April 21, 2011
Knicks' Billups not sure he can play in Game 3
Chauncey Billups’ left knee was improving but still sore, and the Knicks point guard said he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to suit up for Game 3 against the...
Yankees Silva, Millwood, Hughes to throw; Cervelli starts rehab
TAMPA, Fla. -- Yankees pitcher Carlos Silva is scheduled to throw batting practice for the first time since signing this month. Silva threw 45 pitches Thursday in his third bullpen...
Family of slain B'klyn woman speaks
The slain daughter of a high-ranking Brooklyn DA’s office staffer was remembered today by her family as "loving mother, sister, aunt and daughter," who was "friendly to every person." "She...
Mets welcome Bay back with 9-1 win over Astros
David Wright ended his career-worst hitless drought with a homer and a two-run double, Chris Capuano pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Mets welcomed Jason Bay back to...
George Mason coach leaving for Miami: source
George Mason coach Jim Larranaga is meeting with his players Thursday night, a strong sign he is leaving to take the head coaching job at Miami, a source told The...
Nets' Humphries fifth for Most Improved Player
Kris Humphries, who averaged a double-double of 10.0 points and 10.4 rebounds in a breakout season, finished fifth in the voting for the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award.Minnesota’s Kevin Love...
Jets GM says lockout doesn't change draft plans
The NFL lockout and a lack of free agency have handcuffed Mike Tannenbaum so far this offseason. No trades. No signings. No big splashes. Still, the Jets general manager is...
Former Mets pitcher Glavine has interest in buying NHL team
ATLANTA -- Former Mets pitcher Tom Glavine says he would like to be part of an ownership group that keeps the NHL Thrashers in Atlanta. Glavine, who played most of...
SI man busted for allegedly running $12M Ponzi scheme
He was living large on the backs of old folks by running an old-fashioned con, according to the feds. Joseph Mazella, 52, of Staten Island was arrested this morning and...
The Sound of Philadelphia hits Broadway
Contrary to what you may expect from a musical adaptation of the 1992 movie "Sister Act" (and to what some reviews said), the score of the ridiculously fun show that just opened on...
Box Office: 'Thor' gets hammered on Aussie opening day
We don't generally pay much attention to foreign box office reports, but it's hard to ignore when the first big event movie of the summer season gets clobbered by the...
American Apparel gets up to $43M in rescue financing, avoiding bankruptcy
American Apparel has secured rescue financing that will inject as much as $43 million into the cash-strapped clothing chain in the coming months, helping it avert the threat of Chapter...
Producers of 'Spider-Man' musical open up
The long-suffering lead producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" said they had no choice but to shake up the creative team after realizing sometime around Christmas that Broadway's most...
Gowanus museum gunk-ho
The toxic sediment of Brooklyn's notorious Gowanus Canal has been called lots of things, but never a museum piece -- until now. The federal Environmental Protection Agency -- which is...
Hot-shot pizzeria owner arraigned on attempted murder charge
Hot-shot pizzeria owner Mark Iacono was arraigned today on attempted murder charges and released without bail pending a grand jury indictment. The street thug involved in the bloody knife battle...
VIDEO: Bart Hubbuch previews Giants in Draft
New York Post NFL writer Bart Hubbuch analyzes what the Giants will do during next week's NFL Draft, which begins Thursday at Radio City Music Hall.The Giants likely will look...
NFL Draft profile: QB Jake Locker
We have all heard about Cam Newton’s leadership ability, Blaine Gabbert’s accuracy and Ryan Mallet’s rocket arm, but one QB continues to be overlooked the 2011 NFL Draft approaches: Washington’s...
VIDEO: Bart Hubbuch previews Jets in Draft
New York Post NFL writer Bart Hubbuch analyzes what the Jets will do during next week's NFL Draft, which begins Thursday at Radio City Music Hall.The Jets likely will look...
Obama approves use of armed drones in Libya, Gates says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has approved the use of unmanned armed predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. "What the President has said that where we have...
Baseball to increase playoff teams for 2012
With both sides expressing support for adding two playoff teams in 2012, negotiators for baseball players and owners are considering having the new wild-card round be best-of-3 or winner-take-all. Because...
Controversial DUMBO rental tower and middle school in line to break ground next summer and be complete by 2014
A DUMBO developer finally expects to break ground next summer on a controversial rental tower in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood – along with a much-needed middle school it promised in...
Carmelo never led Nuggets back from 0-2 hole
Carmelo Anthony called Friday’s Game 3 a "must-win" for the Knicks, who are in an 0-2 hole against the Celtics. The former Nuggets star knows of what he speaks. Three...
BACK PAGE: Colon proving Cashman's value to Yankees
Brian Cashman made a major miscalculation this offseason, but it’s one that could end up proving his success is about more than just dollar signs. The Yankees were convinced Cliff...
Princeton introduces Henderson as new basketball coach
Princeton introduced Mitch Henderson as its coach Thursday, handing the reins of its basketball program to a former Tigers point guard who played in three NCAA tournaments under Pete Carril...
New photos reveal slimmed-down Snooki
Snookin’ good! “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is taking her GTL to the next level, and looks significantly slimmer in recent pictures posted online. The 4-foot-9 guidette, who is...
Shaq travels with Celtics; may play Game 4 vs. Knicks
Still no Shaquille O’Neal for Game 3, but the Celtics may have their big man back for Game 4 of their series against the Knicks. O’Neal traveled with the team...
Car crashes through storefront window in Bronx; 1 dead, 6 injured
A woman was killed today after a livery cab jumped a curb in the Bronx – slamming into the victim before smashing through a storefront window, according to authorities and...
Amazon service error takes down websites
NEW YORK -- Amazon.com's hosted cloud service experienced errors Thursday, taking down several websites with it and highlighting the risks that come with relying on public cloud offerings. Amazon said...
Bay batting fifth in return to Mets lineup
Jason Bay makes his long-awaited return to Citi Field on Thursday night in the series finale against the Astros, as the Mets try to salvage one game against lowly Houston....
