April 17, 2010
Koch, Zych lift Midwood over Columbus in overtime
John Murphy watched his attack ride Columbus defenders well all game so he wasn’t surprised when Blake Koch knocked a ball free in the Sharks end with the clock winding...
Bin Laden page gets boot from Facebook
Facebook took down a profile registered as Usama bin Laden today after it collected more than 1,000 "fans," ABC News reported. The Facebook profile page for Usama bin Laden, which...
Mavericks not discouraged by run-rule loss to Sea
Kristine Knuth leaned against the backstop fence with a look of disappointment, but not discouragement. The first-year Moore Catholic coach had just watched her team lose 10-0 in five-inning, run-rule...
Power surge: Anastasio's homer caps Sea's lopsided win over Moore
The first pitch was going to be the best pitch and Sammi Lou Anastasio knew it. Moore reliever Gina Palmeri threw the St. Joseph by the Sea senior catcher an...
Goldman Sachs warned of suit nine months ago: report
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was warned nine months ago that Securities and Exchange Commission staff wanted to bring a civil case against it, but the investment bank didn't specifically disclose...
OTB stays open under 11th-hour deal
And they’re not off! New York City’s cash-strapped Off-Track Betting — which was slated to ride off into the sunset today — will stay open under a last-ditch rescue plan...
Big hits as Yankees rout Rangers, 7-3
NEW YORK — For the first time since the days of Ruth and Gehrig, the New York Yankees have won four straight series to start a season. Alex Rodriguez passed...
Back to drawing board for Bryant
Bryant has won three straight PSAL Queens A-II titles. But coach Wally Hausdorf knows winning a fourth straight might not be possible now, not after a 7-2 home loss to...
Gametracker: Mets at St. Louis
Follow the action as the Mets take on the Cardinals...
Construction puts together big victory against Bryant
Linda McKernan didn’t start the season as Construction’s regular third baseman. Fellow freshman Alicia Gonzalez won the job in the preseason and coach Marco Migliaccio’s decision was just fine with...
Some trip: NM cat travels 1,300 miles to Chicago
CHICAGO — No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he's set for a complimentary flight home...
Ash grounds O's Poland funeral plans
President Barack Obama has canceled plans to travel to Poland for the funeral of President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed last week in a plane crash. A White House statement...
It wasn't me! Massa says someone forged check to 'harass' aide
WASHINGTON — Former congressman Eric Massa said today that someone forged a $40,000 salary increase for his chief of staff, who has accused the ex-lawmaker of sexual harassment. The New...
Goldie, Nielsen, Damani & other RBNY notes
Red Bull defender Kevin Goldthwaite has returned to practicing full-time with the team this week. But don’t assume that means he'll be making an appearance on the field anytime soon....
Gametracker: Texas at Yankees
Follow the action as the Yanks host the Rangers ...
Red Bulls must jump-start attack
When coach Hans Backe took over a Red Bull team whose incompetent defense was matched only by its impotent offense, he made his priorities clear. They diligently drilled on defense,...
Wade says Miami 'in the driver's seat'
The same day the Knicks got good salary-cap news, one of their prime possible targets said he's happy right where he is.Heat star Dwyane Wade told ESPN Radio, "I appreciate...
Now 23, Danny Almonte starting over — as a coach
Danny Almonte is back on a baseball field smiling, that same infectious smile America first got to know nine years ago this summer, back in the Little League World Series...
Iceland volcano getting worse, travel chaos continues
LONDON — A lingering volcanic ash plume forced extended no-fly restrictions over much of Europe today, as Icelandic scientists warned that volcanic activity had increased and showed no sign of...
Amazin' backers call for Ike call-up
Ike Davis was arguably the best offensive player in spring training with the Mets, hitting .480 (12-for-25) with three homers and 10 RBIs. That, combined with Daniel Murphy’s sprained right...
Jordan Brand Classic live blog recap
The stars will be out on Saturday as Madison Square Garden plays host to the Jordan Brand Classic,a showcase that has featured such talents as Kevin Durant, Eric Gordon and...
