May 20, 2011
Yankees injury updates: Hughes, Feliciano, Dickerson, Chavez
Yankees starter Phil Hughes was scheduled to see club doctor Chris Ahmad. Hughes was hopeful Ahmad clears him to begin throwing off a mound next week.“There has been no problem...
Mets' Pagan will miss Subway Series
Center fielder Angel Pagan likely won’t rejoin the Mets during the Subway Series this weekend. Pagan (oblique) was expected to play Friday night for Single-A St. Lucie then again Saturday...
Dickey buckles Yanks with knuckler in 2-1 Mets win
R.A. Dickey regained command of his knuckleball and confounded the Yankees for six innings, Daniel Murphy homered and a youthful Mets lineup won the Subway Series opener 2-1 Friday night...
Jets' LB Scott part of workouts with Dolphins players: report
Last season, Jason Taylor jumped from the Dolphins to the hated Jets. Now Jets mouthpiece Bart Scott will start working out with some Dolphins players. NJ.com reports that due to...
'Carrie' remake in works
Stupid idea of the week: A remake of Brian DePalma's "Carrie.'' The Hollywood Reporter is saying that MGM and Screen Gems have hired "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' playwright Roberto...
SI teen accused of 'Jersey Shore' attack arrested in drug raid
The Staten Island teen accused of attacking "Jersey Shore" star Angelina Pivarnick was busted yesterday during a drug raid, authorities said. Kelsey Balzafiore, 19, was nabbed at 5 a.m. when...
Al Qaeda looked at US oil tankers as possible targets, bin Laden materials show
WASHINGTON -- Intelligence seized from Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout suggested that al Qaeda is interested in attacking oil tankers, Homeland Security officials said, a discovery that has prompted the...
Creamer defeats Webb at LPGA event
GLADSTONE -- Paula Creamer sank an 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to beat Rolex points co-leader Karrie Webb 1-up Friday to reach Saturday's third round of the Sybase...
Doped-up Queens driver sentenced for killing two kids in van crash
The doped-up driver that crashed a van filled with foster children, killing two young passengers, had to face the heartbroken mother of one of the victims today who screamed, "You...
Long Island native talks to Nets at draft camp
CHICAGO -- Tobias Harris, the Dix Hills native who played at Long Island’s Half Hollow Hills High School, interviewed with the Nets at Chicago’s pre-draft camp and could become a...
Mets move Murphy in Subway Series lineup
Terry Collins has talked about tweaking the Mets' lineup for the past few days and heading into the first game of the Subway Series, he did -- although instead of...
Our guide to your great Memorial Day weekend
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and you don’t have a beach house or lakeside cottage to run off to. Don’t feel left out – there’s plenty to keep you occupied this...
Great history tour in Bay Ridge on Saturday
This historical tour is much more than a walk in the park.A walking tour next month will showcase some of Bay Ridge’s oldest sites, from a cemetery where Revolutionary War...
Lohan gets court order against sender of texts
LOS ANGELES — A judge granted Lindsay Lohan a restraining order against a man who left chocolates at her house and sent her bizarre text messages saying they are engaged,...
Red Bull captain Thierry Henry out for tomorrow's tilt in Houston
Red Bulls captain Thierry Henry did not travel with the team to Houston and will miss tomorrow’s 8:30 p.m. game against the Dynamo with a swollen right knee. The 33-year-old...
Netanyahu resists key component of Obama's path to Mideast peace
WASHINGTON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday expressed frank opposition to President Barack Obama's version of a path toward Middle East peace, saying Israel cannot return to borders...
Ed Towns loses an election
Rep. Ed Towns has won 14 consecutive elections to represent a large chunk of Brooklyn in Congress — but this week, he got trounced for an unpaid district leader position...
Cops hunt suspect after man slips out of interrogation unnoticed
Detectives apprehended a suspect who strolled out of a Manhattan precinct today in front of about 100 cops gathering for a fellow officer’s funeral, The Post has learned. The suspect,...
Death of Rangers' Boogaard was accidental overdose
Derek Boogaard’s death last Friday was caused by an accidental drug overdose, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled Friday. The ME found that the Rangers forward, who will be laid...
Bail revoked for alleged cop shooter
An accused cop shooter’s controversial bail was unceremoniously revoked today after prosecutors dug up a seedy, juvenile criminal past replete with violent incidents and flights from authority. Former free man...
NYPD busts major Puerto Rican drug ring
A major Puerto Rican drug kinpin was busted in New York City along with nine other dealers, authorities said today. Investigators seized $1.3 million worth of cocaine from the cartel’s...
VIDEO: Subway Series Preview
The Post's Mark Hale, Dan Martin and Mike Vaccaro preview the first meeting in the 15th season of the Subway Series. The first-three game set begins Friday night at Yankee...
'Macho Man' Randy Savage dies in Florida car accident
Former wrestling champion Randy “Macho Man” Savage died this morning after possibly suffering a heart attack while driving in Seminole, Fla., authorities said. The death of the larger-than-life superstar, whose...
Falcons latest to turn down 'Hard Knocks'
What the bleep is going on? HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” which rode the profanity of Jets head coach Rex Ryan to record ratings last summer, can’t seem to find a team...
French actress Marion Cotillard becomes a mom
PARIS -- Actress Marion Cotillard welcomed her first child, a boy, in Paris, People magazine reported Friday. "Mother and baby are fine," a source told the magazine, adding the Oscar...
