July 16, 2013
Driving Mr. Harvey
RED CARPET, USA — The cheering never stopped. Matt Harvey savored every moment. Everyone loves a parade and the Mets’ young ace, who has taken this city by storm, basked...
'I thought I was going to die': Cop recounts Brooklyn shooting
An NYPD cop dramatically recounted on the stand today how he feared he was going to die after being shot by a teenage thug during a wild gun battle inside...
Paul Pierce salutes Boston
Paul Pierce came up with a unique way to salute the city of Boston Tuesday.Pierce publicly addressed the trade for the first time Tuesday afternoon when he announced on his...
DOT, MTA scrap plans for select bus service in Harlem
After facing a community backlash, the DOT and MTA announced today that they would end plans to launch select bus service in Harlem. The express service on 125th Street, which...
ALL-STAR GAMETRACKER: AL at NL
Follow the action live from Citi Field as the National League and American League play the annual All-Star Game. Mets ace Matt Harvey gets the start for the NL against...
Knicks GM defends decision to delay Smith surgery
LAS VEGAS – Knicks GM Glen Grunwald said the Knicks knew J.R. Smith “likely, probably’’ needed knee surgery at season’s end but wanted to see if it could heal on...
Hernandez goes from Patriots to star to 'punk,' 'bum' in prison
No. 81 for the Patriots has become No. 174594 at the Bristol County House of Correction in Massachusetts. Aaron Hernandez has gone from an NFL star to just another inmate....
National Zoo taking no chances of another escape
WASHINGTON — A red panda's escape and wanderings through residential sidewalks and backyards last month has prompted a new plan to inspect trees, bushes and other vegetation around every exhibit...
Liz Cheney to seek Wyo. Senate seat held by Repub.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney will run against Wyoming's senior U.S. senator in next year's Republican primary, her campaign said Tuesday. Cheney, 46, is...
Horse slaughter plants aim for August opening
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The attorney representing newly licensed horse slaughterhouses in New Mexico and Iowa says the plants are set to open Aug. 5. But lawyer Blair Dunn says those...
WATCH: Brady tells Tebow in 2011 that Hernandez ‘a lot to handle’
A throw-away line at the end of a regular season game has taken on a new meaning.After the Patriots beat the Broncos in 2011 Tom Brady and Tim Tebow, now...
Gotham Post: Know your Batman books!
When you’re as big a moneymaker as Batman, your publisher is going to exploit you to the nth degree. But that doesn’t mean every comic you’re in is going to...
Knicks make World Peace signing official, cite 'championship experience'
The Knicks announced World Peace today.Knicks GM Glen Grunwald formally announced the signing of Metta World Peace on Tuesday, bringing him back to the Big Apple to play for his...
Rangers announce preseason schedule: Matchup with Tortorella's Canucks confirmed
The Rangers will prepare for a season in which they will trek back and forth across the continent more often than any time since 1999-2000 by, what else, trekking back...
'Glee' star Cory Monteith died from lethal combination of heroin and alcohol: coroner
“Glee” star Cory Monteith died from a deadly cocktail of heroin and booze, Canadian authorities said this afternoon, labeling his demise a “most sad and tragic accident.” The British Columbia...
LoLo 'knocked out' stepdaughter of bobsled official during bar fight: report
Say it ain't so, Lolo. U.S. track star Lolo Jones, and Aja Evans, were involved in a fight at a bar in Lake Placid, N.Y. last Friday night with the...
Presbyterian Hospital still #1
New York Presbyterian University Hospital held onto its crown as the No. 1 medical facility in the metropolitan area and the 7th best hospital in the nation for another year,...
Union head: Players linked to Biogenesis, like A-Rod, won't serve suspenions this season
Alex Rodriguez has no need to worry -- until next year. Union head Michael Weiner said on Tuesday that any player who may be suspended from the league's investigation into...
Cruz got new contract, but still thinks he's being undperpaid by Giants
Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz signed a one-year tender last month, and then received a five-year extension, making the overall deal worth nearly $46 million -- the most money ever...
Egypt's interim president swears in new Cabinet
CAIRO — Egypt's interim president is swearing in a new Cabinet, the first since the ouster of the Islamist president by the military nearly two weeks ago. The new government,...
Dementia rates decline 25% in past 20 years: report
The proportion of people in the England and Wales with dementia has declined by 25 percent over the past twenty years according to a new study. The study, published in...
Weary knights lose their ladies in Howard Barker's 'The Castle'
In Howard Barker’s “The Castle,” weary soldiers return home from the Crusades to discover that their wives are hardly awaiting them with open arms. Indeed, the women have gone on...
Too fat to fly: 5,000 patients a year denied air ambulances for being too heavy
They're too fat to fly! America's chubby citizens are finding it hard to hitch medical evac flights to hospitals because they exceed weight limits or can't fit through the aircraft...
