January 19, 2012
Chuck Todd goes after Stephen Colbert
NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd unloaded on late-night host Stephen Colbert and his bid to turn Saturday’s Republican Presidential primary into a comedy routine. “What is his real agenda...
High-living swindler of tourists gets 6 months
A Swiss swindler will be overstaying his tourist Visa a little longer after being sentenced to six months jail today -- for tricking three kind-hearted vacationers into handing over their...
Person hit & killed by 4 train in B'klyn
A person was struck and killed by a Brooklyn-bound 4 train at the Borough Hall station during the evening rush hour today. The incident happened at 5:24 p.m., but it...
Revisiting 'Follies' before it closes
Back in September, Eric Schaeffers' revival of "Follies" opened to mostly positive reviews. Mostly: Mine lurked in the bottom half of the StageGrade aggregator. And yet I've been thinking about this...
'Anonymous' hackers claim to take down Justice Department, Universal Music websites
WASHINGTON -- Hackers aligned with the global cyber-collective known as Anonymous have claimed responsibility for taking down at least six prominent websites, including those of the US Department of Justice...
Sundance: Redford touts indies, tweaks Romney's 'mushroom cloud of ego'
Some things changed, some things remained the same at my first Sundance Film opening day press conference since 2009, held on a bright, balmy day.Gone were the once-obligatory jokes about...
Resident Evil 6 trailer; here's Leon & Chris, together at last
Capcom today confirmed Resident Evil 6's existence and, more importantly, released a trailer that shows everyone's two favorite zombie killers ... appearing in the same game. Leon Kennedy, meet Chris...
Jets will not raise 2012 ticket prices
One good thing to come from the Jets' 8-8 season is owner Woody Johnson announcing Thursday the team would not raise ticket prices in 2012. Johnson made the announcement in...
Yankees pitching coach happy to have Pineda, Kuroda
TAMPA, Fla. -- It’s not that Larry Rothschild isn’t sorry to see Jesus Montero go.The Yankees pitching coach knows how talented the organization’s former top offensive prospect is.But if they...
VIDEO: Schwartz on Manning's return to Giants practice
Post beat writer Paul Schwartz reports from Giants practice in East Rutherford, where Eli Manning returned to practice with the team preparing for its NFC Championship meeting with the 49ers.The...
49ers TE Walker wants to return Sunday
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco tight end Delanie Walker has returned to practice for the first time since breaking his left jaw in two places late in the regular...
Six US Marines killed after helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
KABUL -- Six US Marines were killed when their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Thursday, FOX News Channel reported. The six service personnel were members of NATO's International Security Assistance...
Mets great Carter has more brain tumors
Gary Carter’s battle against brain cancer took another turn for the worse Thursday, when the former Mets catcher received more bad news in an MRI result. The test revealed that...
Microsoft's earnings dip as revenue edges up
REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter profit of $6.62 billion, or 78 cents a share, on revenue of $20.89 billion. During the prior-year's quarter, Microsoft...
Google earnings rise 6%, but miss targets
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. reported a six percent gain in fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday afternoon, missing Wall Street's expectations. For the period ended Dec. 31, Google reported net...
Giants RB Jacobs still fan of Rice after criticism
Brandon Jacobs grew up in Louisiana a huge fan of the 49ers and, of course, loved Jerry Rice, because what 49ers fan didn’t love the Hall of Fame receiver? That...
Canadian freestyle skier Burke dies of brain injuries
SALT LAKE CITY -- Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday, more than a week after suffering severe brain injuries in a training accident in Utah. "Groundbreaking Canadian freestyle skier...
Rolle credits Giants defensive coordinator for turnaround
There have been many players who have contributed to the Giants’ late-season defensive resurgence, but safety Antrel Rolle gives some credit to defensive coordinator Perry Fewell. “Defense, we are all...
FBI shuts down Megaupload.com, charges seven with online piracy
WASHINGTON -- The FBI on Thursday shut down popular file-sharing website Megaupload.com and charged the site's founders and five others with running "an international organized criminal enterprise" responsible for "massive...
