December 14, 2012
Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale preview: Ex-Giants DT Mitrione looking for big win vs. Nelson
No former NFL player has ever won a UFC title. The feat may never happen. Right now, though, Matt Mitrione is closer than anyone has been and possibly ever will...
NHL files suit, labor charge against union
Anticipating a possible antitrust suit, the NHL has brought its labor fight against hockey players to federal court. The league on Friday filed a class action suit in U.S. District...
Yankees hit with $18.9M luxury tax
The New York Yankees have been hit with an $18.9 million luxury tax by Major League Baseball, the 10th consecutive year they will pay a penalty for their spending. The...
Alliance for Coney Island raises megabucks for local Sandy victims
The devastation of Hurricane Sandy cannot keep Coney Island down.The Alliance for Coney Island – a new partnership between the city and the heaviest hitters in Coney Island’s business community...
Animal catchers go wild on 'Call of the Wildman'
Crazy critters causing Christmas chaos? Call Team Turtle! They're not teenage, mutant or ninja, but they definitely have turtle power. Ernie "Turtleman" Brown, Jr., his right-hand man and banjo player...
SHOCKING AUDIO: Gunman's rampage took only minutes, cop radio calls reveal
Judging by the radio calls, it took only a few minutes for a gunman to snuff out the lives of 20 Newtown school children and six adults. The first word...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Pistons
After finally snapping their three-game losing streak Wednesday in Toronto against the Raptors, the Nets return to Brooklyn Friday night against the Pistons and former coach Lawrence Frank, hoping to...
Construction lab boss headed to jail for faking concrete test results
The head of a crooked construction lab is heading to prison for faking test results for concrete used in such landmark projects as Yankee Stadium, the Intrepid museum, Lincoln Tunnel...
Titans' Johnson wears helmet talking to media
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee running back Chris Johnson pulled off a Ricky Williams’ move talking to reporters wearing a visored helmet, and he says he did it just to satisfy...
Boxing commentator Larry Merchant leaving the ring
Larry Merchant is stepping away from the ring. After 35 years of a boxing commentator for HBO Sports, the Brooklyn native, 81, will hang up his microphone after Saturday’s season...
Giants' Wilson to retire backflip celebration for time being
David Wilson has backflipped out.The Giants rookie running back and kick returner, who punctuated each of his three touchdowns last Sunday with a celebratory backflip, said on ESPN today that...
Mets in 'serious' talks to send Dickey to Blue Jays
R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball may have to dance north of the border next season.According to industry sources, the Mets and Blue Jays were in “serious” discussions last night on a trade...
New Yankee Youkilis says Joba history 'not a big deal'
If Joba Chamberlain dusting him as a Red Sox mattered to Kevin Youkilis, Alex Rodriguez' replacement would be somebody else."It's not a big deal to me. If it was that...
Emotional Obama on school shooting: Child victims 'had their entire lives ahead of them'
WASHINGTON – President Obama today wiped away tears and got a lump in his throat as he gave voice to America’s pain and anguish in the wake of a horrific...
BEST BETS: Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale
Another day, another UFC show. The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale on Saturday night will mark the second time in 24 hours the organization will put on a live event. This...
Monmouth, Quinnipiac leaving NEC for MAAC
Conference realignment continued on Friday.Monmouth and Quinnipiac will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, leaving the Northeast Conference, and will begin play in the MAAC in the 2013-14 season. The...
After Drake-Brown bar brawl, a fight over club's fate
The SoHo club that played host to a bottle-service brawl between Chris Brown and Drake over Rihanna last summer is in a knock down, drag out legal fight with the...
Atlantic 10 calls meeting in fear that teams could bolt in wake of Big East split
Presidents of the Atlantic 10 conference have scheduled a meeting for next Thursday with the intent of solidifying commitments from its membership, The Post has learnedAccording to a person with...
Ex-Knicks, Nets player Williams arrested on drug charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shawne Williams, a first-round NBA draft pick in 2006, was arrested on drug charges late Thursday after an officer patrolling a parking lot at a suburban Memphis...
Giants assistant Rhule offered Temple head coaching job
PHILADELPHIA -- Temple has made an offer to New York Giants assistant Matt Rhule to become the Owls’ new head coach, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated...
New York's ObamaCare health exchange approved
ALBANY, NY — New York was given federal approval Friday to set up an online marketplace for individuals and small businesses to buy health insurance. The federal Department of Health...
Bradshaw, Phillips, Amukamara all out for Giants
The Giants will officially be without Ahmad Bradshaw, Kenny Phillips and Prince Amukamara on Sunday.All three Giants starters were ruled out today for their game against the Falcons in Atlanta....
History of mass shootings — Newtown school massacre among world's deadliest
A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at...
'Casablanca' piano goes for more than $600,000 at auction
The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca" has fetched more than $600,000 at auction. The 58-key upright was sold to an...
