August 21, 2013
Ichiro’s 4,000th hit, Soriano’s clutch blast propel red-hot Yankees
When Ichiro Suzuki’s teammates emerged from the dugout to join him at first base in celebration of his historic 4,000th career hit Wednesday night, the Yankees right fielder felt embarrassed....
Yankees' Ichiro earns 4,000th career hit
Ichiro Suzuki achieved what Joe Girardi correctly called “an unbelievable milestone” last night, immersing himself into baseball history. In his first at-bat against the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, the...
German woman dies one week after losing arm to shark in Maui
HONOLULU — A German woman who lost her arm in a shark attack died Wednesday, one week after she was bit while snorkeling off Maui. Jana Lutteropp, 20, who had...
Mobsters carted off to jail in trash plan
Their boss was known as “Papa Smurf’” but its his three mob associates who are feeling blue. The three reputed mobsters are heading to jail after pleading guilty in Manhattan...
Cops save woman floating in East River
Two cops in wet suits pulled a nude 49-year-old woman from the East River today in a rescue captured on a dramatic police video. About 3:30 p.m. officers at Manhattan’s...
Yankees' A-Rod says he won't talk about anything but baseball for the rest of the season
Two months after being told by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to “shut the f--k up,” Alex Rodriguez is finally listening to his boss. The Bombers’ embattled third baseman said...
Biker killed in Soho crash
A motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a minivan in Soho today. Fire officials said the accident took place at the intersection of West Broadway and W. Houston St at...
Suit against NYPD after Bronx man was shot dead by mistake
The mother of a young Bronx deli worker accidentally shot to death by cops responding to a holdup in his family’s grocery plans to sue the NYPD and the cop...
Giants WRs Jernigan, Hardy make big plays in Cruz' absence
Victor Cruz isn’t going to play again this preseason and so it was encouraging for the Giants on Wednesday to see two other slot receivers, Jerrel Jernigan and Kevin Hardy,...
Holmes still unsure when he'll be able to return to field for Jets
Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes continues to paint a pessimistic picture of when he will return to the team.Holmes said his surgically repaired left foot continues to give him pain...
Outrage over Dr. Phil's 'is it OK to have sex with a drunk girl?' tweet
Twitter makes it easy to communicate with millions at once, but as Phil McGraw — better known as TV’s Dr. Phil — learned on Tuesday it also makes it that...
Jeter to begin another rehab assignment in effort to return to Yankees
Derek Jeter will begin another rehab assignment tomorrow, as the Yankee captain aims to return from his third DL stint this season.Jeter will head to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tomorrow, according to...
Ducasse hoping to make most of final chance with Jets
It was 2010 and first-year Jets Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan had just led the team to their first AFC Championship game appearance in 11 years.That spring, the Jets selected...
After two injury-riddled years, Thomas to finally play for Giants on Saturday
Two years ago, August 22, 2011, Terrell Thomas went down with a serious knee injury in a Monday Night Football preseason game against the Bears. It was a torn right...
Oh no you don't! Unarmed jewelry store worker chases down teen gunman after holdup
A fearless Manhattan jewelry store employee helped police capture a teen gunman, relentlessly chasing him through the Upper West Side until the assailant finally gave him back $60,000 in stolen...
Cromartie crushes Hill with hit during Jets practice, tells angered offensive players 'don't cry'
Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie delivered a vicious hit on wide receiver Stephen Hill during a no-tackling portion of practice Wednesday.The team was doing a two-minute drill when quarterback Geno Smith...
Geno completes 15-of-16 on 'great' day at Jets practice
Rookie quarterback Geno Smith is making his case to be the starter in the final days of the competition.Smith had his best practice of training camp Wednesday, completing 15-of-16 passes...
VIDEO: Braves' Heyward suffers broken jaw after getting hit by Niese fastball
Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward has been hit in the face by a pitch and will be out 4-6 weeks with a broken jaw. Heyward was struck by a 90...
Ex-Jets LB Maybin cut by the Bengals, but his art career is booming after 'Hard Knocks' episode
Maybe Aaron Maybin should quit his day job. The former Jets linebacker was cut by the Bengals on Sunday, a situation that was chronicled Tuesday night on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”...
School bus overturns in Kansas, sending eight girls to hospital
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. — Several children are injured after their school bus crashed in northeast Kansas, but officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening. The bus overturned Wednesday afternoon...