'High' fashion photographer gets no jail for 10-pound pot bust
A photographer who shoots for Vogue, RollingStone and national brands including Lancome and Levis walked out of a Manhattan courthouse a free woman today -- despite getting caught with a...
Police shoot gunman who held up elderly man in Queens
Cops shot a 46-year-old man who held up an elderly man and then turned his weapon on them after a foot chase in Corona, police said. An 89-year-old man was...
Patriots QB Brady back at practice
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady is back practicing. Everyone associated with the New England Patriots is acting like he never missed a snap. Brady returned to the field Thursday after...
Copy of al Qaeda magazine found at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- A copy of an al Qaeda magazine was found inside the Guantanamo Bay detention camp holding terror suspects, a military prosecutor has revealed. The disclosure by...
Grower linked to listeria fined on migrant housing
DENVER — A Colorado cantaloupe grower who was implicated following an outbreak of listeria that killed 30 people last year was fined by the US Department of Labor on Thursday...
NJ authority settles suit over Giants Stadium escalator accident
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has settled a lawsuit over an escalator accident at Giants Stadium that seriously injured several people. An attorney for the...
B'klyn fire fiend bragged to cops he wouldn't be charged
The fire fiend who torched a woman in a Brooklyn elevator boasted to cops that they wouldn't have caught him if they didn't have video evidence, according to court papers....
Looking back at Nets-Warriors
The Nets finally claimed their first home win of the season in five tries Wednesday night, coming away with a 107-100 win over the Warriors. Here’s a look back at...
Sanitation supervisor hit by thieves' truck as they fled
A Sanitation supervisor was mowed down last night by two thieves spotted stealing curbside recyclables on the Upper East Side, The Post has learned. Edgar Soto, who has been with...
Owner says Holmes staying with Jets
Jets owner Woody Johnson said Thursday controversial wide receiver Santonio Holmes will be back for the 2012 season.Johnson, who met with the writers who regularly cover the Jets for the...
New Springsteen album set for March, tour to follow
LONG BRANCH, N.J. -- Bruce Springsteen will release a new album in March, the rock legend announced on his website Thursday. Featuring 11 new tracks, "Wrecking Ball" will be the...
Drunk man admits to driving during SI car crash that killed two
A Staten Island man has admitted to being the driver of a booze-fueled car crash that killed two of his pals in summer 2010, authorities announced today. Nicholas Marchese, 22,...
Liverpool signs new uniform deal with U.S.-based Warrior Sports
LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool announced Thursday a six-year contract with American company Warrior Sports to design the team's uniforms. The deal comes one day after the iconic English soccer club...
Sundance 2012: Warming up
I arrived in Park City last night for my eighth Sundance Festival since 2001, and my first since 2009 (credit my esteemed colleague Kyle Smith's recent blessed event for keeping...
'Passionate' David Beckham signs two-year deal with LA Galaxy
LOS ANGELES -- Soccer star David Beckham has re-signed with the LA Galaxy on a two-year deal, citing family reasons and a "passion" to continue growing the game in the...
4th man recruited in NYC bomb plot: prosecutors
There’s a new twist to the case of a New York City man accused in one of the most serious terror plots since the Sept. 11 attacks. A revised indictment...
Tiki joins SNY for Giants playoff coverage
Tiki Barber has found a new outlet to criticize the Giants. The team’s all-time leading rusher, who has never been shy about taking shots at the Giants, will join SNY...
FOUR CORNERS: Celtics in worse shape than Knicks
The Knicks opening the season with a Christmas Day win over the Celtics was supposed to be the start of a great season. Instead, it appears to have been a...
After leaving Wednesday, Manning back at Giants practice
Tom Coughlin was hopeful the stomach bug that prevented Eli Manning from finishing Giants practice Wednesday would be over and done with within 24 hours. Coughlin’s hope was realized when...
Indian Point nuclear reactor back online after eight days
BUCHANAN — A nuclear reactor in New York City’s suburbs is back in service after an eight-day shutdown to repair a pump that was leaking slightly radioactive water. Plant owner...
