April 11, 2011
Reality TV star Tori Spelling pregnant with third child
LOS ANGELES -- Actress and reality TV star Tori Spelling announced Monday that she and husband Dean McDermott are expecting their third child. "I know there's been a lot of...
Drive smarter
LIVING without a car in New York has its incredible advantages — no parking hassles, no insurance premiums, no fuming over gas prices, you get a lot more exercise than...
GO NOW: Tasty getaways
DID reading that Barcelona story in this week's Travel section make you hungry? Us too. But maybe you've got no time or money for Catalonia just now; totally understandable. But...
Crazy about Catalonia
CONSIDER the oyster leaf: It’s a plant that tastes astonishingly like a briny oyster. It is a curious thing — a culinary trickster that manages to both surprise and satisfy....
Rockies punish Parnell, win 7-6 over Mets
Troy Tulowitzki homered and drove in three runs, Carlos Gonzalez also had three RBIs and the Colorado Rockies took advantage of a struggling New York Mets bullpen in a 7-6...
Southern Brooklyn bike lane plan scrapped
Here’s one bike lane plan that’s come to a screetching halt. Following strong opposition from residents and local pols, the city’s Department of Transportation is dropping plans for a controversial...
Liberty draft Georgia Tech's Montgomery
BRISTOL, Conn. -- Georgia Tech guard/forward Alex Montgomery was chosen by the Liberty with the 10th pick of the WNBA Draft on Monday. The 6-foot-1 player averaged 13.9 points and...
Smoke signals
A civic group’s plan to ban grilling in Manhattan Beach Park is fueling more fires than it would put out.The Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association announced Monday night that it will...
Rangers vs. Capitals series results
Here are the results for the Rangers' opening-round NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Capitals. Washington won the best-of-7 matchup in five games, wrapping it up at home on Saturday....
Canadian dies after falling into pasta machine
TORONTO -- A Canadian man died Monday when he fell into a pasta-making machine. Canada's CBC said the freak incident happened in Toronto just after 5:00pm local time. Emergency services...
Knicks' Anthony named Player of Week again
Coming off a heroic final five seconds in Indiana, Carmelo Anthony has been named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second straight week. Anthony led the Knicks...
Racist graffiti mars church
Anti-Chinese graffiti has been splashed on the side of a closed Ovington Avenue church whose new Asian-American owner has a controversial plan to tear down the place and replace it...
Rare $1M Superman comic stolen from Nicolas Cage recovered
LOS ANGELES -- A rare and valuable Superman comic stolen from actor Nicolas Cage a decade ago has been recovered from a Los Angeles storage unit, KLTA-TV reported Monday. "Action...
Final four: 'Madden NFL 12' cover picks
EA Sports is down to the final four choices for the player who'll grace the cover of "Madden NFL 12." They are: Aaron Rodgers (QB, Packers), Peyton Hillis (RB, Browns),...
Man arrested in death of girlfriend in Brooklyn
A man was arrested today in the mysterious death of his girlfriend, officials said. Cynthia Lopez, 29, was found unconscious and unresponsive in her Sunset Park apartment by an EMS...
Cop says she was victim in alleged assault on motorist
An off-duty female transit officer was left dazed and topless on a crowded Bronx street after scuffling with the foul-mouthed motorist she is accused of senselessly beating. Police Officer Michelle...
Designer John Galliano taunted as ‘racist’ at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES -- Former Christian Dior fashion designer John Galliano -- who was fired by the fashion house after video surfaced showing him insulting people and declaring "I love Hitler"...
Wisconsin man gets probation for shooting TV over Bristol Palin’s dancing
BLACK EARTH, Wis. -- A Wisconsin man was sentenced Monday to probation for a November 2010 incident in which he became so enraged that Bristol Palin remained on "Dancing With...
U2 tops Rolling Stones for most successful tour of all time
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Irish rock band U2's "360 Degrees" tour has become the most successful of all time, Billboard reported Monday. A sold-out show Sunday night in Sao Paulo...
Capitals getting ready for Rangers
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Washington Capitals have just wrapped up their fourth consecutive division title, yet they have only one playoff series win to show for it. Every year, they...
Mitt Romney announces formation of presidential exploratory committee
BOSTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced Monday the formation of an exploratory committee for a 2012 Republican presidential bid in a video message that touted his business experience...
Box Office: 'Hanna' kicks 'Arthur' butt
Sunday's second-place finish for the "Arthur'' remake, with a disappointing $12.6 million estimated by Warner Bros., was embarrassing enough. Today's "actual'' numbers -- actually more accurate estimates extrapolated from a sample -- put the remake with Russell Brand into third...
Steve Carell’s 'Office' farewell extended to 50 minute finale
"The Office" star Steve Carell will bow out of the smash-hit NBC sitcom that made him a household name in a 50-minute finale in April, the network said Monday. Carell's...
Cops looking for Manhattan bank robber
Detectives are hunting for a thief who robbed one Manhattan bank and tried to knock off two others. Djamil Aziz, 51, (pictured) first struck at the Chase Bank at 111...
Devils head home early for first time since '96
The Devils found themselves in an eerily dark Prudential Center on Monday morning, clearing out their lockers and heading home, a situation that the franchise had not experienced since 1996....
Rod Stewart’s daughter pregnant with actor Benicio del Toro’s baby
LOS ANGELES -- Actress and model Kimberly Stewart, daughter of singer Rod Stewart, is pregnant with actor Benicio del Toro's baby, Life and Style magazine reported Monday on its website....
