March 9, 2011
Mets optimistic about Beltran
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets remained optimistic Wednesday about Carlos Beltran's ability to get over his latest knee injury, as does the right fielder himself."He said, 'I know everyone...
B'klyn Sen. Kruger will surrender to face corruption charges
State Sen. Carl Kruger, a powerful Brooklyn Democrat, will surrender to federal authorities Thursday to face corruption charges along with an Upper West Side lobbyist, sources told the Post. Kruger...
Charlie Sheen gets more than 74,000 applications for internship
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen received more than 74,000 applications from candidates interested in his eight-week social media internship, according to a new report. Earlier this week, Sheen got his...
NFL union asked for info two years ago
WASHINGTON -- The financial information the NFL has offered to turn over during labor negotiations doesn’t include the data requested nearly two years ago by the players’ union. In a...
Crooked nun kicks off Lent with guilty plea in $850K scam
The vow of poverty apparently wasn’t for her. A crooked nun marked the start of Lent by pleading guilty yesterday to stealing more than $850,000 from a Catholic college in...
Pianist says cop smacked her at the Met: suit
A classical pianist's night at the opera turned into a nightmare at the 24th Precinct after she misplaced her ticket while attending a production of "Hamlet" at the Met. In...
5 firefighters hurt in Bx. blaze
A firefighter was electrocuted during a roaring, five-alarm blaze that broke out in a Bronx apartment building today. Billowing smoke from the fire at 754 Manida St. was so thick...
Syracuse football starts spring practice
SYRACUSE -- Ryan Nassib cemented himself last season as Syracuse’s starting quarterback and led the Orange to their first bowl victory in nearly a decade. As far as Nassib’s concerned,...
Castillo on base three times in Mets' win
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Luis Castillo needs more days like this if he hopes to be the Mets second baseman this season. Castillo reached base all three times he batted...
St. John's defeats Rutgers with strange ending (VIDEO)
The only senior moment came from the referees. St. John’s upperclassman Justin Brownlee made a mistake not even a freshman should make, and the Red Storm should consider themselves lucky...
Blood clots scared Serena
Serena Williams still has blood clots in her lung but hopes to return to tennis this summer after recovering from a pulmonary embolism, which she called the “scariest moment in...
Carlos Slim is world's richest man, Forbes billionaire survey says
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim remained the world's richest person, according to Forbes' 2011 list of the world's billionaires published Wednesday, but Asia is where today's big money is flowing....
Yankees' Rivera throws batting practice
TAMPA -- Mariano Rivera threw batting practice for the first time this spring on Wednesday, which means the Yankees closer is closer to getting into a game.Rivera would like it...
Jets' Sanchez surprises at college pro day: report
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez isn't letting the NFL labor situation keep him from throwing passes.Sanchez was a surprise participant at the University of Colorado's Pro Day, practicing with friend and...
Correction officer who shot neighbor inside Brooklyn barbershop will not be charged: sources
The city correction officer who shot and killed his notoriously hot-tempered neighbor after he came after him with an illegal handgun will not be charged in the elderly man’s death...
Senate rejects alternative spending bill offered by Democrats
WASHINGTON – The US Senate failed Wednesday to pass a spending bill proposed by Senate Democrats to fund the federal government through fiscal year 2011. The 42-58 vote fell largely...
Suspect in Tucson shooting rampage enters plea
TUCSON, Ariz. — The suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage has pleaded not guilty to dozens of new federal charges that accuse him of killing six people and wounding...
Lindsay Lohan walked out of jewelry store wearing necklace, latest video shows
Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan was caught on surveillance camera leaving a Los Angeles jewelry store with a necklace she allegedly stole. In a new segment of the store tapes made...
Brooklyn rapist claims he's 'not the same man' who committed sex assaults
A Brooklyn rapist who was caught by DNA matching told a judge today he was "not the same person" he was when he committed the assaults – but the unimpressed...
Charlie Sheen somewhat repentant about dissing his former costar (video)
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen returned to the airwaves Wednesday where he issued a "half apology" to his former "Two and a Half Men" costar Jon Cryer, in an interview...
Former coach Gonzalez says Seton Hall needed him: report
Bobby Gonzalez knows what Seton Hall was missing this season: him.The Pirates' former coach, fired after last season then later arrested for allegedly shoplifting, told ESPN.com the team he left...
Town hall fan calls NJ governor Chris Christie ’hot and sexy’
HOPATCONG, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has received an unusually warm reception at his latest town hall meeting — warm enough to make him blush. During Wednesday’s event...
Man sentenced in NYC gay-bar attack: ’No hatred in my heart’
A parolee who admitted to a hate-crime attack at one of New York City’s oldest gay bars says he had no hatred in his heart. But Frederick Giunta said he...