Ed Fountaine's Stakes Spot Plays
DISTAFF HANDICAP Aqueduct, ninth race. Grade 2. Purse: $150,000. Seven furlongs, fillies and mares. Post: 4:50 p.m. LOWDOWN: In the Grade 3 Sabin at Gulfstream Park last out, Matchless Orinda...
DeJesus' Grand theft sparks Clinton to thrilling victory
Upon contact, Tyler Gurman broke into his home run trot. Lehman’s entire bench rose up, following the well-struck baseball’s flight, creeping past the dugout’s edges, anticipating a celebration at the...
CHSAA softball roundup: Palmeri's career day helps Molloy slam Kearney
It’s been quite a two-day span for Maria Palmeri. A day after striking out a career-high 14 batters in a shutout win over division rival St. Francis Prep, the sophomore...
The Butler Did It
It’s the spring signing period, which means that just about every day another high school athlete makes an announcement about what Division I school they will attend. Tomorrow at Madison...
PSAL baseball roundup: Taveras supplies power as Kennedy tops Walton
Pedro Taveras homered twice and drove in seven runs as John F. Kennedy rallied to knock off Walton, 8-5, in Bronx baseball crossover action Friday afternoon. Sammy Dominguez and Williams...
Clinton, Lehman play a seventh inning for the ages
I played baseball most of my young adult life. I’ve covered hundreds of baseball games the last six years. Never have I seen a bottom of the seventh inning quite...
Lehman coach accepts blame for heartbreaking defeat
Adam Droz spoke about focus and poise in the preseason for why he expected big things from his Lehman baseball team. After Friday afternoon’s heartbreaking 5-4 loss to DeWitt Clinton,...
Lewis hands Cardozo girls tennis first league loss since '04
Hikari Miyazawa knew her Francis Lewis girls tennis team had a chance to do what no one had in six years: beat Cardozo in a league match. But the Patriots...
Lopez, Cardinals stun Mets for 4-3 win
ST. LOUIS — Felipe Lopez’s fifth career grand slam showcased his flair for dramatics. It also rewarded another stingy effort from St. Louis Cardinals’ starting pitching. With the bases loaded,...
Museum exhibits you can touch
Blown glass from Italy, basketry from Japan, beadwork from . . . Hoboken? Yes, it’s a regular United Nations of the arts at the Park Avenue Armory, where SOFA New...
9 notable New Yorkers share their favorite weekend activities
FOR MUSIC LOVERS JEFF DANIELS This 55-year-old actor, who’s appeared in films such as “Dumb and Dumber,” is on Broadway in “God of Carnage.” The Upper West Sider is also...
Kid stuff
TODAY EAST MEETS WEST: See how Japanese families celebrate the environment every day at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, where the brand-new exhibit “Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Season” shows...
Cangro can do: Sea rallies to beat Farrell, 6-5
With just nine regular season games, every Staten Island division contest is precious, every win is huge, especially when St. Joseph by the Sea and Monsignor Farrell meet. “You have...
Bear facts
This guy better have some good life insurance. Animal Planet has given a short-series order to "The Bear Whisperer," a project where professional bear wrangler Steve Searles uses humane tactics...
What to expect as '24' heads into the home stretch
Welcome to Jack Bauer's world -- where a roll in the hay culminates with a bullet through the heart. Last Monday's stunning episode of "24," in which Jack's (Kiefer Sutherland)...
Friends in lotus places
A tightly packed crowd at Webster Hall was sitting on the beer-stained hardwood floor, grooving to the music. All eyes focused on the man in a red T-shirt center stage,...
'Glee' fan Madge
Add Madonna to the growing list of "Glee" fans. The Material Girl says this Tuesday's episode, entitled "Power of Madonna," is "brilliant on every level." Madonna and daughter Lourdes watched...
Boot Mike from Gov. Island
* It's time for Mayor Bloomberg to get a grip ("Forever in Our Debts," Michael Goodwin, April 14). He is deciding what the city needs based on what he thinks...
Christie misses tax deadline
TRENTON, NJ -- Tax Day has come and gone without New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie releasing his tax returns. Christie and his wife have filed for an extension, giving them...
'Say sorry! You don't care you killed her!'
"Say you're sorry!" the young woman sobbed. "Just look at us and say you're sorry!" They came face to face after a Manhattan sentencing yesterday, close enough to touch --...