Creepy Kennedy stalker a free man after plea deal
A creepy Camelot wannabe today pleaded guilty to stalking Caroline Kennedy’s raven-haired daughter — then took advantage of a sweetheart plea deal that had him strolling out of Manhattan Supreme...
3UP: Jeter, Martin, Brosius
1. Derek Jeter’s intangibles have long been a source of conversation and debate. This is an era in which statistical analysis has become more prominent in the game and, so,...
California synagogue bomb suspect thought to be headed to NYC arrested in Ohio
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A man wanted in connection with an explosion outside a Jewish temple in Santa Monica, Calif., was reportedly arrested Monday in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Sources told...
Jury hears suspicious 'rape cops' 911 call officers allegedly made to cover second of four trips
The jury in the so-called "rape cops" trial today heard the suspicious 911 call in which the two officers allegedly phoned in a bogus complaint about a sleeping homeless man...
President Obama says he misses being a regular guy in Central Park
For President Obama, it appears that the grass is always greener on the other side of the street. "I miss being anonymous," Obama said in an interview with Hearst Magazines...
New 'Operation Flashpoint: Red River' co-op trailer
Here's a look at the kind of stuff you can expect during tactical shooter "Operation Flashpoint: Red River's" co-op mode. This trailer shows off the "Co-op Search and Rescue" Fireteam...
Winklevoss twins lose; court rules deal with Zuckerberg stands
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has ruled that the former Harvard University classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can't undo their settlement over the social networking site. The...
BACK PAGE: Rangers best in baseball, right now
Now that a few series have been played, the Back Page blog will unveil our baseball power rankings. The one possible difference between this one and other ones you may...
Passover starts tonight — and the shul will be packed!
Borough Jews are not losing their religion — they’re finding it.From Park Slope synagogues to Midwood’s shtiebels, religious leaders say they’re bursting at the bimah — and in so doing,...
Murphy, Beltran in Mets lineup vs. Rockies
The Mets await the return of Jason Isringhausen and Ryota Igarashi when they begin a four-game series with the Rockies at Citi Field after an ugly loss to the Nationals...
'Brink' gets new release date: May 10
The headline pretty much says it - Bethesda bumped "Brink's" release date by a week, from May 17 to May 10 in North America. "Production wrapped on 'Brink' earlier than...
Markowitz will sing his bike lane parody at satire showcase
SundayApril 17‘Swan’ great“Swan Lake” was one of the most popular ballets ever to be performed before Darren Aronofsky turned it all dark in “Black Swan.” But if you’re curious to...
Raj didn’t use insider-information: Galleon president
Raj Rajaratnam’s Galleon Group was such a tightly run, technologically advanced, brainy ship that it didn’t need inside information to get ahead, a former exec of the hedge fund told...
'UFC Personal Trainer' to kick butts into gear
Good news for those who think the current glut of workout games is too wussy to deal with: THQ has announced that they'll be releasing "UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate...
DC subway bomb plotter pleads guilty, sentenced to 23 years in prison
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Virginia man accused of plotting an attack on the Washington, D.C., Metro system pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 23 years in prison, FOX News...
Nets' Williams undergoes wrist surgery
Nets guard Deron Williams underwent successful wrist surgery Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The surgery was performed by hand specialist Dr. Andrew Weiland and Nets...
OCD Archives: Sidney Lumet in 1983 on the blacklist, avoiding pretentiousness and more
I spent a couple of afternoons, separated by 23 years, with the great, perennially underrated Sidney Lumet, the dean of New York City directors. From our first meeting in his...
Showcase full of oddities (Video)
Focusing on weird, surprising and often macabre items, Obscura Antiques and Oddities is not your normal antique shop. Co-owners Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson have filled their tiny East Village...
After ouster, Gen. McChrystal to head new White House initiative
WASHINGTON -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was infamously forced to leave his post as head commander of the US mission in Afghanistan, is being welcomed back into the White House...
Yankees farm system roundup: Defense fails Betances in season debut
For all of the stars in the Yankees Universe, two of the hottest names during spring training were two pitching prospects – right-hander Dellin Betances and left-hander Manny Banuelos.Betances made...
Mets farm system roundup: Bonser injured in Buffalo win
After winning in 13 innings Friday, the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons needed another strong showing from their bullpen in yesterday’s 2-1 win over the Pawtucket Red Sox after starter Boof Bonser...
Mets' Mejia throws six shutout innings in season debut with Buffalo
Jenrry Mejia picked up right where he left off last year, firing six shutout innings Friday afternoon in his season debut for Triple-A Buffalo in a game the Bisons eventually...
CB 10 votes in favor of Weschester Square B.I.D.
The Westchester Square Business Improvement District, a hope and wish of many merchants, inched one step closer to becoming a reality.Community Board 10’s economic development committee voted to unanimously approve...
Rangers to open next season in Stockholm
TORONTO -- The NHL is heading back to Europe. The league has announced four games next season in Berlin, Stockholm and Helskini. It marks the fifth straight season the NHL...
Nicki Minaj joins Britney's tour, Britney joins Rihanna for ‘S&M’ remix
LOS ANGELES -- Singer Nicki Minaj has officially replaced Enrique Iglesias as the opening act for Britney Spears' upcoming "Femme Fatale" tour, TMZ reported Monday. The deal was signed within...