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for prayers for royal couple
LONDON -- The Archbishop of Canterbury Thursday called on the public to give their support to Prince William and Kate Middleton on their wedding day next week. Dr. Rowan Williams...
Giants GM expecting Sintim to fill hole at linebacker
It certainly seems as if the Giants need to upgrade at linebacker heading into next season, and with the NFL Draft arriving next Thursday it will give general manager Jerry...
Hundreds attend funeral for Hudson River mom who killed 3 kids
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — Flowers flanked a white casket containing the body of a young mother Thursday along with three balloons — one for each of the children who died...
Walcott wins chancellor waiver
New city Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott visited his alma mater, Francis Lewis HS, last Thursday, where he touted the school for balancing its large class size with special programs that...
City's homeless rate soars
A new report has indicated that the city’s homeless population, which has been growing in southeast Queens, has reached an all-time high due to several policy actions by the mayor...
New mixed-use Flushing complex to include hotel
A major new mixed-use development broke ground last week in downtown Flushing.One Fulton Square, a complex of two 12-story towers, is being built as-of-right at the intersection of Prince Street...
Ackerman gets visa for mom to see killer sentenced
The mother of a young woman sexually assaulted and brutally killed in a downtown Flushing alleyway in May will get to see her murderer sentenced next week.U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman...
Miss America visits Hollis to promote healthy habits
Filipino American Human Services Inc., at 185-14 Hillside Ave., where the organization’s youth group demonstrated traditional Filipino dances and showcased the country’s history. The dances were part of an initiative...
Schneiderman may sue feds over hydrofracking
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is threatening to sue the federal government if it does not decide within 30 days to conduct an environmental review of proposed regulations that would...
Hevesi gets jail time for kickbacks
He used to be state comptroller, but now Forest Hills resident Alan Hevesi is known as Inmate 11-R-1334.Hevesi was sent to a jail Friday in upstate Ulster County after being...
CB 12 chairwoman loses her post
Community Board 12’s former chairwoman said she was shocked that she was removed from the board unexpectedly but will not let her firing diminish her drive to improve the quality...
No bail for grandson in Jamaica kin's slay
A Jamaica man has been ordered held in prison without bail for allegedly suffocating his grandmother to death in her home last week, the Queens district attorney said.Christopher Jackson, 26,...
Flushing library fetes Fair Housing Act's 43 years
City Human Rights Commissioner Patricia Gatling commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act Monday afternoon at the Flushing branch of the Queens Library.The legislation was signed into...
Flushing sign debate rages on
contentious debate over what to do about downtown Flushing businesses that do not have signs in English flared up again last week.An advisory board formed last year by state Assemblywoman...
Soccer club seeks more play time at College Pt. Fields
The founder of a new youth soccer league based in northeast Queens said Monday its 243 players are being shortchanged by the city Parks Department.About half of Football Club New...
Janitor guilty of fatally shooting his Rosedale boss: Bronx DA
Paulino Valensuela, 47, faces up to 65 years to life in prison after his convictions on several criminal charges, including second-degree murder of Audley Bent, attempted murder and criminal possession...
Bayside angler talks fishing
. And he has dozens of photographs to prove it.“Most people don’t realize how big the fish get in this lake,” he said Friday, while leaning over the railing that...
Asian-American panel views domestic violence
Americans was front and center at a panel discussion last week in Flushing.The April 14 conference, called “Out of the Darkness: Confronting Domestic Violence in Our Community,” brought together representatives...
NTSB to investigate JFK bump incident
jet at John F. Kennedy International Airport last week.No one was hurt when the left wing of an Airbus A380 struck the left horizontal stabilizer of a Bombardier CRJ-700 while...
3UP: Hughes, April Mets, Jeter
1. I talked to a person with strong ties to the Yankees who threw out a theory I had not yet heard on what happened to Phil Hughes’ velocity: He...
Obama interrupted at fundraiser by supporters of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning
SAN FRANCISCO -- President Barack Obama was interrupted by protesters demonstrating against the detention of Bradley Manning -- the US Army private accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks --...
Underwater robots join search for Japan tsunami victims
TOKYO -- Two underwater robots operated by a joint US-Japanese team have searched a bay in northeast Japan for bodies of victims swept away by a tsunami nearly six weeks...
Knicks coach 'optimistic' Stoudemire will play in Game 3
Amar’e Stoudemire stayed home from Knicks practice, but coach Mike D’Antoni is optimistic the power forward will play in Friday night’s Game 3 against the Celtics. “I think I'm optimistic,”...
Thoroughbred owner-breeder Jess Jackson dead at 81
Jess Jackson, the founder of the Kendall-Jackson winery who won three straight Horse of the Year titles with Curlin (2007, 2008) and Rachel Alexandra (2009), died Thursday of cancer at...
Kate Middleton makes pre-wedding visit to Diana's grave
NORTHAMPTON, England -- Prince William and Kate Middleton made an emotional visit to Princess Diana's grave just days before they are due to be married, the Daily Mirror reported Thursday....
78-year-old woman mugged on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx (video)
A coldhearted thug was caught on surveillance video violently knocking a grandmother to the ground and snatching her purse in the Bronx, cops said. The 78-year-old woman was walking with...
Revival Circuit: The Great Man
I recently met Dr. Harriet A. Fields, a health-care advocate whose celebrated grandfather W.C. Fields is the subject of a 28-film retrospective opening Friday at Film Forum -- as well as taking a...
Florida teens allegedly lured friend to his death
SUMMERFIELD, Fla. — When Seath Tyler Jackson received a text message Sunday afternoon from a 15-year-old ex-girlfriend saying she wanted to rekindle their romance and that they should meet at...
Darkness rules in 'Darkness II' screenshots
2K Game's Web site for "The Darkness II" is about as sparse as can be on details about the FPS horror game due in the fall, but one thing they...
Long Island police charge man in 1995 killing of woman
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A New York man is facing murder charges in a 1995 robbery and killing. Police say they were able to match the suspect to a DNA sample...