Trouble in paradise: Union boss vs. Obama
AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka is seriously unhappy with President Obama's job council:"I disagree that reforming our regulatory system and reducing the statutory corporate tax rate are crucial elements of ‘competitiveness’...
Dozens indicted in Brooklyn gang crackdown
Prosecutors say more than 3 dozen members of two feuding gangs have been indicted following a reign of terror in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The office of District Attorney Charles Hynes says...
Anthony misses Knicks practice; will play Friday
Carmelo Anthony missed Thursday’s Knicks practice due to a “family issue,” but coach Mike D'Antoni said the star forward will play Friday against the Bucks. Following his 12-point, 5-of-22 shooting...
Newt Gingrich's ex-wife says he wanted an 'open marriage' so he could see mistress
Don't mess with a woman scorned. GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich lacks the moral character to serve as commander-in-chief because he wanted an "open marriage" so he could have a...
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to deliver GOP response to State of the Union
WASHINGTON -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Jan. 24, the office of House Speaker John Boehner said...
Police resume search for body parts near Hollywood sign
LOS ANGELES -- Police and cadaver dogs will resume their search for body parts in the Hollywood Hills Thursday after two days of grim findings that included the discovery of...
Perry suspends presidential bid, endorses Gingrich
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race Thursday and threw his support behind Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination. Perry, speaking at a...
US uncovers Iranian bid to help Syria evade oil embargo
WASHINGTON -- US officials have uncovered an effort by Iran to help Syria mask its oil exports and evade an American and European embargo, in a potent new sign of...
Weekly jobless claims fall 50K, far more than expected
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits fell by 50,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 352,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, hitting the lowest level...
Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded eight Thursday in an attack at Kandahar's airport in war-torn southern Afghanistan, with the Taliban saying foreign...
Morgan Stanley's fourth quarter loss narrower than analysts expected
Morgan Stanley lost $275 million in the fourth quarter on a settlement with the bond insurer MBIA, but the investment bank’s loss was less than Wall Street was expecting. The...
Bank of America falls short of analyst estimates but earned $2 billion in last quarter of 2011
Bank of America says it made $2 billion in the last three months of 2011 from selling its stake in a Chinese bank and selling debt. That offset losses and...
Viagra perks up wilting flowers, UK gardening expert claims
LONDON -- A British TV gardener has shared his tip for keeping flowers perky -- feeding them a tiny dose of the sex drug Viagra. Just one milligram of the...
Fire at Pratt Institute prof's NJ home yields cache of child porn
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Authorities say firefighters in southern New Jersey uncovered a cache of child pornography while battling flames in the home of an architecture professor. State Police arrested...
Dozens left homeless in 8-alarm fire in New Jersey
UNION CITY, N.J. — One person is unaccounted for in an 8-alarm fire that tore through five apartment buildings and left dozens homeless in northern New Jersey Thursday. The fire...
Santorum declares victory after Iowa tally gives him edge over Romney
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rick Santorum declared victory in the Iowa caucuses Thursday, after a final tally gave him a 34-vote edge -- though not an official win -- over...
Mystery woman reportedly seen with captain on bridge of doomed cruise ship
GIGLIO, Italy – A young Moldovan woman was invited onto the bridge of the ill-fated Italian cruise ship that hit a reef and capsized and Italian authorities are now interesting...
Meet a Niner
Each day leading up to Sunday’s NFC Championship, The Post will introduce you to a 49ers player who figures to make a big impact: Dashon Goldson Free safety 6-foot-2, 200...
Giants prepare for physical 49ers
They knocked heads earlier this season and this week studied enough film to see the carnage and almost feel the damage. No one ever said the 49ers cannot be beat,...
49ers 'going to talk on Sunday' against Giants
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Donte Whitner thinks Big Blue have big mouths. The 49ers’ hard-hitting safety yesterday described the Giants as cockier than any team he has faced all season...
Worth the weight: Espinal, Grand Street win PSAL wrestling title
Deuly Espinal was disappointed with himself. The Grand Street Campus senior missed weight, thinking he was hurting his team’s chances of winning a city championship. Instead of wrestling at 132...