Natalie Portman gives up veganism during pregnancy
LOS ANGELES -- Pregnant actress Natalie Portman has given up the vegan diet she has followed since 2009, Us Weekly reported Monday. "I actually went back to being vegetarian when...
Manhattan hires Louisville's Masiello to replace Rohrssen
Manhattan College has hired Louisville assistant Steve Masiello as its men’s basketball coach. Masiello replaces Barry Rohrssen, who was fired after the Jaspers went 6-25 and were 59-85 overall in...
NFLPA to hold alternate draft events
Even though the lockout prompted the NFL Players Association to decertify -- it’s officially not a union but a “trade association’’ -- that doesn’t mean the NFLPA can’t send out...
BCA opens new Westchester Square headquarters
The Bronx Council on the Arts opened its new headquarters in Westchester Square with a ceremony that should help the arts become an even bigger part of the community’s renaissance....
Boyfriend charged with butchering beauty
The sicko accused of decapitating his girlfriend inside her Lower East Side apartment was arraigned this morning and charged with second-degree murder. Raul Barrera, 33, was charged during a brief...
Study: Young children may make parents less fit
CHICAGO — Could kids be to blame for new parents' bad health habits? A study found that mothers of young children were heavier and ate more calories, sugary drinks and...
Two arrested as France face-covering Islamic veil ban goes into effect
PARIS — France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and...
Wills, Kate to NW England in last pre-wedding trip
BLACKBURN, England — Ignoring a steady rain, Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton visited northwest England to support youth charities — the last trip in their pre-wedding tour of England,...
Explosion at Minsk metro, several deaths reported
BELARUS, Minsk – An explosion tore through a central metro station in the Belarus capital of Minsk Monday, killing several people and reportedly seriously injuring dozens of others. Witnesses reported...
Pentagon estimates Libya costs at $608 million
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Monday the military intervention in Libya cost the U.S. an extra $608 million in the first few of weeks of the operation. Spending is down...
Author Mike Woitalla talks American goalkeepers and why they are so good
Shut down your opponent and stop every shot. That's what the new book "The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper" tries to teach its readers -- and it does a wonderful job doing...
Steve Jobs' authorized biography to be released early 2012
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- The first authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs was set to be published in early 2012 after the technology tycoon finally agreed to participate in a...
Khadafy's former nurse calls Libyan madman a health-obsessed 'Stalin'
Libyan madman Moammar Khadafy is a dictator like Joseph Stalin who is obsessed about his health and never bedded any of the female nurses he surrounded himself with over the...
Crowd trapped on subway station elevator (VIDEO)
Several people were trapped in an elevator at the 181st subway station Friday night, according to a new video. The video, posted on YouTube, shows people fanning each other during...
Hola, Havana! BAM participates in citywide festival of Cuban culture
Cuban culture is taking over the Brooklyn Academy of Music this spring, from films to dance to music. But some of the best can be found right in the lobby.As...
Human skull discovered along Long Island beach
The Long Island body count has grown again. Cops have found a ninth set of human remains -- including a skull -- on the Nassau County side of a remote...
Man Utd star Nani sad to be snubbed for EPL's Player of the Year award
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United star Nani was hoping Monday to shine against English Premier League (EPL) opposition in Europe after admitting he was disappointed not to be a contender...
FIFA chief wanted 'favor' from England World Cup bid team
LONDON -- The leaders of England's failed bid to host the 2018 soccer World Cup said Monday that they were asked by one of FIFA's most senior figures to pay...
NYPD head, Gillibrand call for wireless system
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly are calling for legislation to create a wireless broadband network that would let law-enforcement agencies communicate with each other...
Olympian Carl Lewis announces run for NJ Senate
Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis will run again — for New Jersey Senate. The 49-year-old New Jersey native announced his bid to represent his hometown of Willlingboro on Monday. Lewis...
Rapids owner Stan Kroenke closes in on Arsenal takeover
LONDON -- U.S. billionaire Stan Kroenke increased his stake in Arsenal to 62.89 percent Monday as he closed in on a takeover of the English Premier League club. Kroenke, who already...
Captured Gbagbo calls for end to Ivory Coast fighting
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Laurent Gbagbo called Monday for an end to fighting in Ivory Coast hours after the strongman was captured by forces loyal to his rival for the...
Poll: Voters hail Cuomo, demand more action
ALBANY – Having declared Gov. Andrew Cuomo the hands-down winner in last month’s state budget deal, voters now want swift action to overhaul ethics laws and cap property taxes, a...
NBA legend Glen Rice sued over handball tournament
MIAMI -- NBA legend Glen Rice was being sued by a film and production crew who claim he failed to pay them for their work on a 2009 handball tournament,...
Berlusconi admits giving Ruby $87k to 'save her from prostitution'
MILAN -- A defiant Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi admitted Monday to giving €60,000 ($87,000) to the 17-year-old woman at the center of the sex case against him, but said...
Hundreds with alleged ties to terrorist groups prevented from boarding US-bound flights
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009,...
Japan rattled by strong aftershock month after earthquake-tsunami disaster
SENDAI, Japan — A strong new earthquake rattled Japan's northeast Monday just hours after people bowed their heads and wept in ceremonies to mark a month since the tsunami that...
Amtrak, commuter trains from Trenton running up to 30 minutes late after downed wire
TRENTON, N.J. — Workers have repaired a downed wire that slowed Amtrak and commuter trains along the Northeast Corridor between Trenton and New York City. The wire came down at...