Explosion kills two inside China plant of iPad manufacturer
SHANGHAI -- A large explosion ripped through a Foxconn high-tech plant in southwestern China Friday night, killing at least two people, a government official said. The facility, near Chengdu, has...
Kate Gosselin ordered to pay marriage counselor more than $10K
FREELAND, Pa. -- Reality TV star Kate Gosselin was ordered to pay more than $10,000 to a Pennsylvania-based marriage counselor after she was sued over an unpaid bill, myFOXphilly.com reported...
Flower power
These hats put royal wedding headgear to shame!Fashion and flowers converged on Gotham Hall during last night's 10th annual Tulips & Pansies: The Headdress Affair show, when 19 models strutted...
Cyclist who accused Lance Armstrong of doping turns in gold medal
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who has accused Lance Armstrong of taking performance-enhancing drugs while they were teammates for the US Postal Service team, has handed over his...
"Golden Balls" David Beckham bringing out his own underwear collection
LOS ANGELES -- Galaxy star David Beckham was hot on the heels of his designer-wife Victoria on Friday after announcing the launch of his own underwear collection, the Daily Mirror reported....
NATO hits Libyan ships to protect rebel-held port
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO fighter jets struck three ports in bombing runs overnight, targeting Moammar Khadafy's navy in an effort to protect the nearby rebel-held port of Misrata, NATO said...
Report: Trezeguet discussing RBNY move
A day after Red Bull captain Thierry Henry rubbished ex-teammate Robert Pires’ claims that he’d been recruiting the aging winger to join him in New York, now comes reports of...
Lehman to be "restarted"
If only it was as simple as restarting your computer. Lehman High School has been selected to be a part of the Federal “restart” program for schools that are persistently...
Lawyers ask NYC judge to find Iran liable for 9/11
Lawyers representing 9/11 families are asking a federal judge to find Iran culpable in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, saying new evidence shows Iranian officials had advanced word of the...
TOTS Teacher Wins Prestigious Award
Catherine O’Sullivan was one of just two early childhood teachers in New York City to receive a prestigious award. Although she is now a recipient of the Early Childhood Professional...
Seniors Thank Tosca for Monthly Treats
Eddie Sujak, owner of Tosca Marquee on East Tremont Avenue, has been inviting seniors from Throgs Neck Extended Care to eat on the house since last spring. Anytime the seniors...
USPS to close Van Nest Post Office
The lower Morris Park and Van Nest communities are mobilizing to keep their post office.A rally will take place outside of the Van Nest Post Office on Thursday, May 19....
Zoo's Free-roaming Peahen Takes a Bronx Holiday
For the second time in six weeks, a Bronx Zoo animal has gone AWOL. A peahen escaped the confines of the Zoo on Monday, May 9 and led rescuers on...
Mead Street's Residents Concerned Over FDNY Accessibility
Local officials and the FDNY are concerned that a Van Nest street is too narrow to turn emergency vehicles on to.Mead Street between Unionport Road and Garfield Street is a...
Firehouse Closure Protest Reaches City Hall's Steps
The protest to save 20 firehouses around the city that are set to be axed reached the steps of City Hall once again.The call by the administration to once again...
Syrians defy tanks to protest, fresh clashes leave 17 dead
BANIAS, Syria -- Pro-democracy protesters marched bare-chested and carrying olive branches in towns and cities across Syria after Friday prayers in defiance of a brutal crackdown by Bashar al Assad's...
161st BID Helps Jeter Countdown to 3,000th Hit
The 161st Street Business Improvement District is helping the Yankee Captain countdown as he reaches an professional milestone.Already the New York Yankees all-time leader in base hits, Derek Jeter is...
Hostos Community College opens $1.05 million recording studio
Hostos Community College recently unveiled a new state-of-the-art recording studio serving students interested in digital media careers. The $1.05 million facility, which was approved by the City University of New...
Two million dollar houses demolished in zoning mistake
Kiss $2 million goodbye.The developer of the Teddy Place luxury homes at 3250 Rawlins Avenue, after losing an appeal, was forced to raze two of five houses, so that he...
Third Annual Fair @ the Square a Huge Success
When Joe Regina, a key organizer of the Fair @ the Square, was asked to come up with a highlight for the day, he had a hard time naming just...
Vacca, Cabrera Fight To Keep Alcohol Away from Schools
People who plan on drinking alcohol near school grounds may want to seriously reconsider.Currently, the city imposes a standard penalty of $25 and up to five days in jail for...
Pelham Bay Park's Turtle Cove Gets Ecological Repair
Pelham Bay Park’s Turtle Cove area will have a new look for the spring. The inlet from Eastchester Bay known as Turtle Cove has been getting a lot of attention...
Qatar may be stripped of World Cup if corruption is proved, says FIFA president
ZURICH -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the vote that awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup could be held again if allegations that officials took bribes to pick the tiny...
Ex-IMF big makes bail, released from Rikers Island
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was was released from Rikers Island this afternoon after his wife footed his $6 million bail and a Manhattan judge signed off on the deal. "This...
Preston PSA competes
Preston High School students have a new public service announcement that is up for a major national award. A team of three students in teacher Craig Youngren’s senior elective video...
Historic building being renovated
Thanks to federal and state tax subsides, a former courthouse and New York City landmark in Melrose may soon get a new lease on life. Known as the “105-year-old Gray...