Prince extends purple reign at Montreux Jazz Festival
It was hard not to crush on Prince’s third, and final, performance on Monday at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival. The petite virtuoso hit the stage like Jimi Hendrix incarnate...
Prominent Cameroon gay rights activist burned with iron, had neck and feet broken before being killed
DAKAR, Senegal — A prominent gay rights activist in Cameroon was tortured and killed just weeks after issuing a public warning about the threat posed by "anti-gay thugs," Human Rights...
DreamWorks Animation scores a win over Pixar with big-hearted 'Turbo'
DreamWorks Animation scores its first winner in years with “Turbo,’’ a fresh, fast and funny little fable about a freakishly fast garden snail who tries to enter the Indy 500....
UFC prez White was considering Silva vs. Jones Jr. before Silva's loss
LAS VEGAS – Anderson Silva and Roy Jones Jr. meeting in an MMA fight could have been a reality.UFC president Dana White told The Post last week in an exclusive...
Economist who dodged tax due to 'religious objection' gets four years behind bars
An economist who claimed a "religious objection" to dodge paying taxes was sentenced today to four years behind bars and three years of supervised release for cheating the IRS out...
Tennis star Radwanska dropped by Polish Catholic group after posing naked for ESPN's Body Issue: report
Agnieszka Radwanska, the No. 4 ranked player in the world, was booted by a Catholic youth group that runs a campaign promoting faith, after a picture of her nude appeared...
Torre: MLB likely to have more replay next season
Major League Baseball says it is moving ahead with plans to expand instant replay for umpires' calls next year. MLB Executive Vice President Joe Torre says "we're pretty confident we'll...
Christine Quinn calls Police Commissioner Ray Kelly directly for help after ambulance fails to show up for collapsed intern
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn dialed Police Commissioner Ray Kelly directly today to get an ambulance to respond to an emergency - because a call to 911 failed to bring...
NSA leaker Edward Snowden submits asylum request for Russia
MOSCOW — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tuesday submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia, his lawyer said, claiming he faces persecution from the US government and...
Senators on brink of deal to avoid 'nuclear option'
WASHINGTON -- Senators are on the brink of a deal that would avert the “nuclear option” in the Senate and lead to the confirmation of a group of executive nominations....
WR Hill predicts Jets will go 'deep in the playoffs'
The Jets have missed the playoffs the past two seasons. They have a new general manager (John Idzik), a coach on the hot seat (Rex Ryan) and a quarterback competition...
Twinkies were originally banana flavored, Minnesota has a 'Twinkie law' and other fun facts
After almost a year in exile, Twinkies returned to store shelves yesterday with Hostess changing the size and shelf life of the vanilla cream-filled yellow cakes. The changes did not...
US: foreign video gamers qualify as pro athletes
They may look like grown-ups reliving their youth with a video console in their hands, but to them this is serious business. They are pros and their livelihood, in fact,...
15-year-old French teen ripped in half by shark in Indian Ocean
A 15-year-old girl has died after a shark “bit her in half” while she was swimming in the Indian Ocean. The gruesome attack happened when the French teen was only...
Geno says he and Sanchez are 'cool, no hard feelings' over skipping Jets West
Geno Smith opted to work out in Florida rather than join Mark Sanchez's Jets West, but the second-round pick said it had nothing to do with any issue he has...
JETS TOP 25: No. 7 Calvin Pace
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...
Indiana doctor who 'fits elements of a serial killer' suspected of killing four, including 11-year-old boy, who had ties to former medical school
OMAHA, Neb. — An Indiana doctor has been arrested in Illinois on suspicion of involvement in the killings of three adults and an 11-year-old boy in Nebraska all with ties...
Confident Tiger on major drought: 'Eventually, I'll get some'
GULLANE, Scotland -- Tiger Woods does not need to be reminded that it is five years and counting since he last won a major championship. Woods, who’s been trying in...
Coca-Cola sales drop as bad weather, weak economy in worldwide markets crimp soda consumption
Coca-Cola Co said Tuesday that second-quarter sales were weaker than expected as global economic weakness and cool weather crimped the consumption of soft drinks, sending its shares down more than...
Nets coach Kidd ripped by judge after pleading guilty to drunk driving charge
New Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd got dressed down by a stern Hamptons judge this morning after pleading guilty to a drunk driving crash that destroyed his SUV and...
Spacewalk drama as NASA astronaut's helmet fills with floating water droplets, causing dangerous choking hazard
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA aborted a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Tuesday because of a dangerous water leak in an astronaut's helmet that drenched his eyes, nose...
Mystery of California man who woke up in motel with no memory, speaking only Swedish; rare amnesia condition causes 'random unplanned travel'
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Four months after he was found unconscious in a Palm Springs, Calif., motel, doctors are looking into the mystery of a Florida man who awoke with...