'Dating Game Killer' confesses to two more slays
He killed the heiress. And he killed the flight attendant, too. Serial sex killer Rodney Alcala took a surprise guilty plea in Manhattan this afternoon to taking the life of...
Knicks' Carmelo unlikely to face Cavaliers
The Knicks are listing Carmelo Anthony as questionable for Saturday's game vs. Cleveland at the Garden and indications are he will sit out the game and rest his sprained left...
Gov. Cuomo demands action on federal storm aid for New York following Sandy
New York has contributed to help other states after natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina so the federal government should move quickly to approve a $60 billion aid package to...
North Korea celebrates rocket launch, Kim Jong Un smokes a cig
PYONGYANG, North Korea — A triumphant North Korea staged a mass rally of soldiers and civilians Friday to glorify the country's young ruler, who took a big gamble this week...
Russia denies Assad losing control, day after saying opposite
MOSCOW — Russia issued a clumsy denial Friday of a statement from its point man on Syria, who said a day earlier that Syrian President Bashar Assad is losing control...
ESPN suspends Parker after 'First Take' host wonders if Griffin is 'cornball brother'
It was too offensive, even for “First Take” — the Worldwide Leader in that category. ESPN has suspended co-host Rob Parker for comments he made about Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin...
DVD Extra: Revisiting 'Heaven's Gate,' Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
"First the good news -- and there is some: 'Heaven's Gate' is one of the most stunningly photographed films ever made in this country,'' begins the second professional film review...
Israel's foreign minister resigns after fraud and breach of trust charges
JERUSALEM — Israel's powerful foreign minister announced his resignation from government Friday, a day after an indictment for breach of trust was filed against him by the country's attorney general,...
Jets eliminated from playoff contention with Titans loss
It's now truly a must win for the Jets.With the Bengals win over the Eagles on Thursday, the Jets game on Monday night with the Titans is do or die...
Colorado and Washington can roll a fatty: Obama
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the federal government won't go after recreational marijuana use in Washington state and Colorado, where voters have legalized it. In a Barbara Walters interview...
Keller could sit out for Jets again with sprained ankle
It sounds like the Jets will be without tight end Dustin Keller again this week.Keller has a sprained ankle and missed last week's game. Jets coach Rex Ryan sounded hopeful...
Ryan: Healthier Tebow could bring Jets Wildcat back
A day after basically pronouncing the Wildcat dead, Jets coach Rex Ryan reversed field.Ryan said that quarterback Tim Tebow looked so good in practice on Thursday that he might use...
U.S. Open adds extra day; men's final will be on Monday
The U.S. Open tennis tournament is moving the women's final to Sunday and men's final to Monday in 2013, building in a day of rest ahead of each title match...
Rutgers suspended Rice for throwing basketballs at players’ heads: report
Apparently, Mike Rice’s boorish behavior during games doesn’t compare to what goes on during his practices. The Rutgers coach was suspended for three games on Thursday inapproriate actions and language,...
Josh Hamilton, Ichiro Suzuki and Ryan Dempster
Apologies (or, you're welcome) for no conversation this week. It didn't work out.Anyway, at the outset of this Hot Stove season, had I ranked this group of free agents in...
At least 27 people, including 20 children, shot dead at elementary school in Connecticut
A crazed gunman dressed in black went on a rampage at a Connecticut elementary school this morning, in a massacre that left the shooter and 26 others dead — including...
Lopez makes return to Nets lineup tonight
Brook Lopez will return to the lineup Friday night against the Pistons, Avery Johnson confirmed before the game.Lopez, who has missed the past seven games with a sprained right foot,...
Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, Defense
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2004 and has pined for the job of top diplomat, vaulted to the head of President Barack Obama's...
Mayor says Congress should question $60B request for Sandy funds
The federal government's sloppy handling of the recovery after Hurricane Katrina is weighing on legislators trying to figure out how much aid New York should get following superstorm Sandy, Mayor...
Woman seriously injured after being struck by car on UWS
A woman is fighting for her life after getting hit by a car on the Upper West Side this morning, authorities said. The victim was on Central Park West and...
British billionaire Eva Rausing died as a result of drug abuse: coroner
LONDON — Eva Rausing, one of Britain's richest women, died in a squalid corner of her luxury home as a result of her "dependent abuse" of drugs, a coroner ruled...
Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore's guitar 'stolen'
PHILADELPHIA — Sonic Youth guitarist and singer Thurston Moore says his iconic guitar was stolen after a show in Philadelphia. Moore reported on the band's Facebook page Thursday that his...
Cheaper gas pushes consumer price index down 0.3 percent in November
WASHINGTON — A steep fall in gas costs pushed down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month, keeping inflation mild. The seasonally adjusted consumer price index dropped 0.3 percent...