Reality check: Feds are hiring for Facebook page
Mickey Kaus has the right idea. If the government is really worried about spending why are they still hiring for all theseridiculous positions?
After reelection, Obama will owe Republican huge 'thank you'
If, come Nov. 5 2012, Barack Obama is still president, he will owe Republican Paul Ryan a huge thank you. Without Ryan, Obama would never, never have put forth his...
Shayk it, don’t break it
Maybe it’s because she’s the girlfriend of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, but Irina Shayk sure is kickin’. The Russian-born Sports Illustrated covergirl is the new face, among other things, for...
Starr report
ABC and Sony Pictures Television are partnering with Banana Republic for the launch of "Happy Endings," ABC’s new sitcom premiering Wednesday night (9:30) with stars Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton and...
NYC softball rankings
If it seems like most of the softball season is made up of the powerhouse team in each division beating up on everyone else, it typically is. But this year...
PSAL baseball rankings
What a wild first few weeks it has been. And we thought March held all the madness. Already, two new teams -- red-hot South Bronx and well-rounded Beacon -- have...
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Red Sox blank Yankees to take series
BOSTON — The Red Sox's horrible start to the season didn't put pressure on Josh Beckett to pitch one of the best games of his career. He did anyway. Beckett...
Schwartzel birdies final 4 to win Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters has had everything outside of a UFO sighting in its scintillating 75-year history. It’s had the greatest legends of the game win its coveted Green...
Tiger’s balky putter lets him down after making charge at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — With all the fuss about his swing changes and his mental health and such, what cost Tiger Woods the 75th Masters and the chance to win his...
CHSAA softball rankings
We have our first changes to the CHSAA hierarchy this season. St. John Villa beating St. Joseph Hill moves Preston up one spot to No. 6 and the Bears jump...
PSAL softball rankings
Now things are starting to get interesting. We promised parity at the beginning of the season and that is starting to shine through – even though the sun still hasn’t....
NYC baseball rankings
If the early going of the baseball season is any indication, we're in for a wild couple of months. Just a week into our rankings and already there is a...
CHSAA baseball rankings
One season is in the books and already there are major changes to The Post’s CHSAA baseball rankings. The top three – St. Joseph by the Sea, Xaverian and Xavier...
Horace Mann's Fox heads to Dartmouth with lacrosse future uncertain
Matt Fox took the nontraditional approach compared to most star athletes. The Post’s reigning All-City Player of the Year was less concerned about where he would be playing lacrosse next...
Play for 'Today'
Chris Cuomo, who was bitterly disappointed when he didn't get the co-host's job on "Good Morning America," has emerged as the front-runner in the race to replace Matt Lauer on...
How Dixieland got to Layla
The program said "Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues" but the pair's Friday night gig at Jazz at Lincoln Center was really a master class in the birth...
Pia never 'front-runner': Nigel
Ready for another Pia Toscano shocker? Turns out she wasn't the front-runner to win this year's "American Idol" after all. So says the man who runs the hit show, Nigel...
Drama's not all the rage
You'll never hear "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" the same way again after seeing "Born Bad." The traditional gospel hymn takes on ominous overtones in this frustratingly abstract...
Clumsy 'Catch' fumbles
It reunites most of the creative team from "Hairspray," boasts energetic '60s music and a fantastic performance by Norbert Leo Butz. It even has leggy chorus girls in small skirts...
The real con man stands & applauds
You'd think at this point, Frank Abagnale Jr. would tire of seeing his life flash before his eyes. But no: One Leonardo DiCaprio film and a Broadway musical later, the...
Crime time drama
The first casualty of VH1's upcoming real ity series "Mob Wives" is already in the books. It's the relationship between Jenn Graziano, the creator of the series that starts Sunday...
9/11 hero suing city
A city EMT who was honored by the White House for his 9/11 heroism claims he was short-changed by the Fire Department while recovering from surgery tied to his time...
'Party on!' at cop-stop club
An incensed Brooklyn judge has reopened a controversial Flatbush nightclub after ruling that the testimony of seven NYPD cops who helped close it was "lacking in credibility," The Post has...
It's a Guy thing: GOPer gives Andy 'A'
Gov. Cuomo earned plaudits from the "right" political precincts recently when the dean of the New York Republican Party gave the state's top Democrat honors for his first 100 days...
$urge protectors fail
They're asleep at the switch. New Yorkers' wallets aren't protected by the dim bulbs of the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a little-known government agency that is supposed to protect...
Gov's surprise pick for No. 2 police post
Gov. Cuomo continued to shake up the scandal-scarred Division of State Police last week with the unannounced appointment of a career prosecutor, surprisingly not a police officer, as its first...
New schools chief has the moxie
'I take full responsibility," Mayor Bloomberg said Thursday morning after announcing that Schools Chancellor Cathie Black was stepping down. The mayor fought for mayoral control of city schools and championed...
Blame it on the pols
The stock-market crash of 2000-02 lit the fuse on a dec adelong explosion in taxpay er-funded contributions to New York City's municipal-pension systems. But a new report from Comptroller John...
Bam bluffing on cut$: GOP
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will jump head-first into the next crucial budget battle with a speech this week about deficit reduction -- but Republicans yesterday charged he doesn't have much...
The ed. pool: Staff bet on Black for ax
Weeks before Mayor Bloomberg pulled the rug from under the epic disaster known as Cathie Black, a ghoul pool was launched in the halls of city government. To win, one...