Illinois Gov. Quinn signs bill abolishing death penalty
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty in the state, the Chicago Tribune reported. With the Democratic governor's signature,...
UConn squashes Georgetown
Any time Georgetown made a run threatening to cut into Connecticut’s double-digit lead Wednesday, the Huskies had an answer. The Hoyas are now left with questions after a 79-62 loss...
Vets save Bronx red-tailed hawk
A group of city veterinarians saved a Bronx red-tailed hawk from one awful case of indigestion. The ailing avian was found on Webster Avenue and taken to the The Animal...
Longtime Washington Post journalist David Broder dies at 81
WASHINGTON -- David Broder, one of the most respected writers on US politics and a longtime contributor to the Washington Post, died Wednesday of complications from diabetes in Arlington, Va.,...
Jury of 10 women, 8 men picked for Rajaratnam insider-trading trial
The jury has been selected and the trial centering on New York billionaire Raj Rajaratnam is ready to roll. The jury of 18 — including 6 alternates — consists of...
Knicks' Billups out; knee trouble, too
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Chauncey Billups isn't walking in Memphis too well.The Knicks point guard, suffering from a deep thigh bruise, revealed Wednesday he has knee swelling as a result of...
Teen busted for killing family hamster
A teenage brute was busted for killing her family's beloved pet hamster, ASPCA officials said. Monique Smith, 19, was charged with animal cruelty and three counts of endangering the welfare...
REWIND: St. John's vs. Rutgers
St. John's opened Big East tournament play with a 65-63 win over Rutgers in a second-round game at Madison Square Garden.Here's how The Post's Justin Terranova saw the action live...
Number of city homicides fall this year
The number of people slain in the Big Apple has plummeted so far this year, newly released statistics show. As of yesterday, 62 New Yorkers have been murdered in the...
Mets move Perez to bullpen, likely leading to release
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets are expected to announce Wednesday that Oliver Perez's futile pursuit of making the starting rotation is over, but the lefty will get a look...
Mel Gibson takes plea deal, avoids jail in battery case
LOS ANGELES – Mel Gibson agreed to a plea deal Wednesday and will avoid jail over accusations he assaulted his former girlfriend, according to media reports. Gibson will plead no...
One dead, 2 in critical condition, after fire truck slams into bus on SI
A fire truck responding to a 911 call on Staten Island today slammed into a van full of developmentally disabled adults, killing one occupant and sending two occupants to the...
Gaines gets another 10-day deal with Nets
Sundiata Gaines, the Jamaica, Queens, product who played at Archbishop Molloy, will stick with the Nets for another 10-day contract.“I just found out,” Gaines said after shootaround Wednesday. Gaines, who...
Mayor Bloomberg slams cabbies who refuse to take riders outside Manhattan (video)
The city has turned up the pressure on taxi drivers who refuse to accept passengers who want to go to the outer boroughs. In an effort to get drivers to...
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini stolen
SAN FRANCISCO — Police say a thief using climbing gear rappelled into a San Francisco exotic car dealership and stole television celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car. The...
Necklace allegedly stolen by Lindsay Lohan to go up for auction
LOS ANGELES – The pricey necklace allegedly stolen by Lindsay Lohan is set to hit the auction block, according to media reports. "We have decided to sell the diamond necklace...
'Twilight' producers sued over trademark claims
The producers of the "Twilight" movies want to suck the life out of perfumed cosmetics they claim are illegally cashing in on the name of their hit vampire flicks, a...
Three years prison for Julius Bar gay-bash bozo
A drunken out-of-work exterminator is heading to prison for three-and-a-half years for slugging and slurring the bartender at Julius Bar on W. 10th St., the city's oldest gay bar, back...
Pitcher Perfect: A look at MLB 2K10 millionaire Wade McGilberry
Ever dream of becoming a millionaire simply by playing video games?Wade McGilberry did. And he realized his dream last year when he won the “2K Sports Million Dollar Perfect Game...
Space shuttle Discovery lands after completing final mission (video)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Discovery landed Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., marking the end of its 30-year career with the US space...
PS 22's chorus accepts Andy Cohen's apology, takes dig with new YouTube video (watch)
The Staten Island school chorus that performed at the Oscars and then was blasted by Bravo exec Andy Cohen has accepted his apology but then sang, "It’s too late to...
'Spider-Man' to shut down for weeks? Producers mum
A spokesman for the troubled "Spider-Man" musical on Broadway insisted Wednesday that the show is still scheduled to open next week, as talk swirled that the production will shut down...
Conn. man accused of stabbing man during haircut
STAMFORD, Conn. — Police say a man was halfway through a haircut at an apartment in Stamford, Conn., when he grabbed scissors and slashed another man in the back. The...
Seven children killed in Pennsylvania farmhouse fire
LOYSVILLE, Pa. -- Seven children died after a fire broke out at a Pennsylvania farmhouse while the children's father slept in a milk delivery truck nearby and their mother worked...
