January 28, 2011
Knicks' Chandler out vs. Hawks
ATLANTA -- Forward Wilson Chandler has a sore left calf and is not in uniform for the Knicks against the Atlanta Hawks. The Knicks said before Friday night’s game Chandler...
VIDEO: Woodson wants Packers at White House
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- For a guy relatively new at giving locker room speeches, Charles Woodson certainly knows how to bring down the house. Immediately after the Green Bay Packers...
Charlie Sheen checks into rehab, CBS show on hiatus
CBS announced today that one of its top shows, "Two and a Half Men," is on hiatus as the series' star, actor Charlie Sheen, entered rehab, one day after he...
Jeter drills end at Yankees complex
TAMPA, Fla. -- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and team hitting coach Kevin Long have completed three days of pre-spring training drills. Jeter worked on a number of batting fundamentals, including...
UPDATE: Titans ask to interview Giants' Fewell: report
The Titans have asked for permission to interview Giants assistant Perry Fewell for their head coaching job, NJ.com reports.The report does not say if Fewell will take the interview.Fewell, the...
Pennsylvania woman known as 'Jihad Jane' to plead guilty to terror conspiracy
PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania woman, nicknamed "Jihad Jane," who pleaded not guilty to four terror conspiracy charges back in March 2010, is expected to change her plea, CNN reported Friday....
$5M slot jackpot at Borgata, weeks after $4M prize
ATLANTIC CITY,N.J. — Lightning has struck for the third time in less than two weeks at an Atlantic City casino. An Ocean County man won a slot jackpot of nearly...
Jets killer Mendenhall keeps Steelers laughing
PITTSBURGH -- Rashard Mendenhall walks through the locker room singing out loud, stops to poke fun at a teammate, shares a few laughs with a team employee and settles near...
Go behind the scenes with Killzone 3
Killzone 3, which is both highly anticipated and highly likely to rock our faces off, has a new video. This time, a behind the scenes look at turning actors into...
Murray makes second straight Australian Open final
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Andy Murray doesn’t have to worry about Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal this time. He is hardly in the clear, however, as he goes for his first...
Former Bush aide Wheeler died of blunt force trauma, ME says
Former presidential adviser and Pentagon official John P. "Jack" Wheeler III died of blunt force trauma, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Wilmington, Del., announced Friday in a...
Red Bulls announce Luke Rodgers signing
The Red Bulls finaly announced the signing of English forward Luke Rodgers. He will join the team’s roster pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC). “Our head coach Hans (Backe) knows...
Yankees president says 'delusional' Rangers should get off 'welfare'
Shut the Chuck up. That is the message Yankees president Randy Levine has for the Texas Rangers, after that team’s CEO, Chuck Greenberg, seemed to take credit for the failed...
British woman returns stray dog to pound because 'it clashed with curtains': report
LOWER HALSTOW, England -- A British woman returned a dog to the pound two days after she rescued it because the pooch "did not match her curtains," British newspaper The...
Cop hit by car in Staten Island shopping plaza
A plainclothes detective opened fire today on two alleged drug dealers on Staten Island after one suspect struck the police officer with his Hyundai, police said. The wild incident began...
'Glee's' Lea Michele to sing 'America the Beautiful' at Super Bowl XLV
ARLINGTON, Tex. -- "Glee" starlet Lea Michele will sing “America the Beautiful” next Sunday as part of the pre-game festivities at Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas, the NFL and...
GM Tannenbaum's State of the Jets
Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum on Friday addressed a number of issues facing the Jets as they move forward to the 2011 season:Among them included:* Mark Sanchez's shoulderSanchez hurt his throwing...
Disney "secrets" scammer gets 27 months behind bars
He isn't going to Disney World. A failed Los Angeles restaurateur was sentenced to 27 months in the slammer today for an admittedly "hair-brained" scheme to sell corporate secrets swiped...
GM hints Gholston likely done with Jets
Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum on Friday addressed a number of issues facing the Jets as they move forward to the 2011 season: Among them included: * Vernon Gholston Not that...
Jets GM won't rule out surgery for Sanchez
Now that the hangover from the sudden end to the Jets’ season has somewhat dulled, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum is bracing to tackle the litany of offseason issues facing...
Mayor Bloomberg warns of mass teacher layoffs
NEW YORK -- New York City could lose $1 billion in education aid from the state, forcing the nation's largest school system to cut more than 21,000 teachers, Mayor Michael...
Judge to city: 'Stay' out of Broadway Triangle
The city’s bid to develop affordable housing in South Willamsburg stumbled this week, when a Manhattan judge refused to move forward on a lawsuit against the plan because the federal...
Oscar Watch: Is Zuckerberg's friending hurting 'The Social Network'?
Page Six is reporting today that Mark Zuckerberg "has indicated he's interested'' in appearing with Jesse Eisenberg, who plays him in "The Social Network'' on "Saturday Night Live'' tomorrow "to...
Skidding Syracuse heads for road
SYRACUSE -- Poor shot selection, missed layups, no reliable big man in the middle, a suddenly ineffective defense, boos from the home crowd. Other than that, everything’s just fine at...