Vacca Sponsoring Bill To Raise Taxi Driver Fines
Councilman Jimmy Vacca is making sure that New York City cabs are not refusing to take fares to the outer boroughs.For years, Bronxites in Manhattan have struggled to find a...
Unclaimed Property Filled With Garbabe
Disagreements as to who should clean-up neighborhood property has led to a mess of garbage and a place for homeless people to sleep.Property next to the Metro Transit Authority Substation...
SC man steals police cruiser, crashes into truck at 100 mph (video)
A South Carolina man suspected of shoplifting made things worse for himself when he got into a fight with a cop, then stole a police car, drove 100 mph and...
Apartment fire on LI sends 11 to hospital
GLEN COVE, N.Y. — An early morning apartment fire on Long Island has sent 11 people to the hospital, including two firefighters. Nassau County police say none of the injuries...
Conn. man accused of NYC pipe-bomb sales
Authorities searched the apartment of a Connecticut man who was accused of selling makeshift pipe bombs from his car in a Bronx parking lot. The man, who authorities say appeared...
Hakeem's dream — Ed Towns's seat in Congress
Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is moving ahead to challenge 15-term Rep. Ed Towns — a battle that will set off a generational clash that party leaders once thought could be avoided.Jeffries...
Giambi rocks Phillies with 3 HRs, 7 RBIs
PHILADELPHIA -- With one mighty cut after another, Jason Giambi looked like the old Giambino. Giambi became the second-oldest player to hit three homers in a game and tied his...
If AARP needs a waiver, we all do
The stench from Obamacare just got worse. The American Association of Retired Persons has been granted a waiver from Obamacare, after it spent millions upon millions advocating for the legislation....
Bloomberg gives Top 5 list for end-of-the-world prophecy
Mayor Bloomberg morphed into David Letterman this morning to poke fun at the notion that the world might end tomorrow. With time running short, the mayor on his weekly radio...
Two Americans hurt in Pakistan after Taliban targets diplomatic convoy
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Taliban bombed a US consular convoy in Peshawar on Friday, killing one person and wounding 11 others in the first attack on Americans in Pakistan since...
Photos of Beatles' 1st US concert to be auctioned
It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their...
BP reaches $1.07B settlement with MOEX over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
LONDON -- BP shares rallied nearly four percent in London trading Friday after MOEX, one of the co-owners of the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, agreed to...
Prada gets approval for $2B Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG -- Italian fashion house Prada received regulatory approval Thursday for its plan to launch an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise as much as $2 billion ahead...
More than 800 injured in South African train crash
JOHANNESBURG -- More than 800 South African commuters were injured in a rush-hour train crash in Johannesburg's Soweto township, the rail operator said Friday. "We have around 857 people that...
Lars Von Trier says Hitler comments were 'stupid joke'
CANNES, France -- Film director Lars Von Trier blamed his "Danish sense of humor" after he was slammed for declaring he was Nazi who sympathized with Hitler, the Israeli daily...
VOTE: MVP of Subway Series
The Yankees and Mets will be wrapping up the 15th year of the Subway Series this weekend at Citi Field. Who do you think has been the most valuable player...
Preakness Stakes Bettor's Guide
Post racing writer Ed Fountaine provides all the information you need to handicap the 136th Preakness Stakes, to be held Saturday at Pimlico. Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is the...
O vindicates Bush, so why give $$ to Egypt?
Did Barack Obama bascially admit that Iraq's liberation is the reason we have an Arab Spring at all? Well, he certainly endorsed supporting that nascent democracy because of shared values. Obama...
Enjoying the view, Adriana? (Well, we sure are)
Adriana Lima, best known as a Victoria’s Secret “Angel,” takes a perch yesterday at the Mondrian SoHo hotel for the lingerie line’s Bombshell Summer Tour.
Back from ACL tear, Cardillo eyes elusive city title
Mallory Cardillo stripped the ball away from a Beach Channel player near the crease on the left side. The Tottenville senior scooped it up, and with a bulky black brace...
Finding its groove, Grand Street run-rules Madison, clinches division
When Grand Street Campus won the prestigious Monroe Tournament in mid-April, it left The Bronx on Good Friday with an unmistakable swagger, with a nobody-can-touch-us edge to them. The attitude...
Telecom tops Fort Hamilton, nears another Brooklyn A West title
After four games, Telecommunications was 2-2, a young team trying to find itself. Five weeks later, the Yellow Jackets youth is no longer a problem. Thursday afternoon, they went into...
Peaking Pirates outlast Dozo, meet Midwood for boys lax title
Fast starts and panic haven’t been a part of Tottenville’s DNA all season, so why should that change with a berth in the championship game on the line. “Maybe it...
CHSAA softball roundup: Moss, Stanners top Kearney in B/Q semis
There was a bit of concern for Maureen Rosenbaum heading into her Archbishop Molloy softball team’s matchup with Bishop Kearney. The Stanners didn’t play a game since last Friday and...
The drop: The magnificently horrible play that sums up New York's baseball fortunes
They entered the game from opposite places, riding different tides of momentum. The Mets had just played three gritty games against the world-champion Phillies in front of three full houses...
Subway Series matchups
The Post takes a position-by-position look at the Mets and Yankees heading into the 15th season of the Subway Series. The six-game set begins with three at Yankee Stadium starting...