Girls basketball roundup: Rubin scores 33 to push Moore past Maria Regina
Christina Rubin has had performances similar to this before, just not quite this good. The Moore Catholic senior guard poured in a career-high 33 points and connected on seven 3-pointers...
With incredible 10 1⁄2-inch hands, Nicks catching fire for Giants
You know what they say about guys with big hands? They make big catches — big playoff catches, historic catches. They catch passes off their helmets. They catch passes with...
Toughness will prevail on Sunday, bloody Sunday
The “No Toughness, No Championship!” signs have followed the Giants from their old Giants Stadium headquarters to the Timex Performance Center. They might want to start plastering a new sign...
Size doesn't matter: Pint-sized Antoine helps lead Grand Street to city title
Josh Antoine is tiny. He’s barely 5-foot-1 and his best wrestling weight class is 99 pounds. Yet he might be Grand Street Campus’ most intimidating force. The pint-sized senior gets...
Harris' complete performance leads red-hot Bergtraum past Kennedy
Shequana Harris struggled as much as anyone dealing with the loss of Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy, who was tragically killed Sept. 11. There was the emotional side, moving on with life...
Ski races in full swing in Northeast
Skiers and boarders were all smiles this past weekend as the first considerable snowstorm fell across snow country, and it came in time for a number of important races in...
Fordham defeats Rhode Island
Two sets of Rams butted heads in The Bronx last night, with Fordham emerging with its first Atlantic 10 victory of the season. Fordham (8-9, 1-3) beat Rhode Island (3-16,...
Avalanches kill 29 in northeastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Avalanches have killed at least 29 people in Afghanistan's mountainous northeast as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas cut off by heavy snows, officials said. The...
Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
ROCHESTER -- Eastman Kodak Co. filed for bankruptcy protection early Thursday, after the photography icon failed to raise fresh cash to fund a struggling turnaround effort. The New York Stock...
Key Ejerta trey helps Molloy edge Christ the King
It was Kamille Ejerta’s only 3-pointer of the game and her only points in the fourth quarter, but there may have been none bigger Wednesday night. “Kamille always hits those...
ALL THAT JAS: Alston, Lions not living up to their expectations, look to refocus
Every other week during the season, Bishop Loughlin’s star junior guard Jasmine Alston takes us into her world on and off the court. In this exclusive diary for NYPost.com, Alston...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Cavaluzzo, Regis slip by St. John's Prep
Regis keeps on racking up wins. Brian Cavaluzzo had 18 points and Tim Petriccione had 15 points to lead the Raiders to a 55-52 win over St. John’s Prep in...
Poll-winning Crockett hoping to make next title even more meaningful
Matt Crockett was behind big last week, thousands of votes off the pace. The weekend, however, belonged to the Xavier junior star. People came out of the woodwork in an...
INSIDE PSAL BOYS HOOPS: Patience paying off for Boys High's Jones, Jefferson frontcourt making a difference
Bryce Jones saw everything his older brother Brent accomplished at Bedford Academy. All the points he scored, the PSAL Class A crown he earned, but never thought twice about his...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Springfield takes over top spot in Queens A East
Springfield Gardens rode a big first quarter to a 71-60 victory over Construction and the Queens A East lead. The Golden Eagles (9-2) lead Construction (13-6, 8-3) and John Adams...
Relieved users welcome Wikipedia's return after 24-hour blackout
The lights have come back on at Wikipedia, following a 24-hour blackout that affected millions of users around the world. At midnight Wednesday ET, Wikipedia's English language website was up...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows Three very different, but arresting police dramas take the spotlight in the coming week: “CSI” (Wednesday, 10 p.m., CBS) After...
Starr Report
“Oprah’s Next Chapter” just turned the page to some seriously low numbers. Oprah Winfrey’s weekly OWN talk show, which featured an interview with NJ Gov. Chris Christie last Sunday night,...
Business briefs
Diggin’ DellGreenlight Capital, the hedge fund run by David Einhorn, bought shares of Dell and Xerox in the fourth quarter as part of a bet on undervalued US stocks, according...
