August 16, 2013
Body of missing pregnant woman identified in Staten Island
Cops today confirmed that the decomposing body found in a park in Staten Island is that of 20-year-old Megan Marotte, a pregnant woman who went missing earlier this month. The...
A-Rod denies report his camp implicated Cervelli, Braun with PEDs
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez vehemently denied Friday he ratted out Brewers star Ryan Braun and teammate Francisco Cervelli in the Biogenesis scandal. A “60 Minutes” report said members of Rodriguez’s...
Battery Park City Authority big resigns after 11 months
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s appointee to head Battery Park City Authority’s lasted only 11 months. Demetrios Boutris, 52, resigned today as President and COO of the state agency founded in 1968...
UFC Fight Night 26 preview: Sonnen dropping the ball in promotion of FOX Sports 1 launch card
Chael Sonnen is one of the biggest draws in UFC history for one reason – and it has little to do with what he does when the Octagon door closes.Sonnen...
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: Brooklyn RB Samuel commits to Ohio State
Curtis Samuel garnered Division I scholarship offers from one coast to the other. There was, however, only one that mattered to Erasmus Hall’s dynamic running back/wide receiver.The offer that came...
When a drunk chipmunk robs a bank
What happens when a drunk chipmunk (drunkmunk?) decides to rob a bank?Special guest Sgt. Max ButtThrust is here to answer that very question with some folks in Payday 2.(As always,...
Feds seize $17 million Chinatown building that housed illegal gambling den
The feds have hit a multimillion-dollar jackpot off a notorious Chinatown gambling den they busted last year. The government today announced that it had cut to deal to seize through...
Christie's allowed $1.5M worth of damage to art during Hurricane Sandy, lawsuit says
Christie’s allowed a cherished art collection once owned by a descendent of the Rothschild banking fortune — and including works by Monet and Degas — to suffer $1.5 million in...
'Just another deadbeat': 'Iron Man' star Terrence Howard evicted after squatting in SoHo apartment for more than a year
“Iron Man” star Terrence Howard squatted in a tony SoHo pad for more than a year before recently being evicted, a new lawsuit says. “He’s just another deadbeat. He owes...
Middle-aged man's obsession with Selena Gomez may have led to his alleged killing of four relatives, including 7-month-old
A middle-aged man with a sick obsession for Selena Gomez has been arrested in the alleged murders of his mother, sister and two nieces. And his warped fanaticism toward the...
Wacko real estate heir Robert Durst busted for trespassing on brother's property
Nutjob New York real estate heir Robert Durst — the only suspect in his wife’s 1982 murder — was busted today for ignoring orders to keep away from his estranged...
Red Bulls mission vs Philadelphia: Just win baby
After falling 2-0 last weekend in Columbus – the fourth time they’d been shut out in five road games – the Red Bulls admit they need a bounceback performance tomorrow....
'Game of Thrones' fans shame Russian politician for Facebook picture
A Russian Politician has embarrassed himself by trying to pass off a photo of a “Game of Thrones” actress as that of a local woman on Facebook. Yakov Silin, a...
Giants slow Pierre-Paul down after 'outstanding day'
Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Jason Pierre-Paul, who’s on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list while recovering from back surgery, had “an outstanding day” of rehab yesterday.“If you saw...
Kidd: Garnett likely not playing in Nets' back-to-backs
It may be August, but the Nets are already looking at next spring.Having been thrust into the center of championship-contender conversations since acquiring Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry...
NJ Gov. Christie: Ease access to kids' medical pot
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie agreed Friday to give chronically ill children easier access to medical marijuana, but he was unwilling to go as far as state...
Knicks work out 7-2 Iranian center Haddadi: report
The Knicks are willing to go to great lengths for a reserve center – all the way to Iran.Hamed Haddadi, an Iranian national, worked out for the Knicks on Friday...
'Mob Wives' star's fiance gets 15 years for drug trafficking
They'll have to cut the wedding cake with a prison shank. The Gambino crime family fiance of "Mob Wives" star Ramona Rizzo got smacked with a 15-year prison sentence in...
Phillies fire manager Manuel, Sandberg to take over
PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Manuel has been fired as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, with his team out of the pennant race and in a tailspin since the All-Star break. Manuel...
Maria Sharapova fires Jimmy Connors as coach after one match: report
It didn’t take Maria Sharapova long to realize Jimmy Connors was not the right coach for her. Sharapova fired Connors after losing to Sloane Stephens in Cincinnati, according to a...
Petke, Henry talk New York-Philadelphia rivalry
From coach Mike Petke – who has spent most of his life in the area – to captain Thierry Henry, who came here from Europe, the Red Bulls acknowledge the...
Icahn takes hit after judge rules against bid to block Michael Dell’s $25B buy-out offer
Carl Icahn suffered a major blow in his bid to block Michael Dell’s $25 billion buy-out offer. Delaware Chancery Judge Leo Strine Jr. denied Icahn’s request to move up the...