BMW crook led LI cops on chase hours before crashing in Manhattan
The career criminal who posed as a potential BMW buyer led Long Island cops on a wild chase only hours after he beat a man and stuffed him in the...
Dad, pal of slain Pace football player testify in court
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The father and the best friend of a college football player killed by police have testified before a grand jury. The father, Danroy Henry Sr. of...
LI postman pinched discount coupons: police
WESTBURY, N.Y. — A Long Island mail carrier is accused of pinching thousands of discount coupons intended for residents’ mailboxes. Police accuse 38-year-old Thomas Tang of Baldwin of stealing more...
MLS re-alignment, roster rules
MLS announced the Houston Dynamo will move to the Eastern Conference this coming season. Combined with the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC joining the league as expansion clubs this year, MLS now has...
Revival Circuit: 'Fritz Lang in Hollywood'
Film Forum opens a two-week series today devoted to varied American works (even westerns) of the Austrian-born director of Germany's "Metropolis'' and "M,'' one of many European talents who fled...
Deadbeat ex-pol Monserrate can't pay high-powered lawyer with public funds: judge
Broke and disgraced ex-pol Hiram Monserrate lost his high-powered defense lawyer this morning after a judge refused to let him use taxpayer money to pay his bills. Manhattan federal Judge...
Chinese TV broadcast tries to pass off ‘Top Gun’ clip as military exercise: report
BEIJING -- A news program on China Central Television (CCTV) was under fire Friday for trying to pass off a scene from the iconic 1980s flick “Top Gun” as a...
Prosecutors 'Light Up' composer Joe Brooks with news of a dozen more sex accusers
The creepy composer of "You Light Up My Life" -- already on the hook for alleged casting couch attacks on 13 wanna-be starlets in his Upper East Side apartment --...
Bristol Palin abstinence speech at Washington University canceled: report
Teen abstinence activist Bristol Palin decided against appearing on a panel as part of Washington University's Sexual Responsibility Week after an uproar erupted at the St. Louis college, the St....
LA woman sues music mogul Diddy for $1 trillion: report
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles woman filed a $1 trillion lawsuit against music mogul Diddy, alleging, among other things, the record producer, rapper and sometime actor is responsible for...
'Facts of Life' star Geri Jewell comes out as a lesbian: report
Geri Jewell, who played the role of Geri Warner on the "Facts of Life" TV show, reveals in her upcoming memoir that she is a lesbian, Us Weekly reported Friday....
Sundance 2011: 'I Melt With You'
Don't make the mistake of thinking that a movie inspired by 80s nostalgia and named after a pop hit is going to be light and goofy. "I Melt with You"...
Mets willing to sell part of team
Mets owners on Friday said they’re considering selling 20-25 percent of the team to "strategic partners" because of the financial uncertainty created by the lawsuit filed against them by the...
Cops hunt Canarsie rapist
A sex-fiend is turning a quiet patch of Canarsie into his own private hunting ground after raping and robbing two women on Jan. 20 and then sexually assaulting a third...
'CHiPs' star gets probation for securities fraud
FORT LAUDERDALE — An actor who starred as one of two California highway officers in the 1970s TV series "CHiPs" was sentenced Friday to serve three years probation for conspiring...
Sundance 2011: 'Another Happy Day'
"Another Happy Day," an utterly routine dramedy aimed at middle-aged and older women, revisits the territory of "Rachel Getting Married" and "Margot at the Wedding" with a little splash of...
LI teen dies during hoops game at community center
LONG BEACH, N.Y. — Officials say a Long Island teenager collapsed and later died after playing basketball at a community center. A statement by the Long Beach School District says...
Obama visits with 'President' Restler
Who’s that tall gawky guy with Lincoln Restler? Barack Obama got a chance to mingle with Williamsburg District Leader Lincoln Restler last month at a White House Christmas Party —...
Would fat graduates be so bad?
President Obama is worried about what kids in school eat. He responded to a question about the cost of food by saying that not only is he happy the First...
The Philharmonic is finally singing a new tune
The Brooklyn Philharmonic is over the blues.The formerly cash-strapped orchestra announced that it’s not only coming back for the 2011 season, but will be guided by one of the borough’s...
Sundance 2011: 'Letters from the Big Man'
Call me a sentimentalist, but when I hear there's a girl-loves-Sasquatch movie, I want to be first in line. "Letters from the Big Man," though, turns out to be talky...
Actor Charlie Sheen was 'wasted out of his mind' on booze and coke: porn star
"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen who was hospitalized after partying with five women -- including a porn star -- during a 36-hour binge was "wasted out of...
'Shore' without the bore - season 3, episode 5
Our weekly "Jersey Shore" recaps this season are short and brutal -- 100 words, no more.***This week, JWoww closes the Tom chapter and starts the Roger saga before bringing some...
Egypt's Mubarak sacks government, Obama tells him to deliver on promised reforms
CAIRO – A defiant Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Friday sacked his government but showed no signs of leaving office himself following a day of demonstrations by thousands of protesters who...
NASA marks 25th anniversary of Challenger accident
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is marking the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger accident that killed seven astronauts. Families and NASA officials gathered at an outdoor memorial at...