Mob mentor to young up-and-comer on wiretap: Stop 'acting like a clown'
Reputed Bonanno capo Nicky Santora has a message for the next generation of aspiring hoodlums — lose the swagger. The silver-haired wiseguy — who is facing a slew of fresh...
Knicks' Shumpert not worried about reports of Dolan being upset at him
Iman Shumpert said he isn’t worried about the notion owner James Dolan was ticked at him for him allegedly balking at playing in the Las Vegas summer league in July....
Kidd impressed with Deron organizing Nets workouts in California
It might be over a month until training camp begins, but that hasn’t stopped Deron Williams from getting several of his teammates together in Los Angeles this week to begin...
Infant dies after dad leaves him in hot car for 30 minutes, police say
A Long Island man with a taste for weed has been charged with accidentally killing his baby boy, who died yesterday after being left in a parked car whose interior...
Man pleads guilty to bribe bid after offering sex abuse victim $500K against Hasidic counselor
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who tried to bribe a pretty young Brooklyn teen in a slimy attempt to get her to drop her sex abuse case against a once-prominent Hasidic...
Police arrest man in Astoria after following the alleged rapist's trail of blood
Cops had an easy time catching a wounded rapist in Astoria when the fiend left a trail of his own blood after jumping through a window while fleeing his victim’s...
'There's a special place in hell for you': Mom of woman slain over diaper money tears into daughter's killer
The mother of a Brooklyn woman stabbed to death by her best friend in a fight over diaper money tore into her daughter’s killer today as the friend was sentenced...
Meet Myanmar's one-man anti-smoking lobby
YANGON, Myanmar — As Big Tobacco sets up shop in Myanmar, one anti-smoking campaigner going on 90 years of age is doing everything he can to keep them at bay....
Cab driver who plowed into British tourist, severing her foot, could face criminal charges: Kelly
He’s not off the hook yet. The cabbie who mowed down a pretty British tourist in a road rage accident across from Radio City could face criminal charges, NYPD Commissioner...
Widower files lawsuit against Patriots, NFL after husband suffers heart attack at game
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman whose husband had a fatal heart attack while attending a New England Patriots game with their 6-year-old son has filed a wrongful death lawsuit...
Burgers better than drugs – Russian Burger King ad compares Whopper to opiates
Burger King is in hot water over an ad it released in Russia that suggests its food is better than drugs. Earlier this week Russian media outlets reportedly refused to...
War hero suing KFC after employee allegedly refuses to take his order because of service dog
These chicken slingers would be up for a court martial if the Colonel was still alive. A highly decorated Army war hero is suing the operators of a Kentucky Fried...
Linsanity led former Knicks phenom to ‘emptiness, confusion and misery’
So, that first year in Houston didn’t go exactly as Jeremy Lin hoped. The former Knicks guard spoke of the disappointment that came from going to the Rockets' savior to...
How do you measure, measure a year? In only 8 1/2 hours for new planet
Imagine if you got a full night's sleep or completed a single workday to discover an entire year just flew by? Researchers at MIT found an Earth-sized exoplanet that spins...
Tiger blames hotel's soft bed on nagging injuries at Barclays
Tiger Woods woke up Wednesday morning in a soft hotel bed with stiffness in his neck and back, and the pain prevented him from hitting a full shot for the...
Giants' Diehl needs surgery on thumb, out six weeks
The ever-changing Giants offensive line, hit with injuries galore this summer, was dealt a significant blow, as David Diehl – the new starting left guard who until last week had...
Niese betrayed by lack of Mets' support, controversial call in loss to Braves
Mets left-hander Jon Niese displayed a tragic flaw yesterday. He showed he was human. Hey, he gave up a run. Niese, in his third start since returning from the disabled...
Giant 'triple-patty' burger dislocates British woman's jaw
A British woman has dislocated her jaw trying to eat a 'triple-patty' hamburger. Nicola Peate's jaw locked and then popped out of place while she was biting into a triple-patty...
Close Cameron aides asked Guardian to destroy Snowden data
British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered his top civil servant to try to stop revelations flowing from the Guardian newspaper about U.S. and British surveillance programs, two sources with direct...
Single mom dockworker reinstated after mobster boast
It's not your father's waterfront anymore. A Manhattan judge reinstated a gutsy female dockworker, who was ousted from her job for bragging about ties to a powerful mobster-- a move...
Mets' Hefner getting second opinion, says pain dates back to hot streak
Every sign, every indication is there but Mets righthander Jeremy Hefner is holding out hope that maybe, just maybe, he won’t require Tommy John surgery.“It's looking like Tommy John now,...