Brooklyn man in $100M star-studded poker ring takes plea deal - claims he was targeted by feds because he's Russian
A Brooklyn man who copped today to being part of a $100 million high-stakes international gambling ring that drew A-list celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio claims he was only targeted...
Brown taking 'more vocal' role in Giants secondary with Rolle out
Stevie Brown doesn’t have Antrel Rolle or Kenny Phillips with him in the Giants' safety group now. Phillips is with the Eagles, and Rolle is out for the time being...
Red Bulls' Wright-Phillips gets visa, won't face Union
After having to fly back to London to get his P-1 visa approved, Bradley Wright-Phillips is ecstatic to be back training with the Red Bulls, and anxious to start earning...
'Explosive' polio outbreak in Somalia, 105 cases reported
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia is suffering an "explosive" outbreak of polio and now has more cases than the rest of the world combined, an official said Friday. Vaccine-wielding health workers...
Moscow's real-life 'Fight Club' turning office workers into 'real men'
They're the "Tyler Durdens" of Moscow. Former underground bareknuckle fighters in Russia have launched a real-life "Fight Club" for bussinessmen and office workers looking to get a kick out of...
Red Bulls' Thierry Henry fit for Philly
After missing the Red Bulls’ loss in Columbus, Thierry Henry has pronounced himself fit for tomorrow’s tilt against visiting Philadelphia. He said sitting out last Saturday’s loss was purely precautionary...
Cop hunting for 2 suspects in gay bash
Police released sketches of the two men wanted for attacking two gay men in a bias-attack in Chelsea. Peter Nortman, 53, was walking home from the movies with his 27-year-old...
Subway station to re-open in hipster haven Bushwick
Hipsters rejoice! A Brooklyn subway station will open this afternoon after being closed for an $11 million five-month makeover. The Central Avenue station closed in March, forcing Bushwick residents to...
60 firefighters battle truck blaze on Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge
A truck burst into flames on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge this morning — causing heavy traffic delays, authorities said. The blaze broke out at 11 a.m. when the truck...
Teen charged with murder in fatal bike hit after Tweeting about speeding
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- An 18-year-old accused of killing a bicyclist with his car has had a vehicular manslaughter charge upgraded to murder in part because he boasted about speeding on...
Redskins GM: No animosity between Griffin, Shanahan
RICHMOND, Va. -- Bruce Allen knows well the history of Washington Redskins quarterback controversies. Sonny Jurgensen vs. Billy Kilmer in the `70s. Doug Williams vs. Jay Schroder in the `80s....
Outrageous caller tells talk show stop-frisk should be banned everywhere except Manhattan: 'We're special'
Is she for real? A talk show host has been left bemused after a psychotically snobbish caller - or someone pretending to be —- said stop-and-frisk should be stopped in...
Nets play-by-play man Eagle inducted into Syracuse Hall of Fame
When Ian Eagle was attending Syracuse in the late 1980s, he hoped to follow in the footsteps of famous alums that had come through the school’s broadcasting school ahead of...
Tired of the butt fumble? 'SportsCenter' anchors weigh in on the Jets' play that has ruled the Not Top-10 for eight months
Death, taxes and the butt fumble: The three certainties of life, at least on Fridays.Mark Sanchez’s infamous fumble after colliding with Brandon Moore in the Jets’ Thanksgiving night loss to...
Red Sox starter Lackey on A-Rod: ‘How is he still playing?’
John Lackey will start against the Yankees on Saturday, but doesn’t think Alex Rodriguez should be batting against him. Lackey teed off on the Yankees slugger and wondered how he...
Bloomberg slams stop-frisk judge: 'What does she know about policing? Absolutely zero'
Mayor Bloomberg this morning slammed the federal judge who rapped the city on “stop and frisk” as a know-nothing on police matters who overstepped her boundaries. Saying judges who try...
Judge 'tried to frame' love rival for drugs, assault in years-long scheme
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Even in southern West Virginia, where corruption is as much as a part of life as coal, people are shocked by allegations that a judge commandeered the...
'Blade Runner' will head to trial early next year in Valentine's Day slay of girlfriend
JOHANNESBURG -- Oscar Pistorius will be indicted for premeditated murder on Monday and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead his...
Son of Red Sox broadcaster Remy charged with murdering girlfriend after being found soaked in blood and with engagement ring in pocket: reports
Jared Remy was found soaked in blood when found by officers, who would arrest him in the murder of girlfriend Jennifer Martel, on Thursday night. Jared, the son of famed...
Romanian princess arrested for alleged Oregon cockfighting ring
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A Romanian princess and her husband, a former sheriff's deputy, are apparently among several people federal agents arrested in Eastern Oregon on Thursday in connection with...