Police give all-clear over suspicious package at Cowboys Stadium
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The area surrounding Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was closed Friday as authorities investigated a suspicious package that turned out to be nothing but trash. Police said...
Colin Quinn's Broadway show to be an HBO special
Colin Quinn's one-man show is making the leap from Broadway to HBO. The premium cable network says it will tape the former "Saturday Night Live" comedian's show, "Colin Quinn Long...
Long Island woman arrested in stabbing incident
WILLISTON PARK, N.Y. — Police have arrested a Long Island woman and charged her with stabbing a 58-year-old man with a kitchen knife. Police say 49-year-old Sharon Mongello stabbed the...
4 suffer minor injuries in NYC truck-car accident
The FDNY says four people have been taken to the hospital after an accident involving a truck and a number of cars on the West Side Highway. A fire department...
Shut your mouth U
Greg Lukianoff ranks the 12 worst colleges for free speech in America. The president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) provides a useful service to high schoolers...
Taco Bell fights back on beef lawsuit with ad push
Taco Bell is launching an advertising campaign Friday to fight back against a lawsuit charging its taco filling isn’t beef. The fast-food chain is placing full-page print ads in the...
US official in Pakistan to face murder charge
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan will pursue murder charges against a U.S. consular employee suspected in the shooting deaths of two armed men possibly intent on robbing him, a top prosecutor...
Drama Mama: Tuesday's fight night
What better way to celebrate Groundhog Day than reliving the same hour over and over—specifically, the Tuesday, 10 p.m. timeslot. Here’s a guide to determine your TV viewing hierarchy: “The...
Vodafone: Egypt ordered cell phone service stopped
LONDON — The Egyptian government ordered all mobile telephone operators to suspend services "in selected areas" of the country, telecommunications company Vodafone said Friday. In a statement, the company said...
Sara Lee to split into two companies
Sara Lee Corp said Friday it plans to split up into two separate companies focusing on North American meats and international coffee and tea. The company said Friday that the...
Man's leg severed by subway train on Upper East Side
A man has been struck and injured by a subway train on Manhattan’s East Side. NYC Transit spokeswoman Deirdre Parker says the accident occurred at 77th Street and Lexington Avenue....
Nelson Mandela discharged from South African hospital
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African President Nelson Mandela went home from the hospital Friday after suffering an acute respiratory infection. Officials said the 92-year-old was joking with his wife and...
Don't listen to shameful rabbis, Mr. Murdoch
Let's get one thing straight about the full-page ad taken out in the Wall Street Journal by a bunch of Jewish rabbis, it isn't about the Holocaust or the word...
NBA paid part of Abdul-Jabbar’s salary
Before the NBA and ABA consolidated, it was well known the upstart league chipped in to pay the salaries of choice rookies (Julius Erving, David Thompson, Artis Gilmore, etc.) or...
Kareem maneuvered way to Lakers, but not publicly
Begging Bob Seger’s forgiveness for twisting unbeatable lyrics, but I wish I knew then what I’m only finding out about now. Thirty-six years ago (come June 16) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was...
Jets' Cromartie blasts Seattle QB on Twitter
Let’s hope Antonio Cromartie and Matt Hasselbeck don’t bump into each other on the unemployment line. The Jets cornerback and impending free agent, threatened the Seahawks quarterback, who is also...
Super Bowl QBs really get the points
The top two defenses in the NFL will be present and accounted for at Super Bowl XLV, with the Steelers (No. 1) and the Packers (No. 2) representing the two...
Federer joins Nadal out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — First Rafael Nadal, now Roger Federer. Federer, the 16-time Grand Slam winner, was knocked out of the Australian Open 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-4 yesterday by 2008 champion Novak...
Knicks rock Garden like ages ago
Yes, there had been other nights when Madison Square Garden had reclaimed its acoustic splendor this year. The Knicks beat the Spurs earlier this month, a game that was plucked...
Inspired by wife, Mickelson shoots 5-under
SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson, inspired with his wife Amy and mother Mary walking among his gallery, made an early statement at the Farmers Insurance Open yesterday, shooting an opening...
Tiger shows progress in ’11 Tour debut
SAN DIEGO — As Tiger Woods eyed a critical chip from just off the ninth green of the North Course at Torrey Pines yesterday, a small plane flying overhead trailed...
St. John’s has chance to build resume vs. Duke
Moments before tip-off against Duke last season, then-St. John’s coach Norm Roberts looked at one of his assistants and said, “Do you see the size of these dudes? They are...
Tennis, no one? Bubble collapses under heavy snow
The tennis bubble atop a Boerum Hill gym collapsed overnight on Wednesday, a victim of Snowpocalypse III, which dumped 13 more inches of the white stuff on an already powdery...
Carroll Street 'Hell House' coming down!
A developer will dismantle the illegal 40-foot addition atop a 19th-century building on Carroll Street, a project that had become so controversial that it led the city to rezone the...
Pay to play! City quietly hikes recreation fees
Tennis players are raising a racket over a scheme to double the fee to play the sport of kings on outdoor public courts, part of a citywide athletic fee hike...
Brooklyn man — Ken Adams — to run state economic agency
The state agency behind the controversial Atlantic Yards mega-project and the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development now has a Brooklynite at the helm.On Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo tapped former Brooklyn Chamber...