WATCH: Kanye West's 2008 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' style improv comedy show for HBO
Before Kanye West proclaimed himself a god he just wanted to be a kvetching middle aged man. Back in 2008 West produced and starred in an improv comedy show along...
WATCH: Matt Harvey asks Mets fans about Matt Harvey
Matt Harvey has a 100-mile-per-hour fastball and a sense of humor.For a bit on the Jimmy Fallon show, the Mets ace went around to New Yorkers on Monday asking about...
A-Rod, the Home Run Derby, Davis and Garza
First, belatedly, this week’s Pop Quiz question came from Gary Mintz of South Huntington: Identify the 1968 film, starring Clint Eastwood, which is named (in part) after the locale of...
2-year-old cancer patient sends out pizza plea, hospital receives over 20 pies
A hospital had to emphatically ask people to stop sending pizza after a child being treated for cancer received more than 20 pizzas from Internet strangers in one day. Reddit...
Selig hints ban coming for Yankees' A-Rod
There’s very little doubt that Major League Baseball will be suspending Alex Rodriguez very soon. MLB commissioner Bud Selig decreased that doubt even more last night, when he appeared on...
College kid steals classmates' login info, uses it to rig student body president election - gets year in jail time for his trouble
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the identities and passwords of more than 700 fellow students at his San Diego-area university so he...
Zetas cartel leader known for 'stewing' enemies in dramatic helicopter arrest; found with $2 million in cash
MEXICO CITY — Mexican Marines have made a dramatic highway arrest of notorious Zetas cartel leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the brutal drug lord known for burning enemies alive in...
'We looked up there and sure enough, it's gone': Construction crew accidentally demolishes wrong house
The city of Fort Worth is investigating how demolition crews erroneously razed the wrong house. MyFoxDFW.com reports that a three bedroom, ranch-style family home near Lake Worth reservoir was accidentally...
Doctor diagnoses female patient with a painful case of 'ghetto booty': complaint
JACKSON, Tenn. – A woman in Tennessee filed a complaint with the Tennessee Department of Health after she said a doctor told her that her back pain was caused by...
North Korean ship carrying 'weapons of war' hidden in brown sugar raided in Panama; Captain attempts suicide as ship is stopped
PANAMA CITY — Panama's president said the country has seized a North Korean-flagged ship carrying what appeared to be ballistic missiles and other arms that had set sail from Cuba...
Dozen arrested as Zimmerman protesters raid Los Angeles store, block freeway
LOS ANGELES — Protesters ran through Los Angeles streets Monday night, breaking windows, attacking people on sidewalks and at one point raiding a Wal-Mart store, while others blocked a major...
Hot Picks: On sale this week
They sell them, so they’ll tell you what to buy this week:Mitch Cutler, St. Mark’s Comics, 11 St. Marks Place, Manhattan Batman ‘66 #1, DC. In print for the first...
End of a tour, and an era, for Neil Gaiman
The church pews were filled on both levels of the 17th century First Parish Church in Cambridge, Mass., with believers waiting in respectful silence, but fidgeting with barely controlled excitement.Many...
Harvey’s blistering heater to start All-Star Game for NL at Mets’ home park
The last big New York baseball moment of the summer will be delivered by Matt Harvey’s eye-popping right arm tonight at Citi Field in a game that decides home-field advantage...
As Yankees' Rivera seeks save in All-Star finale, Stars recall closer’s trail of broken bats
Mariano Rivera has grown accustomed to receiving knickknacks pretty much everywhere he goes on his farewell tour. Tonight, the legendary Yankees closer is looking for one more parting gift in...
Beltran doesn't think time with Mets defined by one strike out
The memory weighs on Mets fans like lead: Carlos Beltran looking at strike three to end the 2006 National League Championship Series. Mets fans don’t forgive. But David Wright yesterday...
On night to dream of what may come, best to just enjoy moment with Harvey
The caution, the whole time, has been getting too far ahead of ourselves with Matt Harvey. It’s easy to do that with young baseball players, most of whom we never...
Subway fire shuts down 7 train, strands thousands at Citi after Home Run Derby
The 7 train was suspended tonight due to a fire on the tracks in Queens, leaving thousands of fans stranded after the Home Run Derby at Citi Field. The fire...
Court date for officers in 'cop-on-cop bash'
Decades after two minority cops claim they were victims of a brutal racist assault by white NYPD detectives, they'll face one of their attackers in court today. Off-duty officers Scott...
Twinkie ‘killers’: Board sank Hostess to avoid $2B hit, complaint charges
The 2012 liquidation of Hostess Brands may have been the result of sabotage, according to an explosive complaint filed with New York state’s top cop. The bakery’s board, faced with...
Beats Music to lay new score on Spotify
Beats Electronics co-owner Jimmy Iovine is discussing pricing plans for a new AT&T-backed Spotify-killer that has the support of a pair of the big music labels, The Post has learned....