State trooper who leaked Tsarnaev capture photos back on patrol - on the graveyard shift
BOSTON — The Massachusetts state trooper who leaked arrest photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is going back on patrol. Sgt. Sean Murphy, who had been stationed at...
Infighting hits Snowden camp as it's revealed NSA leaker began downloading sensitive files a year earlier than previously thought
WASHINGTON -- Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began downloading documents describing the US government's electronic spying programs while he was working for Dell Inc. in April 2012, almost a year...
Legal battle looms over the remains of England's King Richard III
LONDON — He's been deposed, reviled, buried and dug up, and now a new battle looms over England's King Richard III. A British High Court judge on Friday granted a...
Robin Thicke sues Marvin Gaye's family over 'Blurred Lines'
Robin Thicke is going to court to protect the song of the summer, "Blurred Lines" from Marvin Gaye's relatives and Funkadelic's rights-owners. Thicke along with Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris...
Islamists take to Egypt streets during violent 'Day of Rage' protests - death toll continues to rise
CAIRO — Heavy gunfire rang out Friday throughout Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with vigilante residents in the fiercest street battles to engulf the capital...
Calif. teen welcomed home after kidnapper tortured, murdered mom and brother then fled with her to Idaho
LAKESIDE, Calif. — A 16-year-old girl got a warm welcome home reception five days after FBI agents killed a longtime family friend suspected of torturing and killing her mother and...
'One of the finest boys you ever saw,' Spc. Frederick Greene shot 12 times while charging Fort Hood gunman during massacre
An Army soldier who died in the Fort Hood attack was shot 12 times as he charged Maj. Nidal Hasan, it was revealed Thursday during Hasan's court-martial. Spc. Frederick Greene,...
World's 'wealthiest self-made woman' and Zara co-founder Rosalina Mera dies at 69
MADRID — Rosalia Mera, a seamstress who co-founded a clothing store in northwestern Spain that grew into one of the world's largest retail chains, has died at the age of...
A-Rod's 'inner circle' allegedly leaked evidence implicating Yankees teammate Cervelli, Brewers star Braun
A report alleges that Alex Rodriguez leaked information about his fellow players — including Yankees teammate Francisco Cervelli — concerning their involvement in Biogenesis. If true, it could back Major...
VIDEO: BEWARE THE BATMAN: What’s coming in animated Gotham
Hey, have you seen Cartoon Network’s “Beware the Batman”? It’s pretty cool.Confession: I’m not a huge fan of this kind of CGI, but the producers make it work with excellent...
With time slipping away, Yankees must clock Sox
You know what it’s going to look like, right? You know what it’s going to sound like, and feel like, what it’s going to be like. After seven straight days...
Routed by Angels, Yankees eye key Fenway fight against Red Sox
The Yankees have spent most of this season chasing other teams, the hunted becoming the hunter. So when they have a chance to finish off a four-game sweep, like they...
Giants' Rogers fighting for career after missing last season with blood clot in leg
The Giants’ most experienced player is a man of few words, often treating the media with the same disdain he reserves for opposing quarterbacks and running backs. So don’t expect...
Expanded replay, manager challenges coming to MLB in 2014
COOPERSTOWN — Are you ready to dissect whether a manager used his challenges properly to win a ballgame? Major League Baseball announced yesterday its intention to institute a dramatically expanded...
MLB's plan to expand replay puts an end to human element
COOPERSTOWN — Are you ready to dissect whether a manager used his challenges properly to win a ballgame? Major League Baseball announced Thursday its intention to institute a dramatically expanded...
The lowdown on Gregory Benton’s ‘B+F’
Brooklyn-based artist Gregory Benton’s labor of love, “B+F,” is hitting this fall and it deserves your attention.Benton had drawn a 17-page version for the 2013 MoCCA Fest in the spring,...
Dell’s lousy results no boon to CEO’s plan
As bad as Dell’s earnings were in the latest quarter, they weren’t bad enough for founder and CEO Michael Dell. The slumping computer giant — embroiled in a takeover battle...
No greeting here: Walmart’s sour sales outlook sinks stocks
Walmart just gave Wall Street a dose of the back-to-school blues. The world’s biggest retailer yesterday slashed its full-year outlook as quarterly sales and profits missed analysts’ forecasts, stoking fresh...
Business briefs
Jobless dropClaims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to the lowest level in almost six years, signaling the US job market continues to mend.Inflation blipThe cost of living rose...
Yahoo!’s Apple slice
Yahoo! Finance is next up for an overhaul as part of CEO Marissa Mayer’s grand mobile strategy, sources told The Post. The company is retooling its popular finance product, which...
FB testing mobile pay
Facebook plans to test a mobile-payments service that lets users make purchases inside mobile applications using payment information they have added to their account on the social network. It would...