Thou shalt hear this fine work about Moses
A blizzard seemed an incongru ous prelude to an opera set in sizzling biblical Egypt, but the trudge through snowy SoHo on Wednesday night paid off with a glimpse of...
Tabloid tycoon's tale back by popular demand
The key character in "What the Public Wants" is a driven media tycoon who reaches millions via dozens of publications. Through them, he seeks to entertain the many and influence...
Exorcise in futility
'What did you expect? Spinning heads? Pea soup?" a veteran exorcist tells a young priest having a crisis of faith in the boring, silly and deeply unscary feature "The Rite."...
Michaels on finding 'SNL' stars
'Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels gets the "Master Class" treatment Sunday night on OWN -- and has some interesting things to say about the longest-running comedy show in TV...
B'way gets shot at prime time
With the success of "Glee," Broadway musicals are a hot subject for television. HBO tried to produce a series called "The Miraculous Year," about a brilliant but nasty composer modeled...
Tearjerker
You're going to get a chance to vote for the "American Idol" contestant whose heart-breaking story made him into an overnight sensation this week. According to reports, Chris Medina, 26,...
Minka may be 'Angel'
Derek Jeter's main squeeze is close to becoming a California "Angel." Minka Kelly, who is engaged to the Yankees shortstop, is negotiating to join the cast of ABC's "Charlie's Angels"...
O picks Ro
Was Rosie O'Donnell behind the Oprah net work's decision to dump the long-in-the-works Mark Burnett talk show? The talk-show queen's fledgling cable channel suddenly scrapped plans this week for an...
Starr report
Ed Asner, who returns to series TV tonight in CMT's new sitcom, "Working Class," is a fresh-faced kid compared to his former "Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star Betty White --...
Kaboom
Call it "The Doom Generation II." Gregg Araki's "Kaboom" re turns to the trippy ways of his 1995 erotic head trip, which featured James Duval and foul-mouthed Rose McGowan (her...
Everybody kung fu fighting
'Ip Man 2" -- Wilson Yip's biopic about the real-life master who tutored Bruce Lee -- has some of the most blistering, stylishly choreographed fight scenes to come our way...
When We Leave
Turkish-German ac tress Sibel Kekilli has come a long way since her days as a porn star. Her breakthrough to the mainstream was the 2004 "Head-on," which features lots of...
Assassin your seat belts
Short, fast and nasty, “The Mechanic” is a loose remake of Michael Winner’s 1972 action thriller starring Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent that’s considerably more fun than the rather lethargic...
Flying solo in NYC
IF YOU WANT TO GET PICKED UP Ace Hotel lobby bar, 20 W. 29th St.; 212-679-2222 The always-packed bar is great for boozing in style with friends, but it’s also...
Charlie Sheen hospitalized after wild bash
Charlie Sheen partied all night with porn stars and a "briefcase" full of blow before paramedics rushed him to the hospital with severe abdominal pain, it was reported yesterday. The...
Disgraced Bronx pol Velella dead at 66
Former Bronx State Sen. Guy Velella, whose long public-service career ended in disgrace after he was convicted of bribery and sent to prison, died yesterday. He was 66. Velella, who...
Mandela suffers collapsed lung
JOHANNESBURG -- Nelson Mandela is recovering from a collapsed lung, but could be released from the hospital as early as today, a source close to the former president of South...
Cairo ready to talk . . . tough
CAIRO -- Egypt's ruling party said yesterday it was ready for a dialogue with the public, but offered no concessions to address demands for a solution to rampant poverty and...
More NYers for gay nups
ALBANY -- Support continues to grow for same-sex marriage in New York state, according to a poll released yesterday. The Quinnipiac University survey found that, by 56 to 37 percent,...
O's State of the Union: Hope & change, pt. 2
THE ISSUE: President Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday night. *** As an American who suffers in the lower economic bracket, I am disturbed by our president's State of...
Infidelity gay twist
Half of men would forgive their female partner's infidelity as long as it was with another woman, according to a new study on cheating. Women, however, were less likely to...
New Silvio XXX-posés
ROME -- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced more pressure to resign yesterday after new legal documents with fresh details of erotic parties, some with underage girls, were leaked to Italian...
The 'Sputnik' myth
President Obama made the "Sputnik moment" the orga nizing theme of his State of the Union Address, and he chose wisely. Not because the tiny Soviet satellite and the ensuing...
LinkedIn plans IPO
LinkedIn, the largest Web site for professional networking, aims to raise at least $175 million in an initial public offering of stock in the next three to four months, barring...
AG sics more staff on Medicaid fraudsters
New state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced yesterday that he is dramatically increasing the number of staffers investigating Medicaid fraud and is creating a new "taxpayer protection unit" to crack...
Lotto luck o' the Irish
Luck was on the menu. A struggling Long Island waitress and single mother of three young boys who hails from Ireland scored a $21.5 million Lotto jackpot, officials announced yesterday....
Lockdown $hutdown
ALBANY -- Three of the six state prisons in New York City -- with fewer than two inmates for each worker -- are being targeted for possible closure by Gov....
