Tribute (GBrennan) 4-4-5 9-5 5 LittleMermaidN (JPantalean) 3-3-3 8-1 3 Mememe (LStalbaum) 5-3-2 4-1 1...
Hondo’s streaking
Red-hot Hondo increased his winning streak to seven yesterday when he breezed with the Reds in Milwaukee to reduce the accounts payable to 340 hutchinsons.Tonight, Mr. Aitch will reboard the...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Royals at Yankees YES, WCBS 880 AM1 p.m.White Sox at Tigers MLBN7 p.m.Reds at Braves MLBNNBA Summer League11 a.m.Jazz vs. Pacers NBATV1 p.m.Heat vs. Pistons NBATV3 p.m.Nets vs. Rockets...
Red Bulls will give fans $2,000 to refrain from vulgar chants
Mls has been on a mission to clean up some of its hard-core supporters’ behavior and language, taking particular umbrage with the popular and vulgar “You suck a**hole!” chant. Some...
Buck breaks out of long slump on Mets road trip
SAN FRANCISCO — Perhaps John Buck’s success at the plate during the Mets road trip is a harbinger of good things to come in the second half of the season...
High-flying Byrd smacks another home run for Mets
SAN FRANCISCO — Marlon Byrd isn’t an official All-Star, but within the context of the Mets season, he fits that description. The veteran outfielder was in the middle of another...
After losing wife to cancer, taking year off, Moore glad to be back with Rangers
The Katie Moore Foundation, founded and named in memory of Rangers’ center Dominic Moore’s wife, who passed away on Jan. 7 at age 32 with a rare form of liver...
Rangers re-sign Hagelin, Falk
So the Rangers took care of business signing Carl Hagelin and Justin Falk yesterday, leaving Derek Stepan and Mats Zuccarello as the club’s remaining unsigned restricted free agents. Hagelin re-upped...
Zidlicky re-signs with Devils
The Devils re-signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Marek Zidlicky to a one-year contract yesterday, with the monetary amount not released by the club. Zidlicky, 36, was obtained before the trade...
Big-man Bynum signs 2-year deal with Cavaliers
In his new city, Andrew Bynum might even play — eventually. Bynum, 25, who landed in Philadelphia as part of the blockbuster Dwight Howard four-team trade 13 months ago, has...
Woodson: Knicks can compete with Nets
LAS VEGAS — Hey Brooklyn, don’t sleep on the Knicks. That was coach Mike Woodson’s message from Sin City, where he broke his silence. Woodson said it’s too early to...
Knicks rookie Leslie looking to prove his skeptics wrong
LAS VEGAS — Tim Hardaway Jr. believes the Knicks netted two first-round picks during the June 27 NBA Draft. The Knicks selected the Michigan shooting guard star at No. 24,...
Nets lose out on Bogdanovic
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bojan Bogdanovic won’t be joining the Nets next season after all. Shortly after Nets general manager Billy King expressed reservations about Bogdanovic coming over to join the...
Nets sign backup PG Livingston
ORLANDO, Fla. — It took a pair of point guards to recruit another one to the Nets. Jason Kidd and Deron Williams put in recruiting calls to Shaun Livingston, which...
Yankees give paws for shelter
Yesterday was shaping up as just another summer day at the New Beginnings Animal Rescue (NBAR) shelter in the Castle Hill section of The Bronx.Nevertheless, it would soon turn into...
Gardner, Hafner exit Yankees game with injuries
The Yankees don’t even have to be on the field to get hurt. Travis Hafner was hitting off a machine in the middle of last night’s 8-1 win over the...
Yankees, Red Sox face competition for Phillies' Young
Earlier in the process the Red Sox and Yankees appeared to be the most serious contenders for Phillies corner infielder Michael Young. Though Young controls his future because of a...
Harvey to miss Saturday start for Mets
SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Harvey will get a pre-break break. Manager Terry Collins said yesterday his ace right-hander’s final turn in the rotation before the All-Star break will be skipped...
WATCH: Pirates announcers rip Mets' Wright for passing on Alvarez
David Wright may be walking the plank this weekend. The Mets third baseman’s decision not to include Pirates slugger and Washington Heights product Pedro Alvarez, who was tied for second...
Wheeler takes Giants for a spin as Mets finish S.F. sweep
SAN FRANCISCO — Zack Wheeler owned the mound at AT&T Park yesterday, just as the Giants could have imagined when they selected him with the sixth overall pick in the...
Jeter could be on same return path DiMaggio took in amazing summer of '49
This was almost half a century later, and Joe DiMaggio was visiting Yankee Stadium for one of the final times, preparing for his usual place in the pantheon of giants....
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows TV delves into the supernatural this week: “Pretty Little Liars” (Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC Family) Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Toby’s...
Elisabeth’s tearful goodbye
Elisabeth Hasselbeck used her final day on “The View” yesterday to thank each of her co-hosts individually. An obviously emotional Hasselbeck — who’s leaving “The View” after 10 years to...
'House' vet Lisa Edelstein crowned queen of 'Castle'
Lisa Edelstein, one of television’s most sought-after actresses, has joined the cast of ABC’s “Castle.” The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Edelstein will play Rachel McCord, a formidable federal investigator...
Geena Davis' TNT pilot is a no-go
Geena Davis’ bounty hunter cable series has been killed. TNT will not go forward with plans to air the show, in which Davis was set to star as a character...
Janine Turner finds 'Solace' in her latest role
Former “Northern Exposure” and “Friday Night Lights” star Janine Turner is jumping to the big screen — opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins. Turner has been cast in the upcoming movie thriller...
'Two and a Half Men' adds a gay woman to the mix
We’ve really come a long way — or not — when a long-in-the-tooth sitcom adds a gay character to bolster ratings. The aging CBS comedy in question is “Two and...
‘Under the Dome’ wins weekly viewers again
‘Under the Dome” continues to perform strongly for CBS. The Monday night drama, based on a Stephen King novel, won the week in total viewers last week, averaging nearly 12...
How to retool ABC’s morning gabfest
ABC and NBC just announced that they have a new, shared motto for their talk shows: It ain’t broke, so let’s fix it. First they broke Jay Leno’s successful “Tonight...
Weird but true
He apparently doesn’t need an anatomically correct blow-up doll to get his singular satisfaction. An Ohio man was busted for allegedly having sex with an inflatable pool raft. A neighbor...
UFC president: 'Hell, yes' we are planning Silva, Weidman rematch
LAS VEGAS – The dust has settled here in the desert. Four days after the most stunning moment in UFC history, company president Dana White is already talking rematch.“Hell yes,”...