Mayor Bloomberg announces heating oil phase-out as part of NYC clean-air plan
Mayor Bloomberg says New York City is moving to phase out the use of polluting heavy oils to heat buildings. Bloomberg announced the initiative Thursday as part of the first...
Capitals' Knuble not looking good for Game 5 vs. Rangers
ARLINGTON, Va. – Capitals right wing Mike Knuble skated on his own here for some 35 minutes this morning, but only lightly held his stick in his injured right hand...
Scottish police warn of more bombs amid sectarian Old Firm attacks
GLASGOW -- Scottish police investigating a series of parcel bombs sent to people associated with the historically-Roman Catholic soccer club Celtic were frantically searching Thursday for two more devices thought...
Mom and daughter killed inside Brooklyn home laid to rest
A beautiful blond nurse and her mom were discovered brutally stabbed to death in a blood-spattered Brooklyn apartment were remembered this morning as "amazing human beings" who "loved life." The...
Real Madrid's cup celebrations fall flat after trophy mishap
MADRID -- Celebrating Real Madrid players were left feeling flat Thursday after one of their players dropped the trophy they had just won under the wheels of a double-decker bus...
Robber holds gun to eight-year-old's head during New York jewelry store raid
Police were hunting a gunman Thursday who held a gun to the head of an eight-year-old child during a New York jewelry store robbery. Nassau County Police said three armed...
Libya rebels claim control of Tunisian border post
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan rebels said Thursday they had control of a post on the Tunisian border, forcing government soldiers to flee over the frontier and possibly opening a new...
GE's first-quarter profit jumps 77 percent, dividend raised
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric on Thursday reported a 77 percent increase in first-quarter earnings, lifted by marked improvement at its GE Capital financing arm and gains at most of...
JetBlue Airways swings to 1Q profit, revenue up 16%
JetBlue Airways said Thursday that it swung to a first-quarter profit of $3 million, or a penny a share, from a year-ago loss of $1 million, or less than a...
Morgan Stanley's 1Q profit falls 45%, beats consensus
Morgan Stanley said Thursday that its first-quarter profit fell to $968 million, or 50 cents a share, compared to profit of $1.78 billion, or 99 cents a share, in the...
Tribeca: What about Bob?
The Tribeca Film Festival opens today, but the partying began Tuesday night, when booze flowed freely at a directors party at the Bowery Hotel, in a space that some partygoers...
CHAT REWIND: Marc Berman on Knicks-Celtics
The Post's Marc Berman answered your questions on the Knicks' first-round NBA Playoffs series against the Celtics.The Knicks trail the best-of-7 series 2-0 heading into Friday's Game 3 at Madison...
Rocker's daughter Theodora Richards gets no-jail deal in SoHo convent graffiti case
The scrawling stoner has gathered herself a no-jail deal -- but she may have to pick up some trash at a local park. Rock legend Keith Richards' model daughter was...
Woman's leg crushed after falling between platform and train at Grand Central station
A woman's leg was crushed after falling between the platform and the train at Grand Central station, officials said. The accident occurred on the southbound express platform of the 4...
Suspect burglarized 17 businesses: NYPD
New York City police are looking for a suspect who has broken into 17 commercial establishments over a 6-week period. Police say that in most cases, the burglar cuts through...
Bomb, propane tanks found at Colorado mall
LITTLETON, Colo. — Investigators want to question a person of interest about a pipe bomb and propane tanks found after a fire at a Littleton mall, a discovery that raised...
NY Auto Show: complete coverage
Get all the details on the annual auto show that highlights the future of cars and trucks from manufacturers around the world.
The problem with tenure: Swearing professors
Naomi Schaefer Riley has a much more in-depth study of the problem but one extremely rude email from an Iowa proffesor can serve as a vivid example of the problem...
Threatening Israel isn't going to bring peace
Desperation looks really bad on Martin Indyk. The former US ambassador to Israel has fallen quite a ways from his days as a big player in Middle East affairs. Today,...
Red Hook chop stop! City bans helicopters over neighborhood
The city has banned tourist helicopters over Red Hook, amending a controversial flight plan that diverted choppers to the forsaken neighborhood to appease residents in tonier Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO.Choppers...
Syria's Assad issues decree abolishing emergency rule
DAMASCUS, Syria -- The embattled Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, issued a decree Thursday abolishing the country's emergency law, which has been in place for five decades, the official SANA...
Mubarak's name to be removed from Egyptian public places
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court ordered Thursday that the name and picture of the ailing former president Hosni Mubarak be erased from all public places including parks and schools in...
Lindsay Lohan's theft hearing to go ahead after Good Friday excuse thrown out
LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan will face court on theft charges Friday after the troubled actress failed in her bid to postpone the hearing due to the fact it was...
Celtics coach has bad memories of MSG
WALTHAM, Mass. — Doc Rivers holds Madison Square Garden dear to his heart. The Celtics’ coach played there as a Knick, but his memories of the arena are not necessarily...
Lakers even series with Hornets; Spurs defeat Grizzlies
Andrew Bynum had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Lamar Odom scored 16 points, and the Lakers survived poor games from their two biggest stars to even their first-round playoff series...
Dymin in the rough: Lehman senior far from typical ace
He was cut from the Lehman JV team as a freshman and his fastball struggles to break the speed limit. He won't pump his fist no matter the occasion. Meet...
Softball roundup: Mary Louis outlasts CK
Jen Falcone was 4-for-4 with two walks, two doubles and four RBIs for Mary Louis in a 12-11 nine-inning win over Christ the King in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division I softball...
Wounded Knicks return home upbeat
Amar’e Stoudemire plans to suit up in tomorrow’s must-win Game 3 at the Garden. Chauncey Billups may give it a try, too. But neither will be close to 100 percent....
Injuries leave Knicks with rotation questions
It's unknown if either Amar'e Stoudemire or Chauncey Billups will return for Game 3 between the Knicks and Celtics tomorrow, which means the Knicks could face rotation issues. In their...
Knicks-Celtics series isn’t over yet
If Amar'e Stoudemire can play through the pain of a strained back -- an "if" that won't be known until he takes the Garden floor tomorrow night and tries to...