Putin's power plays: Will Obama respond?
* Ralph Peters is correct with his doomsday warning about Vladimir Putin ("Putin Wins Again," PostOpinion, April 16). Putin clearly wants to rebuild and reinstate imperialist Russia by whatever means...
Mayor tells artists: Get the 'sell' out!
Manhattan's most famous parks are lined with artists selling their sculptures, paintings and photographs -- often of quintessential New York scenes -- but city officials say the vendors have grown...
Cop 'attack' on taxi driver
A veteran cop was collared for clocking a cabby on the East Side, police said. Police Officer Sidney Garcia, 42, and some pals tried to hail a taxi at Third...
Bloomberg hails Tea Party movement
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday praised the Tea Party movement for convincing people to become involved in government and opening a dialogue on the nation's fiscal policies. "That's good for the country,"...
Phillies 'hurler' arrested
PHILADELPHIA -- A New Jersey man is facing charges after police say he intentionally vomited on an 11-year-old girl and her father in the stands during a Phillies game. Matthew...
Bloomy: Decide already on 9/11 trials
Saying the decision isn't "going to get any easier for them," Mayor Bloomberg yesterday urged Attorney General Eric Holder to announce once and for all where the Obama administration intends...
Honorable adversary
Benjamin Hooks, former head of the NAACP and long-time civil rights activ ist died this week at 85. I will miss him, my sometimes-adversary but always-gentleman debating partner. Hooks took...
Mississippi vet claims he's Oprah's dad
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. -- An ailing, 84-year-old World War II veteran is making a desperate plea to Oprah Winfrey: Please admit I'm your father! Norh Robinson, a dirt-poor Mississippi farmer now...
Syria snubs Bam
Two weeks ago, Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee Chairman John Kerry visited Damascus to deliver a warning from President Obama that Syria must stop arming terrorist groups like Hezbollah. Syrian...
Benjamin Hooks, 1925-2010
Benjamin Hooks, who headed the NAACP for 15 turbulent years, was one of the last surviving leaders of the early civil-rights movement. But his accomplishments went far beyond chairing that...
Fraudsters' pal in Albany
For shamelessness, it sure is hard to beat Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Man.), who moved this week to -- get this! -- help Medicaid fraudsters evade detection. As The Post reported...
Hail of a ride for Cleese
OSLO, Norway -- Monty Python comedian John Cleese was feeling "Norwegian blue" about being stuck in Oslo after the ash plume from an Icelandic volcano left travelers grounded -- so...
Biz whiz dies at 82
New York native J. Bruce Llewellyn, one of the nation's most renowned black businessmen, has died at 82. He died April 7 in Manhattan from renal failure, said his wife,...
Prez tickled by Tea Party
The Tea Party movement makes President Obama laugh. Obama told Florida Democrats that his administration was responsible for "25 different [tax] cuts last year. "So I've been a little amused...
Blinging in a 'Great' gavel
An emerald brooch owned by Catherine the Great of Russia and a diamond ring that once belonged to former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos are headlining a jewelry sale Tuesday...
Buczek boys of summer at bat
It's time to play ball in Washington Heights. The Michael J. Buczek Little League, named in honor of the 24-year-old police officer gunned down by drug dealers in 1988, plays...
SEC knew of Stanford in '97
The Securities and Exchange Commission knew since 1997 that R. Allen Stanford likely was operating a Ponzi scheme and an agency enforcement official who helped quash investigations of his business...
'Half'-naked clubs nixed
Maybe they should call it the not-so-naked city. A Manhattan judge yesterday ruled in favor of city regulations aimed at closing all of the so-called "60-40" strip clubs doing business...
Scofflaw school to shut
A Brooklyn charter school that education officials charged with violating a host of legal statutes will be closed at the end of the school year. Current students at East New...
Markets punish Google's shares
Google slid more than 7 percent yesterday after the search giant ramped up spending in the first quarter and posted results that fell short of the most bullish expectations. "We...
Exec ducks DWI slay rap
The CEO of furniture giant Jennifer Convertibles was not legally drunk when he fatally mowed down a Queens security guard -- meaning he'll likely escape a serious criminal charge, sources...