FEMA to release new flood elevation maps for NJ
TRENTON, NJ — Property owners and builders in ten New Jersey counties will learn more about flood hazards in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will...
O/U Rico
Rico went a season best 14-2 (2-1 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week. The season record is 88-115-4 (16-25-1). The selections for Week 15 are: OVERS: Bengals / Eagles;...
LI cop allegedly dating TWO women while on patrol, pleads not guilty to 80 misconduct counts
The married Long Island cop who allegedly spent nights in his girlfriend’s bed with his marked cop car in her driveway – while he was supposed to be on patrol...
WATCH: 2012's odd, bad and heroic acts
What a year! Real-life became reality TV when people were caught by surveillance cameras and amateur video this year. The spray paint flew in a Manhattan subway station. A man...
The Post breaks down all 35 BOWL games
It’s the most unpredictable time of the year. With coaches changing jobs, draft-eligible players thinking more about getting themselves ready for the next level than the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl and...
Angels land Hamilton to bolster beefy lineup
Josh Hamilton is taking his talents to Disneyland. In a cloak-and-dagger operation that would have made the CIA proud, the Angels yesterday agreed to a five-year contract worth $125 million...
Knicks get revenge on D'Antoni, but Anthony sprains ankle
Carmelo Anthony was bent on wrecking Mike D’Antoni’s Garden return, even if he had to wreck his own ankle to do it. Anthony brutalized the pathetic Lakers’ defense for 30...
Carmelo scare shows how fragile it all is for Knicks
Listen: There are 19,033 people inside Madison Square Garden, and they rock the joint with the same fervor of the folks who were here a night earlier, roaring at The...
D'Antoni hears boos from Knicks fans in Garden return
There were boos. Lots and lots of boos at the outset. And toward the end, there were chants of “Fire D’Antoni.” Welcome back, Mike. “After the initial seeing everybody, and...
Hamilton's deal with Angels has ramifications that stretch way beyond SoCal
Josh Hamilton agreed to a five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels yestrerday and, ladies and gentlemen, let the fallout begin: 1. So much for L.A. being laidback, at least...
Torres, part of Mets' Pagan deal, heads back to Giants
Andres Torres’ disappointing tenure with the Mets officially ended yesterday when he agreed to a one-year deal worth $2 million that will return him to the Giants. The Mets non-tendered...
Hue two stars
Katie Holmes and Blake Lively add a colorful splash to the Hurricane Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night.
Business briefs
Clearwire bidSprint Nextel has offered to acquire all of Clearwire in a $2.1 billion deal, ending a four-year joint venture that struggled to build a nationwide network capable of challenging...
Walmart among retail chains bidding for Hostess' brands
Walmart is looking to lasso Twinkie the Kid. The largest US discounter and other gigantic retail chains are among a pack of emerging bidders for some of the much-loved brand...
Liberty shooting for the stars with spinoff
Liberty Media has started sending out feelers to potential buyers for its premium channel Starz. Liberty has reached out to media companies ahead of the expected mid-January spinoff of its...
CNBC vs. Buffett
Warren Buffett’s kids may be grown, but he can still give a good spanking. The “Oracle of Omaha” sent a terse e-mail to editors at CNBC yesterday after a reporter...
Ailing Best Buy gets bid bounce
Best Buy investors are getting their nerve back.Shares of the struggling electronics chain surged $1.94, or 16 percent, to close at $14.12 yesterday on a report that founder Richard Schulze...
Bloom is off the rose for Time Inc. CEO Lang
The honeymoon appears to be over for Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang. As employees await a new round of cuts that seems all but certain to shake the nation’s largest...
Shuffle board: Yahoo! hires one director, axes two
Yahoo!’s board is getting a full Loeb-otomy. Activist investor Dan Loeb completed his boardroom overhaul yesterday with the appointment of a fourth Yahoo! director. PayPal co-founder Max Levchin was named...
SolarCity IPO on fire
Shares of Elon Musk-backed SolarCity jumped nearly 50 percent during their market debut yesterday, a day after the company was forced to slash its IPO price to attract investors skittish...
Nasdaq snafus anew
The Nasdaq Stock Market yesterday canceled some early trades in nine US stocks, including Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard and Sprint Nextel, when prices swung more than 10 percent away from Wednesday’s...
Live Nation high on ’13
Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s biggest concert promoter, predicted higher demand for shows in 2013 after conducting a survey that found 37 percent of ticket buyers plan to attend more...
UBS expected to pay $1B fine
What a Swiss Mess. UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, is set to be whacked with as much as a $1 billion fine over its role in a massive global interest- rate...
Brady’s UGG pass is failing
When New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady began pitching men on Uggs last year, it was an attempt by parent Deckers Outdoor to prolong growth of a brand that’s been...
Gettin’ cold feet
Sales at department stores are losing a lot of their holiday jingle. After a big kickoff in the aisles over the Thanksgiving holiday, shoppers apparently ran out of steam in...