Springtime for Ja Rule: Gun-slinging rapper to stay out of jail until June to finish album, taxes
Rapper Ja Rule -- who pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession and agreed to a two-year prison term back in December -- now doesn't have to turn himself in until...
Yes, 'Tree of Life' does have dinosaurs
"I can confirm there are dinosaurs,'' the visual effects supervisor of Terrence Malick's super-secretive "The Tree of Life,'' told a UK movie site called Little White Lies in an interview...
Two governors, two promises kept, two very different futures
Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island campaigned on a platform of raising taxes. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett promised not to raise any taxes at all. Both men delivered ther budgets...
Tennis star Serena Williams says she 'could have died' as a result of blood clots
Tennis ace Serena Williams called it "the scariest moment in my life" when blood clots were recently discovered in her lungs, saying she's "lucky to be alive." In an interview...
Bell, Calif. voters prove the system does work
The city that became synonymous with greed and corruption, Bell California, has now become the poster-child for the democratic system. Why? Because after a scandal rocked the small, sleepy town...
Russia could swap US spy for 'Merchant of Death'
MOSCOW -- A former Russian defense ministry official sentenced to 18 years for spying for the United States may be swapped for alleged "Merchant of Death" arms dealer Viktor Bout,...
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after exec's hidden camera interview
WASHINGTON -- National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned, the organization said Wednesday, following the release of a videotape that showed one of her colleagues discussing government funding and...
City council hearing aimed at improving city’s snow response
The New York City Council is holding a hearing on legislation aimed at improving the city’s response to weather-related emergencies. Wednesday’s hearing will examine recommendations that came out of a...
NY TV exec sentenced to 25 to life for beheading wife
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former New York television executive was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Wednesday for beheading his wife two years ago. Muzzammil Hassan was found...
Khadafy loyalists bomb rebels as Libyan plane lands in Egypt
RAS LANUF, Libya -- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy battered rebel positions near the oil town of Ras Lanuf in the country's east Wednesday amid reports that up...
Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt kill 13
CAIRO — Clashes that broke out when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting against the burning of a Cairo church killed at least 13 people and wounded about...
3UP: Beltran, Santana, Ollie
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about a bad day in the Mets’ world, most notably because of a setback involving Carlos Beltran’s knees.Whenever I thought about the...
Girls basketball playoff roundup: Red Storm advance to CHSAA city final
For the first time in three seasons, St. John’s Prep didn't win a CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Divison II regular season or diocesan crown, only leaving them hungry for the city tournament....
Reese writes name in Blazers history, leads Bergtraum back to Garden
Shaniqua Reese said early this season that she didn’t quite feel the Murry Bergtraum tradition, the aura that wearing the Lady Blazers jersey brings. The senior transfer was still getting...
Knights push Bergtraum to brink, see Garden dreams slip away
Murry Bergtraum was there for the taking. Kennedy came roaring back from a double-digit halftime deficit and finally led the 12-time defending PSAL girls basketball city champion with less than...
First-half woes doom Lewis in loss to South Shore
When Francis Lewis fell to South Shore by a point in the final seconds during their prior meeting, Thanksgiving turkeys had yet to be eaten and Christmas presents were still...
With career on line, Smith takes charge, leading Midwood's dramatic comeback
Bryan Smith flung the ball toward the basket and immediately started smiling, all alone at half-court, as the horn went off. Midwood’s star senior guard wasn’t alone for long. He...
Barber fumbled Giants greatness away
Tiki Barber cannot be serious about this, coming back to the NFL as a 36-year-old running back who couldn’t bear the thought of subjecting his 33-year-old body to further abuse...
Friends, nemeses battle to 'death'
Ed Grezinsky couldn’t recall the name of the movie, but he felt like he was living a variation of the script. In the film, two great gladiators were forced to...
Rutgers: St. John’s has edge at MSG
All these seasons when St. John’s was not a factor in the Big East tournament there was never a peep of complaint that it’s played in the Garden, one of...
Villanova's NCAA tournament hopes in doubt after loss to South Florida
Villanova thought it snapped its late-season funk, a malaise Wildcats coach Jay Wright said was worse than last winter's collapse. That is, until last night's epic implosion. That is until...
Slumping Villanova doesn’t deserve NCAA bid
Villanova guard Maalik Wayns lay on his back on the Garden floor, his hands on his forehand in a posture of stunned disbelief. Around him unheralded South Florida broke out...
St. John's looks like team of destiny
You can purchase a standard nylon basketball net on Amazon.com for $2.63. Yet, to a college basketball player in March, the nets are priceless baubles hanging from the rim. It’s...
Rutgers holds on for victory after Seton Hall 3 forces OT
On the 40th anniversary of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier’s “Fight of the Century” at the Garden, Rutgers and Seton Hall waged a fight of their own in the first...