Raimondi's observations from Mudville
It’s good to be home after four days in upstate New York. And there’s no better time to look back on my stay in Herkimer than after a nearly five-hour...
Game 3 tickets for Knicks-Celtics getting high prices
The Knicks will play host to their first playoff game since 2004 when they lost Game 3 and Stephon Marbury's crew got swept, 3-0, by the Nets in the best-of-5...
Van Gundy recalls Knicks last playoff win at Garden
It’s hard to imagine that anyone remembers the last Knicks playoff win in the Garden more vividly than Jeff Van Gundy. The former Knicks coach still can describe the 2001...
Comeback earns Lehman revenge, spot in Monroe semis
Adam Droz described the rematch against Tottenville as just another game. Jhosse Estrella didn’t get the memo – the Lehman shortstop couldn’t sleep Tuesday night he was so excited. Andy...
Aqueduct charts
FIRST - 1m(T); $43,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up Off: 1:00. Good. bid 5/16pl, drew clear. Trainer: Claude McGaughey III Time: 24.77, 50.49, 1:16.05, 1:40.47. Winner: B C, 4, by Unbridled's...
Farrell surprise starter Meehan stymies Xavier
Connor Meehan wasn’t expecting to start Wednesday afternoon, not after blowing a three-run lead in a non-conference game against McKee/Staten Island Tech in his last appearance. But Monsignor Farrell coach...
CHSAA/Private baseball roundup: St. Francis Prep crushes Molloy
Archbishop Molloy’s undefeated reign atop the Brooklyn/Queens division lasted less than 24 hours as rival St. Francis Prep scored seven unanswered runs to pound the Stanners, 7-2, at Cunningham Park...
A DiLeo dilemma: Knights ace leaves with sore arm after one
Nick DiLeo said he felt fine during the day and he felt good during long toss. But when the junior left-hander went to the bullpen before Wednesday’s CHSAA Class AA...
Crying out Loud
In 1973, the first -- and probably only real -- reality show premiered on public television. The series was called "An American Family," and in its 12 episode-run it captured...
Can't arouse lifeless body
First witches, now ghosts. But while Broadway's "Wicked" proved golden for Stephen Schwartz, his "Séance on a Wet Afternoon" came up lifeless and damp Tuesday night at its City Opera...
Big Audio oldies but not goodies
Having just wowed California fans last week at the Coachella music festival, Mick Jones' post-Clash outfit, Big Audio Dynamite, hit the Roseland Ballroom Tuesday for a reunion that many anticipated...
There's an app for that
We used to want our MTV, but to the latest generation, the idea of having to sit in one place in front of a box is laughable. These days, music...
Auto show fever
More new production vehicles and concepts than ever before will be unveiled at the 2011 New York International Auto Show, which begins Friday. You can check out the next car...
BMW gets visionary
A glance at the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive concept reveals a sleek rounded Batmobile, but you can bet it won’t need a huge red portable Batphone to reach Alfred or Commissioner...
The bride's ride
It’s just over a week until the wedding of Britain’s Prince William to Kate Middleton. Kate may be wearing the late Princess Di’s sapphire engagement ring, but on all counts...
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
The very first precept of good driving is keeping your eyes fixed on the road. Yet there has been an explosion in so-called smartphones — the ones we Americans so...
Get smart
One strong contender for greenest car ever will be showcased at the New York International Auto Show — the tiny but cool Smart Fourtwo Electric Drive. This zero-emission vehicle is...
Ideas in motion
Computers may be used at almost every stage in the design and production of a new car, but most cars start with a good old piece of paper and pens....
Information highway
In days gone by, a radio used to be on a car’s options list. Now we expect better sound quality than most people have in their homes. We expect traffic...
Plugging into the future
BMW of Manhattan is creating two new sustainable dealerships. A new stand-alone Mini of Manhattan showroom will open at the end of this year beside the pre-owned car facility on...
Power & glory
There’ll be more muscles flexing at the New York International Auto Show than at a Vin Diesel lookalike contest. It’s a chance to compare cars that make the hair stand...
Reuse, recycle
Ford has saved some 4.1 million pounds of old domestic carpeting from landfill — the equivalent of 154 football fields — by using a recycled material called EcoLon for its...
Revving up
Buoyed by the recovering job market and easier credit, Americans are buying cars again. So far this year, consumers are snapping up new cars and trucks at a pace that...
Road test: Nissan Leaf
From: $32,780 Features: 107 horsepower and 207 lb-ft of torque, six air bags, four-wheel Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) and Traction Control System (TCS). Mileage: Up to...
The royal treatment
* The Queen has not taken a driving test. As Princess Elizabeth, she took a course while serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Services (ATS) toward the end of World War...
Sum of its parts
Building on the success of last year’s Mopar Dodge Challenger, Chrysler Group LLC’s Mopar Division will launch a limited-edition Dodge Charger (pictured) outfitted with select high-performance parts and appearance items...
Taking charge
This week’s Javits Center hoopla wraps an auto-show season in which electric cars have made more headlines than ever. Arguments about range anxiety, increased demand for electricity, the environmental impact...
Cavett on ‘Family’
"Certainly no other American family has been through this,” said Dick Cavett when he had the entire Loud family on his talk show in 1971, after the run of “An...
Drama mama
Everybody seems to be heading out of town for the long holiday weekend, so here’s a few out-of-town shows in case the only trip you can afford is a TV-cation:...
In your price ranger?
The Range Rover Ultimate has a hefty $170,000 sticker, but only 500 are set to be made this summer — and just 50 will be on sale in the US,...
Jaguar XJ supercharged
From: $90,000 Features: 470 horsepower and 424 lb-ft of torque, front, rear and dual side air bags, six-speed shiftable automatic, four wheel ABS. Mileage: 15 mpg city/21 mpg highway The...
Sisters have 'Act' together
Big, glitzy numbers are the toast of Broadway musicals. The only thing better? Big, glitzy numbers . . . with nuns! “Sister Act” has plenty of both — and it’s...
