September 7, 2012
Braves' Chipper honored in last trip to Queens
Every which way Chipper Jones turned at Citi Field, someone wanted to thank him. Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon presented the Atlanta star with a pricey piece of 3-D...
Arrest in murder of Brooklyn teen
Police have arrested the thug wanted for a violent shooting in August that left a Brownsville teenager dead, cops said. Akbar Johns, 17, was arrested and charged in the Aug....
St. Francis Prep soccer wins in honor of killed classmate
Every time Anthony Scarallo closed his eyes, he saw his good friend Daniel Fernandez smiling, that extra-wide grin of his that would light up a room. Fernandez, the 16-year-old junior...
Serena easily reaches US Open final against Errani
Thanks to her latest easy victory, Serena Williams is one match from her fourth U.S. Open title and 15th Grand Slam trophy overall. Williams wasted little time or energy while...
Cushnie et Ochs
Cushnie et Ochs didn't stray far from their already-stellar style: lots of cutouts — at the décolletage, above the stomach, in slits below the bust — mixed with ladylike knee-lengths,...
Braves blank Mets 3-0
Paul Maholm and the Atlanta Braves are making their best pitch for the playoffs. Maholm and the Braves bullpen combined to give Atlanta three straight shutouts for the first time...
Pacino to play Penn State's Paterno in movie: report
From Hoo-ha to Joe Pa.A movie about Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is currently slated to star Al Pacino, according to a report by deadline.com. ICM Partners, a talent...
General Idea
Creative Director Bumsuk Choi looked to lumberjacks in crafting General Idea's fun and fluid collection. Camouflage and buffalo plaid were refined and reinterpreted to fit the city dweller, while bursts...
Rebecca Minkoff
The Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2013 collection was packed full of feminine flowy silhouettes and androgynous tailored pieces. Models paraded down the runway in tropical and floral printed ensembles. PHOTOS: REBECCA...
Peter Som
Peter Som stuck to a strict formula for spring: pretty, pretty, pretty. From the funfetti-hued hair to the bejeweled bracelet sleeves, there was no shortage of must-haves in this collection....
Azarenka beats Sharapova in US Open semifinals
Normally so good, so gritty, in the crucible of the third set, Maria Sharapova finally met her match against Victoria Azarenka. Coming all the way back from a set and...
Rutgers gets cupcake Howard in Flood's first home game
Kyle Flood seemingly has an easy one — a gimme, if you will — in his first home game at head coach at Rutgers. Coming off a career-opening win over...
Commute from hell: Track fire forces evacuation of 2 trains, hundreds removed
More than 500 people were evacuated from two trains today after a track fire erupted near a Lower East Side subway station, authorities said. A downtown J train got stuck...
MMA trainer Gracie live tweets while thwarting muggers in Manhattan
Renzo Gracie, social media Batman.The legendary MMA trainer and fighter beat up two would-be muggers not far from his Manhattan gym on Thursday night – and tweeted about it in...
Yankees' Teixeira held out for another day with calf injury
BALTIMORE -- Mark Teixeira will be out of the lineup for at least one more day.The Yankees first baseman, who has been out two weeks with a calf strain, expects...
Champion Learning Center to get new deal with city despite scathing audit
Fool us once — get a bigger contract. A tutoring firm that was asked to pay the city back nearly $1 million in dubious charges uncovered just months ago in...
Singh in lead; Woods, McIlroy one shot back at BMW
CARMEL, Ind. — Vijay Singh keeps giving himself chances to end four years without a PGA Tour victory. He made four birdies around the turn Friday for a 6-under 66...
Brooks to represent Nets on NBA trip to Russia
The NBA is holding its first ever Basketball without Borders event in Russia next week. And, given their owner is Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, it comes as no surprise that...
Bounty suspensions for Saints players overturned
An appeals panel today delivered a big rebuke to Roger Goodell and a big victory to the players suspended for their role in the Saints’ BountyGate scandal by overturning the...
Judge orders wider Assembly probe to include Silver's OK of secret Vito Lopez sex harass settlement
A state judge on Friday ordered a special prosecutor to expand his probe of a sexual harassment case in the state Assembly to include a secret settlement using public money...
NY truck driver pleads not guilty in Kerry Kennedy DWI case
The New York driver whose tractor-trailer was hit by a weaving Kerry Kennedy has pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. A court clerk says Rocco Scuiletti...
Clint Eastwood says he came up with RNC empty-chair stunt on the spot
LOS ANGELES — Clint Eastwood said the idea to use an empty seat as a prop at the Republican National Convention was a spur-of-the-moment decision when someone backstage asked him...
Teacher tackles, holds student after shots fired in packed classroom at Ill. school
NORMAL, Ill. — Police say a teacher tackled a student and detained him just after gunshots were fired into the ceiling of a packed classroom at a central Illinois high...
Blatche is low-risk, high-reward for Nets
One of the most memorable moments of the Nets final season in New Jersey – at least for me – came in the season opener in Washington, and had nothing...
Sally Lapointe
After seeing Sally Lapointe’s show today, it came as no surprise that Lady Gaga is a fan of her futuristic flair. Lapointe’s spring line was filled with androgynous pieces that...
Big East considers changing name of conference: report
It might not be the Big East any more. The league’s interim commissioner Joe Bailey told Bloomberg's Business Week that they could “tweak” the name of the Big East to...
Tebow doubts Jets trade for him 'rattled' Sanchez
Tim Tebow is skeptical about Santonio Holmes’ claim that Mark Sanchez was “rattled” by the trade that brought the backup quarterback to the Jets.“I don’t know that he was rattled....
NHL, players' association hold informal negotiations
Representatives from the NHL and the players’ association held informal negotiations on Friday at the league offices. With the expiration date on the current collective bargaining agreement — Sept. 15...