Quinn hits back at de Blasio's wife after 'inaccessible' remark during interview
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's wife sparked a stinging backlash yesterday after she implied that his main rival — Christine Quinn, a married lesbian who has no kids — can't...
After year of delays 'Haiti on Ice' is finally a go – 'If the ice doesn't melt'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Doubters said it was crazy to try to put on an ice show in the blazing Caribbean heat that bakes one of the world's poorest countries. Yet,...
Outrage as Indonesia education official proposes 'virginity tests' for high school girls to discourage premarital sex, prostitution
PALEMBANG, Indonesia - Indonesian officials on Tuesday dismissed as excessive and unethical a proposal by an education official on Sumatra island that would require female senior high school students to...
Years of lies? Teacher claims Double Stuf Oreo doesn't meet the mark
It could be crowned the great cookie controversy of the century. Teacher Dan Anderson and his students were investigating the properties of the beloved Double Stuf Oreo cookie when they...
Palestinian who hacked Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile receiving $10,000 in donations from fellow hackers
A man who hacked into Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page to expose a software bug is getting donations from hackers around the world after the company declined to pay him under...
Photographer, 79, found guilty of California's 'Alphabet murders' in 1970s; letters in first and last names of four victims matched
An elderly former photographer acting as his own attorney was found guilty on Tuesday of first-degree murder in the serial slayings of four northern California prostitutes dating to the 1970s....
Latest ACT test results reveal huge race gap as only 1 in 20 African Americans students 'fully ready' for college
WASHINGTON — Just a quarter of this year's high school graduates who took the ACT tests have the reading, math, English and science skills they need to succeed in college...
As Giants training camp ends, a few decisions need to be made
Today is the last day of training camp for the Giants, with the always-inspiring “End Camp’’ listed right there on the itinerary for Wednesday, August 21. In 16 of the...
Perv masturbating on bus attacks woman and children
A creep armed with a knife is wanted for touching himself on a Bronx bus in front of children and their mother, police said. The 27-year-old mom asked the sicko...
NFL's Sunday Ticket could be coming to YouTube: report
Live NFL games on YouTube? That enticing possibility for football fans could become a possibility as the league’s Sunday Ticket deal with DirectTV is set to expire after the 2014...
'He's turning blue': 911 calls reveal chilling moments after Australian baseball player shot by 'bored' teens
DUNCAN, Okla. — A chilling 911 call has emerged from the moments after Australian baseball player Christopher Lane was shot by "bored" teens, with a passerby saying how Lane had...
Egyptian court orders release of Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court ordered Wednesday the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, but it is not yet clear if the ailing ex-leader will walk free after over two...
Man who robbed bus driver at gunpoint sentenced to 5 years
A Bronx judge threw the book at a thug yesterday who robbed a bus driver at knifepoint. David Walker, 47, was convicted of first-degree robbery and sentenced to five years...
Kidnapper James DiMaggio's family asking for DNA test of abducted girl to prove if he's her biological dad
The family of kidnapper James DiMaggio is asking the girl he abducted for a DNA sample so that they can determine whether DiMaggio was her father. A spokesman for DiMaggio's...
Bradley Manning gets 35 years for leaking US secrets
FORT MEADE, Md. — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks in...
Judge approves Kodak plan to exit bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak Co, once a mighty photography pioneer, earned court approval on Tuesday for a plan to emerge from bankruptcy as a much smaller digital-imaging company. The green light from...
Tragic 'Bachelor' star was on phone with mom when she hanged herself with vacuum cleaner cord
Tragic "The Bachelor" star Gia Allemand hanged herself with a vacuum cleaner cord and was on the phone with her mother as she did it, according to a report. TMZ,...
Corpse flower makes a stink at Phipps conservatory
PITTSBURGH — The folks at Pittsburgh's Phipps Conservatory are making a stink over their newest exhibit. Then again, the exhibit itself is contributing to the stench. A rare corpse flower...
Georgia school gunman said 'he was willing to die' & off his medication
DECATUR, Ga. — Rufus Morrow was at work when he got a phone call with the worst news he could imagine: Shots fired at his daughter's elementary school. He drove...
The weirdest things left on planes ever
What do handcuffs, a live parrot, bag of diamonds and underwear have in common? They're all items that have been left on planes, much to the surprise of flight attendants....