Mozilo’s got ‘no regrets’
Countrywide Financial Corp. co-founder Angelo Mozilo said under oath last year that he had “no regrets” about how he ran the mortgage firm and that he only agreed to a...
Badde$t bounce
Anybody can write bad checks — but $82 million worth in just two weeks could be a record.The FBI yesterday busted New York businessman Saquib Khan and charged him with...
Hungry for bail
He’s taking another bite at getting sprung. Alleged NYPD cannibal wannabe Gilberto Valle is asking a federal appeals court to do what three judges have already refused — grant him...
Midtown murder victim’s role as drug courier eyed as motive in slaying: sources
The victim in the execution-style slaying on a busy Midtown street was involved in shipping drugs — and had been summoned to the city by his associates after multiple packages...
Bagel pol Seabrook in hole for $1M
That’s a lot of bagels! Crooked ex-pol Larry Seabrook should be forced to pay back taxpayers $1.1 million-plus for scamming City Council “slush” funds, federal prosecutors say. Papers filed yesterday...
Scout kid-porn bust
A Long Island Boy Scouts leader facing child-pornography charges was ordered held yesterday in lieu of $400,000 bond.Edward Orenchuk III, 23, also pleaded not guilty to charges including promoting a...
FDNY firefighter tears up while being aquitted of stragulation charges against pre-op transsexual gal pal
He didn’t choke her. He didn’t tamper with her testimony. But he did assault her — a little. FDNY calendar hunk Taylor Murphy, 28, burst into tears as a Manhattan...
Tossing in towel on Assad
Russia, the last major ally of Syria’s brutal regime, finally admitted yesterday that rebels are winning the bloody, two-year civil war. “We must look at the facts,” Deputy Foreign Minister...
City big nabbed in ‘relocate reallocate’
Bad move.A longtime manager at the city’s technology agency moved from The Bronx to Westchester last year and then brazenly tried to pass off the cost as an official agency...
Staten Is. toll break
Staten Islanders who use the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge are getting a break in the upcoming round of MTA fare and toll hikes.Island residents who use E-ZPasses three or more times a...
Rabbi sex scandal at Yeshiva U
The chancellor of Yeshiva University reportedly has acknowledged that two rabbis assigned to its all-boys high school were allowed to leave quietly after students accused them of sexual abuse. The...
Queensboro Bridge driver faces up to 25 years in fatal crash
A man who turned down a six-month plea deal after cops said he drunkenly drove his car off a Queensboro Bridge ramp — killing a pedestrian and destroying two businesses...
Marty Markowitz fights to lure pro soccer team to Brooklyn
He stole the Nets from New Jersey and the Islanders from Long Island — and now he’s after the new soccer franchise trying to set up shop in Queens. Brooklyn...
Vote by professors is a slap at NYU president
The president of NYU has a power addiction, some professors say — and they’re poised for an intervention.In a mutinous move, faculty at the School of Arts and Science elected...
Teacher has a wild ‘streak’
TRENTON, NJ — A New Jersey teacher caught running naked through an apartment complex is the first to lose his job under a speedier new tenure law.It took four months...
Ruling boo$ts 9/11 responders
The state’s highest court has ruled the city wrongly denied World Trade Center disability pensions to three cancer-stricken cops, paving the way for hundreds of ill 9/11 first responders to...
Bronx charity director is accused of using state grants for personal expenses
She’s gone from hero to zero. A beloved Bronx woman, once honored by Volvo as “America’s Greatest Hometown Hero” for her work with troubled teens, submitted $250,400 worth of “inappropriate...
Mike OKs gouger ‘pedi’cure
Greedy pedicab drivers can no longer gouge customers with exorbitant hidden fees under a bill Mayor Bloomberg signed into law yesterday.The measure, which will take effect next June 13, requires...
Marshall wheel pitiful
A frail, weary-looking Anthony Marshall was rolled in his wheelchair into the audience of the Manhattan Appellate Division yesterday — the unofficial Exhibit A in arguments that he shouldn’t go...
Brooklyn principal shortchanged special-ed kids to cash in: DOE documents
A Brooklyn principal cut special-education services from her high school and improperly forced teachers to alter the records of kids with special needs — allegedly to save cash, Department of...
Bern bro ‘$ divvy’
Arch fraudster Bernie Madoff’s younger brother showed his true colors when he learned the family’s crooked firm was about to collapse, the feds said yesterday.Peter Madoff desperately scrambled to divvy...
7 hurt in SI blaze
Seven firefighters were injured battling a blaze on Staten Island last night, officials said.The fire broke out at 9:30 p.m. on Van Duzer Street in Stapleton on the second floor...
$36M Hosni loot found
MADRID — Spanish police have found $36.5 million in assets owned by ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and people close to him, including Marbella beach properties and luxury cars, the...
iFans: Way to go, Google!