This play feels a bit ‘Picked’ over
The nominal lead in the misguided new drama “Picked” is a 20-something actor, Kevin (Michael Stahl-David), who gets chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood machine. But the only...
War photographers killed in Libya
Two brilliant Brooklyn photographers -- bravely documenting door-to-door firefights between rebel Libyan forces and government loyalists -- were killed yesterday in a crushing mortar attack. American photojournalist Chris Hondros, 41,...
Thugs vs. thug
People across Tehran are asking: Where is "Allah's Spook"? Half jest, the question refers to Aya tollah Heidar Moslehi -- Iran's Minister of Intelligence and Security and thus head of...
The tax class O must have skipped
Did Barack Obama take Tax 1 in law school? I did, and I remember the first day of classes, when mild mannered Professor Boris Bittker asked a simple question: "What...
Pace grid-slay parents sue cop who shot son
The parents of a Pace University college football player yesterday sued the Westchester County cop who shot and killed him, calling the shooting an "unconscionable use of force." Danroy Henry...
Just plane incompetence
The number of air-traffic controllers who sleep on their employer's dime and endanger the lives of the flying public is a disgrace ("5th Air-Tower Napper Nailed," April 17). Washington's typical...
Non-partisan nonsense: static from ex-Speaker
While Nancy Pelosi may look in the mirror and say: "The fact is, is that elections shouldn't matter as much as they do," the fact is that ballots are more...
Schools: The trouble with 'local control'
During 25 years in the Ma rine Corps, Rep. John Kline, a Minnesota Republican, developed the skill of maintaining small-unit cohesion. He will need this skill in his new job....
'Joke' was a hate 'crime'
TRENTON, NJ -- A former Rutgers University freshman was indicted yesterday on a hate-crime charge for allegedly using a Web cam to spy on a same-sex encounter involving his roommate,...
Morgan Stanley wants Sing-a-poor to disappear
Morgan Stanley is trying hard to keep a potentially embarrassing lawsuit, filed on behalf of a group of Singapore investors, from being heard in the US. The investors -- regular...
Tax-hike fears hit tony Hamptons home sales
Prices and sales of Hamptons homes plummeted this year because big-bucks buyers were so worried about tax hikes they rushed to close last year. In the first three months of...
Kindle's library biz
Amazon is finally in a lending mood. The world's largest online retailer is opening its popular Kindle e-reader to 11,000 libraries in the US, allowing them to provide free e-book...
The divide for 2012
The stakes for 2012 couldn't have been set out more clearly than two recent speeches by a pair of women who aren't making the decisions these days in Washington. Speaking...
Giffords calls Obama's attendance at Endeavour space shuttle launch 'awesome'
HOUSTON -- Injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) had just one word Wednesday to describe US President Barack Obama's decision to join her at the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour...
AmEx racks up record profit
American Express Co., the biggest credit-card issuer by customer spending, said first-quarter profit increased 33 percent as consumer purchases climbed. Net income was $1.18 billion, or 97 cents a share,...
Royals just 'across the Pond' scum
The only thing you need to know about the Windsors -- the British clan of royal, freeloading slackers -- is this: Prince Charles, son of a queen, father of a...
Terrorist warnings lose hues
After nearly 10 years of being ignored by the public, the color-coded terror-alert system created after 9/11 is getting the heave-ho and will be replaced with a new system, Homeland...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx The gunman pictured here (top photo) fatally shot a young mother in a Mott Haven housing project, police said. Gary Maurice Davis, 21, fired at least two shots...
ACS guy's tot-death pity ploy
A former ACS worker charged in the horrific starvation death of a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl is a victim to be pitied, too, his lawyer claimed yesterday. Damon Adams -- hit...
Chelsea's $900M morning
The trendy Chelsea office building that's the business home of Martha Stewart is close to being sold for more than $900 million. The Starrett-Lehigh Building at 601 W. 26th St....
Nasdaq in till the end
Nasdaq OMX Group will pursue its bid for crosstown rival NYSE Euronext to the "endgame" and is willing to battle for up to another year, its chief executive said. Nasdaq's...
Judges fire court staffers
ALBANY -- Seventy-four court administrative employees in Manhattan and Albany were fired yesterday as the state's top judges scrambled to deal with a $170 million budget cut. Another 400 or...
'Terror' alert on Coney Is.
It’s a real scream! Some wide-eyed kids yesterday got the first crack at enjoying four new Coney Island thrill rides, including a human “Sling Shot” where riders are launched a...
Pizza rivals' 'lame' game
The penitentiary is mightier than the sword. The tough guys charged with attempted murder after knifing each other during a Brooklyn street fight over a woman are now too fragile...
Gotti geezer gets 13 years for slay 'n' smack
Once a gangster, always a gangster. Joseph "Joe the German" Watts, an aging top henchman of the late John Gotti, yesterday was hit with a maximum prison term by a...
Hothead pothead stab 'fess
He was just trying to light his blunt. Manhattan prosecutors yesterday released the alleged confession of a homeless man accused of stabbing a woman in the head with his pen...
Directors' fury
James Cameron and Michael Bay are among the Hollywood bigwigs blasting a plan to allow consumers to rent just-released movies at home while they're still playing in theaters. A number...
Breast feeding frenzy
A distraught Brooklyn woman says hospital workers accidentally switched her daughter with another baby just after birth -- and the other mom wound up breast-feeding her child. Devastated mom Lynda...
Bloomberg's solar landfill power play
Garbage in, energy out. At least, that's what Mayor Bloomberg is hoping with a plan being unveiled today to cover 250 of the city's 3,000 acres of shuttered landfills with...
Sexism claims spur staff walkout at Gordon Ramsay's London NYC restaurant
Now this is a real kitchen nightmare. The cooks at the posh Gordon Ramsay restaurant in The London NYC hotel staged a walkout last weekend -- and haven't been back...
Apple is accused of playing iSpy
The iPhone is really a SpyPhone. Apple's iPhones and iPad 3Gs have been secretly recording their owners' movements and keeping a record in a hidden file, it was reported yesterday....