Gal fatally stabbed, nearly decapitated by boyfriend: cops
A blond beauty from Greenwich, Conn., was nearly decapitated by her live-in boyfriend as he fatally knifed her in their Lower East Side apartment early yesterday after she tried to...
Hot bistro is coming to Harlem
If the international jet set and the city's multi-millionaires ever decide to venture beyond their favorite Upper East Side French bistro, Le Bilboquet, they will soon have a new place...
Weekend of bunny business
Moviegoers would rather hear Russell Brand than see him. The brash English comic claimed the top two spots at the North American box office -- as the voice in the...
Egyptian protesters snub army
CAIRO -- More than 1,000 protesters ignored an army order to leave Cairo's main square yesterday, extending their calls for a quick move to civilian rule and a deeper purge...
Bam's fiscal feint
Well, that didn't take long: Less than two days after President Obama reluc tantly agreed to accept a less-than-whopping $38.5 billion in cuts from this year's spending, the White House...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A tech whiz was nailed after she allegedly used a computer to drain nearly $35,000 from a stranger's bank account. Nagele Marcelin, 28, got her victim's personal information and...
Rockets rip Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- United Nations and French helicopters fired rockets at Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's residence yesterday, a UN official said. The assault was in retaliation for attacks...
Smashed at Gracie Mansion
A boozed-up driver crashed her car into an unmarked police vehicle parked in front of Gracie Mansion yesterday, police said. Pilar Turturiello, 40, was driving on East End Avenue at...
Obama bumps Trump
WASHINGTON -- A fed-up White House yesterday for the first time took the bait on Donald Trump's relentless, months-long questioning of whether President Obama is a US citizen. A top...
O's Weiner roast
WASHINGTON -- The White House has better things to do than to try to explain the budget deal to Anthony Weiner, a presidential adviser said yesterday. "I don't have any...
Coach sacks pop
SAN DIEGO -- The coach of a football team for 9-to-11-year- olds is under arrest after punching and kicking a parent unconscious on the field, police said. Saivaauli Savaiinea, 32,...
Queens queues for Peru's presidential poll
Too bad we don't have this kind of turnout for local elections. Thousands of Peruvian nationals flocked to Queens College yesterday to cast their ballots in a hotly contested presidential...
Crazed driver bangs up 5 cars
A madman yesterday went on a wild joyride that included crashing into five cars, police said. Thomas Peterson, 40, of Margate, NJ, was allegedly driving a stolen car into Manhattan...
No sheriff in town
The lone lawman of Roosevelt Island has headed back to the big city -- apparently done in by griping residents. After six years of patrolling the mean Main Street of...
Report slams LI cop on SUV sunbather crash
A cop failed to look where he was going when he crushed a sunbather with his SUV on a Long Island beach -- as people screamed at him to stop,...
Deutsche-charmed NYSE ditches Nasdaq
Nein, danke! NYSE Euronext rebuffed an $11.3 billion takeout bid from US rivals Nasdaq and InterContinentialExchange as it reaffirmed a controversial vow to merge with German-based Deutsche Boerse for less...
Israel and Hamas reach truce
GAZA -- A Palestinian official close to UN- and Egyptian-mediated negotiations said yesterday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a truce, as cross-border violence abated. The latest upsurge in...
Bruuuce! Save us from Snoooki: Rutgers
After roaming the jungleland of bad publicity, Rutgers students want to be delivered to Bruce Springsteen's "Promised Land." The students are lobbying The Boss to visit their school in hopes...
'Ritin' Cathie's wrongs
The city's new school boss continued his I'm-not-Cathie-Black tour yesterday, visiting a church and a popular radio station to show off his community credentials. Newly named Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott...
One city's silly road to ruin
PHOENIX Suburban Glendale is less a commu nity with professional sports facilities than a sports enterprise with a com munity held hostage to previous improvident decisions. Now Glendale's government may...
City pedal pushers' park rally
Bicyclists "wheel-ded" their power in Brooklyn yesterday, and "pedaled" their support for a controversial bike path near Prospect Park. More than 200 cyclists took a milelong ride up Prospect Park...
Ed. chief defends cash-&-carry-on
Newly tapped Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott yesterday defended the Education Department policy -- revealed in a Sunday Post report -- of allowing instructors charged with misconduct or incompetence to pay...
Business briefs
Glencore IPO Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg told the FT yesterday in an interview that the launch of a $10 billion IPO by the Lon don-based global com modities trader was...
Ex-senator Hiram Monserrate, accused of slashing girlfriend, now working at pizza joint
Hiram Monserrate is serving the public again -- one slice at a time. The shamed former state senator is getting rid of his aggression these days by pounding the dough...
MSG rocks, Barron's says
Madison Square Garden shares could be worth more than $50 apiece, more than 80 percent above where they currently trade, helped by renovations to its namesake arena and improved performance...
His students know 'squat'
What's next, extra credit for going freegan? An eccentric SUNY Purchase art professor held a "class" yesterday in SoHo where he instructed his hipster students on how to illegally squat...
Plea to end classroom closures
Dennis Walcott's first assignment as schools chancellor should be reversing the policy of shutting down struggling schools, said the teachers union and other groups yesterday. Leaders from the Urban Youth...
Times Sq. supersonic a buy-plane
Going, going, gone at the speed of sound. A massive model of the Concorde that was part of a British Airways ad in Times Square from 1996 to 2001 (right)...