Phone 'thief's drop call
Dial "I" for idiot. A Manhattan thief accused of swiping a cellphone from a teenager last year called the victim and offered him a new mobile phone to drop the...
Business briefs
Nifty Netflix Netflix shares soared 15.2 percent to $27.84 yesterday, the day after the video rental com pany reported a surge in fourth-quarter profits and said it had signed up...
It's slush hour for this BMW
This luxury car became a snowmobile! An illegally parked BMW 325i looked like a snow globe yesterday after it was left with its windows and sun roof open on Sutton...
Cop kin: Let his killer rot
It'll be a show of force to keep a cop killer behind bars. About 40 relatives of an NYPD officer gunned down in the line of duty plan to flood...
The Homeland-Security follies
For most Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's inaugural "state of US domestic security" speech yesterday will be notable mainly for marking the end of the useless "color code" threat...
News Corp.'s Bx. scholarship
News Corp. has set up a $20,000 college scholarship fund in the South Bronx that will be administered by the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. (SoBRO). "We hope that...
Skowron-linked clients sue FrontPoint
Call it the Chip Skowron effect. The former FrontPoint hedge fund manager's ties to a huge insider-trading scandal continue to plague his former firm. The $4.5 billion Greenwich, Conn., firm...
Manning throws Tiger for a loss on Power 100
Tiger Woods has been taken down a couple of notches -- again. Knocked out of the top golf rankings last year after a slew of sex scandals and a divorce...
Shut up & do your time, Kerik: feds
The feds want crooked ex-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to serve every day of his four-year prison sentence for corruption. In papers filed with the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals...
Someone will get served
You don't have to love Donald Trump to cheer the news he's struck a "deal" with union boss Peter Ward that could reopen Tavern on the Green. You can even...
$3M tax woes for Moinian
A standoff is under way over nearly $3 million in city property taxes for 3 Columbus Circle. The tower, at Broadway and W. 57th Street, is caught in a tug-of-war...
NYC kids shut out of Intel finals
None of the 40 finalists in this year's Intel Science Talent Search, considered by many to be the most prestigious science competition in the nation, attends a New York City...
Amazon whiffs badly
Amazon.com posted holiday quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts' estimates and forecast disappointing first-quarter operating margins yesterday, and its shares fell almost 10 percent. Fourth-quarter revenue for the global...
GOP turning into popular party
WASHINGTON -- The Grand Old Party can finally break out the champagne: Its six-year popularity drought has come to an end. For the first time since 2005, more people view...
Casino deal is bad bet: NYers
ALBANY -- Most New Yorkers oppose former Gov. David Paterson's 11th-hour deal with a Wisconsin Indian tribe for a Catskills casino. Eighty-one percent of voters oppose the casino pact signed...
Lobbyist's rise a NY development
Gov. Cuomo yesterday appointed one of New York's top business lobbyists to be the state's economic-development czar. Kenneth Adams, 50, will be the new president and CEO of the Empire...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island A thief allegedly stole his 84-year-old father's credit card while they were living together in Woodrow, authorities said. Sometime between Dec. 1 and 20, Joseph Piermatteo, 49, took...
Apollo-Zale's bangle wrangle stymied over $
Zale's talks to sell its mall-based Piercing Pagoda chain to a private-equity firm have hit another snag, The Post has learned. As reported exclusively by The Post this month, the...
My name is Mike and you'll be 'waiting' on me today
Not so fast. A less than enthusiastic Mayor Bloomberg yesterday reined in Donald Trump's plan to restore the iconic Tavern on the Green. "Tavern on the Green doesn't exist at...
It's a killer deal
Talk about depressed real estate. Even though several potential buyers scurried away from an East Meadow home after learning that notorious serial killer Joel Rifkin conducted his handiwork there, the...
Regent$ wrangle
ALBANY -- Charter-school backers have kicked in $4 million to help the state Board of Regents craft education reforms -- raising questions from school officials about the influence of private...
Zucker-Katie redux
Former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, expected to set up shop Monday on Park Avenue, is already lining up his next gig -- he's talking about starting a syndicated talk...
Crowley cleared in ethics probe
WASHINGTON -- The House ethics committee has found no connection between fund-raising by Rep. Joe Crowley of New York City and his vote on a financial overhaul bill. The committee...
Exploding taxi gets traffic tix
His taxi blew up -- and incredibly he got ticketed for blocking the road. A cabby who found himself marooned in the relentless snow early yesterday at Second Avenue and...
Mike rails at system
After preaching for years how the United States was losing the race to build high-speed rail, Mayor Bloomberg's frustration spilled over last year when he toured a high-tech train station...
Jon Stewart 'on board' with 9/11 memorial
Jon Stewart is on the board of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial at Ground Zero. The comedian-activist was appointed to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum board...
Sanit 'snow-blower' ID'd
A Queens councilman has revealed the identity of a whistleblower he says told him Sanitation bosses were directing workers to slow down snow removal during the Christmas blizzard to protest...
Kraft chews fat on meats biz
Irene Rosenfeld's Kraft, whose shares underperformed the market last year, may emerge as one of the biggest winners after the company's Chicagoland neighbor Sara Lee decided not to put itself...