So far, amazin’ job by Mets manager
They had wriggled out of another testy ninth inning, Frankie Rodriguez coaxing Adam LaRoche to roll one out to the grass in short right field, where the kid, Ruben Tejada,...
PSAL/CHSAA baseball roundup: Monroe tops Clinton, nears division title
James Monroe inched closer to yet another Bronx A East division title Thursday, topping bitter rival DeWitt Clinton, 6-1, as senior right-hander Jesus Brito delivered six shutout innings and struck...
Mets ride Gee train into Subway showdown
Dillon Gee made it much easier yesterday for the Mets to use the word “excited” in conjunction with their upcoming Subway Series stop in The Bronx. The rookie right-hander couldn’t...
Private school softball roundup: Riverdale beats Poly, NYSAISAA draw announced
Madison Kahn’s walk-off suicide squeeze scored Sami Cohen from third base to lead Riverdale to a wild, 3-2 over Poly Prep in Ivy League softball Thursday in Bay Ridge. Poly...
5 questions for ... Steve Kerr
TNT NBA analyst Steve Kerr talked with The Post’s Justin Terranova about the conference finals and the possibility of his former coach, Phil Jackson, eventually returning for the Knicks. Q:...
The X-Men clincheth: Xaverian wins B/Q division title, but not satisfied
The final out of a 9-0 victory was a strikeout looking and the post-game celebration was equally routine for Xaverian. The Clippers had just beaten rival Bishop Ford to win...
Kanes are able: Twins shoot Tottenville past Beach Channel, into lax final
This year’s championship game wasn’t mentioned leading up to Tottenville’s semifinal game with Beach Channel. But the previous two title contests were certainly a topic of conversation. In each, the...
Mortgage defaults fell in 1Q
Mortgage foreclosures declined in the first quarter from a record high as US employment and personal income rose, a sign the economic recovery may be helping to limit defaults. The...
Business briefs
NYC jobs up New York City's sea sonally adjusted jobless rate fell to a 25-month low of 8.6 percent in April, led by hiring in tourism, finance and business services,...
Antitrust cop Varney may divest her job
Washington was abuzz with speculation yesterday that President Obama's top merger watchdog, Christine Varney, might be leaving her post after two years. The whispers traveled from the Beltway to Silicon...
Kindle burning up paper books
In just four years, Jeff Bezos has upended the 400-year reign of the printed book. Yesterday, the longtime chief of Amazon, the nation's biggest online retailer of reading materials, crowed...
Slashed outlook sinks Gap stock
Gap's full-year profit outlook just took a spring markdown. The floundering apparel giant -- whose hard-charging CEO Glenn Murphy recently ousted the president and head designer of the retailer's namesake...
Whistleblower skirmish
Corporate America's top regulator, Mary Schapiro, is caught in the middle of a nasty tug-of-war over her agency's controversial plan to start paying corporate snitches for tips that help catch...
Shocking Ebersol exit creates NBC Olympian chaos
Dick Ebersol, a legend in the world of TV sports, is stepping down as NBC Universal's Olympics czar after a blowout with his new corporate bosses over his contract. While...
Malone bids $1B for B&N
Cable TV mogul John Malone made a surprise offer last night to buy Barnes & Noble for $1 billion. The billionaire CEO of Liberty Media -- which owns the QVC...
Underwriters leave cash on table
Pricing red-hot tech IPOs may turn out to be a bear for Wall Street banks. After LinkedIn's meteoric rise yesterday, some observers are saying bank underwriters Morgan Stanley, Bank of...
Apart at the Syms
Syms is worth more dead than alive. That, at least, is what an activist shareholder told the off-price clothier's board yesterday, pressing for a sale or breakup of the struggling...
LinkedIn shares close up 109% on first day
It's not 1999, but it sure felt like it for LinkedIn investors. Shares of the social network for business professionals more than doubled in their trading debut, prompting more talk...
Battle over Condé Nast office space at 1 WTC
When Condé Nast finally moves into its new downtown digs at 1 WTC, many of the denizens of the city's glitziest publishing house will be in a for a rude...
NYC spared terror cut$
WASHINGTON -- New York City escaped cuts this year to critical federal anti-terror funds, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday. Despite a 20 percent slash nationwide in Urban Area...
Gabby's on mend again
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was recovering yesterday from surgery to replace part of her skull, a critical step in her recovery, hospital officials here said. Giffords, who was shot by...
Losing illusions & joining Freedom Agenda
Better late than never -- that's the phrase that comes to mind after lis tening to President Obama's speech on the wave of revolutions in the greater Middle East. It...
'Net'roCard on track for Brooklyn hoops fans
Coming soon to a controversial arena near you: the MetroTicket! Fans headed to the Nets' new Brooklyn arena are on track to use the same ticket to ride to the...
Broadsheet duo in tabloid brawl
WESTPORT, Conn -- New York Times technology columnist David Pogue and wife Jennifer were charged with disorderly conduct and issued misdemeanor summonses for an incident Monday. Both appeared in Norwalk...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan The president of a SoHo building's tenant association stole $97,000 from the organization to fund shopping sprees and a Florida vacation, according to the city Department of Investigation. Renee...
Gay-nups pol flips on Mike
ALBANY -- Gay marriage-advocate Mayor Bloomberg suffered a setback in Albany yesterday after his closest state Senate ally introduced legislation to roll back existing same-sex marriage rights. The bill sponsored...