Business briefs
Stock pop Green Mountain Coffee Roasters advanced after filing a trademark application for a soda machine that could compete with those made by SodaStream. Green Mountain closed at $73.19, up...
Falcone L’Squared option flits away
It’s official: Bankrupt LightSquared is up for grabs. As The Post predicted last week, hedge fund billionaire Phil Falcone — LightSquared’s founder and largest investor — missed a deadline yesterday...
Facebook vigilance delayed is safety denied
In late 2012, a 5-year-old girl named April Jones was abducted and murdered in Wales. April’s life was memorialized on Facebook with a page that contained flowers, best wishes and,...
Forget you, Hulu!
Hulu’s change of heart hit suitors where it hurts the most — the pocketbook. Last week, the owners of the streaming video service got cold feet and called off the...
Citigroup profit rockets
Citigroup posted a 42 percent jump in quarterly profit as bond trading revenue gained and stronger home prices helped the bad mortgages on its books.The bank is healing after it...
Time shuffles its staff
Time has tapped White House correspondent Michael Scherer to be Washington bureau chief, one of several hires and promotions unveiled yesterday at the sole surviving news weekly. Scherer is the...
NY’s ’13 VC cut: $1.3B
Venture-capital fundraising topped $1 billion in New York during the first half of the year, the best start to a year since the dot-com crash for the surging tech industry.The...
Shoppers slow down as June numbers wilt
Shoppers reined in their spending — except for autos and home furnishings — in June, according to a government report issued yesterday. The report said the core retail sales —...
WTC seeks airline $3.5B
Owners of the destroyed World Trade Center buildings, who have already received $5 billion in insurance awards, now want $3.5 billion from aviation companies linked to the 9/11 attacks.A federal...
SEC case against banker Tourre opens
It’s a case of lies, trickery, deception and Wall Street greed! That’s what the Securities and Exchange Commission told a federal court jury yesterday as it opened its case against...
PA stalls out at 4 Times Sq.
A strange, slow-motion “chess game” is unfolding at the Durst Organization’s 4 Times Square, where Condé Nast will vacate 800,000 square feet at the end of 2015 to move to...
Judge frees gun gal, but won’t let her see loving vic
They give love a bad name. A Brooklyn woman who shot her incredibly forgiving boyfriend in the face was sentenced to five years’ probation yesterday — and ordered to stay...
Kid-porn rap eyed vs. ex-HS librarian
A former Stuyvesant HS librarian busted in connection with the NYPD’s infamous “cannibal cop” and then charged in a sick plot to rape and murder women and children could be...
By any name, J.K. is No. 1
LONDON — A detective novel secretly written by J.K. Rowling surged to the top of best-seller lists yesterday after the true identity of the author was revealed. Rowling, whose Harry...
Petraeus now cut-rate: Will earn only $1 a year for CUNY lecture gig after originally getting $150K
After facing a firestorm of criticism for taking a $150,000 salary for teaching just three hours a week at CUNY, former CIA Director David Petraeus will now earn $1 for...
Water rat Vlad rips US leak ‘trap’
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused the United States of trapping intel leaker Edward Snowden in Moscow,. “As soon as there’s the chance to move somewhere, [Snowden] will certainly do...
New twist in H’caust granny case
The big-spending real-estate agent who allegedly sold a Times Square building out from under her Holocaust-survivor grandmother is now trying to take the 73-year-old woman’s independence, petitioning the court to...
Snack is wack! New and 'improved' Twinkie gets a thumbs-down from snackers
Twinkies returned to shelves yesterday, but not all New Yorkers were sweet on the spongy new treats. “They’re not as good as when I was a kid,” said accountant Karen...
Cab crash injures pedestrian
A speeding cab crashed into another taxi in Midtown during evening rush hour yesterday, then spun out of control and jumped the curb — seriously injuring a male pedestrian, cops...
Reid set to be a filiblaster
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is sounding like Dr. Strangelove. The Nevada Democrat yesterday said he was ready to resort to the “nuclear option” — blowing up what’s...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A Bed-Stuy woman was busted yesterday after she whacked her geriatric boyfriend in the face with a nail-studded slab of wood, cops said. Maria Squiciari and the 78-year-old man...
New SUNY tech school
ALBANY — SUNY is spinning off its most successful high-tech research center to create a college focused on creating jobs statewide. A resolution for a board meeting slated for today...
Toll cheater’s 28G scam: PA
A scofflaw waste hauler was busted yesterday morning for trying to cross the George Washington Bridge without paying the toll — and authorities determined he already owes $28,000. Marcus Tifa,...
Party boy Mike one for the books
It turns out Mayor Bloomberg is a bookworm. Hizzoner hosted or attended 13 book parties last year, according to a copy of his schedule obtained by The Post. Bloomberg attended...