Rice-a-cronies
These good buddies could wind up as even closer cellmates. Federal prosecutors yesterday said seven men arrested as part of a massive crackdown on insider trading were part of “a...
Arrests swing harsh spotlight on SAC
The arrests of two more SAC Capital alums has turned up the scrutiny on Steve Cohen’s $13 billion hedge fund giant. Federal agents yesterday swept up seven people, including two...
Ticket2ride
There’s a young woman in New York City who’s so privileged she doesn’t have to walk across a shopping mall. When she and her boyfriend go shopping, their driver drops...
Foreclosure king’s unemployment mill
He’s a one-person, countywide economic disaster. Steven J. Baum, whose Buffalo-area home-foreclosure mill is slated to close next month under pressure, could move the county unemployment rate up by nearly...
The cutting kind
Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein may not want to cut his way to prosperity — but scissors do appear to be the most effective tool he has at his disposal right...
Netflix’s Hastings does SOPA flip-flop
Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, is a Stop Online Piracy Act flip-flopper, The Post has learned. The CEO’s firm was an early supporter of the controversial SOPA bill, one...
A Google search: ‘dessert’
Larry Page appears to be as big a nanny as his fellow billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The Google co-founder and CEO, famous for providing free food to employees of his...
EBay sales surge 35%
EBay’s fourth-quarter sales and profit blew past analysts’ estimates on robust PayPal and e-commerce business. Revenue soared 35 percent to $3.38 billion and profit excluding certain items was 60 cents...
CFTC slams MF’s trustee
MF Global commodity customers must be paid before all other claimants, including the bankrupt parent company, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Court papers by the trustee for MF...
Fallen camera giant in Chap. 11
Eastman Kodak, the photography pioneer that introduced its $1 Brownie Camera more than a century ago, filed for Bankruptcy Court protection from creditors early today after consumers worldwide over the...
Sibley’s Week is over
The Week, the last surviving American title owned by British publishing maverick Felix Dennis, has ousted Publisher Jessica Sibley and hired Men’s Journal Publisher Michael Wolfe to replace her. Sibley,...
AT&T’s hang-up on FCC
Fresh off losing its antitrust battle to buy T-Mobile, AT&T is gearing up for another regulatory fight with the government — this time over the right to buy scarce wireless...
In investment play, the ice fad cometh
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend — and they may be her best investment, too. With polished-diamond prices overall up 19 percent last year, some wholesalers have begun polishing up...
Martha taps Medwid
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia tapped Time Inc. vet Peter Medwid as senior vice president and publisher of flagship Martha Stewart Living. Medwid fills a vacancy created when Sally Preston jumped...
Falcone: US tests ‘bogus’
Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. said US government tests showing the wireless service interferes with the global-positioning system were rigged to produce “bogus results.” The tests conducted by the US Air...
Just sold!
ManhattanBATTERY PARK CITY $2,210,000333 Rector PlaceThree-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath condo, 2,008 square feet, with new kitchen appliances, Bosch washer/dryer, balcony and iPod docking station; building features doorman, garage, gym and lounge....
Steady as he goes
‘We don’t have a ton of space, so we keep it kind of sparse,” Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn says of the one-bedroom railroad apartment he shares with his girlfriend,...
Rise in the East
When Orange Management, co-developer of 123 Third Ave., purchased the site on the southwest corner of 14th Street in 2007, it was a two-story commercial building that contained a tanning...
For real
Tasteful might not be the first word associated with “The Real Housewives of New York City,” but this regal mansion looks like the real deal. Former “Housewife” Kelly Bensimon has...
Gingrich's bitter ex gives TV interview that could derail presidential run
Newt Gingrich’s bitter ex-wife is set to spill the beans on her former hubby — a potential bombshell just days before his make-or-break primary showdown with Mitt Romney in South...
Pols flip on bills vs. Web pirates
WASHINGTON — A blackout by Wikipedia and other popular Web sites yesterday convinced lawmakers to dim their view of proposed new laws to police the Internet. New York Sens. Charles...