Weinsteins eye Miramax sequel
The possibility of a Weinstein family reunion took a big step toward becoming a reality after brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein convinced Disney to grant them an exclusive window to...
Gannett receives banner news
GannettCo., the owner of USA Today and television stations, reported first-quarter profit that rose more than analysts estimated as TV revenue increased. Excluding some items, profit doubled to 50 cents...
Business briefs
Comcast Federal regulators sus pended the deadline for comments on Comcast's proposed purchase of General Electric's NBC Universal unit while the companies prepare re ports on the merger's economic effects,...
Naughty NoHo sculpture bid
A NoHo artist is looking to beef up the X-rated façade of his historic loft building. Bruce Williams will ask the Landmarks Preservation Commission for permission to significantly increase the...
Cop-slay alliance smashed
Bloods and Crips in a rough corner of Queens put their beef on ice to form a murderous, drug-pushing union that was caught on wiretaps plotting to use a sniper...
Squelching the bad news on ObamaCare
The House Democrats' Torquemada got cold feet. Self-styled "chief in quisitor" Henry Waxman announced this week that he's canceling a planned show trial of corporate executives who called public attention...
American psychos
Only an overcaffeinated tea-partier would believe that America is on the path from "an open society into dictatorship," right? Who could think that there are 10 simple steps to establishing...
SEC sues Goldman Sachs over $1B asset 'fraud'
Goldman Sachs, long Wall Street's most powerful and revered firm, was charged with fraud yesterday for selling risky mortgage investments without disclosing that the securities were actually created by a...
Epic downhill for NBC
It turns out NBC is the biggest loser. The General Electric-owned TV network lost $223 million on its broadcast of the Winter Olympics, despite ringing up an additional $800 million...
Cops and 'rubber' on 'L&O'
The city's notorious rubber-room fiasco is getting the "Law & Order" treatment. The show's season finale will feature a plotline revolving around a teacher who spent eight months in a...
Ex-Paulson right-hand man, Paolo Pellegrini, a key figure in Goldman case
He's been married three times, loves sports cars and may well be the guy who helped bring down Goldman Sachs. Paolo Pellegrini, a 6-foot-2-inch Italian securities trader who once worked...
Meddling Dems make an awful investment
WASHINGTON -- With the window rapidly closing on their once- unstoppable majority, Democrats in Congress are about to learn an ugly lesson with their financial regulation reform bill. No matter...
'I'm just sorry he's not dead'
A convicted murderer's only regret about shooting his Brooklyn parole officer was that he didn't kill the man, whom he hated for bullying him with endless office visits and inflexible...
NY1 gal's intern-al conflict
She's just full of herself. That's what lawyers for NY1 claimed yesterday in the sexual-harassment suit of former anchor Adele Sammarco. While Sammarco's therapist testified that she suffered greatly at...
'Fab' fibs of Goldman's French party boy
He called himself "fabulous Fab," and he clearly believed his own hype -- throwing obnoxiously large and loud bashes for his Goldman Sachs buddies at his University Place apartment building,...
Goldman suit is ammo for Obama to ride herd on the Street
Democrats seized on the Goldman Sachs scandal yesterday as the latest evidence of the need for new legislation cracking down on Wall Street abuses, but Republicans quickly threw up a...
Green light on film bets
It was not the happy ending that Hollywood had scripted for itself. Wall Street's bid to allow investors to bet on a movie's ticket sales got a big boost yesterday...
Markets dragged down by Goldman charges
It was the one day when no bank wanted to be Goldman Sachs. After running at the head of the banking pack for years, Goldman took its rivals down with...
Agents renew demand for metal detectors
Outraged parole officers yesterday once again called for metal detectors in their offices after the brazen shooting at their Brooklyn facility. "We've been fighting for 10 years to get metal...
2nd woman says she was assaulted by Steelers' QB Roethlisberger
While investigating a college student's claim that she was sexually assaulted by Ben Roethlisberger, Georgia police learned about another woman to whom the star quarterback allegedly exposed himself and became...
Goldman fall guy
While the Securities and Exchange Commission hangs fraud charges on a Goldman Sachs vice president, several sources suggested the lower level executive might be taking the fall for his bosses....