Rutgers ready for Garden showdown with St. John’s
For once, for the first time in a long, long time, St. John’s shows up at the Garden today as Goliath, and a gritty, relentless, tough-minded Rutgers basketball team, the...
Trainer believes Tiki capable of comeback
The man who helped Tiki Barber become the best running back in Giants history says he can help whip Barber into shape and return him to the NFL. "I think...
Former Giants LB Pierce lashes out at Barber
Antonio Pierce doesn’t think much of Tiki Barber’s comeback. And Barber’s agent doesn’t think much of Pierce. News that Barber, four years out of football wants to return to the...
Hope springs infernal around Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE — Snapshots from about 10 a.m. yesterday for the Mets: Carlos Beltran is in the trainer’s room. His left knee — the supposed good one — is...
Turnover-prone Brooklyn Collegiate coughs up big lead, 'A' semifinal berth
Arnold Fripp’s flying alley-oop was the latest dynamic play in the paint by one of Brooklyn Collegiate’s versatile forwards. The previous time down court, Fripp scored along the baseline, just...
PSAL boys basketball playoff roundup: FDA III tops August Martin, books trip to 'B' semis
Frederick Douglass Academy III is back in the PSAL Class B semifinals, but The Bronx school is ready to go a step further. “I’m ready to get the monkey off...
‘Good’ knee sidelines Mets' Beltran
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Carlos Beltran is making more news with his knees than his bat again — and that’s not a good sign for the Mets. Beltran had hoped to...
South Shore shellacks Lewis, heads back to Garden
Back two years ago, the first time South Shore made it to the city championship game at Madison Square Garden, the Vikings were pumped. Just getting there, in some of...
Perez says he deserves another start for Mets
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Oliver Perez paced alone outside the visiting clubhouse at Osceola County Stadium yesterday shortly before he tried to prolong his attempt to make the Mets’ starting rotation....
CHSAA Class AA boys basketball semifinals preview
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down Wednesday’s Class AA intersectional semifinals at Carnesecca Arena on the campus of St. John’s University. Here’s the schedule: 6 p.m. –...
Big man on campus
For the first time this year, basketball junkies and office pool warriors will be able to watch all of the 67 March Madness games live. All you have to do...
Back in 'Order'
Vincent D'Onofrio is back on the beat at "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" -- and The Post has this exclusive photo of his return for the show's upcoming 10th and...
Spoof's a 'Swan' fake
You know a movie's a bona fide phenome non when it spawns a spoof or a stage version. "Black Swan" delivers on both counts with "SWAN!!!," which the irreverent troupe...
The pope is here to answer your questions
Pope Benedict is about to answer viewer questions. The pope will appear on Italy's RAI network on April 22 -- Good Friday -- and will answer three questions on Jesus...
New series: Hitler vs. magicians
Adolph Hitler was a big fan of the occult and magic, but the dark arts might have played a role in his undoing, too. At least that's the premise of...
Starr report
Add this to the "Who Knew?" department: "Mike & Molly" star Melissa McCarthy is Jenny McCarthy's cousin. That might be sort-of common knowledge, but I certainly had no idea --...
'Spider-Man' blame Taym
The Lion Queen is being dethroned. As I reported last week, the producers of "Spider-Man: We Are Lost in the Dark" are indeed throwing Julie Taymor under a bus. The...
Cocktail queens
Lynnette Marrero is leaning against a wooden bar, wearing a silk blouse and holding a pink cocktail. But she isn’t just another gal getting her Saturday night mojo on. First...
The trouble with Trilby
When a publicist pitched me to check out The Trilby in the Cooper Square Hotel, I asked her to clarify exactly what this new joint was. Eater.com had termed it...
DOT hears NY
The city's decision to revise the 34th Street plan to reduce congestion and speed buses is an example of community dialogue in action ("Khan Game," Editorial, March 4). The Department...
The cost of bad teachers
For several weeks, Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg have played "good cop, bad cop" on the issue of "Last in, first out" reform. The mayor had warned that looming state...
Why Arabs should 'rush' to elections
The epicenter of Arab politics, located in the palaces of despots and secret-police headquarters, has shifted to the street. With daily demonstrations in every Arab state, the street has also...
11 gals in '11 'Fame' class
ROCHESTER, NY -- Singer Billie Holiday, educator Donna Shalala and civil-rights champion Coretta Scott King will be enshrined with eight others in the National Women's Hall of Fame. The 2011...
Will Cuomo say no to drilling jobs?
A new method of drilling for natural gas is one of the best opportunities for economic growth in New York, especially drilling in the Marcellus Shale in the western part...
Blaze singes Roseland
Tickets to the Dropkick Murphys at Roseland Ballroom are the hottest ducats in town. A two-alarm electrical fire broke out in the famed West 52nd Street concert hall's mezzanine last...