Romney’s offshore $tash
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, who has already come under fire for his years as a CEO of an investment firm and paying taxes at a lower rate than many...
Fed rats plaguing mobsters
Here’s the mob’s new motto: Trust no one. A year after the federal government executed the largest-ever mob crackdown, the remaining members of La Cosa Nostra are still fearful of...
Home $weet home deals
Record-low mortgage rates and cheaper prices on co-ops made it a buyer’s market for those looking to snap up new homes in Brooklyn, real-estate reports released yesterday show. The number...
Church big dodges jail
The world’s largest Pentecostal church is still under investigation by Manhattan prosecutors after its former New York treasurer was sentenced yesterday for lying on multimillion-dollar mortgage applications.Regina DaSilva, once the...
Extremely, incredibly exploitive
Ten years after New York was hit by an unbearable act of savagery, the gloves have come off in Hollywood. A new movie genre has emerged that’s bound to dazzle...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops arrested a suspect accused of beating a foe into a coma at a restaurant in Inwood, police said. Accompanied by an attorney, Javier Delarosa, 26, turned himself Tuesday...
JFK, La Guardia and Newark terminals among worst in world
Fliers are getting a horrible first and last impression of New York. Three area airport terminals were cited as among the worst in the world yesterday — with Kennedy’s Terminal...
Zebra can’t change its ‘bites’
Maybe the zebra figured she had a chip on her shoulder — potato chip, that is. The normally docile criitter poked its head through the open window of a car...
Upstate Dem out amid House shuffle
Veteran upstate Rep. Maurice Hinchey will announce today that he’s retiring — likely making it easier for the state to meet a requirement to eliminate two congressional seats. Democrat Hinchey,...
Jay-Z 'pops' up at club gala
Hey, aren’t you supposed to be on diaper duty? Jay-Z last night made his first public appearance since his wife, Beyoncé, gave birth to their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The...
Deen fat is in the fire
Southern cooking queen Paula Deen really took it on the chins yesterday. The diva of deep frying was skewered by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and several other critics for cashing...
Meatpacking hotel ‘sex fiend’ arrested
A creep was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman after the two partied at the rooftop bar Le Bain at the Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District, The Post...
Wine sap rips off Uma sis
In the Hamptons, even burglars have good taste in wine. A high-class crook managed to break into the swanky East Hampton home of Taya Thurman — movie star Uma Thurman’s...
Brooklyn elementary school restricting bathroom use
It’s a no-pissing contest. Parents at a Brooklyn elementary school are hopping mad after staffers set bladder-bursting limits on fifth-graders’ potty privileges — even going so far as to offer...
Play Wall! at Stadium
“The Wall” is coming to The House that Ruth Built. Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters will perform songs from the classic 1979 album with a full band at Yankee Stadium...
Ewan McLegger
Ewan McGregor gives new meaning to “nice watch,” ogling supermodel Adriana Lima at a star-studded event in Geneva, Switzerland, to celebrate the launch of a high-end line of timepieces from...
AFL-CIO vs. Andy pension reform
The political fight over pension reform is about to get bloody. New York’s powerful AFL-CIO is mobilizing its 2.5 million union members to oppose Gov. Cuomo’s plan to overhaul pensions...
UFT sore point on ratings
Even Gov. Cuomo’s statewide deal on a new teacher-evaluation framework won’t solve the city’s main hurdle to adopting a rating system here, officials told The Post. That’s because state law...
Mobsters ‘bettor’ stay away: Cuomo
Gov. Cuomo had a warning for “wise guys” who might look for a cut of New York’s legal gambling action — stay out! And to make sure that the state’s...
Kruger crony admits bribes
A bagman for ex-state Sen. Carl Kruger pleaded guilty yesterday in a deal that closes the case against the crooked pol’s co-conspirators in an elaborate influence-peddling racket.Solomon Kalish, 61, admitted...
Harlem PCP ring busted
A $1 million-a-year Harlem drug ring that specialized in PCP — and used an 8-year-old as a lookout — was busted yesterday, cops said. “They made [the] Milbank-Frawley Houses a...