Fake Rockefeller slay rap
BOSTON -- A man who claimed to be a member of the Rockefeller family has agreed to return to California to face a slay charge in a 1985 killing. Christian...
200 yrs. in Newark triple slay
The third of six defendants in a Newark schoolyard triple murder was sentenced yesterday to more than 200 years in prison by a judge who cast aside his argument that...
Talking up downtown
The city wants tourists flocking to the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan to stay a while in the area, so it's launching a campaign promoting nearby attractions. Although the memorial...
Servants' lawsuit: Posh LI couple enslaved us
They came to America thinking they landed a home-care gig -- but claim they ended up slaves in a Long Island home. Two female immigrants from India filed a civil...
New Yorkers laugh off predicted Armageddon Saturday
Get ready, New York -- the End is Nigh! According to a loony doomsday cult -- which has pasted the city's subways and bus stops with ads predicting Armageddon --...
Parents blast gallery featuring porn paintings near school
A Lower East Side gallery is giving schoolchildren too much of an arts education. "Porno Paintings," a series of sexually explicit canvases inspired by scenes from Internet pornography, is visible...
Piping hot dopes
This plan really backfired! A homeless man ripping out pipes to sell for scrap to fuel his drug habit accidentally blew the front off a Staten Island home, authorities said...
Horny toad remains eager to sleaze
He's free. She's toast. Accused sex abuser Dominique Strauss-Kahn, short and stooped, strode into the courtroom sporting a natty gray suit and a scowl, to beg a judge to transfer...
Maria's lawyer to 'Ahnnul' marriage
Maria Shriver hired a renowned LA divorce lawyer whose list of high-powered clients reads like the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The former California first lady tapped Laura Wasser to go...
Mike: UFT wreaking 'havoc' with lawsuit
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted the teachers union as "irresponsible" for going to court to block the closing of 22 failing schools. "They're just trying to create the maximum havoc and...
Fatal apt. fire in B'klyn
A Brooklyn woman whose housing-project apartment had no electrical power because of a busted fuse box was killed early yesterday when fire ripped through her candlelit home, authorities said. The...
NYPD on gridiron
The NYPD Football Team will take on the San Diego Enforcers tonight at 6 p.m. at Aviator Field at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett airport. It will be preceded by a ceremony...
Sneaky TSA jet stowaway
A Dominican Republic-bound JetBlue flight made a U-turn and headed back to Kennedy Airport after the pilot discovered a scamming TSA screener had sneaked aboard, The Post has learned. The...
Unabomb pill grill
The Unabomber may also be the Unapoisoner! The FBI is asking bomb-mailing evil genius Ted Kaczynski to submit a DNA sample as part of its probe into the unsolved 1982...
Obama to Israel: Back to '67 land
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday laid down a new marker to shake up stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks when he said the Jewish state should withdraw to boundaries based on its...
Albany eyes bad-teacher discipline
The state Senate will hold a legislative hearing Monday to probe the lengthy disciplinary process for school teachers. The move comes in the wake of a Post series exposing the...
GOP & Dem critics blast president's giveaways
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday was blasted at home for siding with Palestinian demands that Israel retreat to its pre-1967 border as part of a two-state peace deal. Politicians of...
Madoff trustee nails Mets
He's really throwing some heat now. The bankruptcy trustee clawing back cash for Bernard Madoff's victims hurled a host of new accusations at the Mets' owners yesterday as part of...
Feds nix electric over'charge'
Charges reversed! Federal regulators yesterday officially overturned an order that would have zapped the city by boosting residential electric bills by 10 to 12 percent. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Trial trips 'tix fix' cop
A Bronx jury yesterday acquitted a man of attempted murder and assault in the first trial featuring testimony by a cop accused of fixing traffic tickets. Jurors said it wasn't...
Swan song looms
The fat lady is warming up her pipes because the New York City Opera is precariously close to ending its run as one of the Big Apple's great cultural institutions....
Former IMF head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, granted bail deal, expected to be released to home confinement today
Au revoir, Rikers! Sex-attack suspect Dominique Strauss-Kahn can ditch his filthy jail cell today for an Upper East apartment as part of a hefty bail package that includes GPS monitoring...
Arnold Schwarzenegger doted on son with housekeeper
Cheating hubby Arnold Schwarzenegger was so fond of the son he had with his housekeeper, he jetted him around on family vacations with his unsuspecting wife and kids and played...
SI windfall wind farm
City Hall plans to explore the possibility of installing windmills at Staten Island's Fresh Kills landfill, officials said last night. "You're going to see movement on that pretty fast," city...
Defector: Iran aided 9/11 plot
A former Iranian intelligence official who defected claimed that Tehran helped plot the Sept. 11 attacks, according to bombshell court papers filed yesterday in a victims' lawsuit against the Tehran...
Shuttle still 'matters'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector was mounted outside the International Space Station yesterday for a survey to discover new forms of matter. The...
AG's office probing Trump U.
A for-profit university operated by real-estate mogul Donald Trump is being investigated by the New York Attorney General's Office. A spokesman for the Trump Entrepreneurial Initiative acknowledged receiving an inquiry...
Schwarzenegger's Kennedy-esqe betrayal
THE ISSUE: Arnold Schwarzenegger's affair with a house staff member and out-of-wedlock child. *** Arnold Schwarzenegger, who furthered the popularity of the phrase "girlie man," is now whining to the...