Hitler's deputy's cigars headed for auction
A collection of cigars that were made for Hitler's deputy Hermann Goering are to go up for auction today. The cigars, expected to fetch between $1261 and $1892, were removed...
Japan's Fukushima plant crisis to be upgraded to 'serious incident' by nuke panel
Japan's nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago, with the country's nuclear watchdog saying it...
Final installment of Nixon tapes reveal 'tumultuous' 3 months before Watergate: 340 hours of audio, 140,000 released
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — In the hours after President Richard Nixon delivered his first major national address about Watergate, two future presidents called him to express their private support, according...
Ferry services from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan extended through January
Brooklyn straphangers reeling from the shutdown of the R train to Manhattan will now be able to count on ferry service until next year, sources told the Post. The service,...
Gun in 2012 Hernandez investigation found
BOSTON – FOX 25 has learned police have recovered a weapon they believe was used in a 2012 double killing in Boston's South End. Mass. State Police found the .38-caliber...
7 people, including 2 cops, injured during Brooklyn car chase
Two police officers were among seven injured in a car wreck while pursuing a possibly drunk driver in Brooklyn, police sources said. The two officers were in an unmarked police...
At the Comic Shop: How many comics ya got?
Yay! Wednesday! Yay! Let’s go to the comic shop! Yay! Let’s ask this week’s question!How many comics do you have at home – and what are some of your favorite...
WHAT I’M READING: Writer Jai Nitz
(In which we turn over Parallel Worlds to the creators themselves. This week, it’s Jai Nitz, whose Dream Thief #4 from Dark Horse comes out today.) Avengers Arena, Marvel. Writer...
Syrian rebels claim more than 500, including dozens of kids, dead in chemical weapons attack; Obama calls for UN probe
BEIRUT/AMMAN -- Syria's opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of gassing many hundreds of people - by one report as many as 1,300 - on Wednesday in what would, if...
Unknown Reed and his better half/caddie in Barclays spotlight
The locker room at Liberty National was relatively quiet yesterday morning when Patrick Reed bumped into Jordan Spieth, the fellow twentysomething he vanquished two days earlier in a stirring two-hole...
Rodriguez strikes out five times on same day MLB gives Dempster slap on wrist for throwing at him
Alex Rodriguez is used to having bad days off the field. Yesterday he had one on the field, too. First, he learned the price for repeatedly throwing at him was...
Yankees' Ichiro gets hit No. 3,999 as pro, scores winner in nightcap
Recording 4,000 hits isn’t easy. Just ask Yankees manager Joe Girardi. “I didn’t have 4,000 hits my whole career, and you can go back to tee-ball,” Girardi said after the...
Spieth, 20, eyes spot on U.S. Presidents Cup team
What were you doing when you were 20 years old? Jordan Spieth turned 20 less than a month ago and he is now preparing for this week’s Barclays tournament at...
Business briefs
Al-Jazeera AT&T was sued by Al-Jazeera for refusing to carry the Qatar- based broadcaster’s new US cable-news channel as part of its pay-television service. Kodak backA US judge has OK’d...
Exclusive: Banks start courting Twitter to land rich IPO biz
Wall Street IPO-tweet-stakes have begun. Banks already are lining up to score the plum assignment of leading Twitter’s hotly anticipated public offering, The Post has learned. The $10 billion social-messaging...
Doh!man Sachs blunder may cost million$
Goldman Sachs could take a hit of $200 million or more after an embarrassing trading snafu as the markets opened yesterday, The Post has learned. The usually sure-footed Wall Street...
Ad reps fume in traffic jam
In the online publishing world, it’s hard to know whom to trust. The messy state of online measurement makes it easy to manipulate Web traffic and game the system —...
Fed busts out all over
The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet has swollen to a record $3.65 trillion.Included in that figure is more than $2 trillion in Treasury holdings, also a record. The Fed is scheduled...
Sales have Penney’s in heaven
Ron Johnson hasn’t killed JCPenney, after all.That was the hope on Wall Street yesterday after the troubled retailer said business has improved lately as it scrambles to recover from a...
No taking stock
Still bruised from his fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hedge- fund billionaire Phil Falcone faces a new battle — this time over the crown jewel of his troubled...
Home Depot gets boo$t
A recovery in the US housing market helped boost Home Depot’s quarterly profit and sales above analysts’ estimates, prompting the world’s largest home improvement chain to raise its outlook for...
Ackman digs in at Herbalife
Activist investor Bill Ackman — now almost $300 million in the hole on his $1 billion short bet against Herbalife — is digging in. Ackman told investors in his second...