Po'uha, Smith likely to miss Jets opener with injuries
Sione Po'uha is still likely out for Sunday but not definitely.After Rex Ryan revealed earlier in the day that Po'uha -- who's dealing with a back issue -- would not...
Rubbed the wrong way: Queens man claims millionaire boss demanded 'massage', then fired him
He thought he'd been hired to do housework, not bodywork. A Queens man says his three months working for married multi-millionaires in their East Side apartment came to an abrupt...
Knicks guard Brewer out six weeks with knee injury
Knicks guard Ronnie Brewer had a left knee arthroscopy for a medial meniscus tear that had occurred during the past two weeks, the team announced Friday. He is expected to...
Bryan brothers win US Open, set Grand Slam record
At age 34, the Bryan brothers posed with the trophy with Bob’s infant daughter and chatted about Mike’s upcoming wedding. They’ve now set the Open-era Grand Slam title record, but...
49ers could use backup QB in Wildcat; world not exploding
A backup will likely be taking snaps away from a starting quarterback in places other MetLife Stadium on Sunday. After using 2011 second-round pick Colin Kaepernick out of the Wildcat...
Browns will recognize late owner Modell at season opener
BEREA, Ohio — Art Modell will be recognized Sunday by the team he moved to Baltimore. The Cleveland Browns plan to have an “appropriate recognition” for the late Modell at...
Illegal immigrant admits using dead man's ID to work at Newark airport
An illegal immigrant from Nigeria admitted Friday he assumed the identity of a murdered man so he could work at Newark's airport, where he was a security supervisor for 20...
Pa. man charged in 'love-triangle' hoax that led to plane's recall
PHILADELPHIA — A man was charged Friday with making a hoax threat that led authorities to recall a Texas-bound plane in midair and force an unwitting passenger off the plane...
'Sex in the penalty box' part of investigation into BU's hockey exploits: report
Sex in the penalty box.No, that’s not some cheesy title of a porn flick. It’s a reality at Boston University.Investigation reports released by the school, which cited the elite hockey...
NBA 2K13 In-Depth Preview
Last month I had a chance to get some hands-on time with NBA 2K13, and after walking away impressed, I didn’t think there was a way to get more excited...
CC puts pressure of Yankees collapse on his shoulders
It starts with me. Those were the bold words of Yankee ace C.C. Sabathia Friday morning as he discussed the Yankees current plight, engulfed in a three-way death match for...
Obama mentioned LI science whiz in DNC speech
A college freshman from New York merited a mention in President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention. The president says 18-year-old Samantha Garvey "gives me hope." They met when...
World Series of Fighting inks TV deal, announces first show
World Series of Fighting will be starting its challenge of the UFC with a cable television deal.The new MMA organization announced at a press conference Thursday that it has a...
Madonna scores at Yankee Stadium
Gun-toting vixens. Blood-spattered motel rooms. Point-blank executions. Acrobatic militiamen. Gratuitous cleavage shots. No, this isn’t a scene-by-scene breakdown of a new Quentin Tarantino movie, it’s the first half an hour...
Aging Yankees can't get into the groove
BALTIMORE -- It is fitting that while the material boys are on the road that the fine folks who run the Yankees kept the fading icon motif going at home...
Leslie weakens to tropical storm but could become hurricane again
MIAMI — Leslie has weakened to a tropical storm as it stalls over the open Atlantic but could become a hurricane again before heading for a swing past Bermuda. The...
Disappearing pro-Israel Democrats
As we survey the outcomes of the Democratic National Convention, there are multiple signs that what may have once been a major force within the Democratic party -- the pro-Israel bloc...
George Zimmerman wants to use Trayvon Martin's school records as part of his defense
ORLANDO, Fla. — Former neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman wants to use Trayvon Martin's school records as part of his defense. Zimmerman's attorney said Friday he has sent subpoenas to...
Westchester-based fashion company featured in VMA Celebrity Gift Bag
Why are all of those celebrities wearing “212” hats and “310” shirts? The 310 stands for the California area code where Thursday night’s MTV Video Music Awards were held and...
Rangers target Doan says deal worked out with Coyotes
As soon as the deal is done, his deal will be done.Free agent Rangers target Shane Doan said he has an agreement worked out to stay with the Coyotes that...
Obama 'HOPE' poster artist gets probation, community service
His "hope" was realized. Artist Shepard Fairey avoided jail this morning for covering up the fact that he cribbed a copyright photo for his iconic "HOPE" poster from President Obama's...
Viggle launches new fantasy sports app MyGuy
Are you ready for some football?Viggle, the free app that allows viewers to check into their favorite TV shows, is branching out into the sports world by launching their new...
Giants lineman Diehl appears in court for 2nd time for June DUI
Giants offensive lineman David Diehl was prompt for his second court appearance after he was collared for allegedly drinking and driving earlier this summer. "We are continuing discussions for a...
Bloomberg says mayors and governors cannot run for higher office and effectively do jobs
Does Gov. Cuomo know this? Mayor Bloomberg argued today that the jobs of mayors and governors are so tough that they can't do them effectively and run for higher office...
No appeal from Norway gunman Breivik as case ends
OSLO, Norway — Far-right gunman Anders Behring Breivik stuck to his decision not to appeal a terror conviction and prison sentence Friday, formally closing the legal proceedings for Norway's worst...
Toronto 2012: 'Dial M For Murder'
The new digital 3-D restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M For Murder'' (1954) premiered Thursday night as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's new TIFF Cinematheque program of free...
Toronto 2012: 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'
While countless novelists have written screenplays, it's extremely rare for one to direct a film version of his own novel -- the only two I can think of off the...