Source: Sony to stream Viacom fare
Sony reached a preliminary accord to stream cable television programming from Viacom over the Internet to TVs, game consoles and Blu-ray players, a source said. Under the deal, Tokyo-based Sony...
B’Berry windfallfor CEO
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins stands to make $55.6 million if he sells the company and is ousted. That’s the amount he’s entitled to receive if BlackBerry has a change of...
Grassley schooling NYU
NYU’s disclosure hasn’t done enough to call off the dogs in Washington yet.US Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) charged that the university is still holding back on documents he has requested...
All in the games
Sports fans are starting to sweat the two-week stalemate between CBS and Time Warner Cable. The bitter battle over programming fees — the longest blackout of a major broadcast network...
Oh, Lord! $4M fine & US ban
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday banned former press baron Conrad Black from acting as a director of a US company and said he must pay $4.1 million in restitution...
Grand Central is NY’s terminal energy pit
Grand Central Terminal is the biggest energy hog among state buildings, a new report shows. The terminal uses five times more energy than the weighted average of 16,000 state-owned properties...
Hackers hit media sites
Hackers promoting the Syrian Electronic Army simultaneously targeted websites belonging to CNN, Time and the Washington Post yesterday by breaching Outbrain, which publishes content recommendations on those sites. That resulted...
Bloomberg’s way: Firm lobbies DC pols like Wall St. banks
Bloomberg LP isn’t just looking like a finance company lately — it’s starting to lobby politicians like one, too. The media giant has been rivaling Wall Street banks as the...
Sirius picks up services
Sirius XM Radio agreed to buy the connected-vehicle services business of Agero for $530 million, allowing the satellite-radio broadcaster to provide Web-connected services for cars such as safety and navigation....
GM given pension pressure
The government urged General Motors to improve pensions of some Delphi Automotive union retirees while cutting those of salaried workers to help ensure a speedy emergence from a GM bankruptcy,...
$250K jewelry heists in luxe Park Ave. building eyed as inside job - 'no one can just walk in'
A rash of jewelry thefts at “the world’s richest apartment building” — whose victims include a noted philanthropist and a financier involved in the Bernie Madoff scandal — is being...
Crockefeller gets 27 yrs.
LOS ANGELES — Christian Gerhartsreiter, who masqueraded across the United States as an heir to the fabled Rockefeller fortune, a movie producer and a wizard of Wall Street, was sentenced...
Former assistant of Jasper Johns gets busted after allegedly stealing 22 of the artist’s works
Deep-pocketed art collectors and a Manhattan gallery were duped into buying 22 unfinished Jasper Johns works for $6.5 million — thanks to a scheme by the artist’s former trusted assistant,...
Filner felt me, too: Great-gran accuses San Diego mayor of lewd talk, forced kisses
A 67-year-old great-grandma stepped forward yesterday as the latest woman to claim she, too, is a victim of sexual harassment by San Diego’s sleazy mayor, Bob Filner. Peggy Shannon, who...
Body found in Staten Island park, fears that it is missing 20-year-old
Complaints over a foul odor in a Staten Island park led to the discovery of a woman’s corpse last night, authorities say. Cops are investigating whether the body is that...
Rescue amid fire tragedy
A good Samaritan saved an elderly neighbor from a raging Brooklyn house fire early yesterday but was unable to save the woman’s husband and dog, authorities said. The blaze broke...
She’s got that hang-dog look! Pooch purses all the rage
This doggie bag is hotter than a Birkin. The city’s most fashionable dog owners are snapping up “puppy purses’’ this summer to tote their tiny pooches. “I bring him to...
Your money or your kid
A mom in Staten Island was robbed by a fiend who threatened to kidnap her 4-year-old daughter if she didn’t hand over money, cops said.Isabel Bazia, 40, was standing along...
Another injury for B’way ‘Spidey’
A performance of the Broadway hit “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” was halted last night after an actor was injured during the show. The actor, who was not identified, got...
Egyptians enjoy the beach ahead of 'Day of Rage' as death toll soars to 700 from violent pro-Morsi protests
The death toll from Egypt’s crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi soared to 700 as mobs stormed and torched government buildings and Coptic churches yesterday. The army-backed government...
Jacko ex’s pain over suicidal daughter: ‘She has no life!’
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s ex-wife broke down in tears and sobs yesterday as she testified about their daughter Paris’ recent suicide attempt, saying the teen still hasn’t come to...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A man was stabbed to death at a Fort Greene housing project, authorities said. Police found the body of John Reeves, 39, in a hallway of the Whitman...
Pace-slay ma rips killer
The grief-stricken mom of a pot-dealing Pace University student killed in his luxury Gold Street apartment lashed into one of his killers yesterday in court. Lillian Fiore, the mother of...