Giving too much license to cops
A series of recent court rulings, in cluding one this week from the US Supreme Court, appear to erode one of our bedrock defenses against the arbitrary, abusive power of...
Phony fears on fracking
Opponents of gas exploration have time and again raised the ghastly specter of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) contaminating water supplies. The process uses water, sand and chemicals...
The college rip-off
Amid all the uplifting clichés at their commencement ceremonies, graduating col lege students won't hear a line applicable to some of them -- you got ripped off. Student debt just...
Fair trade for all
Fair Trade is a global movement which empowers farmers and workers around the world to improve their standard of living, while enabling consumers to make a difference through their everyday...
A bungled message
President Obama gave a very important address yesterday on the Middle East, with some stuff thrown in. Afterward, the stuff thrown in was getting all the attention. At the end...
Bail for the IMF pig
It was probably inevitable that Dominique Strauss-Kahn would get bail, despite being a prima facie flight risk. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus yesterday approved Strauss-Kahn's release on $1 million...
O's almost there
President Obama's Middle East speech yesterday revealed an astonishing reversal of worldview -- but, sad to say, presented a deeply troubling policy shift on Israel. Worldview first: Most of the...
French goodie from Woody
Owen Wilson turns out to be the best Woody Allen surrogate by far in the Woodman's "Midnight in Paris," a lightly amusing fantasy about a hack screenwriter who gets to...
The Big Uneasy
Radio humorist and "Simpsons" voice artist Harry Shearer turns serious as the director of a doc umentary that makes a damning case that bungling by the Army Corps of Engineers...
'Evict' tales worth a Carnegie bawl
Call it the rape of Carnegie Hall. For more than a century, there were 165 landmark stu dios atop the Midtown cultural center. Norman Mailer, Marlon Brando, Lucille Ball, Mark...
Chinese-made cloys
Is the Chinese export "A Beautiful Life" a light ro mantic comedy or a sappy melodrama? Sadly, it's both. Directed by Andrew Lau, the movie opens on a light note,...
All kitschy on the western front
With 20 different songs (and a few reprises), the kitschy new country musical "Lucky Guy" is overlong and overstuffed. No wonder: It was written and directed by the man, Willard...
Broadway ready to hail King
Take a look at the songlist from "Baby It's You," the new Broadway musical about the Shirelles, and you'll notice a startling omission: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," the song...
Florent, Queen Of The Meat Market
This colorful and disarming documentary by David Sigal puts a face on the perils of gentrification: Florent Morellet, an ebullient Frenchman who opened his epony-mous diner back when the Meat...
Yawny Depp
Cutlasses flash, music swells, mast sways, critic yawns. Sure, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” be a lusty yarn of the waves. And ’tis as average as the sea...
Cost of a Soul
Two military veterans return home and immediately get sucked into the criminal underworld in the trite and overwrought melodrama "Cost of a Soul." Unknowns Chris Kerson and Will Blagrove play...
Bruins shut out Lightning, up 2-1 in series
TAMPA, Fla. -- Tim Thomas rebounded from two tough games in grand fashion. Thomas made 31 saves for his first playoff shutout this season and second of his career, Andrew...
Posada starts at first base for Yankees
BALTIMORE -- Jorge Posada was back in the field last night, just not where you're used to seeing him. Yankees manager Joe Girardi had the unhappy veteran starting at first...
Hondo's sun burn
Only Hondo loses because the sun is shining too brightly in Seattle where Torii Hunter lost a flyball in the glare yesterday, costing the Angels a possible win. Add that...
Rivera saves Yankees even when he blows one
BALTIMORE -- What does it say about Mariano Rivera that in his 66 regular-season blown saves, from 1997 through Wednesday night, the Yankees rebounded to win 28 times? "He is...
Yankees crush Orioles for third straight win
BALTIMORE -- The Yankees will ride a three-game winning streak into The Bronx, where the latest installment of the Subway Series will play out beginning tonight. But here is the...
Durant, bench propel Thunder past Mavericks
DALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Mavericks last night, knotting the Western Conference finals at...