Holder's racial myopia: A pro-panther bias?
Attorney General Eric Holder's "my people" comment has proven that, like his boss, he is incompetent for the position he holds ("My People Reject the Race Card," Michelle Malkin, PostOpinion,...
Stay out of Libya
In September 1941, Japan's leaders had a question for Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto: Could he cripple the US fleet in Hawaii? Yes, he said. Then he had a question for the...
Bloodshed at the barber's
A long-simmering feud between two generations of Brooklyn families turned deadly yesterday when a young off-duty correction officer shot his notoriously hot-tempered neighbor in the head after the elderly man...
Blame Bam for gas $hock: GOP
WASHINGTON -- Forget the Middle East -- the White House is the real culprit behind soaring gasoline prices, Republican lawmakers declared yesterday. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) complained that President Obama's...
Age lab reborn
A research center dedicated to the field of longevity and aging is starting a new chapter in its history at Columbia University. The International Longevity Center was founded by the...
Khadafy flattens city
Moammar Khadafy's tank-led loyalists savagely pounded a key city into rubble yesterday in a massive show of force and a message to rebels across Libya. "Zawiya is being wiped off...
'08 'score' loser busted
The score was finally settled. A fugitive on the lam for more than two years after he allegedly shot a Staten Island man over the score of a basketball game...
Intruder sneaks on plane
A crafty Maryland resident managed to elude strict Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at Kennedy Airport and boarded a plane that was ready to take off -- a massive security breach...
Looking for few good men to pay
WASHINGTON -- They've sent out letters and fliers and have tweeted and pleaded, but Pentagon officials are still struggling to give away a huge cache of money to troops and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx A knife-wielding woman attacked a foe and her young daughter at a Morrisania beauty salon, authorities said. Lola Jackson, 47, went ballistic and allegedly smashed the front window of...
Bus-hit victim loses his $1.8M
A state appeals court yesterday threw out a Harlem man's $1.8 million verdict against New York City Transit after finding he was hit by a bus not because it blew...
Muslim doc hits US imams
WASHINGTON -- A prominent Muslim physician plans to tell Congress tomorrow that many imams in the Muslim-American community promote a "culture of lack of cooperation and lack of assimilation" that...
Indy Party $till frozen
A Manhattan judge declared that "something doesn't smell right" about how the state Independence Party handled $1.2 million donated by Mayor Bloomberg in 2009. The searing comment by Supreme Court...
Vid catches Lindsay sticking her neck out
Newly released surveillance video shows alleged sticky-fingered actress Lindsay Lohan rapidly trying on necklaces in an LA jewelry store before keeping one on and putting her old chain over it....
Critics hard of 'hearing'
If you believe the useful idiots, Republican Pete King is a grave threat to the sweet harmony of America. His congressional hearing tomorrow on homegrown Islamic radicals is, The New...
Baby-scald fiend guilty
A Queens man accused of scalding his girlfriend's 10-month-old baby with boiling water pleaded guilty yesterday -- saying he committed the inhumane crime because the baby wouldn't stop crying. Anthony...
Man dies after Coney swim
A man in his 30s who'd gone for a cold-water swim after boozing on the beach was found dead off Coney Island yesterday, police said. The victim was found at...
Taking bite out of terror
In a show of clean (and flossed) government in action, the House passed a measure to let dentists act as first-responders in emergencies, both terror attacks and natural disasters. And...
ING Direct on the block
Dutch financial institution ING Group has kicked off the auction of its online banking unit ING Direct USA -- in a sale that could fetch as much as $10 billion,...
Schoolgirl confidential
Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein received hundreds of phone calls -- some of them from young schoolgirls -- to arrange massages for him at his Florida mansion, a sickening new...
Cry for Gitmo goon's trial
WASHINGTON -- The new White House executive order on detainees at Guantanamo Bay has baffled critics, who say the administration needs to issue a clear decision on where it will...
Facebook cinema
Add Facebook to a conga line of companies looking to deliver movies and TV shows online. The social-networking king entered the fray when Warner Bros. made its blockbuster "The Dark...
Appeals may delay Madoff dough
The Mets owners may wind up stealing Christmas from hundreds of Bernard Madoff's victims. The bankruptcy trustee in charge of compensating the mega-fraudster's burned investors said yesterday that he's preparing...
Andy & bishops talk after rift
ALBANY -- Better take it up with The Almighty. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan ducked -- as a private matter -- questions about whether priests should give Communion to living-in-"sin"...
Suit rips NYC bike-safety 'spin'
A scathing lawsuit filed against the city this week turns the Department of Transportation's own data against the Bloomberg administration's push for a bicycle lane along Brooklyn's Prospect Park West...