They once were lost — but now they’re found. New Yorkers welcomed the return of a Google Maps app to their iPhones yesterday — after enduring three months of bad...
Mercy for Bx. ‘arsenal’ GI
An ex-US Army paratrooper caught with two stolen hand grenades got a big break yesterday from a Manhattan judge who cited his Iraq combat bravery and its lasting trauma on...
Philadelphia anchorwoman’s lawsuit tossed out
A judge has tossed sexy Long Island-born TV news anchor Alycia Lane’s lawsuit against former employer CBS — and possibly crippled her suit against the love-struck co-anchor convicted of spying...
Parks co-worker slay rap
A city Parks Department employee accused of killing a co-worker as they argued over a plastic trash bag was indicted yesterday on murder charges.Robert Swann, 51, was arraigned in Queens...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Three brutes beat and slashed a man in East Harlem, authorities said. The 28-year-old victim was walking on Madison Avenue near East 132nd Street at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday...
Customers sue LIPA for $9.72 over service fee during blackout
Two LIPA customers are suing the inept utility for less than the cost of two Starbucks lattes — just to send a message. The Long Island men have filed a...
Shocker! Con Ed gives back
Con Ed customers blacked out by Hurricane Sandy are getting a break on their electric bills.State officials yesterday approved Con Ed’s proposal for a one-time cut to the basic service...
Tax-e! App to grab a cab (& pay, too)
Need a taxi? Soon, there’ll be an app for that — and it might even let you PayPal the fare. Yellow-taxi customers will be able to hail cabs by tapping...
Dem win still a loss
ALBANY — It’s official: Democrats won a majority of state Senate seats last month.But Republican Sen. Stephen Saland’s concession yesterday to challenger Terry Gipson in a close, three-way Poughkeepsie-area race...
NYers: Weed make it legal
Legalize it! Most New York voters are high on making pot legal, a poll found. But they face more than just tokin’ opposition, as just 51 percent supports legalization while...
‘Showboater’ Liu set to nix new hackmobile
City Comptroller John Liu is announcing today that he is rejecting the contract for the Taxi of Tomorrow, sources told The Post. But the move is merely showboating, since Mayor...
Poor Linz out of lock
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan is about to lose a treasure-trove of expensive clothes, heirlooms and accessories — because she hasn’t paid rent on her storage unit, the celebrity gossip...
‘Indiana’ university puzzler
A package addressed to “Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr.” — a k a Indiana Jones — first stumped its recipient, the University of Chicago Admissions Department, this week. Then it...
Inmate hatched castration plot after Justin Bieber didn't return his love letters: records
He was Justin Bieber’s “Lonely Girl” — in prison. The child rapist-murderer who plotted to castrate and kill the Biebs in New York City was furious with the pop star...
Rock ’n’ rollin’ in dough, yo!
The money poured in. So many people opened their hearts — and wallets — for the epic 121212 Concert for Sandy Relief that its fund-raisers won’t even know how much...
Snark attack by tweeters
An estimated 2 billion viewers tuned in to watch Wednesday’s epic, five-hour Sandy-relief concert. They wasted no time taking to Twitter to voice their views on everything from the lineup...
3 govs to Congress: So pay up!
WASHINGTON — Gov. Cuomo joined the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut yesterday in blasting Congress for dragging its feet on approving the $60.4 billion Hurricane Sandy disaster-aid request. “Two...
$1B to rebuild from pensions
Bill Clinton and city officials announced yesterday that $1 billion in teacher pension funds will be used to finance building projects in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The investment by...
City buses schoolkids for 1G a year each
School districts in the state spent an average of $1,100 per student on yellow-bus service in 2010 — the most of any state, and 140 percent above the national average,...
Rice is cooked in Hill job bid
WASHINGTON — Embattled Ambassador Susan Rice abruptly withdrew her name from consideration to become the next secretary of state yesterday — three months after her discredited explanation of the deadly...
Baby talk triggered NFL player Jovan Belcher's rage, leading to murder-suicide: sources
The Long Island mother of Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher told investigators her son argued with his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins over their baby’s paternity before he shot her...
Ben’s surrender
Aside from the election, the two most important political events of 2012 have been actions by the two officials in Washington whose offices and roles are supposed to insulate them...
Was Psy questioning US — Or just dumping on it?
The Issue: Korean pop sensation Psy’s 2002 song “Dear American,” which contains anti-American lyrics. *** I guess 36,000 American troops killed during the Korean War meant nothing to this South...
Cabinet-level credentials
The Issue: The now-withdrawn idea of President Obama tapping Susan Rice as secretary of state. *** Finally, a news outlet has printed an opinion article that puts Ambassador Susan Rice’s...