E-asy, riders: No smokeless cigs on the LIRR
Riders should think twice before “lighting up” an e-cigarette on the Long Island Rail Road. A commuter watchdog group recently reached out to the LIRR to clear up confusion as...
Head of Huntley-linked charity surrenders in 88G ‘scam’
The head of a Queens nonprofit tied to ex-state Sen. Shirley Huntley surrendered to police today on charges he stole $88,000 in taxpayer money to fund personal expenses like dining...
Working wards off dementia
New research boosts the “use it or lose it” theory about brainpower and staying mentally sharp. People who delay retirement have less risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other types of...
The oy of sex! Kosher lube a blessing for religious Jews
Who says kosher sex has to be as dry as matzo? A West Coast manufacturer of personal lubricants says it’s become the first company to have its slippery stuff blessed...
So hot, you won’t believe your highs! Five-day heat wave arrives in New York City with real-feel temps in the low-100s
It’s so bad, 94 degrees looks good. “It’s going to sound like a broken record,” AccuWeather senior meterologist Mike Pigott said of this week’s forecast temps. “[Tuesday], high of 98....
Hosp bad-blood probe
The feds paid a visit to Coney Island Hospital yesterday investigating the death last month of an 84-year-old woman who was given the wrong blood type during a transfusion, officials...
Fat cats fill gov’s kitty
It’s fat cats for Cuomo. Eighty percent of Gov. Cuomo’s $27.8 million campaign war chest was filled by donors who gave at least $10,000, according to a study released yesterday....
Neptune’s new moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA announced the discovery of a 14th moon for Neptune yesterday. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the moon, S/2004 N 1, as a white dot in...
Expert says Michael Jackson could have earned $1.1 billion if he had lived
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson could have earned $1.1 billion or more had he performed a world concert tour and created a Las Vegas show before his death, an accounting...
Man held in Kerry scare
BOSTON — A man arrested outside Secretary of State John Kerry’s Boston home with what police say was a pellet gun in his car is being held on unrelated charges.State...
Dirty ex-cop gets 2 mos.
A former Nassau County police official was sentenced to 60 days in jail and community service yesterday following his conviction on misconduct charges. Prosecutors argued that former Deputy Commissioner William...
All-Star price record
Tickets to tonight’s All-Star Game were going for record-high prices as fans ponied up for the first midsummer classic in Queens since 1964. The average asking price for an All-Star...
'Despot' for cash: J.Lo performs for ‘world’s worst thugs’
Singing for some of the world’s most notorious tyrants has earned Jennifer Lopez around $9 million in the past two years, a scathing new report says. The Bronx-born booty shaker...
Civil rights rap for Zimmerman unlikely
An FBI report on the Trayvon Martin killing could drown out the growing chorus calling for a civil-rights prosecution of acquitted shooter George Zimmerman, legal experts said yesterday. In the...
Zimmerman juror speaks: His 'heart was in the right place' but ‘it just went wrong’
A juror in the Trayvon Martin murder case said last night she thought that George Zimmerman’s “heart was in the right place” on the night he fatally shot the unarmed...
Sidestepping Silda ‘split’
Eliot Spitzer ducked a question yesterday about whether he and his wife, Silda, are still living together.During an interview on WPIX TV, Spitzer was asked if he’s still part of...
Eliot’s hypocri$y on rival
This is rich: Eliot Spitzer is jabbing Dem rival Scott Stringer for taking money from special interests — many of them groups Spitzer solicited as attorney general and governor.For example,...
‘XXX’ marks the top spot: Scandal-scarred Spitzer and Weiner lead polls
Sex sells — especially if you’re running for office in New York City. Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner are leading their races for city comptroller and mayor, respectively, despite sex...
DA: Jail Brown
LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown’s arrest last month on charges of hit-and-run and driving without a valid license may wind up costing the pop singer his freedom, as prosecutors yesterday...
40G for phone-y court bust
That’s one expensive phone call. A federal jury awarded a Brooklyn man a cool $40,000 after he was slammed against a wall and arrested for answering his cellphone in a...
Airline a bare-line for flier
It was Erin go “aaagh!” for a Brooklyn woman who is suing Irish airline Aer Lingus, saying its flight attendants forced her to hobble down a jumbo-jet aisle with no...
Good service? Golly G! MTA to fix lousy line
Say goodbye to the G train shuffle! Long-suffering riders in Brooklyn and Queens will get some relief from running along subway platforms to get into the line’s short four-car trains....
$1B Calif. suit over lead paint
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a trial that began yesterday, California’s attorney general and 10 cities and counties are seeking $1 billion from paint manufacturers to remove lead paint from...
Bid to limit juvie solitary
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey’s American Civil Liberties Union and other groups met with state officials yesterday to push for strict limits on the use of solitary confinement of juveniles.They...
‘Tooth’ about T. rex
The bite of a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex left behind new evidence that the famous beast hunted for food and wasn’t just a scavenger. Researchers found a part of a T....