Perv of the century jailed
BUFFALO -- A 100-year-old pedophile who violated his parole by skipping sex-offender classes is back behind bars. Theodore Sypnier, who molested children as young as 4, was released to a...
Fed storm aid for Staten Island
ALBANY -- President Obama has signed a disaster declaration to help support state and local recovery efforts on Staten Island and other areas struck by severe storms and flooding last...
Aide sex suit vs. Massa
WASHINGTON -- Former Democratic Rep. Eric Massa's chief of staff has filed a sexual-harassment complaint against him. Joe Racalto's attorney Camilla McKinney said yesterday the complaint against the congressman, who...
Speak will of the dead
In the months before he was stabbed to death, a Long Island motivational speaker with financial problems apparently planned farewell videos for his children and told his wife how to...
Aussie 'Net tycoon craps out
A fallen Australian Internet tycoon was busted yesterday for allegedly using shell companies to help online casinos launder $500 million in illegal proceeds from American gamblers. Daniel Tzvetkoff, 27, allegedly...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx A shooting in Edenwald yesterday left one man dead and another clinging to life, according to police. Two men, ages 19 and 20, were found with gunshot wounds to...
JFK is one big ash crash pad
You may as well call it Camp Volcano. JFK Airport looked more like a refugee camp than a major airline hub yesterday as stranded travelers sprawled out on cots while...
Perez gem wasted in Mets loss
ST. LOUIS -- Ollie be damned. That explosion above Busch Stadium in last night's seventh inning wasn't fireworks, but the sound of manager Jerry Manuel's stomach after watching the Mets...
New Met Jason Bay's early-season struggles continue
ST. LOUIS -- The Mets' left fielder is trying to go from quiet Bay to tidal wave. But Jason Bay isn't winning many fans in the meantime, as his early-season...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $13,000; clm($7,500); 4up R LITTLE NUGGET drew rail and drops in class after tiring to second in the mud. KHAN OF KHANS was an impressive...
The Post line
NBA Today Favorite Line Underdog CAVALIERS 11 Bulls HAWKS 8½ Bucks CELTICS 4 Heat NUGGETS 5½ Jazz Tomorrow Favorite Line Underdog LAKERS 7½ Thunder MAGIC 10 Bobcats MAVERICKS 4 Spurs...
New $56M salary-cap estimate a boost for Knicks
The offseason already is going well for the Knicks: Commissioner David Stern announced yesterday that the projected 2010 salary cap is larger than expected. The new figure of $56.1 million...
Curry: Waive me goodbye
Embattled Eddy Curry told The Post he hopes the Knicks waive him if he is not in their plans for next season. The Knicks' star-crossed center, who has played 10...
Red Bulls focused on goals
The Red Bulls hope to jump-start their lagging offense and regain their lost momentum when they play host to FC Dallas tonight (7:30 p.m., MSG). After losing 2-0 last Saturday...
OTB board to have special session today
ALBANY -- The New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. board plans to meet in special session today, a day before the agency is scheduled to end operations and lay off...
Prokhorov takeover of Nets imminent
Neither rain nor snow nor congressmen from New Jersey nor vacant possession rulings shall keep Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov from his appointment as the owner of the Nets. That was...
NYRA sets sights on Cup
While the Breeders' Cup board is eyeing Santa Anita as a permanent site for the year-end championships that have rotated among 10 different tracks over its first 26 years, the...
Valentine: Mets not 'part of future'
If the Mets decide to get rid of manager Jerry Manuel, they shouldn't turn to Bobby Valentine as his replacement. "I don't see that as being part of my future,"...
New Jets get help staying grounded
Has anyone checked the spacious upstairs office in the Jets' state-of-the-art facility in Florham Park, N.J., lately? Is that Woody Johnson or Al Davis sitting behind the big desk pulling...
Hammy puts Yankees' Park on DL
The Yankees hit their first speed bump of the 2010 season yesterday, placing reliever Chan Ho Park on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Both the Yankees...
Crosby lifts Pens over Senators
Sidney Crosby scored a goal, prevented one and his deft stickhandling led to Kris Letang's winner late in the third period, and the Penguins rebounded to beat the Senators 2-1...