Tax slap on cig-leggers
The city wants a pack of alleged cigarette bootleggers -- including a woman with lung cancer -- to cough up $6.5 million in unpaid taxes. In a civil-racketeering suit filed...
Fiend's 'sorry' sobbing
The confessed killer of a high-level Brooklyn DA staffer's daughter -- who gave a sobbing apology as he was hauled off to court yesterday -- has a violent history of...
Suspect in Brooklyn double fatal stabbing left vodka bottles before fleeing
The vodka made him psycho. The ex-Russian special-ops soldier wanted for the brutal stabbings of his girlfriend and her daughter left their butchered corpses behind in a Brooklyn apartment littered...
Director cast$ self as dad
That's a wrap! Director Steven Soderbergh has quietly settled the sensational paternity suit against him, The Post has learned. Australian film-school grad Frances Lawrencina Anderson sued the married "Ocean's Eleven"...
Business briefs
Expert regs Massachusetts plans to regulate hedge funds' use of so-called expert networks, which are at the center of the federal government's insider-trading probe. It will be the first state...
Casual Kate's a frock star
While the rest of the world wonders what her fabulous wedding dress will look like, Kate Middle ton went down-market. Britain's princess-to-be hit the streets of London yes terday, scoping...
Scandalous 'courtesy'
Crime -- or courtesy? A Bronx grand jury is investigating whether 40 or more New York City cops fixed tickets of friends and family in exchange for . . ....
The Central Park five, again
The Bloomberg administration has given the back of its hand to de mands that it settle a multimillion- dollar lawsuit by the five defendants in the notorious 1989 Central Park...
TiVo surges in patent war
TiVo Inc. surged 30 percent in Nasdaq trading after a US appeals court agreed that Dish Network Corp. is violating a judge's order to shut down parts of a digital-video...
River mom, kids buried apart
She won't rest in peace if he has anything to do with it. The deadbeat dad whose girlfriend drowned herself and their three kids in the Hudson River demanded that...
Pimco first is planned
Pacific Investment Management Co. plans to offer an exchange-traded fund that will invest primarily in fixed-income securities, its first to be managed by Bill Gross. Pimco Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund...
Lohan's a Gotti wife
After being whacked from the cast of the upcoming Gotti flick, Lindsay Lohan has muscled her way back in, according to an online report. Lohan, who had coveted the high-wattage...
Citi scolded
City Comptroller John C. Liu urged Citigroup to launch an independent audit of its mortgage and foreclosure practices, a New York City Pension Funds' proposal that is on the agenda...
Opponents poke and prod Bam in Facebook fight
President Obama made a new effort to reach out to young tech-savvy voters while visiting Facebook headquarters in Silicon Valley yesterday -- but had to endure blunt online criticism in...
Apple still juicy
It's shaping up to be a banner year for Apple after another blowout quarter. Despite the absence of CEO Steve Jobs, jitters about supply-chain disruptions and an iPad shortage, the...
Disabled tragedy
A passenger in a bus for special-needs adults was killed yesterday on Long Island when the vehicle was side-swiped by a tractor-trailer, cops said. The horrific smash-up occurred at about...
Batting fourth: New Mets suitor
A fourth bidding group interested in buying a minority stake in the cash-strapped New York Mets has emerged, The Post has learned. Former commodity trader Ray Bartoszek, teamed with private...
Raj is tarred by feds as Street corrupter
Prosecutors turned up the heat on Raj Rajaratnam yesterday, telling the jury in a searing five-hour closing argument that the hedge-fund titan was not only guilty of insider trading, but...
Profit's OK, but what about Steve Jobs?
It wasn't until halfway through Apple's hourlong conference call with Wall Street yesterday that someone finally addressed the elephant in the room. "What about Steve?" asked Piper Jaffray analyst Gene...
Stampeding bulls trample dollar
Bulls ran wild across Wall Street yesterday, rallying stocks to their highest level in three years while trampling the greenback. Several strong earnings surprises triggered a buying spree in blue...
Einstein's kin dies destitute
He was no Einstein when it came to figuring out how to provide for his family. The granddaughter of Albert Einstein died broke, it was reported yesterday, although the genius'...
Co-op foul-up traps 3
One person's food co-op is three others' prison. A Park Slope Food Co-op member who was in a hurry to get home to watch the TV show "Castle" locked up...
Hand-sanitizer ad warnings
WASHINGTON -- Federal-health regulators have issued warnings to four manufacturers of hand-sanitizing products for making unsupported claims about the bacteria-fighting benefits of their products. The Food and Drug Administration letters...
Princeton teacher kills self after losing job
A Princeton University Spanish teacher committed suicide in Chelsea after the Ivy League school failed to renew his contract, a friend said yesterday. Antonio Calvo, 45, was found inside his...
Passover tix blitz
The NYPD went on a towing and ticket blitz in Williamsburg yesterday -- apparently forgetting that it was still a Jewish holiday. More than 41 cars were towed and more...
Webcam slay bust
TORONTO -- Police yesterday busted a Toronto man on charges of brutally murdering the college-student daughter of a Chinese Communist Party official as she chatted with her boyfriend in Beijing...
Catfight lawsuit
Reality-TV performer Samantha Swetra will file a civil lawsuit against HBO actress Paz de la Huerta as early as today. Swetra's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said the suit will allege that...
'Spidey' plunge star returning
He's ready to get back into the swing of things. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" actor Christopher Tierney -- who tumbled 35 feet into the orchestra pit in front of...
'Err traffic' OK
At the FAA, it's no harm, no foul when it comes to potentially deadly air-control mistakes. No punishment is planned for the bumbling controller who let First Lady Michelle Obama's...
Loren in Wonderland
Talk about living the high life near the High Line. Entrepreneur extraordinaire Loren Ridinger and her husband/business partner, JR, bought an eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom condo, with breathtaking views of the Hudson...
Funny story
There is something about comedian Mike Birbiglia’s Upper West Side home that puzzles him. He knows he lives in a doorman building. He knows there are a couple of men...
Heidi yo!