Complete list of winners at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards
Here are the winners of Thursday night's 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles: — Video of the year: Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris, "We Found Love." — Best...
Romney says disappointing jobs report shows Obama 'hasn't lived up to his promises'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed Friday that President Obama had failed to fulfill his promises in part because he does not understand what it takes to ignite a more...
Adamek set for Newark brawl
Tomasz Adamek defends his IBF North American Heavyweight title tomorrow afternoon when he takes on Travis Walker of Houston in the main event of a matinee boxing card at the...
FRIDAY FIVE: Hello, Larry
First, your updated playoff standings:AL: Texas (1) vs. winner of Baltimore (WC1a) or Yankees (WC1b) and Oakland (WC2), Baltimore (2a) or Yankees (2b) vs. White Sox (3)NL: Washington (1) vs....
US added only 96,000 jobs in August, unemployment rate dips to 8.1 percent
WASHINGTON — US employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a weak figure that could slow the momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain from his speech Thursday night to the...
NJ Pathmark reopens week after deadly shooting
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A New Jersey supermarket has reopened one week after an employee gunned down two co-workers before killing himself. In a statement, the Old Bridge Pathmark says...
US designates Pakistan-based Haqqani network as terrorist organization
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — The Obama administration on Friday declared the insurgent Haqqani network a terrorist body, a move that could undermine Afghan peace efforts and test fragile U.S.-Pakistani relations. Secretary...
Innocent bodega worker shot and killed by cop responding to armed robbery
A terrified Bronx bodega worker fleeing armed thugs who held up his store was shot dead by a cop responding to the scene — and the three alleged robbers have...
Prince Harry in Afghanistan flying Apache copters
CAMP BASTION , Afghanistan — Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry has returned to Afghanistan to fly Apache attack helicopters during a four-month tour of combat duty. The 27-year-old...
Earthquakes kill at least 43 in southwest China
BEIJING — A series of earthquakes jolted a mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, collapsing houses, triggering landslides and killing at least 43 people. The quakes, which ranged from...
LI bus company in 16-year-old's hatch death didn't have NJ permits
NEWARK, NJ — The company that operates a party bus in which a 16-year-old was killed didn't have proper permitting in New Jersey. Sixteen-year-old Daniel Fernandez died Friday when he...
One Direction, Rihanna shine at VMAs
One Direction had the girls screaming, Frank Ocean gave a soft, poignant performance and Chris Brown and Drake were in the same venue with not a bottle thrown. Save for...
O/U RICO!
Rico finished last season with a record of 121-129-6. His Best Bet mark was 23-25-3. The league incredibly went 125 overs, 125 unders and 6 pushes. After winning with the...
Orioles answer Yankees’ rally with three homers in 8th to reclaim share of first
BALTIMORE — Small ball has been a big topic this week around the Yankees and their struggling lineup that is known for playing big ball. Last night at a sold-out...
Yankees can’t deliver KO to these Orioles
BALTIMORE — It came out of nowhere, as if 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2012 was standing in for midnight. Suddenly — bolt of lightning suddenly — the Cinderella Orioles...
Jets owner dodges talk of coach, GM on hot seat
Jets owner Woody Johnson had a chance to quiet any talk of his general manager and head coach being on the hot seat yesterday, but passed. There has been speculation...
Ryan blames media for 'circus' surrounding Jets
Rex Ryan presented a cool, calm demeanor three days before Sunday’s season-opener against the Bills, but underneath, the Jets coach was bristling at the notion the organization has taken on...
WATCH: Video shows heartless thug attacking dog in E. Harlem elevator
Kick his teeth in. Sickening video released by NYPD shows a man repeatedly kicking a dog inside an East Harlem elevator. The surveillance video was captured at about 11:30 p.m....
Animated Ryan is singing new toon
Jets coach Rex Ryan always has been animated. Just watch him on the sidelines — clapping, cheering, cursing,complaining. And he always has been a bit of a character. Remember the...
Nets to sign big man Blatche
Andray Blatche, a 6-foot-11 power forward who was an amnesty waiver by the Wizards, will join the Nets with a one-year, non-guaranteed deal, league sources confirmed Thursday. Blatche, a talented...
Jets tickets highest in NFL
The Jets finally are ahead of the Patriots in the standings. Not the AFC East, but the highest ticket prices. The Jets have the highest average, non-premium ticket price in...
Yankees' Nova eyes Sunday return from DL
BALTIMORE -- If Ivan Nova doesn’t experience a problem with his right shoulder Friday after Thursday’s bullpen session, he will replace Freddy Garcia in the rotation Sunday with the Yankees...
NYC football predictions, Week 1
Each week in the fall, New York Post beat writers Zach Braziller and Joseph Staszewski will attempt to prognosticate the coming high school football weekend. Here’s Week 1: DeWitt Clinton...
Coughlin looks to fortify Giant ‘bridge’
The harsh reality has now set in that this is indeed a new season and old problems haven’t faded away just because there’s a shiny new piece of hardware in...
Rex leads 'D' way
It’s not often a team’s most important game of the season is its opener, but that very well may be the case for the 2012 Jets. Consider they are coming...
Christ the King's Calhoun adds Notre Dame to long list of offers
The list of suitors is piling up and falling into place for Sierra Calhoun. The Christ the King junior star added an offer from national power Notre Dame Thursday night,...
Best Bet King Hondo ready to rule again
Are you ready for some Pigskin Hondo! Week 1 is here and it’s time for Mr. Aitch to start moving the chains toward another season of handicapping excellence, one that...