Business briefs
Oil falls US crude futures for April delivery fell 42 cents to settle at $105.02 a barrel yester day after Kuwait said that OPEC is discussing an output increase.CitiFinancial Citigroup...
BofA splits off its worst mortgages
Bank of America is ripping a page out of Citigroup's playbook in an attempt to salvage its own mortgage fiasco. The nation's largest bank will separate some 6.7 million souring...
Ed. guy is bad habit
Far out, man! A Queens middle-school drug-prevention counselor, fired after getting caught up in a federal Quaalude sting, has been harassing Department of Education higher-ups to get his job back,...
Hands off ed: prez
BOSTON -- President Obama insisted yesterday that education should be shielded from his budget-cutting battle. "We need to come up with a budget that forces government to live within its...
City GOP pols' $lasher move
City Council Republicans have a new idea on how to rein in public spending: Trim their own taxpayer-subsidized campaign budgets. The five-member GOP delegation plans to introduce a bill this...
Looking high and Lowe for new star
Charlie Sheen's pal Rob Lowe tops a short list of actors with whom producers want to replace the tailspinning actor on "Two and a Half Men," sources said. Sheen was...
Urban Outfitters' shares collapse on weak profit
Urban Outfitters' clothing will be out of style for at least a season or two -- and so will the company's shares. The retailer's stock plunged nearly 17 percent yesterday...
Party gal in luxury apt. fall
A beer-swilling shindig turned tragic early yesterday when a young woman mysteriously plunged to her death from a 26th-floor condo in a luxurious TriBeCa high-rise, cops said. Hana Lin, 26,...
The Speaker's duty
Here they go again: City Council members are pushing once more for an above-market-wage law in the city -- and Speaker Chris Quinn is looking for a time to hold...
Unswift & uncertain
Will President Obama's executive order truly revive military tribunals for terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay -- specifically Khalid Sheik Mohammad? Or is this another White House punt on what he...
Guzman is Martha Stewart Living's new cookie
The new editor of Martha Stewart Living is Pilar Guzman, the ex-editor of Cookie who was tapped yesterday to succeed Vanessa Holden, who decamped for Williams & Sonoma. Rumblings are...
Finance bigs cap values
The Finance Department is capping at 50 percent the market value increases it imposed on more than 2,000 co-ops, condos and apartment buildings following a taxpayer revolt in Queens, The...
I was American Apparel exec's slave
American Apparel founder Dov Charney forced a teen worker in Chelsea to become his sex slave -- and celebrated her 18th birthday by sodomizing her, an explosive new lawsuit charges....
Judge: A&P no bonuses
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., the bankrupt operator of supermarkets under names including Waldbaum's, Food Emporium and Pathmark, must negotiate with unions and creditors before it can pay $1.3...
Raj case a litmus test in war on insider trading
After months of legal wrangling, the courtroom fireworks could finally fly in the high-profile case against Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund boss accused of earning $45 million on illegal...
Suspect's Qns. 'jihad' car crash
A Queens man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack in New York's subways launched a last-ditch effort to kill someone by deliberately crashing his car into another vehicle, an...
Lease saves 250 W. 55th
It looks like Boston Properties has finally roped another anchor tenant for 250 W. 55th St. Sources tell us that the law firm Morrison Foerster has signed a letter of...
Fogy Fidel a 'Twit' hit
Give the man a cigar. Geezer Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has reached a hip milestone -- he's now got more than 100,000 followers on Twitter. The 84-year-old, stogie-chomping revolutionary signed...
Icahn't hedge now
Carl Icahn, who once earned a reputation as a ruthless corporate raider, appears to have lost his nerve. The 75-year-old shareholder agitator announced yesterday he was shutting off outside investors...
Economy downright dole-ful
Government handouts now make up a record 35 percent of Americans' income, an "unsustainable" figure that could lead to economic Armageddon, a top economist said yesterday. "More people are collecting...
Ex-NPR big gets Tea'd off in activist's sting
Now who's intolerant? A former top fund-raiser for politically correct NPR, which fired commentator Juan Williams for comments about Muslims, blasted the Tea Party as "seriously racist" during a sting...
Hot for teacher
A bespectacled Midwestern high school science teacher and mom of four has resigned from her job -- after it surfaced that she was once a porn star. Tera Myers --...
St. Pat's to stop short
It looks like all the "totally inebriated" people watching the St. Patrick's Day Parade from the windows of the American Irish Historical Society will have to really crane their necks...
Pak slay raps loom for Yank
LAHORE, Pakistan -- A Pakistani court is likely to indict a CIA contractor next week on a charge of murdering two men, lawyers said yesterday, despite US insistence he has...
Apt. blaze kills five of 36 cats
An elderly woman knocked over a candle and set her Bronx apartment afire yesterday, killing five cats, but at least another 31 survived, officials said. The woman wasn't seriously injured....