Burqa ban is unveiled
PARIS -- France's ban on full-face veils, a first in Europe, is to take effect today. Anyone caught wearing a burqa in public could be fined $216. Rachid Nekkaz, a...
Taxman bites Ozzy & Sharon
Dinosaur rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his TV-host wife, Sharon Osbourne, owe more than $1.7 million in back taxes, and Uncle Sam has slapped a lien on their Los Angeles home....
Sleazy poster people
What do Bill Thompson, John Liu and Bill de Blasio have in common? For one thing, they all want to be elected mayor in 2013. For another, they have a...
Sleazy threesy for Radio City Charlie
The bomb threat was defused. Wild man Charlie Sheen's "Torpedo of Truth" redux at Radio City Music Hall last night had the audience cheering -- just two days after the...
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney scrambling for cash
For just a few million dollars, you could be the savior of American Apparel -- or maybe, at least, its CEO, Dov Charney. The controversial founder of the cash-strapped clothier...
Child's body found in Long Island serial killer's graveyard
One of the four sets of remains recently found on a remote Long Island beach belongs to a baby or a child -- not a grown woman, a law-enforcement source...
Judge slaps B'klyn Bridge Park plan
A Brooklyn federal judge has ruled that the National Park Service illegally removed two historic 19th century buildings from US parkland protection to boost the city's plans for private developers...
'Dafy OKs truce
Embattled Libyan madman Moammar Khadafy accepted a peace plan offered by a delegation representing several African nations, South African President Jacob Zuma said yesterday. No details were officially released about...
Train severs drunk's leg
A Brooklyn subway train severed the leg of a boozy man after he tumbled onto the tracks last night, a police source said. The man, 66, was "highly intoxicated" when...
Sterger: 'I'm not a gold-digger'
The sexy sideline reporter who was allegedly bombarded with X-rated photos and voicemails from ex-Jets quarterback Brett Favre says the scandal derailed her sole goal "to just have a job."...
Japan awash in lost safes
OFUNATO, Japan -- Hundreds of dented safes that were swept out to sea from homes and businesses by last month's tsunami now fill the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters...
The 'gr8' dilemma over PS8
Parents at a Brooklyn Heights elementary school want to stop their children from graduating. Since the only options for grades 6 to 8 in their district are abysmally rated middle...
Comrie's weighty bill: Toying with our rights
THE ISSUE: City Councilman Leroy Comrie's bill to ban toys in Happy Meals. *** A morbidly obese member of the City Council has proposed a ban on fast-food restaurants' giving...
Tisch's test
With a new New York City schools chancellor and a departing state commissioner, education in New York is at a crossroads. The biggest question: Who'll replace State Education Commissioner David...
Kate's great date
Haven't yet decided whether to attend the royal wedding or stay home and trim the hedges? These magazines offer info that could help you make up your mind. Which celebs...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. E.T., Katy Perry 2.Just Can’t Get Enough, Black Eyed Peas 3. No Sleep, Wiz Khalifa 4. On the Floor, Jennifer Lopez 5. S&M, Rihanna 6. Rolling...
60 seconds with Zack O’Malley Greenburg
You say that much of the business savvy that allowed Jay-Z to build a $450 million fortune was developed on the street. How so? When you’re selling drugs, you could...
Go to Greg
I am pregnant and interviewing for a management job I really want. Do you recommend telling them up front about the pregnancy? It is not uncommon for women to struggle...
Pedal pushing
Name: Paul Steely White Job: Executive director of Transportation Alternatives, the nonprofit that promotes biking, walking and mass transit. Named one of the New York Observer’s “Insurgents of 2010,” White,...
Power points
* Flex appeal Flexible schedules and the freedom to work offsite make for happier employees and cut turnover, according to a study by a pair of University of Minnesota sociologists....
Affrunti's Beulah Park Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm.FIRST-6f; $4,600; cl($5,000); 3up4-Jackandiane's 1206-Sea Fish 1201-Reece's Rib 1205-Donnie Lee 1202-MrMnyMker 1203-Frntyard Fsco 1227-JohnnyBonofid 1208-MooShDrgon 115SECOND-1m; $3,900; cl($4,000); 3up2-Undocumented 1241-FabledWarrior 1228-Juicy Point 1205-P.P'stoFollow 1207-ElPolloVolndo 1206-Oree 1223-Hum That...
Tomorrow's Parx Racing Entries
Post Time: 12:25 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 4up; (f&m)PNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1Swtht Smnth(L),115JHpshre 15-12Itsmrbillytoyou(L),114KMcMgll 9-23Zippy Jan(L),106RMntnez 7-24Don't Lie to Me(L),108K Frey 3-15Shanesha(L),110G Garcia 15-16Dress N...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Macraider N (10th)FIRST-1 1/16m; pace; $12,000; conditioned2AlastorHanover(BSimpson)4-1-54-17AquestionoftimeA(DDube)8-1-56-16NoKsssKnwmre(GBrnn)6-3-63-11Gerald N Sam(M Forte)6-7-28-13Western Dexter(B Sears)1-6-85-14AnotherHomerN(BHolland)5-4-56-15Oil Magnet(S Bouchard)7-5-612-18Shotgun A(J Bartlett)2-3-510-1SECOND-1 1/16m; trot; $8,000; conditioned1Get Packin(J Pantaleano)3-4-48-52America(B Holland)3-3-84-16Mignon(G Brennan)2-3-25-13Hetties Hope(D...