Facing up to scans
Fingerprinting may be a politically incorrect no-no, but a Chinatown Mitchell-Lama housing project is already screening its residents with biometrics and facial recognition. Soon a low-income project in Harlem and...
Barnes & Noble: No Nook to hide in
The ugly decline of Barnes & Noble will remain a public spectacle on Wall Street. Chairman Len Riggio said yesterday he has dropped his bid to take the struggling bookseller...
Weinstein lifts ’Flix
Netflix, the largest subscription streaming service, rose to the highest in more than two years after signing a multiyear accord for exclusive rights to movies from the Weinstein Co. Netflix...
‘New’ airline lands in NY
Three New York state airports are getting another national airline.Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air yesterday announced that it’s adding service to 10 airports, including Long Island MacArthur in Islip, Stewart International...
Music producer Scott Storch robbed in Midtown holdup
Armed thugs stole thousands of dollars in cash and bling from a famed hip-hop producer and his crew during a Midtown robbery yesterday, according to police. Bad-boy music maestro Scott...
Keep dry & ‘Carrie’ on
Call it rain shine as Anna Sophia Robb takes cover on a sunny day yesterday on the Lower East Side while filming 19-year-old CW’s ’80s-era drama, “The Carrie Diaries,” about...
‘Crush’ on Cooper
Anderson Cooper’s alleged stalker told cops he just had a harmless “crush” on the CNN anchor, according to court documents made public yesterday.“He is not in any danger,” Alex Hausner...
Astor son: I’m a sick jailbird
The octogenarian aristocrat who swindled his philanthropist mother, Brooke Astor, out of $185 million claims he is too sick to serve out his prison term — but Manhattan prosecutors aren’t...
IBM scion chokes to death on final steak dinner
The 41-year-old son of a prominent former IBM executive died after apparently choking on a piece of steak at an Upper East Side diner, sources said yesterday. Louis Gerstner III,...
Bozos bash city’s hero
Mark the date: On Sunday, Aug. 18th, the 2013 mayoral race sank to the bottom of the barrel. To go any lower, it will need a shovel. It hit bottom...
Famed chair designer Charles Pollock dies in Queens studio blaze
A famed but troubled 83-year-old furniture designer died yesterday when a smoky fire engulfed his tiny studio in Queens, authorities said. Charles Pollock — who in 1963 created the classic...
Ex-intern $laps Diddy’s label
A former intern for rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ record label, Bad Boy Entertainment, wants some of the mogul’s Benjamins. Rashida Salaam, 26, of Brooklyn, filed a class-action lawsuit in...
Dzhokhar ‘skull fracture’
BOSTON — Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was badly injured when taken into custody in April, with multiple gunshot wounds, including one that had fractured his skull, according to...
Sleazy pedicab drivers use horse-carriage ruse to lure tourists
They’re promising horse rides — but delivering horse manure. Sleazy pedicab drivers are scamming gullible tourists near Central Park with a bait-and-switch scheme in which they try to force their...
NSA sees 75% of Web use
The federal government has the ability to spy on about 75 percent of all US Internet traffic, according to a new report.The information is gathered through a far-reaching surveillance system...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** What a loser! A man with a long criminal history jumped behind the counter and attacked a clerk at a Bensonhurst Rite Aid after the clerk refused to...
E. Harlem housing price vise
If you’re renting an apartment in East Harlem or East Midtown, you can probably forget about buying one there. A new analysis of recent property sales shows the Manhattan neighborhoods...
‘Killer’ hours for intern, 21
A Bank of America intern dropped dead in London, reportedly after working three nearly 24-hour shifts. German national Moritz Erhardt, 21 — a former exchange student at the University of...
Naked city
A New York Times interior-design writer who once encouraged readers to spy on their neighbors wants her own to quit snooping — after they began gossiping about her all-glass balcony...
23-year-old woman’s foot severed as cab mounts curb in road-rage duel with bicyclist
A road-rage duel between a taxi driver and a bike messenger ended in horror yesterday when the cab jumped the curb at Rockefeller Center and crushed a British tourist enjoying...
City Council to vote on bill to charge shoppers a 10-cent fee for disposable bags
Shoppers could soon be hit with a 10-cent fee for every paper or plastic bag they shlep out of grocery and retail stores, under legislation set to be introduced in...
‘Bribe tape’ GOP boss is toast, party says
Republican Party activists described Manhattan GOP Chairman Dan Isaacs as damaged goods yesterday after The Post disclosed he was caught on an FBI undercover tape on tape weighing thinly veiled...