Man suspected in Brooklyn mom's killing turned himself in: sources
A man suspected of opening fire on a Brooklyn street, killing a 28-year-old mother and wounding three other people, turned himself in to the Brooklyn DA yesterday. Christopher Johnson ,...
Business briefs
Ahoy!A Senate committee has launched a probe into JPMorgan Chase’s “London Whale” trading losses, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Apple earApple is in talks to license music...
Air time shrinks, rates jump as presidential race heats up
The super PACs are giving Madison Avenue mega headaches. With the battle for the White House entering the final round, the two presidential campaigns — along with powerful political action...
Deal lets Devils owner stay in game
Embattled New Jersey Devils owner Jeffrey Vanderbeek has finalized a deal with the team’s lenders that will keep him in control of the franchise for at least two years, The...
Dr.’s slam dunk story
Julius Erving, one of the greatest players in the history of professional basketball, who became known as Dr. J for the way he operated above the rim, has signed to...
NBC Sports on thin ice
Nbc execs are hoping the National Hockey League and its players union reach a new labor pact and avoid a lockout that could leave the network scrambling to find a...
Price-fix deal in the (e)-books
A price-fixing settlement between the US government and electronic-book publishers Simon & Schuster, Hachette Books and HarperCollins has won a judge’s approval. The Justice Department in April sued the three...
Nokia looks for app-eal
Nokia, looking to revive its smartphone business, has teamed with Disney and AOL on an app shortage that has it trailing Apple and Google. The apps, previously available only for...
Markets on a high
US stocks closed at multi-year highs yesterday, with the S&P 500 ending at its highest level since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, as investors hailed a new European bond-buying...
Amazon’s on fire
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping up his war for tablet dominance — a battle that will be waged largely on price. And Wall Street seems to like it. Enthusiastic...
Nasdaq-100 to Facebook’s rescue
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who has seen his company’s shares get beaten down to less than half their IPO value, may soon get some relief. And ironically, that help will...
$75M triplex: Rvr vu, jellyfish tank
A jellyfish tank, safe rooms, a rain fountain that doubles as a Jacuzzi and Baccarat chandeliers are just some of the “wow” factors in an exquisitely designed $75 million, fully...
Lenders square off vs. Falcone
A group of LightSquared Inc.’s lenders said they oppose extending Philip Falcone’s control of the wireless broadband venture because his strategy to revive the bankrupt company is too risky. LightSquared,...
Three Ocean addition
Three Ocean Partners has added a new rainmaker. The newly formed investment bank — which lately has advised financier Jeffrey Vanderbeek in his effort to retain control over the New...
Midtown basher:
“That’s right, I did it,” a psychotic homeless man taunted cops after randomly clubbing a Midtown pedestrian in the head with a nail-studded two-by-four last November. “I’m guilty — lock...
Drivers ‘cross’ with new pedestrian crosswalks for 6 1/2 Avenue
As if stop-and-go driving in Midtown weren’t bad enough . . . Stop signs were permanently installed in the middle of some of the city’s most traffic-clogged crosstown streets yesterday...
Betty flack in age suit
Betty White’s book-publishing golden girl says she was treated like an old bag by her bosses. Marilyn Ducksworth, the longtime head of Penguin Group’s public relations, says she was forced...
Mob pot pusher gets seven yrs.
A Gambino crime-family associate who pleaded guilty to dealing nearly a ton of marijuana over 20 years was sentenced in Manhattan federal court yesterday yesterday to the maximum of seven...
Expect Con Ed gas and electric rate hikes in 2013, company CFO says
Brace for a double-whammy on your Con Ed bill next year. Electricity and natural-gas prices in New York City and Westchester will jump in October 2013 if Con Ed gets...
‘Slay’ surrender
A man suspected of opening fire on a Brooklyn street, killing a 28-year-old mother and wounding three other people, turned himself in to the Brooklyn DA yesterday. Christopher Johnson, 21,...
Bike-safety pols: Get serious!
The city may be slamming the brakes on rogue delivery bicyclists who fail to don proper safety gear — but the City Council wants a crackdown on serious infractions, such...
Rihanna gets cut ‘short’
Newly shorn Rihanna took home MTV’s top video honor last night, but her two best-known suitors took the prize for most restrained duo at an awards ceremony. While Rihanna was...
NYPD officer canned for ticketing dead people says he was doing it to meet 'quotas'
A cop who was canned for ticketing dead people says he was doing it to meet the NYPD’s supposedly non-existent monthly quotas. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Paul...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** An armed bandit robbed a livery driver at gunpoint in Fordham, police said. The crook entered the car at about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at 181st Street and...
6 hurt in wrong-way Bx. chase
Six people were injured yesterday when a dangerously dumb teenage car thief took cops on a wrong-way chase on the Major Deegan Expressway, authorities said. Officers pursued the stolen 2011...
Madman to cops: ‘I’m guilty’
“That’s right, I did it,” a psychotic homeless man taunted cops after randomly clubbing a Midtown pedestrian in the head with a nail-studded two-by-four last November. “I’m guilty — lock...
Ethics panel declines to probe Sheldon Silver over Lopez settlement
Sheldon Silver’s off the hook again. A state ethics watchdog has declined to launch a probe into the Assembly speaker’s use of taxpayer funds to settle the lurid sexual-harassment claims...
‘Dershowitz’ slay trial due
A postal worker is set to go on trial in Manhattan as early as Monday for mowing down the bike-riding sister-in-law of famed attorney Alan Dershowitz and allegedly knowingly driving...
Drew Peterson found guilty of murdering third wife
After 30 years as a cop, Drew Peterson knew enough about rules of evidence, quirky juries and police investigations that run into dead ends to think he could get away...