Tiki tackling NFL comeback
Tiki Barber yesterday took a giant step toward returning to the football field after four long years in retirement -- but the former star running back won't be playing for...
Bid to ban car cigs
Nassau County wants to give smoking motorists a kick in the ash -- introducing a bill that would slap them with a $1,000 fine if they light up with kids...
'Messiah' Charlie
Charlie Sheen tore across the Internet last night in what he claimed would be his fourth and final Webcast of "Sheen's Korner." The crazed actor, describing himself as the "Messiah...
JFK cocaine-smuggle bust
A Long Island man was nabbed trying to sneak seven pounds of cocaine worth $160,000 through Kennedy Airport in a secret compartment in his luggage, authorities said. Paul Calderon, 44,...
City sorry over snub of transgender nups
City administrators were forced to clarify New York's marriage-license policy after a transgender couple was turned away by workers who unfairly singled them out by demanding extra identification, officials said...
Islanders defeat Maple Leafs
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The Post Line
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Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70y; $24,000; cl($14,000); 4up; (f&m)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Fivefifteen(L),117J Pezua6-5-7Chattrpl 8-12Royal Vessel(L),117CVelasquez7-1-5Englehrt 4-13Thunder Reigns(L),110JRodriguez7-1-1Grsmrk 20-14E Z Passer(L),117RDominguez4-5-2Englehrt 5-25Full N Sassy(L),117M Luzzi1-10-12RDutrow 7-56Mesa...
Fair Grounds Charts
Mar. 8, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m&70y; $21,000; opt clm; 4upOff: 12:41. Good. dueld final 1/8,gamelyTime: 23.97, 47.20, 1:12.34, 1:38.84, 1:43.00.Trainer: Victor ArceneauxWinner: DK...
Affrunti's Tampa Bay Grade
Post Time: 12:25 pm.FIRST-1 1/16m; $9,000; mdn cl($8,000); 3YO5-BestApproval 1201-K'sClasscSmle 1202-WirelessMacho 1206-AllAboutJohn 1208-L.G.'sFlash 1203-CovertMission 1207-SpeaktheWord 1204-Bandini Split 120SECOND-6 1/2f; $9,000; mdn cl($8,000); 4up1-Artie Liam 1227-RoyalCrimson 1226-Sunofamacho 1222-Jolly Image 12211-St.Pat'sCat 1228-Indian...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-1m&70y; $24,000; clm; 3YO7Thanks to Ron (Pngton) 4.802.802.802Younvrdoknw (Arroyo)4.803.604Cobra's Spots (Flores)5.00 Off 12:25. Time 1:44.38. Fast. Scr: Fiddlers Amigo, Turn to the U S A. * Exacta (7-2) $21.00 *...
Posada prepares to play first base for Yankees
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Add playing first base to Jorge Posada's spring training to-do list. Turned into a full-time designated hitter this past offseason by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, the...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $20,000; cl($10,000); 3YOTACKLE faces claimers for the first time while returning to sprint after tiring badly in route debut. CAPTAIN FERTOLI stalked the pace and finished second...
Yankees' rotation options: 1 run, 20 innings
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- You can do anything you want with statistics, get them to produce the oddest conclusions. When it comes to spring training numbers for the candidates to be...
Analysis
Post time: 12:50 pm. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6f; $22,600; str alw; 4up;(f&m) LADY OF GREATNESS won going longer at Tampa Bay in return to dirt. DUBAI'S...
Woods, Mickelson paired at Doral
The rankings might not reflect them as the world's top two players, but golf fans will get their dream pairing when the WGC-Cadillac Championship begins tomorrow at the Doral Resort...
Knicks' stats add up since trade
In the eight games the Knicks have played since acquiring Carmelo Anthony on Feb. 22, both their overall scoring and their overall defense have improved. The Knicks played 54 games...
Billups to miss another Knicks game
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni expects Ronny Turiaf and Bill Walker to return to the rotation tonight in Memphis, but the coach said Chauncey Billups isn't as ready. "I think maybe...
Rangers face Ducks to open west coast trip
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If Henrik Lundqvist endured a learning curve through the guts of the season in which he watched from the Rangers bench far more often than usual, there's...
Ohio St. punishes Tressel
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State suspended football coach Jim Tressel for two games and fined him $250,000 yesterday for violating NCAA rules by failing to notify the school about information...
Nets will play next two without Williams
The Nets will be shorthanded tonight against the Warriors when they go for their first three-game winning streak of the season. Well, that's not that bad. One of the guys...
Heat skid hits 5
MIAMI -- The Heat dropped their fifth straight game, losing to the Trail Blazers, 105-96, last night as LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 26 points. Dwyane Wade scored 38 points...
Sports shorts
MLB: Greinke injured Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke is likely to begin the season on the disabled list because of a fractured right rib he injured while playing pickup basketball in...