Beckett gem against Yankees just what Red Sox needed
BOSTON -- Later, Josh Beckett would say: "There are no magic bullets." But he knows better, has known better from the moment in his teens back in Texas that he...
Yankees' Chamberlain can't get the Joba done
BOSTON -- A few hours before last night's Yankees-Red Sox series finale, Joba Chamberlain was sitting in a corner of the Yankees clubhouse talking about everything he's been through in...
Aqueduct Charts
Apr. 10, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Good. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST5 1/2f; $17,000; clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 1:01. Good. caught drifting rivalTime: 22.75, 46.46, 59.31, 1:05.95.Trainer: Frank Martin, Sr.Winner:...
Yankees' Teixeira goes 0-for-Boston
BOSTON -- Don't look now, but Mark Teixeira's slow start may just have been delayed a week. The Yankees first baseman looked like he was going to put his early-season...
Girardi faces dilemma dealing with Yankees legends Jeter, Posada
BOSTON -- Managers dread having to shepherd star players into their twilight. The players so often do not see his own talents fade. Their teammates are constantly monitoring for signs...
Parx Racing Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $20,000; cl($5,000); 3upFRENCH MOON switches to Pennington for local return after being a beaten favorite. CAROLUS MAGNUS chased the pace and tired when making first start since...
CBS Masters art of following Woods
The unsurprising twist about the weekend's Masters coverage on CBS is that Saturday's was no different from Sunday's. When Tiger Woods was behind by five, Saturday, or tied at the...
Uncle Mo will still run in Kentucky Derby
One moment, Uncle Mo was kicking clear turning for home in Saturday's Wood Memorial, looking as if he'd run all the way to Louisville as the odds-on favorite for the...
Sick A-Rod hopes to be back for Yankees tomorrow
BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez was a late scratch from the lineup with flu-like symptoms, and an hour after last night's 4-0 loss to the Red Sox still was walking unsteadily...
Another Sabathia start wasted as Red Sox blank Yankees
BOSTON -- With an ocean of uncertainty behind CC Sabathia, the Yankees are dancing with death when they don't win games started by their ace. Even though Sabathia wasn't sharp...
Lemaire retires from Devils again
The search for the next Devils coach can't be quite so single-targeted this time, not with the object lesson of the last hiring looming menacingly over the franchise. Now that...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $36,300; clm; 3up6Too Amnble (Lopez) 3.802.402.203Aztec Run (Trujillo)4.203.005BarbrosRvng (Gllrdo)4.00 Scr: Bull Hole. * Ext. (6-3) $15.60 * $1 Superf.(6-3-5-7) $311.30 * $1 Tri. (6-3-5) $47.50Winner picked by Vic...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogNETS 1½BobcatsCeltics 8 WIZARDSSIXERS 1 MagicHeat 6 HAWKSPISTONS 7 CavaliersBUCKS 9 RaptorsHORNETS 9 JazzMavericks 1½ROCKETSNUGGETS 9 WarriorsSUNS10 TimberwolvesThunder 4½KINGSHome team in CAPS
Mets call up Isringhausen, Igarashi to help struggling bullpen
GM Sandy Alderson saw enough during yesterday's Mets bullpen meltdown to revamp the relief corps after the loss -- bringing in some familiar faces. Jason Isringhausen and Ryota Igarashi will...
Mets' Pelfrey confident third start will be charm
Mike Pelfrey hasn't done anything differently since his last start, a two-inning disaster during which he gave up seven runs to the Phillies. But he's still confident he's going to...
Mets waste gem by Young
This might come as a shock, but there was a Mets pitcher who performed admirably yesterday. Before the ceaseless string of relievers who pitched like they love the Triple-A lifestyle,...
Relief pitchers doom Mets, Young
The Mets are quickly finding out that when you shop for bargains, there's usually a reason they're on sale. They got a taste of that yesterday as their shoddy bullpen...
Mets reworked bullpen could be their undoing
Ollie Perez couldn't have done worse. The first real test for Sandy Alderson & Co. was to try to rebuild the middle of the Mets bullpen over the winter. So...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball7 p.m.Rockeis at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Rays at Red SoxESPNBasketball7 p.m.Bobcats at NetsYES, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Magic at 76ersNBATV10 p.m.Thunder at KingsNBATVSoccer2:55 p.m.EPL: manchester City at LiverpoolESPN2Horse Racing12:25 p.m.ParxCh....
Nets rally falls short against Raptors
TORONTO -- As another wretched season comes to a close, the Nets haven't stopped trying. Unfortunately, they haven't stopped losing, either. Jerryd Bayless scored 19 points, James Johnson had a...
Sports shorts
MLB: Weaver fans 15 Jered Weaver struck out a career-high 15 in the Angels' 3-1 win over the Blue Jays. . . . The Indians won their seventh straight game...
Rangers' Gaborik must show playoff mettle vs. Capitals
There are always paral lel, if at times contradictory, theories at work in the playoffs, one being that a team cannot succeed in a seven-game series without significant contributions from...
Judge set to force NFL talks
A breakthrough in the NFL labor stalemate could soon be in the offing. A league source confirmed last night that a federal judge has told the owners and locked-out players...
Hondo's Red-faced
The Yankees and Reds failed their assignments yesterday, which sent Hondo on a downward spiral into negative numbers at 5 mcauliffes. Today, Mr. Aitch is counting on Zoolander to pose...