Liu’s dubious deal
Union bigs and City Comptroller John Liu, a likely mayoral candidate, teamed up with ex-President Bill Clinton yesterday to announce a deal to use $1 billion in teacher-pension-fund money for...
Quinn’s Christmas bauble
In other pander-to-the-power news this week, City Council Speaker Chris Quinn got an early Christmas present — one that she worked hard for, too. Quinn has stood in the marketplace...
‘Promised’ failure
I’ve just seen “Promised Land,” the soon-to-be-released anti-fracking movie writtenand produced by Hollywood A-Listers Matt Damon and John Krasinski. They plainly have their Oscar hopes up, and maybe the Academy...
ObamaCare: Cuomo, Christie & you
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have taken their states in opposite directions when it comes to implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...
Rockette launch!
We are the short. The clumsy. The cankled. But for a few glorious hours, 35 fellow classmates and I are Rockettes-in-training, high-kicking our unwieldy gams with abandon on the boards...
‘Save The Date’ review
Lizzy Caplan (“Bachelorette”) continues her female-slacker streak as Sarah, a 20-something bookstore manager repelled, not thrilled, by a marriage proposal from her rock-singer boyfriend (Geoffrey Arend), whose bandmate (Martin Starr)...
‘Let Fury Have The Hour’ review
You have to take the good with the bad. According to the lively documentary “Let Fury Have the Hour’’ — the name comes from a song by the Clash —...
‘Only The Young’ review
‘children are the gods of this city,” the teenage Garrison observes. His city is Santa Clarita, Calif., shown here as an empty, echoing playground of boarded-up houses and foreclosure signs....
‘Consuming Spirits’ review
For his animated film about a depressed small town and its rusted-out denizens, Chris Sullivan uses an array of styles: stop-motion miniatures for the streets and vehicles, flowing pencil animation...
‘Any Day Now’ review
I thought I was the only person left who misses the old TV movies of the week, the ones that demonstrated that any issue could be solved if we tried...
Golden Globes are thinkin’ ‘Lincoln’
The status of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln’’ biopic as the Oscar front-runner was confirmed by its seven Golden Globe nominations yesterday — including best drama, best director and acting nods for...
Sit down, guys
Al Pacino has worked with some great directors over the years: Francis Ford Coppola. Sidney Lumet. And now, Fisher Stevens. Stevens’ “Stand Up Guys,” in which Pacino plays a doomed...
‘Chanukah’ brings holiday joy to the world
Jackie Hoffman should know better than mixing things that shouldn’t be mixed. In this case, it’s not dairy and meat but pills, which her stage alter ego washes down with...
It’s a Great White Elephant
If you’ve got $40 million lying around, you, too, can be a Broadway theater owner. That, I’m told, is the asking price for the Foxwoods Theatre, that white elephant on...
P.S. It’s slight, silly fun
Peter Jackson spent gazillions of dollars to tell the story of “The Hobbit.” For the new off-Broadway epic “P.S. Jones and the Frozen City,” playwright Robert Askins and director José...
‘The Girl’ review
‘the Girl” wants to be eat-your-vegetables cinema, but vegetables are good for you. This misery fest is more like an eat-your-bark movie. Abbie Cornish gets her Texas on as a...
Saved by the yell
Zoe Kravitz plays a troubled teen with a dark present and no future in the urban drama “Yelling to the Sky.” Sweetness (Kravitz) is a nice high-school girl whose dad...
More music, please
Jason Becker is a musical prodigy who could play Eric Clapton guitar solos flawlessly at age 12. By 16, he had a contract with Shrapnel Records and was playing virtuoso...
Lakers' Howard: I can't 'do it all by my self' on defense
Kobe Bryant placed “stability” atop his Lakers wish list. Coach Mike D’Antoni wants his point guard, Steve Nash, back in good health. But center Dwight Howard trumped them both, asking...
Giants-Falcons show it's not how you start season, it’s how you finish in today’s NFL
Once upon a time, the 11-2 Falcons would be considered the class of the NFC and the 8-5 Giants would be just another team battling for a playoff spot. But...
5 Questions for Rodney Harrison
It will be a football lover’s dream on Sunday with crucial games all over the schedule. With Patriots-49ers in prime time as the headliner, former New England safety and NBC...
NHL puts stale in stalemate
The NHL’s peculiar approach to collective bargaining yielded predicable results yesterday when the league neither met collectively with the NHLPA nor bargained with the union. A second straight day of...
Sports Shorts
FOOTBALL: Bryant says he’ll play Sunday Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant said he will play with a broken finger Sunday against the Steelers. Bryant was listed as a limited participant in...
Fair Grounds Results
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Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16 miles; $45,000; mdn; 2YO 2 Manando (Garcia) 4.60 2.80 2.10 4 Curly Top (Bejarano) 2.20 2.10 3 Persuasive Paul (Gutierrez) 2.10 * $1 Exacta (2-4) $4.30 * Quinella...