Devils' playoff hopes take big hit with loss to Senators
This wasn't merely deflating. It was only a one-goal loss, but the Devils' Preposterous Dream suffered a blowout last night. One point should have been locked in, guaranteed, with three...
NFL talks thrown for loss
After several days of optimism, the NFL's labor showdown took a dispiriting turn last night in Washington. It wasn't enough to stop the talks completely, but the owners' unwillingness to...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball 1 p.m. Astros at Mets SNY 3 p.m. Mariners at Dodgers MLBN 7 p.m. Orioles at Red Sox MLBN Basketball Noon Big East Tournament, second round: Georgetown vs. UConn...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 9THUMar. 10FRIMar. 11SATMar. 12SUNMar. 13MONMar. 14TUEMar. 15KnicksMemphis8:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio- ESPN 1050 AMDal.9:30TNTESPNNOGAMENOGAMEInd.6:00MSGESPNNOGAMEInd.7:00MSGESPNNetsGolden State7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio- WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEL.A.C.7:00YESWBBRNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersAnaheim10:30TV -- MSG Plus NetworkRadio - WNYM 970 AMNOGAMENOGAMES.J.10:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEN.Y.I.7:00MSG+WNYMIslandersNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00MSG+WRHUDevs7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG2WRHUDevilsNOGAMENOGAMEAtl.7:30MSGWFANN.Y.I.7:00MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+2WFAN
Meet the shopping bulimics
Every week, Michelle Madhok settles down in her bedroom, whips out her credit card — and gets her shop on. “You’re laying in bed with your iPad and you’re shopping,...
Weird but true
Call this case David vs. Goliath. When Timothy McCollough of Laurel, Mont., was hit with a $3,800 suit from a law firm representing a debt-collection agency, he refused to roll...
Princeton wins, forces Ivy playoff with Harvard
Princeton and Harvard are set for their toughest test yet: A one-game playoff for the Ivy League championship that sends the winner to the NCAA tournament. The Tigers forced a...
Marquette wins laugher over Providence
Any doubts as to whether Marquette would be in the NCAA tournament field next week were surely erased with a dominating performance last night, as the Golden Eagles opened the...
Take UConn
After a midseason swoon, Connecticut's Kemba Walker is beginning to look like the player he was at the beginning of the season. Averaging more than 27 points in his past...
Notre Dame's Hansbrough tops St. John's Hardy for Player of Year
For the better part of the last decade Notre Dame has been known as a potent offensive team that possessed the toughness of fresh cotton candy. That is no longer...
Walker, UConn roll in Big East opener
It took him three years, but Kemba Walker finally got his first Big East tournament victory. The junior guard and Bronx native scored a game-high 26 points, including 19 in...
LIU goes for NEC title tonight
Jamal Olasewere couldn't contain himself. With seconds left and victory assured in Long Island's Northeast Conference tournament semifinal game against Central Connecticut State on Sunday, the forward let out an...
PSAL Class AA boys basketball semifinals preview
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Comeau's OT goal gives Islanders win over Leafs
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South Florida stuns Villanova in Big East tourney
NEW YORK — Anthony Crater scored on a driving layup with 5.1 seconds remaining, and a last-ditch shot by Maalik Wayns at the buzzer clanked off the rim, allowing South...
Raj juror dismissed after expressing anger over unpaid loan to Percy Sutton
The late Percy Sutton freed juror No. 10, Wayne Gillman, from having to sit through a two-month insider-trading trial against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam. Gillman told Manhattan federal judge...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 17: Erik Goeddel
Vitals: 22 years old (turns 23 on Dec. 20); 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; drafted in the 24th round of the 2010 draft by the Mets...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 17: Graham Stoneburner
Vitals: 23 years old (turns 24 September 29); 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; drafted by the Yankees in the 14th round of the 2009 draft out...
Activist shoots video of 'UFO' hovering over Williamsburg (Watch inside)
Like Agent Fox Mulder on “The X-Files,” Brooklyn’s Phil DePaolo hopes “the truth is out there.” The longtime Williamsburg activist – and self-proclaimed "regular guy" -- said he wants “answers”...
Anguished parents of tragic swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay cry as cops unseal her apartment
Perfumes sit on a mirror-plated dresser. The dry cleaning hangs from a doorknob, and a wall calendar is crammed with notes for birthdays, art openings and trips, never taken, to...
Original Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr dead at 44
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Chop stop! Flyboys are being hit with fines for hell-icopter noise
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Teacher loses job a second time after Missouri student finds her pornographic past online
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Union wants more financial information from NFL
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St. John's' Hardy loses Player of Year to Notre Dame's Hansbrough
Notre Dame guard Ben Hansbrough has been selected the Big East player of the year and Fighting Irish coach Mike Brey was chosen as the league’s coach of the year....
Former teammate Pierce doubts Barber can help
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