Saved by a fan! Gal gets a stranded Dave Matthews to gig
As Dave Matthews would say, “Funny the way it is.” The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter found himself stranded on a central Pennsylvania road — and hitchhiking to his own concert — when...
It never should’ve gone to trial
There are no winners in the trial of George Zimmerman. The only question is whether the damage that’s been done has been transient or irreparable. Legally speaking, Zimmerman has won...
Feeding Trayvon fury
Reacting to the Trayvon Martin verdict, President Obama was kind of classy — but the New York City mayoral munchkins, not so much. “We are a nation of laws,” said...
Rand Paul’s media man — and the baggage he carries
The Issue: The controversial, pro-South record of a top aide to Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul. *** Thank God that Sen. Rand Paul is not one of those weak-kneed politicians...
Obama’s ‘Smart’ management
The Issue: Pres. Obama’s call for the public sector to work with the “smartest” people in the private sector. *** Getting the government to act “smart” is a convoluted hypothesis...
Harry Reid’s fili-bluster
Does the filibuster “threaten the very integrity” of the Senate? Or is it “part of the fabric of this institution”? If you’re Harry Reid, the answer depends on whether you...
All-Star city
The national pastime will be on fine display tonight with the All-Star Game at the Mets’ home park, Citi Field. While the Big Apple hosted the Midsummer Classic just five...
The good, the bad & Rockland
Forget the pitiful race for mayor of New York. The most cutthroat campaign is taking place in Rockland County, and it is for Clarkstown’s highway superintendent. County legislator Frank Sparaco...
Iran’s new top liar
US officials are set to meet in Brussels today with representatives of other world powers to strategize on Iran’s nukes. Here’s something to consider: Iran’s new president’s own words. Washington...
Saleswoman for abortion extremism
Wendy Davis is the country’s most prominent defender of late-term abortions. What Rosa Parks was to desegregation, what Eunice Kennedy Shriver was to respect for the disabled, what Elizabeth Cady...
Urban hipsters ditch the city for an upstate overnight at Take It Offsite
It's the time of year when many NYC kids are packed off to sleep-away camp to commune with nature, play sports and learn how to make friendship bracelets. And now,...
Director David Lynch produces dreamscapes for your ear
Best known for the groundbreaking 1990s TV series “Twin Peaks” and his films such as “Eraserhead” and “Blue Velvet,” director David Lynch also makes music. On his new album “The...
Justin Timberlake owns the ‘Night’
Downloads of the Week Justin Timberlake “Take Back the Night” ★★★ As if releasing one of the best albums of the year wasn’t enough, JT is about to follow up...
Sports Shorts
MONEY: Bobby Bo payment plan more Amazin’ Bobby Bonilla signed a deferred payment plan with the Mets that will pay him $500,000 a year for 25 years in addition to...
U.S. challenge kicks up notch
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — After the U.S. gutted out a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Costa Rica in March, the Costa Rican federation filed a protest over the blizzard...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Best Bet: Clint Westwood (9th) FIRST: 1 1/16mi; pace; $13,000; cond; 2 Georgetown N (LStalbaum) 6-6-9 3-1 8 Greystone Cash (JStratton) 8-7-5 8-1 7 Eridanus N (GBrennan) 3-7-1 4-1 1...
Good morning from Monticello Raceway
Post Time: 12:50PM Best Bet: Tom Riddle (12th) FIRST: mile; pace; $2800; cond; 5 SuperbeRulah (KDibenedett) 5-2-3 4-1 3 Classic Camelot (GMerton) 6-8-3 5-2 1 Four Starz Pop Pop (JDevax)...
Parx Racing Entries
FIRST-6 fur; $24,000; cl($10-$8,000); 3up(f&m); 1-Tiz Morgan 5-2 4-AngelinWaiting 7-5 2-Bldchldsrevene 6-1 5-TastetheFortne 8-1 3-Shoobie 12-1 6-Gift Wrap 9-2 SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $20,000; cl($7,500); 3up(f&m); 1-Rabiosa 10-1 5-Miss Etta 9-5...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $14,000; cl($5,000); 3up;6Mr. Cmmssnr (Cdn)9.205.402.102No Equipment (Castillo)4.202.101D' Wild Affair (Vaz)2.10Scr: Bet On Victor.* Exacta (6-2) $33.20 * Trifecta (6-2-1) $49.00SECOND-1 mile; $21,000; cl($7,500); 3up(f&m);1Mssrdhd (Arroyo)13.003.002.605Calforn Roll (Crmouche)2.102.104Lasamanamama...