Beauty in ‘toxic’ apt. spat
That’s no way to treat an angel! Victoria’s Secret Angel Michelle Buswell says her building’s management company is letting her Chelsea apartment go to hell. In papers filed in Manhattan...
Teacher admits to kid sex
It was the first day back to school for most teachers yesterday, but one perv educator’s roll call came in a Queens courtroom.Married middle-school teacher Charles Oross’ license was revoked...
'Genius' accused of cab-jacking shouts down judge
That’s one way to go judge shopping. An out-of-control “cab-jacker” — accused of taking a taxi on a booze-fueled joy ride with the driver cowering inside — got his wish...
Gas pipeline foes pipe up
A proposed natural-gas pipeline that would run under the West Village is too dangerous to be built, opponents say.In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, environmental groups and area residents...
Gun-smuggle soldier guilty
A former sergeant in a US Special Forces National Guard unit pleaded guilty yesterday to selling high-powered weapons that wound up being smuggled to China through Queens.Joseph Debose, 30, faces...
‘Cop-shooter’ had a hidden arsenal
A Manhattan man accused of trying to gun down two cops in Queens may have had more sinister plans, according to authorities who yesterday discovered a weapons cache in a...
Well connected
If they gave a degree in networking, Fred Teng would merit a Ph.D. The Shanghai-born Manhattanite, 58, who came here at 15, is dedicated to twin passions — working to...
Dominic: Ex in death threat
Disgraced divorce lawyer Dominic Barbara bizarrely told a Long Island judge yesterday that his ex-wife threatened “to have me killed’’ after she read in The Post that he intended to...
JFK security breach
JFK Airport suffered yet another security breach yesterday after a traveler was able to access a passengers-only area a day before his scheduled flight, sources said. Wilfred Isidore, 42, of...
Sea burial for Neil Armstrong
CINCINNATI — Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, will be buried at sea.A family spokesman said Thursday No other details on the timing or location of...
Cashman ‘extort’ gal on deck
Here’s what’s waiting for Yankee GM Brian Cashman in Manhattan Supreme Court early next year: his tanned, rested and ready-for-battle accused shake-down mistress, Louise Neathway. He’ll be the star prosecution...
Cyber bully gets four years for threatening to rape, murder women who complained about his web biz
A cyber-bully eyeglass seller with an admittedly “big mouth” realized yesterday that he bit off more than he could chew when he viciously went after unhappy clients online. Vitaly Borker...
The shirt off his back!
Driving a stake through a guy’s heart is bad enough — but do you have to twist it like this? Just weeks after sucking the blood out of her romance...
A licking for ‘Ben & Jerry’ smut
Ben & Jerry’s has put the deep freeze on a porn company that was selling XXX-rated videos with titles based on the ice-cream brand’s famous flavors. Manhattan federal Judge Lewis...
TV big a slave to flashin’
A New York TV news producer accused of flashing his privates to passing kayakers is finding out the hard way that what happens in Michigan doesn’t stay in Michigan. Manhattan...
Ka-Bam! Prez blew up at Boehner over budget deal
President Obama went ballistic on House Speaker John Boehner when a budget deal with congressional Republicans collapsed last summer, a new book claims. “He was spewing coals,” Boehner told author...
Obama says he will need years to achieve his goals
CHARLOTTE, NC — President Obama accepted his party’s nomination yesterday by telling the Democratic convention it would take years to achieve his goals — the first being his re-election. “You...
Dems’ Dear Leader plotting our grim future
The system is rigged. America is unjust. Opportunity is dead. You didn’t build that. Dammit, where’s mine? Oh, and Republicans are the people who rigged the system. They’re trying to...
‘Innocent soul’ eyed a future far away from Bx. violence
The African immigrant shot dead during a Bronx gas-station stickup had grown so afraid of the violent thugs terrorizing the city that he was planning to bail out and move...
Queens man dies after attacking kickboxing gas-station clerk
He picked the wrong guy to mess with. A drunken Queens man went berserk after he couldn’t get an ATM to work at a gas station early yesterday and was...
Fear stalks pumps
Already-jittery gas attendants are looking over their shoulders more than usual following the deadly robbery at a Bronx station.“I worry for my life,” Saikou Sebally, 33, an attendant at a...
Seized motorbikes swiped from Bronx cop lot
A truckload of flashy motorcycles disappeared from an NYPD evidence lot two months after authorities seized the bikes from a ring of slick thieves, sources said yesterday. Seven motorcycles had...
School’s still out for some kids amid flubs
It wasn’t the students who were rusty on the first day of school — it was the administrators. Yesterday’s start of classes was soured for hundreds of families across the...
Gov’t without end
The Charlotte host committee knew its audience at the Democratic National Convention: “Government,” the narrator says in a video produced by the committee for the opening of the convention, “is...
O’s surprise flop
On the sixth day of the two conventions, their sole subject finally stood before us and said . . . well, pretty much what he’s been saying with little effect...
Talk about bad timing: Debt clock’s gloomy news
The Issue: America’s record debt, which reached $16 trillion during the Democratic convention. *** During the Democratic convention on Tuesday, the debt clock broke $16 trillion (“Owe Bama,” Sept. 5)....
Obama on the big screen
The Issue: A new documentary by Dinesh D’Souza that focuses on President Obama’s upbringing. *** After seeing “2016: Obama’s America,” I thought Dinesh D’Souza made a cogent argument that President...
Promises, promises
Early in his presidency, Barack Obama said of the economy: “If we can’t get this done in three years, this is going to be a one-term proposition.” Last night, accepting...
Gun crime by the numbers
The shocking surveillance-video grab said it all: A snarling gunman about to take the life of a hard-working attendant at the RC Petroleum gas station outside the Bronx Zoo Wednesday...