Sports shorts
NFL: Ginn Jr. to Niners The Dolphins traded receiver-returner Ted Ginn Jr. to the 49ers for a lower-round draft pick. The Dolphins had him on the block even before they...
No place like home for Sabathia & Co.
Home is where the wins are and the Yankees believe they have the greatest home-field advantage in baseball because of the new Yankee Stadium, which celebrated its one-year anniversary last...
Parise, Kovalchuk lead Devils to Game 2 win
They were certifiably out of their minds last night, these Devils, skating, playing, barging around unlike anything they have been in months, or years, maybe ever. It took everything they...
.083-hitting Teixeira staying positive
Mark Teixeira's woeful slump has reached the double-digit mark. It's 10 games into the season, and he's been atrocious. The $180 million first baseman went 0-for-3 in the Yankees' rain-shortened...
Yankees flush Rangers in 6 to storm into first place
Rangers manager Ron Washington may have wished he was chemically altered while watching CC Sabathia mow through his team last night. Sabathia was brilliant, at one point striking out six...
Devils' Kovalchuk savors playoff victory No. 1
Once there was a time when a Devils player celebrating one playoff victory would have been instructed by his teammates to wait for 15 more, but in the case of...
Designated value can be hard to find
Red Sox manager Terry Francona elected to bench struggling designated hitter David Ortiz on Thursday against Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano. Fantasy managers should have beaten Francona to the punch. Ortiz's...
Pavlik has much to prove vs. Martinez
He's not a drunk. He's not a carouser, and he certainly is not afraid to fight anybody. Those are just a few things Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown wants to prove...
Yankees' catcher Cervelli steps up for Sabathia again
Francisco Cervelli made his second straight start with CC Sabathia on the mound, and the combination clearly is clicking. Sabathia was brilliant again and credited Cervelli with helping him in...
Car' trouble: Mets' Beltran still not up and running
ST. LOUIS -- The Mets continue to take it slow with Carlos Beltran. A week after Beltran had hoped to begin running and taking batting practice, he remains in Port...
Weird but true
And the beer was probably flat anyway. Two employees of a New Hampshire town are facing disciplinary action for grabbing 50 cases of expired beer out of the municipal landfill...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Connelly pitches Moore past St. Peter's
Eddie Connelly outdueled Don Pagano, tossing a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out four with just one walk to lead Moore Catholic to a 2-0 victory at Richmond County Youth Complex...
Pressured Pilots grounded by Panthers bats
The third inning started harmlessly for Cardinal Spellman. Starter Tiffany Rondon struck out the first two Preston batters she faced with the bottom of the batting order coming up. It...
Zubrus' goal lifts Devils over Flyers; series 1-1
Dainius Zubrus scored on a rebound with 4:04 to play and the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Friday night to even the first-round Eastern Conference playoff...
Koch gearing up for Monday announcement, mentions 'as-yet unannounced candidate' for governor
Aides to Ed Koch just sent out an advisory about the former mayor and his non-profit government reform group gearing up for a Monday announcement about getting four gubernatorial candidates...
PSAL softball roundup: New Dorp comes back on Fort Hamilton late
New Dorp turned it on at the end of last season en route to a spot in the PSAL Class A quarterfinals. On Friday, the Central Cougars had some late-game...
Blast off: Cavigliano's homer caps six-run third for Preston
The ball left Nicole Cavigliano’s bat with little doubt. The Preston senior shortstop launched the first pitch she saw in the third inning over the left field wall for a...
Tigers roar in big win over Bryant
The dust had barely settled when a cry came from the dugout. “Now that was a win!” the voice boomed. Riverdale/Kingsbridge had just beat Bryant, 16-8, in a PSAL Class...
Red Bulls host Dallas tomorrow
The Red Bulls hope to jump-start their lagging offense and regain their lost momentum when they host FC Dallas tomorrow (7:30 p.m., MSG). After losing 2-0 last Saturday at Chivas...
Sex offender pleads guilty to murdering 2 teens
Sex offender John Albert Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering two teenage girls in San Diego County after prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. Gardner, 31, faces life...