Yonker Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $16,500; cond1CultStatus(GBrennan)2.902.102.103My Shiyen (D Dube)2.202.105Halfway Gone (J Pantaleano)3.20* Exacta (1-3) $4.10 * Triple (1-3-5) $15.80SECOND-1-1/16 miles; trot; $11,000; clm1Sir Siro (G Brennan)4.603.302.608Autumn Treasure (S Smith)53.5014.206Hardrockenjessica (J Stratton)2.60* Exacta...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 16WEDJuly 17THUJuly 18FRIJuly 19SATJuly 20SUNJuly 21MONJuly 22Yankees*All-StarGame7:00FOX NetworkESPN 98.7 FMAll-Star BreakAll-Star BreakBos.7:10YESWCBSBos.4:05FOXWCBSBos.8:05ESPNWCBSTex.7:05YES/ESPNWCBSMets*All-StarGame7:00FOX NetworkESPN 98.7 FMAll-Star BreakAll-Star BreakPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.1:10WPIXWFANPhi.1:10 WPIXWFANAtl.7:10 SNYWFANRed Bulls+Olympique Lyonnais8:00MSG NetworkNOGAMENOGAMENO GAMETor.4:00MSGNOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMENOGAMEChi.11 a.m.MSG+NOGAMEChi.8:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMES.I. YankeesNO GAMEBat.7:00No TVBat.11 a.m.No...
Hondo loves AL
Hondo came close with Bryce Harper in the HR Derby last night, but the Nat-ural was no match for Yoenis Cespedes, whose power surgecaused the accounts payable to grow to...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball7:00 p.m.MLB All Star Game FOX, ESPN (98.7 FM), WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM)Cycling8 a.m.Tour de France Stage 16: Vaison-la-Romaine to Gap NBCSNSoccer5:30 p.m.Gold Cup, Group C: Belize vs. Cuba FSC8...
DeBoer’s Devils move on without Kovalchuk
First came the shock, then the disappointment, and then Pete DeBoer decided to move on. The Devils coach was dealt one of the cruelest of blows last Thursday when his...
Islanders re-sign Bailey
Islanders general manager Garth Snow is continuing to try to take the “young” out of “young core.” Yesterday, he locked up restricted free-agent forward Josh Bailey to a five-year, $16.5...
'It was the wrong to do:' Giants' Cruz apologizes again for Zimmerman tweet
Victor Cruz emerged contrite and reflective yesterday after the Giants’ Pro Bowl wideout was part of a dustup on Twitter over the weekend in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman...
Celtics president Ainge: Garnett, Pierce can excel for Nets
WALTHAM, Mass. — The Nets paid a hefty price in salary, luxury-tax commitments and future unprotected draft picks to acquire Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett from the Celtics. But don’t...
Brooks disappointed by downfall with Nets
WALTHAM, Mass. — After a promising start to his second NBA season, everything changed for MarShon Brooks when he stepped on Andray Blatche’s foot during a shootaround in Orlando before...
Life’s been one Els of a ride since Ernie's 2002 Open title
GULLANE, Scotland — Do not let the outward appearance fool you. The not-a-care-in-the-world smile is genuine, but it also serves as a front for Ernie Els, a defense mechanism, a...
Good fore-cast... weather that holds up is a different story
GULLANE, Scotland — Good news for the 156 players who will play the 142nd British Open this week at Muirfield: The weather is supposed to resemble something a lot more...
Knicks' Leslie looking forward to learning from World Peace
LAS VEGAS — Knicks rookie combo forward C.J. Leslie believes the addition of Metta World Peace will help his transition. Leslie scored 15 points — 6-of-15 from the field —...
J.R. could miss start of Knicks season after knee surgery
LAS VEGAS — On the day the Knicks added Metta World Peace, they lost J.R. Smith — possibly for all of training camp and the first two weeks of the...
Knicks sign World Peace to two-year deal
LAS VEGAS — Metta World Peace wanted the challenge next season of breaking a 41-year championship drought, wanted the Big Apple, wanted to retire a Knick. The former Ron Artest...
Collins: Valdespin's tirade upset Mets teammates
Terry Collins said yesterday Jordany Valdespin didn’t call him a vulgar name after the Mets shipped the disgruntled utility man to Triple-A Las Vegas on Sunday. But the manager admitted...
A's Cespedes blasts to Home Run Derby win
Robinson Cano is an All-Star player. It turns out, he’s an All-Star manager, too. Though he was criticized heavily for his selection of Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes for the AL...
Derby should be back, back, back ... gone
Dave Racaniello, the Mets’ bullpen catcher, grooved a fastball, and David Wright drove it to left-center field — where it landed harmlessly at the edge of the warning track. So...
Cubs' Garza cream of trade deadline crop
I asked six personnel heads who they thought would be the best player traded before the July 31 deadline and where he would go, and, unanimously, it was Matt Garza...
AL's Scherzer OK pitching in Harvey's All-Star shadow
The “other” All-Star Game starting pitcher tonight isn’t too shabby. With this being New York and with Matt Harvey capable of leading mayoral polls if he ran for election, most...