Wrestler ‘comes out’ fighting
He’s no longer wrestling with his sexuality. Beefcake WWE battler Darren Young drop-kicked the testosterone-driven pro-wrestling establishment by announcing that he’s gay. The startling admission makes Young the first active...
Coaster-kid sis lament
The 8-year-old sister of a boy who severely injured his leg when he fell off a Coney Island kiddie coaster said yesterday that she tried to save him from the...
Boston Strong: Girl who lost leg in terror blast walkin' tall
She’s the face of strength and hope after the horror. Missing her left leg — and her beloved big brother — plucky 7-year-old Jane Richard recently returned home for the...
Salute to political ‘prince’ Bill Lynch
Politics was front and center at yesterday’s funeral service for Bill Lynch, the veteran consultant who helped elect David Dinkins as the city’s first black mayor and Hillary Rodham Clinton...
City’s own witness spurred cop cams with off-the-cuff remark during stop-frisk testimony
The federal judge who slapped down stop-and-frisk got the idea to outfit NYPD cops with video cameras from an off-the-cuff remark that one of the city’s own expert witnesses made...
Charity’s $$ halted amid kickback rap
The city has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty following a state criminal probe of its former CEO, William Rapfogel, officials disclosed yesterday.The...
Even Bush gal says run, Hill, run!
Sorry, Uncle Jeb. Former President George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara wants Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016. That’s the same year her uncle, former Florida Gov. Jeb...
‘Def’ Russell’s sex-vid sorrow
Russell Simmons apologized yesterday for a parody video of Harriet Tubman in a sex tape that appeared on his All Def Digital YouTube channel.The clip, posted Wednesday, features an actress...
Estate bling cling
The owner of a Manhattan helicopter company is suing his late girlfriend’s estate to get back $300,000 in jewelry he gave her.Michael Roth, 59, claims that as gal pal Lisa...
Straphanger sits inches above deadly third rail in East Village
This could have been a major buzz kill.A drunk straphanger picked a deadly place to grab a seat at the West 4th Street station — right above the third rail...
Area 51? It exists! CIA finally acknowledges existence of secret testing ground
The long-fabled facility known as Area 51 has finally been acknowledged by the CIA in newly declassified documents. Though conspiracy theorists will be disappointed at the lack of mention of...
Bus fake gets brake
A man arrested more than two dozen times for posing as a transit worker to steal buses and trains and drive the routes was sentenced yesterday to 2 1/2 to...
Billboard bungle
An audit found the city Finance Department has been failing to collect millions in potential tax-revenue dollars on billboards.The audit turned up as much as $20 million in unreported income...
Hard knocks in armor scam
The Long Island body-armor mogul who once hired 50 Cent and Aerosmith to perform at his daughter’s bat mitzvah and splurged on a $100,000 belt buckle was sentenced to 17...
Cute new creature is ‘aww!’ inspiring
The animal kingdom just got a lot cuter. Scientists have discovered a a new species of mammal — a raccoon-like furball with the face of a teddy bear. Called the...
Cleared man relives anguish of ’84 rape sentence: 'Some nights, I’d just cry every day'
A Harlem man exonerated last month after serving 14 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit dissolved into tears yesterday as he recounted his ordeal and the impact...
No hard feelings: Ratner in LI arena deal
After delivering a death blow to the aging Nassau Coliseum by luring hockey’s Islanders away to his Barclays Center in Brooklyn, mega-developer Bruce Ratner got picked yesterday to redevelop the...
Miss USA ‘stalker’ a lame brain
He has the brains of a beauty queen! Miss USA’s accused stalker was arrested in Chelsea after the dimwit signed his real name on a log-in sheet at her posh...
Tennis top spin
It’s a game changer! After years of delay, Arthur Ashe Stadium will finally score a retractable roof to keep US Open tennis fans dry as soon as 2016. The $100-million-plus...
Tragic Coney car crash
A driver died last night in a wild car wreck outside a Brooklyn beach club, according to police. Phil Mendola, 61, went speeding down Surf Avenue in Coney Island at...
Boss at swanky NYAC club ‘demanded orgies’ in exchange for plum shifts, staffer's suit claims
A banquet supervisor at the stodgy New York Athletic Club forced everyone from waitresses to coat-check girls to pleasure him and join in wild late-night orgies in exchange for plum...
Hog-wild SI cop-kin bust
The twin grandsons of a retired NYPD first deputy commissioner have been busted as part of a suspected Staten Island motorcycle-theft ring, The Post has learned.Salvatore and Nicholas Alessi, 19,...
NSA fast & loose with law
The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington...
Mike blasts de Blasio on rich tax
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday took a thinly veiled swipe at surging mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio for flip-flopping in de Blasio’s call for tax hikes on the rich. De Blasio has...
Last foes standing
The Democratic race for mayor is coming down to a tight, three-way slugfest. A new poll released last night showed that the topsy-turvy campaign is now a dead heat between...