Ryder Cup captain Watson, Tiger have put problems in past
The initial call came to Tom Watson’s cell phone about 13 months ago. He was in South Dakota hunting pheasant. Ted Bishop, the president of the PGA of America, was...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)CATINATREE dueled through stretch, settled for third last pair vs. better fields. STELLARS THEORY came...
Bonds appeal set
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court will hear Barry Bonds’ appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction early next year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday scheduled...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $29,000; clm($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Flo's Greatness(L),121CMontalv2-6-6Iselin15-12 D' Sauvage(L),121M Studart5-6-6Chtterpl30-13 Settle forMedal(L),121M Luzzi4-7-5Grusmrk20-14 Lindell A. C.(L),116W Garcia2-2-4Persaud8-15 W.W.'sLdy'sMn(L),121P Morales6-7-5Barker4-16 MadmanDiaries(L),116J...
Aqueduct Charts
December 13th, 2012Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $26,000; mdn clm($16,000); 3upOff: 12:30. Good. set pace, drew offTime: 24.16, 49.31, 1:14.9, 1:39.5.Trainer: Gregory SaccoWinner: B G, 3, by...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($12,500); 3upOUR CRYSTAL BLUE set pressured pace, held second when dropped to this level. EUROSTYLE rallied for second on turf, returns from layoff. GREAT...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6 fur; $33,700; clm($50,000); 2YO6Brnk f Wr (Snchz)7.003.402.605Brazilian Court (Rosario)2.802.208Guts to Glory (Rocco,Jr.)4.60Scr: Midnight Music.* Exacta (6-5) $16.80 * $1 Superfecta (6-5-8-1) $77.00 * $1 Trifecta (6-5-8) $33.80SECOND-6 fur; $54,500;...
Ichiro can thank Phillies, Red Sox deals for him getting two years from Yankees
Ichiro Suzuki has the Red Sox and Phillies to thank for him being on the verge of signing a two-year deal worth $13 million with the Yankees. While the Yankees...
Sabathia: Yankees still team to beat
Despite an offseason in which the Yankees lost more than they have gained, CC Sabathia declared yesterday he believes his team can certainly still contend. “I do. Obviously we won...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 14SATDec. 15SUNDec. 16MONDec. 17TUEDec. 18WEDDec. 19THUDec. 20KnicksNOGAMECle.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEHou.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENets7:00MSGESPNNO GAMENetsDetroit7:30YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMChi.8:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMEUtah7:30YESWFANKnicks7:00YESWFANNO GAMESt. John'sNOGAMESt. Fran.5:00No TVWBBRNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Watson gives Nets shot in the arm
C.J. Watson picked an opportune time to have his best performance to date as a Net. Watson had a huge second half against the Raptors, scoring all of his season-high...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogFALCONS11 1/2(51)GiantsPackers33(43)BEARSSAINTS33 1/2(54)BuccaneersRAMS33(38 1/2)VikingsRedskinsOFF1(37 1/2)BROWNSDOLPHINS77(37 1/2)JaguarsBroncos2 1/22 1/2(48)RAVENSTEXANS88 1/2(48)ColtsCHARGERS33(45 1/2)PanthersSeahawks35 1/2(43)x-BuffaloLions6 1/26(44)CARDINALSSteelers+11 1/2(44)COWBOYSRAIDERS2 1/23(43 1/2)ChiefsPATRIOTS35 1/2(47)49ersMondayTITANS11 1/2(41 1/2)Jetsx-at TorontoHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogUcf8OLD DOMINIONMIAMI8CharlotteBOISE ST.7LsuNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogNETS8PistonsLakers6 1/2WIZARDSMavericks5 1/2RAPTORSPACERS6 1/276ErsBucks2CAVALIERSCeltics1 1/2ROCKETSTimberwolves4HORNETSTHUNDER13 1/2KingsWarriors4...
Rutgers coach banned, fined
Rutgers suspended men’s basketball coach Mike Rice three games without pay and fined him $50,000 for a violation of department policy. Athletic director Tim Pernetti announced the decision yesterday. He...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICOBengals 4 (45 1/2) EAGLES (Bengals, 34-13)Bengals (W)Eagles (L)Bengals (W)Bengals (W)Bengals (W)Eagles (L)Eagles (L)Eagles (L)Bengals (W)FALCONS 1 1/2 (51) Giants (Sun., 1:00, Fox)Falcons ★ GiantsGiantsGiants ★ GiantsGiants ★ GiantsGiantsGiantsPackers...
NYG ‘D’: wrecks Ryan
The Falcons are 11-2, playing at home where Matt Ryan is 32-4 as a starting quarterback, and still have the motivation of playing for the top seed in the NFC,...