Orioles' Davis on HR mark: '61 is the record'
Orioles first baseman Chris Davis spent much of his first four seasons just trying to stay in the majors, bouncing back and forth between Texas and Triple-A before being shipped...
Yankees' Rodriguez connects for first rehab homer
READING, Pa. — Back when the letters P-E-D were little more to him than just innocent parts of the alphabet, a young Alex Rodriguez summered here, visiting family. “I just...
Yankees GM Cashman: Trade for bat would be ‘wonderful’
Could Curtis Granderson give the Yankees’ lineup a jolt with an August return? How about Alex Rodriguez? Will he be ready to come back from the disabled list on Monday...
Baseball’s ‘Stars’ steer clear of Yankees' Rodriguez talk
Torii Hunter has publicly discussed race, sexuality and steroids among many other topics during his 15-plus years in the major leagues. Yesterday alone, listening to him for about eight minutes,...
‘The Real’ hits all its marks, but Kris is a miss
When is it time to talk, and when is it time to shut up and go away? Yesterday, Fox launched two summer test-run talk shows, “Kris” at 11:00 a.m. and...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYMARY-LOUISE PARKER, DARREN CRISS, CODY SIMPSON - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7PETER GALLAGHER, CANDY SPELLING - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 4...
More 'True Blood' to come in 2014
Fans of “True Blood” can look forward to at least one more season. HBO has renewed its vampire series for a seventh season, which will air next summer. Season Six...
CBS warns viewers prior to 'Big Brother'
CBS is now slapping an on-screen viewer advisory on “Big Brother” in the wake of several houseguests making racist and homophobic comments on the show’s Web version. The first advisory...
Jenny McCarthy brings a provocative 'View' to ABC gabfest
So what happened to waiting a bit? Jenny McCarthy was named a new co-host of “The View” — just days after Barbara Walters said the show would “take our time”...
Cory Monteith’s death leaves ‘Glee’ questions
The Fox series “Glee,” still reeling from the death last weekend of star Cory Monteith, was set to go into production shortly on Season 5. Reportedly, writers had already penned...
‘Newsroom’ season debut ups its numbers
HBO’s “Newsroom,” a scripted drama set in a New York cable station, drew 2.2. million viewers in its season debut Sunday — up slightly from its debut last summer. “Newsroom”...
The Outer Banks is a shore bet
The Outer Banks, a thin strip of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast, is one of those rare places where you can spend the morning on the beach and...
Vegas table games
Hakkasan What do you do before a long night of partying at MGM Grand’s Hakkasan nightlife complex, where Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, Calvin Harris and Dada Life hold court in the...
Bachelorettes gone wild in Vegas
Hey, girlfriends getting hitched! This weekend, the second annual World’s Largest Bachelorette Party takes place in Las Vegas. Tao Group promises a “larger-than-life final fling,” with festivities hosted by recently...
That’s the spirit
This February, the French Laundry, one of the world’s most significant restaurants, did something new: Serve liquor. Until last November, the Napa Valley restaurant that’s been open since 1994 never...
Weird but true
A Yankton, SD, man pulled a page right out of the “Caddyshack” playbook when he tried to get rid of a gopher by dropping a smoke bomb down the animal’s...
Exclusive: GOP activist files surprise bid to knock Spitzer off ballot - 'He doesn't deserve a free pass'
A Republican activist has filed an official challenge to Eliot Spitzer’s petitions in a bid to knock him off the ballot in the race for city comptroller, The Post has...
Hot models to NYC men: We want M@le
When former Miss USA Nana Meriwether admitted she’d joined online dating site Tinder to find love, many New Yorkers gasped over the state of dating in the city. “Here’s the...
Tired of pickup lines, NYC beauties are going online to find a good date
When former Miss USA Nana Meriwether admitted she’d joined online dating site Tinder to find love, many New Yorkers gasped over the state of dating in the city. “Here’s the...
U.S., Wondo plan to make statement vs Costa Rica
EAST HARTFORD, Ct. – After the U.S. gutted out a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Costa Rica in March, the Costa Rican federation filed a protest over the blizzard...
She choked him -- because he tried to leave the apartment: sources
A Gramercy Park woman choked her love interest ... for trying to leave her apartment, police sources say. Blaithin Crombie, 49 – who showed up in Manhattan Criminal Court today...
MarShon Brooks excited about new start in Boston
WALTHAM, Mass. – MarShon Brooks looked the part up on the dais at the Celtics practice facility Monday afternoon, wearing a black suit with a white shirt, green tie and...
Zimmerman juror B37 speaks out on Trayvon Martin case
A juror in the Trayvon Martin murder case said last night she thought that George Zimmerman’s “heart was in the right place” on the night he fatally shot the unarmed...
Nets doing big bu$ine$$ after Celtics trade
WALTHAM, Mass. – The Nets are doing big business both on and off the court thanks to their blockbuster trade with the Celtics.Ever since the trade was agreed to on...