Heidi Klum is back in town and looking for a new place to move into with her family while filming her reality show for six weeks this summer. Last year,...
Just sold!
Manhattan FIDI $580,000 88 Greenwich St. Studio condo, 718 square feet, with sleeping alcove, home office and walk-in closet; building features doorman, cafe, screening room, gym, sky deck, lounge, library...
Late-inning blunders lead to Mets' loss
Angel Pagan raced home for what would have been the tying run in the eighth after a pitch got away from Houston catcher J.R. Towles on a Justin Turner strikeout....
Yankees' Hughes lets it fly in bullpen session
TORONTO -- Phil Hughes labeled yesterday's bullpen session as "high intensity," but until the right-hander gets into a game he won't know if the time spent on the disabled list...
Mets likely to put Parnell on DL
Bobby Parnell's season has gone from bad to worse. The right-hander is expected to be placed on the 15-day disabled list today because of a circulatory problem in his right...
Noisy Garden silenced after Rangers collapse
The end couldn't possibly look like this, could it? A fluke? A whim? A puck sitting on the ice in back of Henrik Lundqvist, the one place in Madison Square...
Rangers can't hold 3-0 lead, fall into 3-1 hole vs. Capitals
No one is going to pat the Rangers on their collective backs for a good try. No one is going to be understanding about lessons perhaps learned by youth. No...
Capitals coach afraid of team's choking history
Once they shake off matching the fifth-largest blown lead in the Stanley Cup record book, the Rangers might notice that if there's any team that loses from a 3-1 series...
It's Miller time as Sabres knot Flyers
With fans chanting his name, Ryan Miller made one remarkable save after another to push the Sabres back in their first-round series against the Flyers. Miller stopped 32 shots --...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball12:30 p.m.Diamondbacks at RedsMLBN6:30 p.m.White Sox at RaysMLBN7 p.m.Astros at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)Basketball7 p.m.Eastern Conference Quarterfinals:Bulls at Pacers, Game 3NBATV8 p.m.Eastern Conference Quarterfinals:Heat at 76ers, Game 3TNT10:30 p.m.Western Conference...
Red Bulls pumped for national TV showdown
The Red Bulls finally broke their offensive malaise in Saturday's 3-0 rout of San Jose, scoring more goals in one game than they had in their first four. The Red...
Celtics bench has been sub-par
WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Celtics' bench has scored 22 points collectively in the first two games of the first-round playoff series. The Knicks' subs have more than doubled them with...
Celtics winning 'clutch' battle
WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Celtics are up 2-0 on the Knicks. But sometimes, it's tough to realize exactly which team leads in the series. "We definitely have to be a...
Wright now on five-game hitless streak for Mets
With the worst record in baseball, it'd be tough to find anyone wanting to be the face of the Mets franchise these days. Maybe that's why David Wright has been...
Dubinsky keeping the faith in Rangers
There was shock and "aww" from Brandon Dubinsky, but not a hint of quit from the Rangers center, whose team faces an elimination Game 5 in Washington on Saturday afternoon...
Keeneland Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 1:15 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-4 ½ fur; $50,000; mdn; 2YOGENTLEMANS CODE comes in with a bullet work for debut. LORD TARZAN drew the rail for...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 5 ½ fur; $42,000; alw; 3up PREMIUM WINE was hard used throughout and won by a nose as the favorite while going longer at Parx. SMOKIN HERO...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: S F Decathlon (10th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $8,000; conditional4Morgun'sRomeo(GBrennan)1-4-33-11GeneralMcardle(JPantlno)4-5-95-13Heaven Touched(D Dube)9-6-14-12Iconic Style(J Bartlett)7-7-320-15Artic Blue(S Bouchard)4-7-610-16SweeneyHanover(JGregory)7-4-28-17He's Redhot(C Manzi)8-3-35-18GenuineStarN(BHolland)3-5-215-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $12,000; cond2WinnieTheWho(JStratton)1-6-38-54KeystoneTorch(GBrennan)1-4-24-15Montanachampion(Mnz)1-2-515-11BillboardKing(LStalbaum)7-2-28-13I'm A Sakra(D Dube)3-2-56-16Valcyon...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m(T); $45,000; alw; 3up; (f&m)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Great Gracie Dane(L),122E Castro2-6-5Ryan 8-52Dopke Gal(L),111JRodriguez1-4-4Donk 10-13Classical Fashion(L),122M Luzzi12-2-3Contessa 8-14Laurasia(L),117B Pedroza1-1-2ADutrow 10-15Sing...
Affrunti's Gulfstream Grade
Post Time: 12:55 pm. FIRST-2 1/2f; $52,500; mdn spcl wt; 2YO; (f) 2-b-Miss Posse 5-2 1-a-Fan Out 3-1 4-Avnd'sDstn 6-1 5-Sunset Sally 4-1 1a-a-Zingwell 3-1 6-BritishQun 8-1 2b-b-Play Pal 5-2...
GM says Deron will stay with Nets
The Nets are openly setting the playoffs as the bar for success next season because they have a legitimate star in Deron Williams, and they are intending to keep him....
Say it ain't so, Cubs! Hint of 1918 WS fix
CHICAGO -- If Chicago has been willing to believe that a cow caused the Great Chicago Fire, maybe it will buy this one: The White Sox got the idea to...
MLB to take over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Commissioner Bud Selig is taking away control of the Los Angeles Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt, whose troubled finances and unresolved divorce settlement have seemingly paralyzed the...
Baffert waits on pair for decision on Derby
LOUISVILLE -- Bob Baffert says Jaycito and The Factor are still being considered for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert wrote in a text message yesterday to the AP that The Factor...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogBulls 4½ (189) PACERSHeat 4½ (187) SIXERSBLAZERS 6 (186) MavericksNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogBruins-105-115CANADIENSCANUCKS$180-220BlackhawksSharks$100-120KINGSHome team in CAPS
Giants fans nervous about football's future
If fans could cut through all the rhetoric and ask one question of Roger Goodell, it would be this: Will there be a 2011 NFL season and, if so, will...