Serial killer NYC-bound
A serial sex fiend on California's death row for five murders will be extradited, prosecuted and, if need be, tried in the killing of two Manhattan women in the 1970s...
New witness in '81 mob slays at Qns. bar
The feds have a new witness to a 30-year-old mob double-murder that will help them make the case against a top Gambino crime-family boss, prosecutors said yesterday. Bartolomeo Vernace, a...
Rivals bitten by Apple
Apple's dominance was on full display yesterday as rivals' results showed the extent to which the company had revolutionized the tech world order. Look no further than Microsoft, which reported...
High price to 'pay'
There's no accounting for these county checks. Cash-strapped Nassau County, which was placed in state receivership this week because its hapless officials can't balance the budget, is being bled dry...
The true 'climate' threat
The White House announced this week that climate-change czar Carol Browner is leaving -- without, it seems, a replacement on the horizon. Considering how much focus the administration put on...
Despicable lies
Do middle-class parents deserve good, free public schools for their kids? That's the question the city's Panel for Educational Policy will answer Tuesday, when it votes on whether to let...
Free 'pass' for Regents
More than 400 city high-school seniors who needed to ace yesterday's canceled Regents exams in order to graduate mid-year are being given a free pass, state officials said. Rather than...
Con man may have impersonated law-enforcement officer and stolen guns
Police Internal Affairs investigators are probing whether a smooth-talking career criminal impersonated a fire marshal and talked his way into two NYPD station houses, where he swiped three handguns from...
'Protective' heart gene
WASHINGTON -- One in four black Americans has a gene that prevents heart disease, researchers revealed yesterday. And if they got the gene from both parents, their risk of heart...
Scout cookie cutter
Some cookies are crumbling. The Girl Scouts are starting to take a rolling pin to several varieties -- with some councils cutting out all but six types of cookies --...
FBI probes pro-WikiLeaks hackers
The FBI said yesterday it executed more than 40 search warrants in the US as part of its investigation into cyber attacks allegedly by a group called "Anonymous" that had...
Rogues gallery
There's no shortage of villains in a new government tome documenting the 2008 financial crisis. After dozens of hearings and hours poring over reams of documents, the 662-page report from...
Mag sale Lag-arderes
The Lagardére sale of all its ti tles outside of France to the Hearst Corp. for nearly $1 billion is going to drag on even longer than expected. On Monday,...
A storm to be plowed of
They're finally getting their act together. The response by the city and the MTA to yesterday's monster storm was a big improvement over the post-Christmas disaster -- but there's still...
'Superman' slapped
The most widely seen Amer ican documentary of the year sparked a national dis cussion, received almost universal acclaim from critics and delved deeply into the details of what all...
Rahm back in the race
CHICAGO -- Illinois' highest court put Rahm Emanuel back in the race for Chicago mayor yesterday, three days after a lower court threw the former White House chief of staff...
School layoff lunacy
School principals would be forced to use crummy teachers with "unsatisfactory" ratings to fill jobs if the city lays off instructors based on the controversial "last in, first out" seniority...
O's $400B 'scalpel'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday said he would send Congress a new budget next month that would save some $400 billion. "Frankly, we're just going to have to trim some...
Hunt for beemer schemer
A Columbia University worker found mutilated and near death in the trunk of his BMW was the victim of a Beemer-obsessed career criminal who gained his trust by posing as...
O taps Joe's aide
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday named Vice President Joe Biden's communications chief, Jay Carney, White House press secretary. Carney, 45, thus goes from having covered the White House under Presidents...
Fumes sicken girls
Two young girls sitting in a parked car in The Bronx became severely ill yesterday after their 26-year-old mother accidentally shoveled snow in front of the running sedan's tailpipe --...
Travolta dines with 'Junior' and buddies for Gotti biopic
It was an offer John Travolta couldn't refuse -- a chance to play Mafia boss John Gotti in a biopic co-produced by the Dapper Don's son. Travolta toasted the reel...
5 questions for ... Rich Gannon
Sirius satellite NFL host Rich Gannon talked with The Post's Justin Terranova in the off week before the Packers-Steelers Super Bowl. Gannon begrudgingly chooses between the two quarterbacks and talks...
Strawberry to run to top of Empire State Building
Darryl Strawberry will run to the top of the Empire State Building to raise money for cancer research. The former Mets and Yankees slugger will race up 1,576 steps and...
Heat star 'four'-gets how to score
The goggles Dwyane Wade had worn in practice the last four days to ease his migraines had to go, the NBA said yesterday, replaced by a model that would enable...