Beating up the Turks
Iran — with Russia’s help — is evidently trying to punish Turkey for its support for the pro-democracy movement in Syria. When the Syrian uprising started in 2011, Iran and...
New York’s health-care time bomb
It’s no secret that skyrocketing public pension costs are putting tremendous pressure on state and local budgets — in New York and across the country. But taxpayers also face another...
Bradley stupor
Bradley Cooper’s funniest movie since “The Hangover” — unfortunately, unintentionally this time — stars the mysteriously popular actor as a frustrated novelist who plagiarizes an unpublished manuscript that brings him...
A not-so-fab four go for gross laughs
On TV for three seasons, the British high-school buddy comedy “The Inbetweeners” was mere genius — each episode sharper, funnier and more dead-on than practically any teen comedy film I’ve...
Here comes the snide
Where “Bridesmaids” tackled the subject of weddings and wrestled it in Jell-O, “Bachelorette” just kicks it right in the crotch. Leslye Headland’s pitch-black comedy, featuring standout performances by Kirsten Dunst...
[rec] 3 Genesis
Here comes the bride, all drenched in blood. It’s Koldo and Clara’s wedding day, and friends and family are whooping it up at a lavish reception. Then Uncle Victor vomits...
Toys in the Attic
Any child who’s read a fairy tale or watched a movie knows toys have a life of their own when no humans are around. Czech filmmaker Jirí Barta takes the...
Serving Up Richard
Living out everyone’s worst Craigslist nightmare, car buff Richard (Ross McCall) goes to check out a vintage Mustang for sale and finds himself imprisoned in the home of older couple...
Hello I Must Be Going
Amy, the 30-something daughter of a wealthy attorney (John Rubinstein) and his art-collecting wife (Blythe Danner), is divorcing her own wealthy attorney husband. Now she spends her days in her...
‘Moose’ is loose
Feb. 22, 1983: A night that will live in Broadway infamy. It was the night a 28-year-old writer named Arthur Bicknell opened his first (and last) Broadway play, a mystery-farce...
Latest edition of ‘Forbidden’ not as fruitful
When Broadway goes wrong — and sometimes when it goes right — it’s a gaudy, tacky, self-important moving target. And for 30 years, Gerard Alessandrini has been taking shots at...
A stage for Spielberg’s son
To prepare for his NY stage debut, Steven Spielberg’s son had a close encounter with . . . clowns. For three weeks in June, Sawyer Avery spent five hours a...
Keep The Lights On
Literary agent Bill Clegg wrote about his struggle with crack in his book “Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man.’’ Now his ex-partner, Ira Sachs, has fictionalized their story...
The Eye of the Storm
Good acting and some very good scenes don’t quite add up to a good film in noted Australian director Fred Schepisi’s often confusing adaptation of a sprawling novel by his...
For Ellen
Sundance Mopey Alienation Flick No. 4,228 is “For Ellen,” an empty angst-athon that proves 90 minutes of close-ups of Paul Dano looking wounded can be even less interesting than it...
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Artist Wayne White, attempting to explain his Rodney Dangerfield-ish treatment by certain critics, observes, “You’re not supposed to entertain people. You’re supposed to make them question their core values and...
At long last, Baltimore back in thick of a pennant race
BALTIMORE — Maybe this is as good as it gets for this proud old baseball town, and for the 46,298 who crammed their way into Camden Yards last night. For...
Hughes on spot as Yankees strive to hold first
BALTIMORE — No one has given up more home runs in the American League this year than Phil Hughes. Tonight, he has to try to keep the Yankees from falling...
Marino, Gannon not envious of Sanchez's situation with Jets
In theory it is easy to be diplomatic. But when reality starts for the Jets on Sunday against the Bills, Mark Sanchez will face a much more significant challenge “I...
5 Questions for... Keith Bulluck
SiriusXM NFL analyst and former Giants and Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck previews the NFL season with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Has Cam Newton’s success last season made for unrealistic...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $73,000; mdn; 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Orb ,120J Rosario3-x-xMcGgeyII5-22 High Five Again(L),120RNaprvnk5-x-xZito12-13 Tizracer(L),120JVelazquz4-x-xPletcher7-24 Royal Art ,120R Maragh3-x-xLukas8-15 Bad Hombre(L),120JLeparoux4-x-xKimmel3-16 New Line ,120J...
Vic Cangialosi’s Finger Lakes Grade
FIRST-1 mile; $10,200; clm($7,500); 3up7-FrnkesDremgrl8-54-Desert Doctor 8-11-RnThrtheWds15-15-ShortTermVisin4-12-Lvtwtchherstrt6-16-Eddies Dream 5-23-MyPerceptveG12-1SECOND-6 fur; $17,100; clm($15,000); 3up6-U OughttoKnow2-14-Real Wonder 5-21-Timothy's Boy 7-25-Lemon Peel 5-12-Footnote inBlue6-17-Say Lancelot 12-13-American Sky 6-1THIRD-5 1/2 fur; $11,000; clm($6,000); 3up1-a-Celtic...
Calder Charts
September 6th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7 fur; $16,000; clm($25,000); 2YOOff: 12:33. Good. off rail, drew offTime: 23.05, 46.79, 1:13.52, 1:27.56.Trainer: William WhiteWinner: B F, 2,...
Arlington Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $15,500; clm($15,000); 3up 6 Lv Thy Nghbr (Rmn) 3.40 2.40 2.10 2 b-Ten Lttle Pns (Contrrs) 3.00 2.20 7 Back Like a Song (Thornton) 2.20 Scr: Mission Storm....