Good time for saltwater anglers
Despite all the rain, saltwater anglers have something to smile about as the fishing season moves into more positive territory. Fluke fishing is a good bet for fishermen on the...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Susumna (12th)FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; claiming1Pure Desire(B Sears)4-5-28-13KiddieCocktail(TTetrick)1-3-22-18Collage(D Miller)8-7-18-12Throwdown(J Baggitt)8-2-312-14Lite Cruiser(J Campbell)3-3-54-15BullvillPrncss(EAbbtllo)4-5-25-16Nuts And Jolts(A Miller)6-6-715-17Barking Mad(M Lachance)5-8-410-19Cosmo Hall(S Allard)2-5-86-1SECOND-mile; trot; $11,000; conditional1SunlandDakota(JCampbell)3-7-75-23Action Sj(A Miller)4-4-67-27Political Pull(R Shand)6-6-715-12Lil'...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Forte Blue Chip (1st)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; conditional1ForteBlueChip(GBrennan)3-1-58-55Fox Valley Sosa(S Smith)2-2-55-18BrickyardBrewer(RBaynes)5-2-215-12Don'tLetDown(JStratton)5-6-112-13MiasBoldManeuvr(JBrtltt)5-5-84-14Kevin's Apples(D Dube)4-4-312-16Alloveramerica(BHolland)3-7-110-17SimpleLease(JPantaleano)7-5-120-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $22,000; cond4Tasty Max(G Brennan)1-4-48-53Darlabar Man(J Plutino)2-2-68-11Aprilshowers(D Dube)2-1-34-12ArmbroCopenhagen(JGrgry)3-5-15-15CelebrityBluchp(JPntlno)6-6-312-16OneAwesomeMastr(JBrtltt)2-5-56-17AjsSendMoney(BHolland)7-6-815-18NewHampshireBoy(EGoodll)8-7-312-1THIRD-1 1/16...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur(T); $44,000; alw; 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Chernobyl's Hero(L),121A Lezcano4-2-6Odintz 12-12Six Flings(L),121J Lezcano5-2-3Callejas 10-13Siete Machos(L),121A Garcia6-4-3Levine 4-14Victorious Leader(L),123A Solis1-2-1O'Brien...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 2:45 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $18,000; clm; 3up1-Rap Star 3-12-Slppn'Arnd 8-13-Derbydaygirl 3-14-Utesa 5-25-Cave In 6-16-Shanfield 6-17-Bay Goose 10-1SECOND-1 mile; $24,000; clm; 3up6-DownWthDx 5-21-Raven Hawk 7-22-Whtthctdrg 5-13-IrishEmprr 10-14-Valerius 3-15-VigilantLw 3-1THIRD-1 mile;...
Six ready to go in Black-Eyed Susan
BALTIMORE -- Today's 87th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico came up light with just six entries, each of them running a mile-and-an-eighth...
FIFA boss wants talk with Cup informant
ZURICH -- Almost six months after FIFA's executive committee awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday a former bid employee would be interviewed about claims...
Belmont Charts
May 19, 2011 Clear And Good. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mile; $21,000; clm; 3up(f)Off: 1:01 p.m.St. good, won drivingTime: 24.81, 49.22, 1:13.70, 1:39.12.Trainer: Gary SciaccaWinner: CH M, 6,...
Confidence builds for Mets' Bay
Jason Bay still has just two home runs this season and hasn't begun to resemble the player the Mets thought they were getting when they signed him before last season....
Pimlico Analysis
Post time: 12:00 noon. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $30,000; mdn; 3up(f) ALL METTLE third this distance in career debut. MAGICAL POINT third going longer. LUCIANA....
Preakness best at crowning champions
BALTIMORE -- Ask 100 racetrackers which classic they would rather win, the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes, and 99 will say the Derby. But when it comes to crowning...
Giants fans have faced more than lockout
When Victor Gwynn would go out on patrol in Iraq he felt protected. His body was adorned with a tattoo of his two kids and the name of his mother,...
Giants owner reaches out in essay
In an essay entitled "Time To Get Back To Football," Giants co-owner John Mara yesterday wrote what he has been preaching since before the lockout began: Players and owners need...
Top Preakness colts get boost from test at Kentucky Derby
BALTIMORE -- In an ordinary year, finding the winner of tomorrow's $1 million Preakness Stakes would be like shooting fish in a barrel. It would be one of these three...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-$23,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16m5Rollerskates (Bejarano) 4.003.002.101Zippin E (Talamo)3.402.102Jana Gail (Quinonez)2.10 * $1 Exacta (5-1) $4.60 * Quinella (1-5) $6.80 * $1 Trifecta (5-1-2) $7.70Winner picked by Vic...
Creamer, Webb brace for LPGA showdown
GLADSTONE -- There's a round-of-32 showdown between two of the LPGA's top 12 today, and Rolex Points co-leader Karrie Webb says that's not right. Webb faces Paula Creamer in the...
Armstrong used PEDs, ex-mate says
Tyler Hamilton, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, has told CBS' "60 Minutes" that he used performance-enhancing drugs with the seven-time Tour de France winner to cheat in cycling races,...
Mets to use Martinez as DH
Fernando Martinez will be the first beneficiary of the Mets adding a hitter to the lineup this weekend. With the designated hitter in play at Yankee Stadium, manager Terry Collins...
Blown call on Werth play helps out Mets
Adam LaRoche's groundout was the final play of the Mets' 1-0 win over the Nationals yesterday at Citi Field, but it was the blown call on Justin Turner throwing out...
Hitchcock wants to coach Devils
Just back from Slovakia and the World Championships, Ken Hitchcock told The Post last night that he is very interested in the Devils' head coaching job. "I'd like to get...
No surprise Kareem is waiting for his statue
It's not tricky to figure out why effervescent Magic Johnson and inspirational Chick Hearn were the first Lakers sculptured outside Staples Center. Creative oomph on the floor and in the...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.Formula One practiceSPEED9:30 a.m.NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series practiceSPEEDNoonNASCAR: Sprint Cup practiceSPEED5 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup qualifyingSPEED8 p.m.NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series:North Carolina Education Lottery 200SPEEDBaseball7 p.m.Mets at YankeesSNY,...
The Post Line
NBATomorrowFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogTHUNDER 3 (200) MavericksSundayFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogHEAT 5½ (179) BullsHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogSHARKS$110-130Canucks
Rangers sign high-scoring junior forward, goalie
The Rangers have reached an agreement with forward Christian Thomas, the first Ontario Hockey League (OHL) player with 95 goals over the past two seasons. Thomas, the son of longtime...