Lhota debate breeze
Gop mayoral candidate Joe Lhota warned last night that New York City could move “one step closer” to bankruptcy if a Democrat is elected to City Hall.Lhota issued the broadside...
Quinn: I got you covered - vows to improve NYC Condom
Mayoral hopeful and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is vowing to improve the city’s free “NYC”-brand condoms following complaints that they don’t measure up. The Manhattan Democrat told The Post...
Stop & frisk: Why the city must appeal
Judge Shira Scheindlen’s alarming ruling on the NYPD’s use of stop, frisk and question could cause a great deal of trouble even for those who support it, especially the mayoral...
Intrepid turns 70
Seventy years ago on Aug. 16, 1943, USS Intrepid was commissioned and was sent forth into the global conflict that was World War II. The ship hasn’t stopped serving our...
Shelly’s miles ahead — When it comes to scams
The Issue: The longer plane routes Sheldon Silver takes to rack up frequent flier miles. *** Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s spokesman, Michael Whyland, said flying back and forth to Albany...
Stand up to Spitzer, Cuomo
The Issue: Whether Gov. Cuomo should come out against Eliot Spitzer in the race for comptroller. *** Since his election, Gov. Cuomo has proven one thing — he can always...
Clarkstown’s costly cops
Remember the film “Cop Land,” in which Sylvester Stallone plays the sheriff of a New Jersey town populated by and run for the benefit of New York City police officers?...
Bam’s phone-y tax
The road to hell, it is said, is paved with good intentions. Apparently, so is the information superhighway. Take note of the Obama administration’s latest “for the children” initiative: expanding...
De Blasio’s New Yorks
The latest news shows Bill de Blasio surging in the polls. What makes his rise interesting is that he is one of the few mayoral candidates with a clear message:...
How O’s slap at Egypt harms our interests
Of all the options he had in front of him yesterday to signal his dissatisfaction with the Egyptian military over Wednesday’s massacre, President Obama picked the worst one. Sure, canceling...
‘To hell with them’
Maybe everyone is misreading America’s views on foreign policy? Among Republicans, there’s a big argument between the so-called isolationist wing of the party and the ostensibly interventionist wing. On the...
Sex and earnestness fuel ‘The Happy Sad’
A movie about bisexuals sounds fresh and fun on paper, but a sensitive acoustic song under the opening credits shows exactly where “The Happy Sad” is going. Deadly earnestness and...
‘Austenland’ missing Jane’s sensibility
Twi-hards, Beliebers and Whovians have nothing on the cult of Jane Austen, whose beribboned ranks are ripe for satire. Unfortunately, this scattershot comedy only occasionally hits the mark. Colin Firth’s...
Keeping the ‘bad’ in the badlands
It’s not quite true that “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” feels like the product of a filmmaker who hasn’t lived a life or come up with anything to say: Writer-director David...
Pair o’ noids emerge in ‘Paranoia’
You realize fairly early on that “Paranoia” is going to be the kind of movie where resourceful youth beats corrupt age, frosty corporate über-vixens warm up after a single pleasant...
‘Soul Doctor’ a journey from temple to tempo
Much like its subject, the new Broadway musical “Soul Doctor” is terminally earnest and relentlessly sunny. Both also share a fish-out-of-water quality. The show’s central character was a misfit, but...
Those lazy days of summer
A very powerful theater person summed up Broadway’s latest offerings this way: “I saw ‘Let It Be,’ and last week I sat through ‘First Date’ and ‘Soul Doctor.’ The highlight...
French ‘Son’ shines
Niels Arestrup is an imposingly large actor with a gift for small details. As Paul de Marseul, lord and master of a vast, storied Bordeaux wine-making chateau in this French...
Wartime wife shows ‘Patience’ for comatose husband
An unnamed woman (Golshifteh Farahani) from an ostentatiously unnamed Muslim country (it’s Afghanistan) cares for her paralyzed, comatose husband in a war zone. There are good scenes of what it’s...
‘Cutie’ gets her close-up
A turbulent 40-year marriage, how expats navigate New York, a woman emerging as an artist and what happens when the bohemian life becomes the bohemian senior-citizen life: All of these...
FOX Sports 1 takes aim at ESPN
Fox Sports 1 is ready to take the biggest shot yet at ESPN’s sports dominance. The network, which launches tomorrow with an impressive UFC card, holds a noteworthy array of...
5 Questions for Larry Bowa
With the suddenly hot Yankees headed into Boston for a crucial weekend series, their former third base coach and current MLB Network analyst Larry Bowa talks postseason chances, a skinny...
N.Y. teen gets 10th, history at Worlds
MOSCOW — For a lap, teenager Mary Cain was right there, near the front of the pack and on the heels of teammate Jenny Simpson. The 17-year-old from Bronxville —...