Can’t keep Texans down for too long
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Some help paying your holiday Bills
Including his 1997-2011 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 454-393 (53.6 percent) against the spread.TOMORROWNevada (+9 1/2) over Arizona (New Mexico Bowl): Sustained Wolf Pack rushing...
Hondo at wit’s end
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NFL bid to oust kickoffs empty measure
How many times do we gotta tell ya? Follow the money! NFL commissioner Roger Goodell likely was very pleased his suggestion to reduce head injuries by eliminating kickoffs in the...
Hamstring may sideline Giants' Prince in Atlanta
Prince Amukamara has played in 11 consecutive games this season after shaking off an early hamstring injury. But it looks as if he is not going to make it 12...
Jets' playoff hopes take hit with Bengals beating Eagles
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Without Wildcat, Jets wrong to use Tebow over McElroy as backup
A rap song called “Welcome Back” by Young Jeezy was blaring over the loud speakers as the Jets went through their stretching exercises yesterday, when the music suddenly stopped. A...
Jets’ Hill to miss time with knee injury
It sounds as if the Jets will be without rookie wide receiver Stephen Hill for a while. Hill suffered an LCL sprain in his right knee in Sunday’s game against...
Braylon back with the Jets, could play Monday
Even Braylon Edwards was stunned when his agent informed him Tuesday that it looked as if he would be a member of the Jets again. Edwards practiced with the team...
Giants rookie Hosley to Falcons: Go ahead, throw my way
Go ahead, make Jayron Hosley’s day. Go ahead Matt Ryan, throw Jayron Hosley’s way. The little rookie cornerback who doesn’t seem to know he’s a little rookie cornerback becomes a...
Osi: Giants not getting enough sack opportunities
It is not correct, Osi Umenyiora says, to assume members of the Giants defensive line are feeling the heat to generate more quarterback sacks. No one can hit one out...
Giants know Falcons get no respect despite 11-2 mark
Here is the way Michael Boley views what the Falcons are all about, and he should know, considering he spent the first four years of his career playing in Atlanta:...
Woodson 'scared' Knicks stars straight
Mike Woodson said he scared the devil out of the Knicks on the day he took over for Mike D’Antoni. That was his explanation for why the club has changed...
Kobe seeking stability to solve Lakers’ issues
Kobe Bryant was talking with his good friend Carmelo Anthony in the wake of the Linsanity fever that swept New York last season. Bryant had one question for Anthony. “What...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYJANE BUCKINGHAM, RICHARD BLAIS - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7EWAN MCGREGOR, MICHAEL DOUGLAS, ROBERT DE NIRO - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4BILL COSBY, J.R. MARTINEZ - The Doctors,...
‘Team Cupcake’ weds in Jewish ‘Bachelorette’ affair
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Cable scores most Globe nods
The Golden Globes have an ear for musical drama, handing two nominations to ABC’s new “Nashville” and a nod to NBC’s freshman series “Smash.” But the broadcast networks were largely...
Litigious crooks make filming ‘Cops’ tough
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Annoying ads to be quieter now
The Aflac duck will have put a sock in it now. A new government rule banning loud TV commercials went into effect yesterday. Under the aptly named Commercial Advertisement Loudness...
L.A. Reid exits ‘X Factor’
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Who's zooming who!
1. X Factor 1,080,225 2. 12.12.12 Concert 668,052 3. NBA: Lakers vs. Thunder 653,489 4. NFL: Texans vs. Patriots 607,269 5. NFL: Broncos vs. Raiders 573,003 6. Heisman presentation 386,962...
Designer duds
Two weeks ago, fashion editors, bloggers and celebrities such as Kate Bosworth, Allison Williams and Zoe Saldana packed a Midtown venue for a first crack at the highly anticipated designer...
Weird but true
A fleeing robber was nabbed in Los Angeles after he jumped a fence at a baseball field and ran smack into several dozen police officers handing out Christmas toys to...
Big East turns back to its basketball roots
It seems proper this morning to go back to the beginning, to go back before the beginning. This was 1975 or so, give or take, and Dave Gavitt was having...
Big East’s seven Catholic schools set to bolt from crumbling league
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Here are three games to go to school on
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Looking back at Nets-Raptors
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Knicks beat Lakers to spoil D'antoni's return to New York
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SPOILER ALERT! Can you believe TVD killed off...
If you haven't watched "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" yet and don't want know want happens, quick! Head back to our preview of tonight's episode.Wow – poor Tyler!So the spoilers...
Fordham football earns postseason honors
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Obama tells NHL 'do right by your fans'
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UFC on FX 6 preview: International 'TUF' reality shows building new stars for their countries
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Gambino crime family associate known as 'Seven-Second Bandit' cried when he was busted: defense
This mobster turned rat has one heck of a sob story. Known as the “Seven-Second Bandit,” Gambino crime family associate and speedy serial bank heists Jack Mannino had 24 New...