Jimmer could land with Knicks
CHICAGO -- BYU's Jimmer Fredette, out of upstate Glens Falls, doesn't mind if he falls out of the lottery, even if it costs him money on his rookie contract. All...
Giambi's 3 HRs flatten Phillies
Jason Giambi became the second-oldest player to hit three homers in a game and tied his career high with seven RBIs, leading the Rockies past the Phillies 7-1 last night...
Sports shorts
NHL: Thrashers moving to Winnipeg? NHL commissioner Gary Bettman last night denied a report in the Toronto Globe and Mail that said an agreement was reached by a Canadian business...
Subway Series all about the fans
BALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi knows there is no championship trophy or pennant up for grabs in this weekend's Subway Series -- just bragging rights. "You've got to walk around the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 20SATMay 21SUNMay 22MONMay 23TUEMay 24WEDMay 25THUMay 26Yankees1Mets7:05TV -- WWORRadio--WCBS 880 AMMets7:10FOXWCBSMets1:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05WWORWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSNOGAMEMetsYankees7:05TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMYanks7:10FOXWFANYanks1:05WPIXWFANNOGAMEChi.8:05SNYWFANChi.8:05SNYWFANChi.2:20SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME*Wash.$ 10:30a.m.No TVNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEHou.8:30MSGWQBUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMECol.8:00MSGWADONOGAME
What really goes on in Area 51?
Attention all conspiracy theorists: On Sunday night, you will either forever drop your ideas about alien autopsies in Area 51, or you will decide that the government has finally told...
Sully lands a TV news gig
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has a new position -- CBS News Aviation and Safety Expert. The network announced yesterday that Sullenberger, who famously (and safely) landed his US Airways plane...
Broncos pass on 'Knocks'
What the bleep is going on? HBO's "Hard Knocks," which rode the profanity of Jets head coach Rex Ryan to record ratings last summer, can't find a team willing to...
Starr report
All signs are pointing toward Meredith Vieira inking a new deal to continue hosting "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Vieira, who's leaving "Today" on June 8, has hosted the...
Country strong
Country singers Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina will twang their way to finish line in this year's "American Idol" finale. Third-place finisher Haley Reinhart seemed shocked and confused when she...
What does Jennifer Aniston smell like?
Here’s a sad irony. The new Jennifer Aniston perfume scent doesn’t really last. You know . . . kind of like her relationships with men? Scores of reviews of the...
Weird but true
An armored car crashed on I-95 in Florida when it swerved trying to avoid hitting a mother duck and her ducklings waddling across the highway. Tragically, mama duck lost her...
Pitcher pushes Fordham into NCAA softball tournament
No-nos are no problem for Jen Mineau, and Fordham is suddenly on the softball map because of it. Paced by the junior right-hander's eye-popping seven career no-hitters, the Lady Rams...
GW coach Steve Mandl remains suspended as judge denies motion
Legendary George Washington baseball coach Steve Mandl is down to his last strike. His faint hopes to return to his post after being suspended by the PSAL for alleged illegal...
Subway Series comes at right time for Yankees
On paper it looks like David vs. Goliath, and that was before the Mets lost their David (Wright) to a stress fracture in his back. This year’s version of the...
Eagles grounded in boys volleyball final
Academy of American Studies had not been past the second round in coach Josh Yang’s tenure and last year the Eagles were shocked in the first round. So coming into...
Men of Troy: Bryant wins PSAL boys volleyball title
Troy Gaugler can go home again. The Bryant senior, whose two brothers both won PSAL city titles at Cardozo, finally has one of his own. The dynamic outside hitter helped...
PSAL Class B softball playoff roundup: Albelo, Grady upset Jamaica
Yaidelisse Albelo 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored and Julia Smith was 1-for-4 with two RBIs for No. 31 Grady in an upset of No. 5 Jamaica in...
Poly Prep receives top seed in NYSAISAA; all-Ivy team announced
As is often the case, the road to the NYSAISAA baseball title will go through Bay Ridge. Poly Prep, the Ivy Prep League champion ranked first in New York City...
Tragedy in Coney Island: 'Rabbi' Abraham Abraham is dead
Rabbi Abraham Abraham, the Coney Island-based leader of a winter swim group who was also known for stunts like living in an ice house, died on May 18 of bone...
NATO strikes eight Libyan navy warships in overnight attack
TRIPOLI -- NATO aircraft have struck eight warships belonging to strongman Moamar Ghadafi's navy in an overnight attack in three port towns, the alliance said Friday. "All the vessels targeted...
PSAL Class A softball playoff roundup: Manhattan Center stuns Petrides
Christine Roundtree and Rakia Otto each went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored to lead No. 18 Manhattan Center to a 10-8 upset over No. 15 Petrides in...
Every employer's nightmare — summer intern steals from his mentor
It’s the ultimate summer workplace nightmare: A rogue intern stole more than $1,000 from a beloved Boerum Hill gallery after its owner gave him a chance.Lucien Zayan, owner of the...
College noticed odd behavior from Loughner before Giffords' shooting, emails show
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Students and staff at Jared Lee Loughner's community college noticed eyebrow-raising behavior in the months leading up to his alleged shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and...
Man acquitted of attempted murder rap in trial involving cop accused of ticket fixing
A Bronx jury today acquitted a man of attempted murder, assault and other charges in the first trial involving a cop accused of fixing traffic tickets. Lance Williams, 32, was...