Fairplex Graded Entries
Post Time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $7,000; alw; 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5 OneHotChick(L)120WHnry3-2-45-21 KentuckyBay(L)120R Guce2-1-53-12 AmazingSawskL120KStwrd6-5-610-13 Vaz Djets On(L),116J Scott5-6-x12-14 Up NRunning(L),123MFdlvc1-3-34-16 SammiesMomnt116SGarci4-2-37-27 BurninRubber(L123MGarci4-7-58-1SECOND-1/2m; $15,000; clm($32,000); 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds6 Kiptiddy...
Sports Shorts
HOOPS: Scott Machado, the former Iona point guard who went undrafted despite leading the nation in assists, agreed to a partially guaranteed, three-year contract with the Rockets yesterday, he told...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogJETS4 1/22 1/2(39)BillsBEARS109 1/2(43)ColtsEagles8 1/28 1/2(43)BROWNSSAINTS9 1/27(50)RedskinsPatriots6 1/25 1/2(47)TITANSVIKINGS4 1/24(39 1/2)JaguarsTEXANS712(42 1/2)DolphinsLIONS97 1/2(45 1/2)RamsFalcons13(43 1/2)CHIEFSPACKERS6 1/25(46 1/2)49ersPanthers32 1/2(47)BUCCANNEERSSeahawks+1 1/22 1/2(40 1/2)CARDINALSBRONCOS21 1/2(44 1/2)SteelersMondayRAVENS6 1/26(41)BengalsRAIDERSPk1(46 1/2)ChargersHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogUtah7...
Hondo streaks no more
Hondo’s winning streak was stopped at five yesterday when the Rockies were stoned in Atlanta, causing the deficit to move back over the 2K mark at 2,030 lyles. Tonight Mr....
Home Team Lineups
TODAYSept. 7SATSept. 8SUNSept. 9MONSept. 10TUESept. 11 WEDSept. 12THUSept. 13YankeesBaltimore7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMBalt.7:05YESWCBSBalt.1:35YESWCBSNOGAMEBos.7:10WWORWCBSBos.7:10YESWCBSBos.7:10YESWCBSMetsAtlanta7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMAtl.4:05FOXWFANAtl.1:10SNYWFANWash.7:10SNYWFANWash.7:10SNYWFANWash. 7:10SNYWFANNOGAMELibertyChicago7:30MSG NetworkNOGAMEL.A.4:00MSGNOGAMENOGAMEWash.7:00MSGNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMECyclonesHudson Valley7:00No TVH.V.7:05No TVWSOU^H.V.1:05No TVWSOUPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBD^ - if necessaryHOMEAWAY
Ex-Ravens, Browns owner Modell dead at 87
Brooklyn-born Art Modell — who became the city of Cleveland’s answer to Walter O’Malley when he moved the NFL’s Browns to Baltimore in 1996 where they became the Ravens —...
Giants' Wilson denies crying after costly fumble
He was upset, visibly so, when he came off the field and, without taking off his helmet, was met by running backs coach Jerald Ingram for a face-to-facemask lecture. David...
Jets special teams coach happy to have Tebow on punts
Mike Westhoff is ecstatic to have Tim Tebow as the Jets’ personal punt protector, and Thursday the special teams coach gushed over his superstar. Westhoff said Tebow ranks as “one...
Goodell: Replacement refs did all right
Roger Goodell said yesterday he was pleased with the officiating in Wednesday night’s Giants-Cowboys season opener, the first time the league has used replacement referees in a regular-season game since...
NHL, players union to resume talks today
As sand through the hourglass, representatives of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association will meet today for the first time since talks broke off last Friday, albeit in an informal...
Dickey has ‘write’ stuff
R.A. Dickey’s next pitch will be for kids. The Mets knuckleballer has a deal with Dial Books for Younger Readers for three books, the publisher announced yesterday. The books will...
Mets-killer Chipper making Flushing farewell
Nice knowing you, Larry. That sentiment has been expressed in ballparks throughout the major leagues this season, but it will reach a crescendo tonight when the Chipper Jones farewell tour...
Connors states case for newly retired Roddick
Jimmy Connors, in a rare appearance at Flushing Meadows, said Thursday Andy Roddick belongs in the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Roddick, whom Connors coached briefly, must wait...
Ferrer fights back to reach Open semis
David Ferrer has never won a major, but then again neither has anyone else not named Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Juan Martin del Potro since 2005. After...
Serena making it look easy at U.S. Open
Seemingly everybody from Las Vegas bookmakers to Serena Williams’ vanquished victims to the fans who crowded three-deep yesterday to watch her practice are proclaiming her an unbeatable favorite to win...
Berdych continues mastery of Federer
Tomas Berdych is now known for more than his girlfriend. Berdych has a killer girlfriend — Czech model Ester Satorova — and now the title of Roger Federer killer after...
Djokovic rolls, sets sights on second straight U.S. Open title
Look out, Flushing Meadows. Defending champion Novak Djokovic is back at it, on the loose again, playing the most riveting tennis at this year’s U.S. Open. In a wondrous performance...
Knicks have new attitudes to go along with uniforms
The uniforms won’t be the only new thing about the Knicks this season. Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler helped unveil the team’s new uniforms for the 2012-13 season, but more...
Walsh: Knicks-Nets rivalry will flourish
Donnie Walsh, the Indiana Pacers’ president of basketball operations, grew up in The Bronx, lived in Brooklyn and worked in Manhattan, specifically at Madison Square Garden. So with a magnificent...
Rory’s 64 leads Tiger by 1 shot
CARMEL, Ind. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy seem to be spending a lot of time together lately. That includes the top of a busy leaderboard at the BMW Championship....
Coughlin out to fix Giants after 'upsetting' performance
Last December, Tom Coughlin was viewed by many as a lame-duck head coach who had unfortunately slipped past his productivity. With the Giants mired in the mediocrity of a 7-7...