Vic C.'s Tampa Bay Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-5 fur; $8,000; clm; 4up6-EclipticlWhsky 1221-TinyTuneLily 1207-Acorn Bay 1222-Fiery Rose 1178-Anthrthrwmn 1223-Abuelita 1229-LeeryofLuck 1224-Miss K. O. 12010-Auspicisrgmnt 1225-Kiss Me Tu 12211-Vikette 12212-Brandy Fizz 120SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $21,400;...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $23,000; alw; 4upBUDGE MAN moves to starter allowance after defeating claimers in his last two starts. STEALTH MISSILE moves to starter allowance after winning all three starts...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Beach Nut Brand (5th)FIRST-mile; pace; $12,000; claiming3Bolero Topgun(D Dube)4-5-26-12Barchetta N(C Manzi)8-8-73-18AnswerTheBell(GBrennan)2-1-45-11Fiesty Baran(S Bouchard)5-5-610-14BigSlickZTam(JBartlett)5-7-812-15Gerald N Sam(J Stratton)6-8-615-16PacificFleetN(PLachance)6-8-68-17Artmendous(T Buter)7-2-54-1SECOND-mile; trot; $16,000; conditional2Buckeye Man(G Brennan)1-10-24-13CurrentCloser(JDoherty)3-4-43-16SpecialCommand(JGregory)2-4-48-11Bit O Victory(C Manzi)4-6-36-14WhateverLolawnts(SBchrd)4-2-810-15Mainspring(T...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Leave It To Sam (12th)FIRST-mile; trot; $11,000; conditional6Prize Angie(D Miller)10-2-115-110Crypto Man(R Pierce)4-5-35-14Spicy Caviar(Y Gingras)3-5-67-21MyLeapOfFaith(JCampbell)5-5-28-12SuperDiscipline(TTetrck)4-5-13-13Cyber Hall(B Sears)4-4-815-15My Man Ben(P Berry)7-5-29-27Sierra'sDream(BSimpson)5-8-18-18American Royal(A Miller)6-6-710-19L Dees Maggie(J Marohn)7-6-615-1SECOND-ml pc;...
Sports shorts
NFL: Brian Reed's body found In Harvey, La., an autopsy has confirmed that a body pulled from the Mississippi River is that of the brother of Ravens safety Ed Reed....
Gulfstream Charts
Jan. 27, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST7 fur; $24,000; clm; 4up; Off: 12:55 p.m.St. good, won driving; Time: 23.38, 46.64, 1:10.38, 1:22.70; Trainer: MareinaHorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsWon...
Steelers' Smith isn't feeling Super
Steelers' All-Pro defensive end Aaron Smith, who ruptured his left triceps tendon in October and hasn't been on field since, is beginning to sound like a player resigned to missing...
Gulfstream analysis
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $15,000; clm($10,000); 4up ACT OF BLUES drops in class for return to dirt for new barn. SWEET...
NHL All-Star draft tonight
In the NHL's continuing search for meaning to its All-Star Game, they're turning it into a pickup match. Fine. The ideal of Stanley Cup winner vs. The Best is the...
Nets finally getting it together
The Nets recently have created a strange theory, still on the fringes of conventional thinking, but one that now has some evidence to back it up. Hey, this team really...
Lagat battles Mekonnen for Millrose glory
Tonight's Millrose Games at the Garden will be highlighted by its greatest performer ever facing perhaps his biggest Wanamaker Mile challenge, and the sport's most heated rivalry moving indoors in...
Yankees strife a juicy story, nothing more
For the record, Hal Steinbrenner authorized Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to go into public attack mode against Derek Jeter after the shortstop's agent referred to the negotiations as "baffling."...
Yankees owner wants Cashman to stay past this season
Hal Steinbrenner does not think Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is insubordinate. He does not think Cashman is trying to get fired. He does not think Cashman is saying anything...
Fisher gets boot as Titans coach
The Titans have parted ways with Jeff Fisher, who just completed his 16th full season as the NFL's longest-tenured coach. The team said in a release last night that "Fisher...
Islanders keeping Moulson
The trade rumors surrounding Matt Moulson for the first half of the Islanders' season can cease after the two parties agreed on a three-year, $9.4 million contract extension yesterday. The...
Analysts, coaches ignore NFL showboating
Which comes first, ridiculous or impossible? Dead heat. Imagine if Secret Service policy changed to mandate that if gunshots are heard, agents are to immediately hit the ground -- directly...
Mets owner joins optimist club
The Mets have yet to play a game under their new regime, but Fred Wilpon is more optimistic about his team's future than he's been in a while -- especially...
Clemens faces hot seat
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department asked a federal judge yesterday to question Roger Clemens about his knowledge of a potential conflict of interest his attorney may have involving former teammate-turned-prosecution-witness...
Meadowlands
MeadowlandsFIRST-mile; trot; $9,000; cond.4Newport Volo(Tetrick) 6.404.003.207Big Sky Revenue(Sears)9.004.606Halfpipe(Vanderkemp)3.00* Exacta(4-7) $62.60 * TrifectaSECOND-mile; pace; $10,000; cond.3Some Girls Do(Sears) 8.603.602.405Sagebrush Susie(DMiller)2.202.104Turnoffthelights(Gingras)3.00* Exacta(3-5) $18.40 * Trifecta(3-5-4) $64.40 * Daily DoubleTHIRD-mile; trot; $11,000; cl.8Swan...