Anthony's winner, key block ensure Knicks over-.500 mark
INDIANAPOLIS -- Carmelo Anthony hit the game-winning shot, made the game-winning block, and the surging Knicks feel light years removed from their last tragic visit to Conseco Field House 3½...
Knicks' Walsh upset over Pacers rumors
INDIANAPOLIS -- Knicks president Donnie Walsh made his first road trip of the season beyond Newark yesterday, appearing at Conseco Field House, 25 minutes away from where he still has...
Aussie trio has g'day at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Neither won the Masters yesterday, but their near misses did at least one man proud. Greg Norman, who blew a six-shot lead at the 1996 Masters, made...
McIlroy melts down in final round
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- All week long, Rory McIlroy was shifting gears from 21-year-old kid having the time of his life with his mates from Northern Ireland to showing an uncanny...
Never in contention, Mickelson blames his putter
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- While the fireworks were exploding all over Augusta National in yesterday's final round, Phil Mickelson quietly exited the competition with a 2-over-par 74 to finish well out...
Female reporter barred from Masters locker room
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tara Sullivan, a columnist for The Record of North Jersey, was denied access to the players' locker room yesterday following the conclusion of the Masters. Sullivan was...
Devils GM expected Jacques to quit
Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said he didn't even try to talk Jacques Lemaire out of going back into retirement. "This is the decision he made last year for all the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 11TUEApr. 12WEDApr. 13THUApr. 14FRIApr. 15SATApr. 16SUNApr. 17YankeesNOGAMEBalt.7:05WWORWCBSBalt.7:05YESWCBSBalt.7:05YESWCBSTex.7:05YESWCBSTex.1:05YESWCBSTex.8:00ESPNWCBSMetsColorado7:10TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMColo.7:10SNYWFANColo.7:10SNYWFANColo.1:10SNYWFANAtl.7:30SNYWFANAtl.4:10FOXWFANAtl.1:35WPIXWFANKnicksNOGAMEChi.8:00TNTESPNBos.8:00MSGESPNEndofReg.Sea.NetsCharlotte7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WBBR 1130 AMNOGAMEChi.8:00No TVWBBREndofReg.Sea.RangersEndofReg.Sea.IslandersEndofReg.Sea.DevilsEndofReg.Sea.Red BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.J.7:30MSGWADONOGAME
Weird but true
A motorist in Easton, Mass., lost control of his car and slammed into a business on Main Street -- of all places, the Champion Driving School. No one was hurt....
Tottenville's Murphy to sign NLI with Saint Peter's College
Tottenville star midfielder Kasey Murphy will be signing a National Letter of Intent with Saint Peter’s College later this week, her father James told The Post. The blue-collar senior was...
Cut! Besieged DUMBO cries out for film permit ban
Residents of DUMBO are shouting, “Cut!” to film crews who hog the streets of a neighborhood that is already besieged by street work and construction.In the past two weeks, at...
Shenandoah — Grace Slick meets Cat Power
Shenandoah Ableman may be a trained jazz vocalist, but her biggest education has come as a member of the traveling cabaret, the Yard Dogs Road Show.As a burlesque performer and...
Fordham Prep's Andreycak off to hot start after injury-shortened season
Ben Andreycak has had a chip on his shoulder for the last two seasons. It just hasn't been the same kind. Last year the Fordham Prep attack saw his season...
City moves ahead with co-location in PS 9 — despite state order
The Department of Education is moving ahead with a plan to jam a charter school into the PS 9 building on Underhill Avenue, days after a state education official put...
Anthony, Knicks top Pacers for 7th straight win
INDIANAPOLIS — Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points, making the go-ahead jumper with 4.9 seconds left and blocking a potential winning attempt, helping the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers...
Here's a Passover dessert that can really cut the matzoh
Making dessert during Passover is a bit of a challenge.The Jewish religious holiday forbids the consumption of grain-based products — or chametz — so that means no flour, baking powder...
Here's a Passover dessert that can really cut the matzoh
Making dessert during Passover is a bit of a challenge.The Jewish religious holiday forbids the consumption of grain-based products — or chametz — so that means no flour, baking powder...
Raptors knock off Nets, 99-92
TORONTO — Jerryd Bayless scored 19 points, James Johnson had a season-high 18 and the Toronto Raptors beat the New Jersey Nets 99-92 on Sunday night, snapping a three-game losing...
It's a 'Swan Lake' like it ought to be
“Black Swan” this is not. “Swan Lake” was one of the most popular ballets ever to be performed before Darren Aronofsky based his much-acclaimed film, which won Natalie Portman an...
Massive show of support for Prospect Park West bike lane
Hundreds of cyclists — toddlers on tricycles, sign-waving mamas and helmet-clad dads — rode the Prospect Park West bike lane on Sunday to show support for the city’s most controversial...
Jessica Hagedorn calls in Tony winner Chalfant to help her read next week
Jessica Hagedorn likes to buck tradition as a novelist — whether that means adding footnotes to passages, changing voices, styles and time periods, writing a chapter in magazine form, or...
That guy from Blues Traveler will play Brooklyn Bowl on Friday
Coming up in the city during the late 1980s, John Popper was no slouch — he’d play five, maybe six gigs a week. Eleven gigs in a row was the...
Leg severed in 'drunken' D-train mishap
A boozed-up elderly man had his leg severed by a Brooklyn subway train after tumbling on the tracks this evening, police said. The 66-year-old man, who was not immediately identified,...