Red Sox topple A's -- on road
Kevin Youkilis and Jed Lowrie homered off the previously untouchable Gio Gonzalez and the Red Sox got their first road win of the season after seven losses, beating the Athletics...
Met Open at Sleepy Hollow
The 95th Met Open Championship, scheduled for Aug. 23-25 at Sleepy Hollow Country Club, is one of the 21 golf championships listed on the 2011 Met Golf Association calendar that...
Sports shorts
BLOTTER: LT must pay more support Former Giant Lawrence Taylor settled a child support case involving a New Jersey woman. An attorney for the 12-year-old girl's mother says Taylor agreed...
Hondo's Brave pick
Hondo prevailed with the Tigers (as suggested by Howard "Howie Hoops" Kussoy) yesterday but fal tered with the Pirates and Padres, who plated one and stranded 16 in the opener....
NFL labor talks adjourned
After nearly a week of sleepy talks headed nowhere, the NFL's labor situation abruptly took a series of twists and turns yesterday. Amid the revelation that a Los Angeles law...
Mets need Bay to live up to big contract
Signing Jason Bay to a four- year contract was part of the wrongheaded way the Mets had operated, at least in Omar Minaya's tenure. The Mets essentially looked at what...
Yankees' Colon earns first victory since 2009
TORONTO -- The large, round face belonging to Bartolo Colon wore a frozen smile. Standing in front of his Rogers Centre locker, the veteran right-hander could not delete his ear-to-ear...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 21FRIApr. 22SATApr. 23SUNApr. 24 MONApr. 25 TUEApr. 26WEDApr. 27YankeesNOGAMEBalt.7:05YESWCBSBalt.7:05YESWCBSBalt.1:35YESWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSChi.7:05WWORWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSMetsHouston7:10TV -- SportsNet NYRadio -- WFAN 660 AMAri.7:10SNYWFANAri.1:10WPIXWFANAri.1:10SNYWFANNOGAMEWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANKnicksNOGAMEBos.7:00#MSGESPNNOGAMEBos.3:30ABCESPNNOGAME&Bos.TBDMSGESPNNOGAMERangersNOGAMENOGAMEWash.3:00NBCESPNNOGAME&Wash.TBDMSGESPNNOGAME&Wash.TBDMSGESPNRed BullsD.C. United8:00TV -- ESPN2Radio - WADO 1280 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME
Meet the fashionistos!
On a recent weekday at noon, a horde of guys who work on Marvin Henry’s floor at a Midtown bank were excitedly hovering over their computers. Meetings were pushed back,...
Weird but true
We hope this isn't the image the modern Army wants to project. The cavalry charging into battle on horseback may be a bit out-of-date -- but it sure beats a...
St. John's lands Chicago guard, eyes two more recruits
St. John's yesterday gained a key recruit and lost a marginal one, and coach Steve Lavin zeroes in on two difference-makers beginning this weekend. Guard Phil Greene of Chicago, who...
Happily ever after
From the moment their engagement was announced last January, you had to know it had all the makings of a perfect storm TV event. Gorgeous backdrops, elaborate fashion, medieval history,...
Monroe rolls into tourney semis as deep rotation spins another gem
There are certain pitchers that like to work backwards, throw fastballs ahead in the count and off-speed stuff when they’re behind. Mike Turo does the same thing in tournaments –...
Caps' big comeback puts Rangers in 3-1 series hole
Jason Chimera scored 12:36 into the second overtime, and the Washington Capitals completed a stunning three-goal comeback to beat the Rangers 4-3 and push New York to the brink of...
PSAL baseball roundup: Jerez's two homers carry Grand Street into Monroe semis
Williams Jerez’s performance Wednesday afternoon in the Monroe Tournament quarterfinals was the latest example for why scouts are raving about Grand Street Campus’ center fielder. The senior left-handed hitter blasted...
Two Bklyn war photographers dead in Libya
Two acclaimed Brooklyn-based photojournalists were killed last Wednesday doing their jobs in war-torn Libya.Williamsburg-resident Tim Hetherington, whose Afghanistan documentary “Restrepo” was nominated for an Oscar this year, was on assignment...
Whitewashed! More disgrace for Kobayashi as Nathan's removes him from 'Wall of Fame'
A landmark for hot dog lovers is now the site of revisionist history.Organizers of the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in Coney Island have erased international legend Takeru Kobayashi —...
The riding iThief is back!
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsidePhone grabA cycling thief snatched a woman’s iPhone from her hand near the Bedford L train station on April 11.The woman was texting a friend as she walked on...
Suit: Another woman's breast has ruined my life
A Windsor Terrace mom whose baby was breastfed by another woman in a hospital switch-up will go to the highest court in the state after a lower court refused to...
Finally, a Brooklyn Flea just for food
The operators of the popular Brooklyn Flea antiques and craft markets have created a gastro-centric marketplace that launches on May 21.The outdoor Saturday souk will feature upstate organic farmers, along...
Spurs dent Arsenal's EPL title hopes as Chelsea sneaks into second
LONDON -- Arsenal's faltering Premier League title bid suffered another blow Wednesday when it surrendered a two-goal advantage to draw 3-3 with bitter north London rival Tottenham. As the Gunners...
Married EPL player wins legal gag against topless model
LONDON -- An English Premier League soccer player won a legal gag Wednesday against a topless model, preventing her from revealing details of their six-month affair -- the latest in...
Napoli instructs wives, girlfriends to keep players happy
NAPLES -- The Italian soccer club Napoli ordered the wives and girlfriends of its stars to stop family arguments and keep the players happy as the Serie A season reaches...
Red Bulls look for derby encore in DC
The Red Bulls finally broke their offensive malaise in Saturday’s 3-0 rout of San Jose, scoring more goals in one game behind Luke Rodgers and Thierry than they had in their...
Charlie Sheen's DC police escort under investigation as he asks Aussie mate to help with stage show
WASHINGTON -- Senior police launched an investigation Wednesday after a force escort raced Charlie Sheen to his Washington, D.C. performance the night before. Two marked cars with flashing sirens surrounded...