The Post Line
NFLSundayPro BowlAt HonoluluFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogNFC 1 1 (62½)AFCFeb. 6Super BowlAt Arlington, TexasPackers 2 2½(44½)SteelersNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogPENN5½YalePRINCETON13BrownCornell5DARTMOUTHHARVARD10½ColumbiaWIS.-GB1½Wright St.WIS.-MIL.1½DetroitLOYOLA, MD.4½SienaCANISIUS12NiagaraFAIRFIELD21ManhattanBELMONT27Fla. Gulf CoastLIPSCOMB14½StetsonHome team in CAPSNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogHAWKS 6½KnicksPACERS 5½NetsSIXERS 3½GrizzliesBucks 3 RAPTORSHEAT12 PistonsNuggets 9½CAVALIERSBULLS...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing11 a.m.NASCAR: Toyota All-Star Showdown, qualifyingSPEEDBasketball7 p.m.Nets at PacersYES, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Niagara at CanisiusESPNU7:30 p.m.Knicks at HawksMSG, ESPN (1050 AM)9 p.m.Detroit at UW-MilwaukeeESPNU10:30 p.m.Celtics at SunsESPNBoxing10 p.m.Chris Arreola...
Revis says Jets 'relaxed' in loss to Steelers
According to Darrelle Revis, the Jets "just relaxed" at the start of last weekend's AFC Championship against the Steelers. Speaking yesterday in Hawaii, where he is preparing for Sunday's Pro...
All-Star Amar'e first Knicks starter since '97
The Knicks are done with the Nuggets this season, but Amar'e Stoudemire might face off against Carmelo Anthony on Feb. 20 at Staples Center in Los Angeles on All-Star Sunday....
NFL says players at 'risk' if labor deal delayed
The NFL says there could be big financial effects if a labor deal isn't reached. The league estimates its cumulative gross revenue losses could reach $1.7 billion by 2015 if...
Knicks heat up late for big win
Dream on! LeBron James' Miami Dream Team didn't look so dreamy last night. In fact, the Knicks made the Heat look pedestrian -- lowlighted by James' historically bad shooting night...
Barkley says Knicks' system can't win title
TNT's Charles Barkley took issue with those going ga-ga over the Knicks. "I get mad when people try to say they're back," Barkley said last night at the Garden, before...
Big statement for Knicks defense in win over Heat
From rookie Landry Fields helping to cool off a red-hot Dwyane Wade to reclamation project Shawne Williams fearlessly going after LeBron James, the Knicks earned a come-from-behind 93-88 win over...
LeBron would like to see Carmelo 'happy'
LeBron James did not deny he needled Carmelo Anthony during his July wedding about joining Amar'e Stoudemire in New York, but the Heat star said he just wants Anthony to...
Cod still king for Montauk anglers
For anglers who have squeezed in fishing trips out at Montauk between storms, cod remains king. Fishermen continue to take their limit of codfish, with some weighing in between 20...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 28SATJan. 29SUNJan. 30MONJan. 31TUEFeb. 1WEDFeb. 2THUFeb. 3KnicksAtlanta7:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEDet.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEDal.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsIndiana7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMMilw.8:30YESWFANNOGAMEDen.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEPhil.7:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersNOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame4:00VS.NOGAMEPitt.7:30VS.ESPNNOGAMEDevs7:00MSGESPNIslandersNOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame4:00VS.NOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+WRHUPitt.7:00*MSG+WRHUNOGAMEDevilsNOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame4:00VS.NOGAMEOtt.7:00MSGWFANNOGAMENYR7:00MSG+WFAN
Weird but true
Two kid vandals thought they were leaving a cute love message at a Florida school -- but wound up doing $30,000 in damage. The boys, 14 and 15, poured motor...
No team meeting for Red Storm
St. John's spokesman Mark Fratto said the Red Storm did not hold a players only meeting yesterday in the wake of its 77-52 loss at Georgetown because of the late...
Curry spices up Duke's win vs. BC
Seth Curry scored a season-high 20 points in his return to Duke's starting lineup, leading the third-ranked Blue Devils past visiting Boston College 84-68 last night. Nolan Smith finished with...
Knicks contain James, beat Heat 93-88
LeBron James kept missing, forcing Dwyane Wade to be practically perfect to keep Miami ahead. Once Wade's hot streak ended, so did the Heat's dominance of the New York Knicks....
PSAL/Kennedy Challenge in-depth preview
Call it the Super Bowl of girls basketball. This weekend, 37 of the best teams from up and down the East Coast will travel to The Bronx to compete at...
Cardozo, Medgar Evers put rivalry on display at MSG
Madison Square Garden has been home to many rivalries in its history. There were Knicks-Bulls, Knicks-Pacers, Rangers-Islanders, Rangers-Devils, St. John’s-Georgetown and St. John’s-Syracuse – just to name a few from...
Gov. Cuomo gets 71% approval rating from NYers
In office for less than a month, most New Yorkers give Gov. Cuomo high marks for the job he is doing in Albany -- a stark contrast to the way...
Christ the King-St. Raymond's boys basketball live blog recap
It is debatable whether the CHSAA is still the greatest league in the country. But one thing that makes it special is its Friday night tradition. That continues this Friday...
Findlay's Garrett excited about future at St. John's
He’s from Los Angeles and plays high-school basketball in Las Vegas, but as far as Amir Garrett is concerned, the St. John’s recruit has a new home. “I love New...
Knicks' Stoudemire named All-Star starter
The Knicks finally have an All-Star starter. It became official Thursday with Amar'e Stoudemire announced as winner of the fan vote as the Eastern Conference's starting power forward, his sixth...