Prince not near return for Giants
If there is help coming to save the day in the Giants secondary it might not be coming from Prince Amukamara. The Giants need a healthy cornerback to aid a...
Sunday's Best
The line BRIANCOSTELLO STEVESERBY MARKCANNIZZARO PAULSCHWARTZ DREWLOFTIS BART HUBBUCH MS.CHARLEEN JUSTIN TERRANOVA RICO GIANTS 3 1/2 (45) Cowboys (Cowboys, 24-17) Giants (L) Cowboys (W) Giants (L) Cowboys (W) Giants (L)...
Britney vs. Christina gets serious
"X Factor" creator Simon Cowell fears that his star judge Britney Spears will be “devastated” when producers from “The Voice” decided to put her in a head-to-head with longtime rival...
Joke’s on Kelly
The annual “New York’s Funniest Reporter” contest has finalized its lineup of amateur jokesters. The contest, which takes place Sept. 27 at Comic Strip Live, benefits The Humane Society of...
Size matters
He’s 6-feet-5. She’s 5-feet-3. There’s no way they should be seeing eye-to-eye. But on camera, morning TV co-hosts Michael Strahan and Kelly Ripa look evenly matched. We thought that maybe...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYELLEN BARKIN, SUSAN LUCCI - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4KRISTIN CHENOWETH, JEREMY IRONS, MELISSA ETHERIDGE - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7BOBBY FLAY, GIADA DE LAURENTIIS -...
Sleep-aid slip-up
Tom Brokaw, the Emmy Award winning former “NBC Nightly News” anchor, spent part of yesterday undergoing a battery of tests at a Charlotte, NC, hospital after becoming lightheaded from a...
Tuning out Bubba
Memo to Bill Clinton: you’re no match for Eli Manning and Big Blue — at least in New York. The Giants season opener against Dallas Wednesday night averaged nearly 2...
Apple TV on pause
Apple won’t be releasing a new TV this year, as analysts had predicted, said a person familiar with the company’s plans. In recent negotiations, the main stumbling block has been...
Who's zooming who!
1. WWE Raw 779,697 2. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta 722,885 3. SpongeBob 561,792 4. Breaking Bad 504,261 5. WWE Smackdown 410,004 6. Doctor Who 352,191 7. Bad Girls Club...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS OPRAH WINFREY Cable net founder gets a hit machine of her OWN by luring Tyler Perry away from Turner. LARRY PAGE Google CEO now leads world’s 3rd most valuable...
Betsey's back
‘Look at the bunny bags!” designer Betsey Johnson exclaims to her longtime assistant as she looks over her new accessories for spring. The 70-year-old bounds around her new 37th Street...
The battle of the bling
A tale of two diamonds Jewelry designer Ivanka Trump was low on flash Wednesday night at the ninth annual Style Awards at Lincoln Center — and she has her 14-month-old...
Looks from ’70s, ’80s take us to Funky Town
The winds of change may be swirling on the national front with political conventions, but here in New York City, where the spring fashion shows kicked off yesterday at Lincoln...
Weird but true
Ozzie and Harriet they’re not. A Florida couple allegedly left three of their five young kids home alone — so they could go get married. Kymberely Frederick, 30, and Daniel...
Barkley uses tech-savvy mind to lead USC
Matt Barkley might be back here in December to accept the Heisman Trophy, he might go down as the greatest quarterback in USC history, or the best ever to play...
Young Francis Lewis avoids deja vu, holds off rival Bayside
D.J. Glazer broke free from the Francis Lewis defense with Bayside down a goal in the waning moments of Thursday's match and immediately brought back visions of last season. It...
Obama takes the stage
Big decisions will be made in the next four years President Obama says. Our vision he says is to restore the middle class and the strongest economy the world has...
Fresh faces set to step up for defending champ Cardozo
Cardozo might be the two-time defending champion in the PSAL, but a younger roster and tough competition will make chances at a three-peat more difficult for coach Daniel Scarola and...
Prez says path forward won't be quick or easy; accepts nomination
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation's stubborn economic woes, but vowed in a Democratic National Convention...
Undrafted Queens product Machado signs with Rockets
Scott Machado, the former Iona College point guard who went undrafted despite leading the nation in assists, agreed to a partially guaranteed, three-year contract for the league minimum with the...
Joseph Abboud
Bernardo Rojo continues to breathe life into Joseph Abboud and presented an energetic collection far from the staid sensibility of traditional menswear. Olympian du jour Ryan Lochte sat front row...
Penguin Group PR head forced out of job because of age: lawsuit
Betty White’s book publishing golden girl was treated like an old bag by her bosses, court papers say. Marilyn Ducksworth, the longtime head of Penguin Group’s public relations, says she...
Tim Coppens
Tim Coppens can craft a bomber jacket into something near brilliance. For spring the designer continued his exploration of the sporty silhouette by adding shorts, crisp collar shirts and parachute...
Siki Im
Fashion folk showed up in their best black to see Siki Im deliver his latest sartorial sermon on vanguard menswear, one his growing cult of customers will certainly revere. Models...
Duckie Brown
For spring the guys at Duckie Brown brought their signature brand of subversive traditionalism and toughened it up with some serious attitude. There were tartans and leather and lots of...
Convention blog: John Kerry foams at the mouth
No doubt, President Obama is grateful for the absolutely fire-breathing foreign policy indictment of Mitt Romney by Sen. John Kerry. But as Ezra Klein reminds us, Kerry may have given...
Obama's immigration gambit leads to poor outcomes
President Obama had good political reasons to issue a new immigration directive known as deferred action, to allow young illegals to temporarily stay in the US legally and go to...