Quinn may OK morning-after contraceptive pill for 11-year-old middle-school girls
It “can make some people uncomfortable,” but City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she’s open to allowing middle-school girls as young as 11 to receive the morning-after contraceptive pill. “This...
Oklahoma teens shot and killed Australia native 'for the fun of it,' authorities charge
Three “cold and callous” Oklahoma teens were fighting boredom on a lazy August afternoon — so they shot and killed a jogger “for the fun of it,” authorities said yesterday....
DOE hit with bus-crash suit
A Queens high-school whiz is suing the Department of Education after a bus she was riding hurtled off a highway during a class trip, injuring her.Victoria Xu, 17, of William...
Hospital takeover reversed
A judge has revoked SUNY Downstate’s controversial takeover and shutdown of a Brooklyn hospital — which includes real estate worth up to a billion dollars — in a bombshell order...
De Blasio faces music in hosp-protest bust
Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio had to take time off the campaign trail to go to court yesterday, appearing before a judge over his arrest at a hospital protest.Public...
Taxpayers on hooker for 10G
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer cost the state more than $10,000 to cover staff accompanying him on trips to Florida and Washington, DC, in early 2008 when he was hooking up...
Thompson says cops should have to explain — in writing — whenever they stop and question anyone
Cops would have to explain — in writing — whenever they stop and question anyone if Bill Thompson is elected mayor. Trying to seize the mantle as the leading stop-and-frisk...
Rangel: El would shame me
Rep. Charles Rangel isn’t looking forward to introducing the next city comptroller around Washington, if Eliot Spitzer wins the office. “In terms of calling someone that I would be proud...
Ex-Vito Lopez staffers accuse Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of coverup
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was an “aider and abettor” of the alleged groping and unwanted come-ons that disgraced former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez inflicted on two staffers, the women claimed...
HempFest: Giving pot peace a chance
Crossing the West Thomas Street Overpass into Seattle’s Myrtle Edwards Park on Friday afternoon, I hear a guy remark, “Next year, I’ll be turning 23, and so will Hempfest!” His...
A lover and a mule
Let’s be clear about the material swiped by the ex-CIA employee Edward Snowden and marketed by the radical journalist Glenn Greenwald and the documentarian Laura Poitras: The Snowden material was...
Boats are big biz
Regarding “Javits Boat Show Bully” by Steve Cuozzo (Aug. 13), Gov. Cuomo’s decision to return the Progressive Insurance New York Boat Show to its traditional mid-to-late January dates will help...
Stopping stop-and-frisk: Starting a crime wave?
The Issue: Whether a judge’s ruling against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practice will increase crime. *** I respectfully disagree with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s prediction that crime will rise if stop-and-frisk...
The two faces of Ban Ki-moon
For a moment there, it looked like we might be seeing history made : a United Nations secretary-general speaking honestly. Ban Ki-moon’s remark came on a recent visit to Israel....
Cuomo ducks
That was fast. Two days ago, we wondered if President Obama would embarrass Gov. Cuomo during an upstate tour beginning tomorrow. Specifically, we wondered how Cuomo would react to Obama’s...
Crony capital, inc.
No one knows better than Chris Christie that between Snooki and The Sopranos, New Jersey’s image could use a boost. We’ve got the ticket: How about a high-profile veto of...
Jumping for joy over Biden 2016
Not counting rumors that Anthony Weiner’s marriage has hit a rocky patch, it may be the worst-kept secret in politics: Joe Biden wants to be president. On Monday, the Wall...
Shunning client 9
The Rev. Floyd Flake, senior pastor of the Allen AME Cathedral of Queens, former congressman and one of the class acts in New York politics, endorsed Eliot Spitzer for city...
‘Twilight’ clone not in the zone
‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” hopes to be the start of a new franchise for tweens and Twi-hards, but the twuth is this twash is anything but a twiumph....
A bright idea: Dim lights on cue
My item last week about Broadway’s failure to dim its lights in honor of the press agent Shirley Herz touched a nerve. I received dozens of e-mails from people in...
Mets' Buck accepts new role as d’Arnaud’s mentor
Mets catcher John Buck took a red-eye flight back from San Diego and rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital with about three hours to spare before his wife, Brooke, gave birth...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Rays inch past Bosox in AL East In Baltimore, Alex Cobb took a two-hitter into the seventh inning, Matt Joyce drove in three runs and the Rays beat the...