Sports Shorts
OLYMPICS: Russian athlete backs gay law The rainbow colors two Swedish athletes painted their fingernails in support of gays and lesbians sent a clear message and brought a swift rebuke...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Economy Terror (13th)FIRST: Mile pace; $11,000; claiming6 Pass The Deck(GBrennan)6-2-78-51 Penn Turbo Ted(DDube)8-3-86-13 Swingingwithashrk(JBrtlett)8-1-48-12 Big Bambu(JPantaleano)6-8-48-14 Thin Blue Line(WMann)4-3-610-15 DutchRichman(MMacDonld)7-8-415-17 Alloveramerica(EGoodell)5-7-710-18 Mercurio N(JStratton)5-5-68-1SECOND: Mile...
Hondo riding Red righty
Hondo ran in place yesterday as his victory with the Cards was negated by the Royals’ failure and left him with 595 brownings owed to assorted creditors. Tonight, Mr. Aitch...
Little League World Series Glance
At South Williamsport, Pa. Double Elimination UNITED STATES GREAT LAKES, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; MID-ATLANTIC, Newark, Del.; MIDWEST, Urbandale, Iowa; NEW ENGLAND, Westport, Conn.; NORTHWEST, Sammamish, Wash.; SOUTHEAST, Nashville, Tenn.; SOUTHWEST,...
Colts' Bradshaw 'never once felt' his Giants career was ending
Ahmad Bradshaw won’t be playing Sunday at MetLife Stadium, but just standing on the opposite sideline from the Giants is going to be a jolt. Bradshaw made that clear yesterday...
Brady back in action for Pats
Tom Brady participated fully in the Patriots’ walk-through yesterday in Foxborough, Mass. The quarterback jogged with other players at the start. He dropped back normally to throw passes. And he...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 16SATAug. 17SUNAug. 18MONAug. 19TUEAug. 20WEDAug. 21THUAug. 22YankeesRed Sox7:10WWORWCBS 880 AMBos.4:05FOXWCBSBos.8:05ESPNWCBSNO GAME$ Tor.1:05/7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSMetsSan Diego10:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMS.D.8:40WPIXWFANS.D.4:10WPIXWFANMin.2:10SNYWFANAtl.7:10SNYWFANAtl.1:10SNYWFANNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEPhi.8:00NBCSNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMELibertyWashington7:30MSG PlusNOGAMEMinn.7:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEChi.8:30No TVS.I. YankeesTri-City7:00No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.4:00No TV& Bkn.5:30No TVBkn.7:00No TVBkn.7:00No TVBkn.7:00No...
The Post Line
NFL PreseasonTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBILLS33 1/2(43)VikingsPATRIOTS3 1/23(40)BuccaneersSAINTS6 1/26 1/2(42)RaidersCHIEFS1 1/21 1/2(40)49ersTomorrowJETS1 1/22 1/2(38 1/2)JaguarsCARDINALS2 1/23(41)CowboysBENGALS2 1/23(41)TitansTEXANS2 1/23(41)DolphinsRAMS3 1/24 1/2(40 1/2)PackersSEAHAWKS3 1/24 1/2(41)BroncosSundayGIANTS2 1/21 1/2(40)ColtsMondayREDSKINS+11(38)SteelersCFLTonightHamilton2 1/24(51 1/2)WINNIPEGTomorrowSASKATCHEWAN1111 1/2(54)MontrealBRITISH COLUMBIA2 1/23(54)CalgarySundayTORONTO7 1/27 1/2(53 1/2)Edmonton Home...
Sergio 1 off pace at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Chris Stroud and Ross Fisher each shot 6-under 64 yesterday to share the first-round lead in the Wyndham Championship.Defending champion Sergio Garcia, along with seven players —...
Blue Jays’ Buehrle baffles Bosox
Pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, Mark Buehrle pitched seven innings to win his fourth straight decision and the Blue Jays beat the Red...
Connecticut squad trumps Tennessee in Little League World Series
SOUTH WILLLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Ricky Offenberg homered and Chad Knight had a run-scoring double during a fifth-inning rally that lifted Westport to a 3-2 victory over South Nashville, Tenn. last...
Devils new owners keeping Lamoriello
The Devils have new ownership, and the best news for their fans is Lou Lamoriello is still in charge of hockey operations. The long-time general manager and president has spent...
Ratner wins bid to redevelop Nassau Coliseum, promises 6 Islanders games
The Islanders’ new landlord in Brooklyn would also be the same one developing their old home on Long Island. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced yesterday the group known as...
Jets camp light on Revis talk as team has 'moved on'
His name has barely come up during the first three weeks of training camp. His old jersey has already been handed out to two different players. Darrelle Revis has been...
Knicks will be preseason road warriors
The Knicks will be spending quite a bit of time away from home during the preseason. Madison Square Garden is undergoing the third phase of its renovation, so the Knicks...