Chip picks Vick as Philly starter
Eagles first-year coach Chip Kelly yesterday named veteran Michael Vick Philadelphia’s starting quarterback. Vick has been solid in two preseason games, and backup Nick Foles, in his second season with...
Saratoga Entries, Analysis
1. 5 1/2 fur; $70,000; md sp wt; 2YO(f); THATZA WRAP Sired by speedy Hard Spun this filly runs first time for trainer John Kimmel. Breezed easy 4 furlongs 10...
Debbie Little at Monti Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50PM Best Bet: Broadway Victory (8th)FIRST: mile; pace; $3400; cond;6 Dragon Wings(JTaggartJr)2-2-85-25 B Able(BAldrichJr)7-5-47-23 Wakinyan(WParkerJr)6-6-24-11 Combak Fox(GMerton)7-x-x5-12 Up TheSound(KDibenedetto)5-3-43-14 Into Champagne(JDevaux)7-6-28-17 Chief Big Sky(DWatson)5-5-710-1SECOND: mile; pace; $2800; cl($4000);1...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 21THUAug. 22FRIAug. 23SATAug. 24SUNAug. 25MONAug. 26TUEAug. 27YankeesToronto7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMTor.1:05YESWCBST.B.7:10WWORWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.1:40YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSMetsAtlanta1:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMNOGAMEDet.7:10WPIXWFANDet.4:05FOXWFANDet.1:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEChivas5:00MSGNOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMENOGAMEChi.8:30No TVNOGAMEConn.5:00No TVNOGAMEMin.7:00MSG+S.I. YankeesBrooklyn7:00No TVBkn.7:00SNYTri.7:00No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.5:00No TVVer.7:00No TVVer.7:00No TVCyclonesStaten Island7:00No TVWKRB 90.3 FMS.I.7:00SNYWKRBVer.7:05No TVWKRBVer.6:05No...
Today's Sports on the Air
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The Post Line
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Hondo’s extra long shot
The Cardinals were a major disappointment to Hondo last night as they succumbed in Milwaukee to the stumble-bum Brewers to raise the accounts payable back up to a hefty 845...
Now-retired Scott: Jets' Ryan needs to 'win now,' Sanchez has to be better leader
So much for Bart Scott’s NFL comeback attempt. Despite reports earlier this month that the opinionated former Jets linebacker was talking to several teams, Scott abruptly retired Tuesday to join...
After 2012 heartbreak, Westport win away from U.S. title game
Tonight, Westport will play for a berth in the Little League World Series United States championship game. Last year, it couldn’t even win its own district, the first step in...
Pneumonia forces Knicks' Bargnani to miss Euro tournament
The Italian Basketball Federation announced Tuesday Andrea Bargnani will not play for his country in Eurobasket next month because of his bout with pneumonia. In a statement released on its...
Kidd rounds out Nets coaching staff
The Nets announced a series of hires Tuesday to round out Jason Kidd’s coaching staff. John Welch, Joe Prunty and Charles Klask were added to Kidd’s staff, and the team...
Yankees' Jeter runs bases in second simulated game
Maybe the fourth time will be the charm. Derek Jeter’s latest comeback attempt moved forward Tuesday when he played a second simulated game in as many days in Tampa. He...
Still-hungry Tuck: These Giants should already have more than two Super Bowls
At age 30 and entering his ninth season in the NFL, Justin Tuck admits he doesn’t always feel his age. That can be a good or bad thing. “Some days...
Giants line shuffle has Boothe starting at center
Starting center David Baas’ knee injury has forced the Giants to reshuffle and revamp their offensive line. And the lineup they’ve come up with appears to have veteran guard Keith...
Despite no Revis, Rex says Jets defense will rank in NFL’s top five
Rex Ryan yesterday declared his defense will be elite this season, as the Jets coach claimed his unit will rank as one of the top five in the NFL. “We...
Jets rookie QB Geno will start vs. Giants, barring setback: source
Geno Smith delivered a strong practice Tuesday in rebounding from two consecutive poor ones, and a source said that barring a setback, the rookie quarterback will start for the Jets...
The top-10 Giants-Jets players heading into the 2013 season
The Giants and Jets collide Saturday night in a game for bragging rights for either Geno Smith or Mark Sanchez. It’s also a chance for Giants and Jets fans to...
Giants WR Cruz on crutches, but confident of Week 1 return
Victor Cruz hobbled to meet the media on crutches yesterday, his bruised left heel in a walking boot and his status for the season opener in question. The Giants wideout...