YES analysts continue to mistreat viewers
The two most foolish presumptions made by TV’s masters of control are: 1) those who watch TV are not particularly bright, and, 2) those who watch TV can’t see. With...
Sanchez gets nod as QB for Jets vs. Jaguars over ailing Geno
Don’t throw those Mark Sanchez jerseys away just yet. The Jets named old No. 6 the starter for tomorrow night’s preseason game with the Jaguars and Sanchez has taken a...
Selig: Suspension still ‘fair’ for Yankees' A-Rod
COOPERSTOWN — In imposing a 211-game suspension on Alex Rodriguez, commissioner Bud Selig brought forth nearly as much scrutiny on himself and his intentions as there has been on the...
Yankees sign Reynolds for some righty pop
Because Lyle Overbay’s inability to hit left-handed pitching is showing no signs of coming to an end, the Yankees made another attempt to boost their offense, agreeing to terms with...
Despite hit to genitals, Mets reliever Hawkins still won’t wear protective gear
SAN DIEGO — You can’t teach an old reliever new tricks. A day after receiving a “direct” hit on his genitals, Mets reliever LaTroy Hawkins said he isn’t about to...
Wheeler’s 12 strikeouts, Byrd’s clutch hit fuel Mets over Padres
SAN DIEGO — Zack Wheeler’s biggest “flaw” last night might have been trying to strike out too many batters, reducing the probability he would be around long enough for the...
Jeter, A-Rod forcing Yankees to consider 2014 alternatives
The Yankees headed to Boston. Derek Jeter to Tampa. Both were essentially trying to do the same thing — save their season. And, in a way, Jeter is auditioning for...
Yankees' sizzling Soriano eager to rejoin rivalry with Red Sox
Tonight will be the return to the Rivalry for a scorching Alfonso Soriano. The Yankees’ slugger continued to swing a blazing bat in yesterday’s 8-4 loss to the Angels in...
One loss to Angels shows Yankees have no room for error
This is why the Yankees are in such monster trouble. All the reasons why the Yankees find themselves so far behind the first-place Red Sox in mid-August were on display...
‘Orange is the New Black’ Alex is leaving Netflix show
‘Orange is the New Black” co-star Laura Prepon, who plays Piper’s (Taylor Schilling) on-again/off-again girlfriend, is leaving the show. Prepon will return early next season to wrap up her storyline...
‘Duck Dynasty’ shatters cable records in Season 4 premiere
Forget about this summer’s “Sharknado”-fueled shark-craze — now it’s all-about the ducks. A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” returned Wednesday night to 11.8 million viewers — a new cable viewership record for a...
‘Young and Restless’ remembers Jeanne Cooper with touching tribute
CBS soap “The Young and the Restless” will begin a story arc today that pays tribute late star Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine Chancellor. In the multi-episode storyline, Katherine’s loved...
Three’s the charm: TNT renews summer slate
TNT has renewed “Rizzoli & Isles,” “Major Crimes” and “Perception.” All three shows — TNT’s top-rated series— will return with new episodes next summer. TNT recently renewed the Noah Wyle...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYCUBA GOODING JR. - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7SIMON PEGG - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 9 a.m. and 7:23 p.m., (COM)RICHARD BRODHEAD - The...
Gina Gershon’s role of a Lifetime: Donatella Versace
Followers of fashion and fans of camp will rejoice when they see Gina Gershon take on Donatella Versace in a Lifetime movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the gay icon...
CNN’s royal tot talk
CNN will air a sitdown interview with Prince William on this Monday’s “New Day” (8 a.m.) in which he talks about the July 22 birth of his son, Prince George...
MTV: No host for this year’s Video Music Awards
MTV’s “Video Music Awards,” airing for the first time from Brooklyn, will not have a host, The Post has learned. The telecast airs live at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug....
Get the arty started
Museum parties used to be for the Eustace Tilleys of the world, those snoots who polished their monocles while shuffling past paintings as a piano produced drab elevator music. New...
Weird but true
This is one coldblooded criminal. Cops in coastal Camden, Maine, caught their most wanted fugitive when they were able to track down a 2-foot-long lizard that went on the lam...
St John’s Harrison: I’m a changed man after suspension
D’Angelo Harrison celebrated his 20th birthday on Wednesday. His present was a group hug and a rat-tat-tat of noogies on his head, courtesy of his once-again St. John’s teammates. Harrison...
Another actor hurt at 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Broadway show
A performance of the Broadway hit “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” was halted last night after an actor was injured during the show. The actor, who was not identified, got...
GAMETRACKER: Mets at Padres
Follow live as Zack Wheeler takes the mound for the Mets, who are coming off a three-game sweep by the Dodgers. Tyson Ross will get the ball for the Padres...