Mets' Wright still plans on returning this season
David Wright is feeling good, progressing after a right hamstring strain landed him on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 3. Though the Mets’ All-Star third baseman has not run at...
Wheeler bears down to lead Mets over Braves
Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler spent much of the game firing fastballs at the Braves, mixing in occasional changeups and breaking balls, of course, with fellow rookie Travis d’Arnaud catching his...
d'Arnaud showing he has place in Mets future
It is the battery of the future, Zack Wheeler on the mound and Travis d’Arnaud behind the plate. Except for the Mets, it was the battery last night. There is...
Mets' Hefner tries to avoid Tommy John surgery
Surgery is assured for one of the Mets’ young pitchers, Jenrry Mejia, while a more serious procedure has been recommended for Jeremy Hefner. Manager Terry Collins confirmed doctors have recommended...
Plenty of reasons why the Alex Rodriguez circus will rage on daily
There are no signs that the Alex Rodriguez — Should we call it: Saga, Issue, Circus? — is anywhere near conclusion. Quite the opposite, actually. The sides are digging in...
Dempster ruling means it’s 'open season' on Yankees' A-Rod
The Message was as clear as the four pitches Ryan Dempster fired at Alex Rodriguez. It’s open season on A-Rod and open season on the Yankees. The Yankees were disgusted...
Unlikely heroes Nix, Stewart lead Yankees to pair of wins
If the Yankees are going to make an unlikely surge to the playoffs, they’ll need the bats of Robinson Cano, Alfonso Soriano and Alex Rodriguez to get them there. But...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYSTEVEN TYLER - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7CAROL BURNETT, SARA MOULTON - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7LUCY LIU - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m.,...
‘Under the Dome’ EP talks biggest summer hit in 21 years
Since its late-June debut, “Under the Dome” has been impervious to viewership erosion. Not even the fact that “Dome” has been blacked out on Time Warner Cable in New York...
Summer mourn
Production has been suspended until early next week on the TNT drama “Rizzoli & Isles” following the suicide of Lee Thompson Young, who played Rizzoli’s (Angie Harmon) partner, Det. Barry...
Oprah-Lohan sitdown ignored by viewers
Nobody cared. Oprah Winfrey’s “exclusive” sitdown interview with troubled actress Lindsay Lohan bombed Sunday night — pulling in only 890,000 viewers on OWN at 9 p.m. That doesn’t bode particularly...
'Willows' back to 'CSI' for 300th ep.
Marg Helgenberger will return to “CSI” for the show’s milestone 300th episode. Helgenberger, 54, who played investigator Catherine Willows for 12 seasons, left “CSI” in January 2012. She’s set to...
TBS sitcom trio set to return
TBS has renewed “Sullivan & Son,” “Men at Work” and “Deal With It.” For “Sullivan & Son,” starring Steve Byrne and Dan Lauria, this means it will return for a...
Eatery a sure Betony
The last place west of Moscow where I expected to be dazzled by a restaurant — surely the last place on West 57th Street — was Betony, the ridiculously wonderful...
Weird but true
An apartment complex in Indianapolis is so messed up, the city claims cops and health inspectors hardly have time to investigate anywhere else. Residents at the La Esmeralda complex have...
NCAA denies hardship waiver for Rutgers' Okoro, despite death of father and brother
The NCAA grants transfer waivers to student athletes based on injury, illness or financial hardship of an immediate family member or legal guardian. If a family member is given a...
Christine Quinn slams use of 'poor door' for subsidized-housing tenants
Christine Quinn wants to slam the “poor door” on city developers. The council speaker and mayoral candidate yesterday blasted Manhattan megabuilder Extell for its plan to divide its wealthy residents...
Mets' Wheeler improves to 6-2 as Byrd, Davis homer in win over Braves
Zack Wheeler is part of the Mets' young starting pitching corps that gives the franchise such hope and visions of a bright future. But the way he’s pitching now, the...
Move over, Cronut! The new Ramen Burger has New Yorkers in a foodie frenzy
Early Saturday morning, hordes of 20-somethings began lining up for one of New York’s most coveted culinary creations. They passed the three-plus-hour wait with smartphones in one hand and iced...
Dame, set, match: Wives and girlfriends of tennis stars
Tennis stars aren’t the flashiest athletes in the world of professional sports. But when it comes to getting the hottest babes, these sportsmen have the advantage. Whether sitting in the...