Wahlberg apologizes for 'insensitive' 9/11 remarks
He’s been reading way too many movie scripts. Box-office badass Mark Wahlberg created the perfect storm of controversy yesterday, saying in a new interview that “it wouldn’t have went down...
Probation for graffiti cop
A former NYPD patrolman convicted of plastering graffiti on a highway overpass was given a stern lashing yesterday by a Queens judge — before he was sentenced to three years’...
Obama at end of the pipeline
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday pulled the plug on the planned Keystone XL cross-country oil pipeline, siding with environmentalists against unions, business groups and Republicans, who say the project would...
Unions double-down on cash for comptroller
The city’s powerful unions are pumping thousands of dollars into embattled Comptroller John Liu’s scandal-plagued campaign kitty. Despite an ongoing federal probe into his fund-raising operation, 29 unions showered Liu’s...
Liu man ‘hid’ $$ in lo mein
The secret recipe for how city Comptroller John Liu’s fund-raiser allegedly tried to skirt campaign-finance laws can be found in hole-in-the-wall Chinese takeout joints in Jersey City, newly released records...
There’s a hulluva job in store for salvage crew
Cleaning up Captain Coward’s mess is going to be a heavy lift. Salvage experts say giant barges with cranes and a complicated block-and-tackle system will be needed to right the...
Abandon slip!
Spineless cruise-ship skipper Francesco Schettino gave a laughable excuse for ditching the doomed ship while 3,500 passengers remained trapped inside — claiming he “tripped and ended up in one of...
A parking lot of relief for drivers
The City Council is telling overzealous traffic-enforcement agents where to park it. The council yesterday approved a package of parking-relief bills for drivers being crushed by an onslaught of nitpicky...
Mercedes mystery
It’s the case of the missing Mercedes.A man allegedly swiped a $120,000 Mercedes-Benz from a Midtown dealership and vanished with the swanky sedan for six months, The Post has learned.Denarious...
‘Lyin’ king Pedro
It seems embattled ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. can’t stop lying. Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in...
Judge’s new city hack slap
A judge yesterday accused city officials of “driving in the dark” when it comes to increasing the number of wheelchair-accessible taxis.Manhattan federal Judge George Daniels refused to allow the Taxi...
MTA clears air
The MTA is releasing the results of an exhaustive study of the air quality around the Second Avenue Subway today — and it says blasting has not caused a rise...
‘R’-chie Comics boot bid
Archie Comics has filed suit to boot its allegedly foulmouthed and hot-headed co-CEO from its family-friendly offices. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Westchester-based home of Archie Andrews...
Going away for $#&! life
Psycho killer Maksim Gelman is going away for a very long time — but the man who killed four people in a drug-fueled rampage last year refused to go quietly....
Rockaway rebate back
Happy trails are here again for Rockaways residents. Gov. Cuomo’s budget proposal includes funding to restore a popular Cross Bay Bridge toll-rebate program killed in 2010 due to the MTA’s...
Will unions unseat Wisconsin’s gov?
Opponents of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have now succeeded in collecting over 1 million signatures for mounting a recall election, which now appears certain to take place later this year....
Assad’s final days
Has the time come to send foreign troops to Syria to stop the massacres? That’s the question that Arab leaders face as they prepare to discuss their next move on...
Carter in the Middle East: still meddling, still wrong
The Issue: Whether Jimmy Carter is justified in speaking on behalf of the US government. *** Your editorial criticizing Jimmy Carter’s expressions of support for US foes — the Muslim...
Weight-ing for the schools
The Issue: A healthy-living initiative at a Long Island town to monitor high-school kids’ physical activity. *** It’s amazing that teachers are spending time measuring the physical activity of obese...
Pushback time
Gov. Cuomo dropped by The Post editorial board yesterday and noted that the two “most important” reforms of the budget he presented Tuesday are those dealing with teacher ratings and...
A crude keystone calculation
Who knows how many potential jobs President Obama killed yesterday when he bowed to hard-core environmental activists and put an indefinite hold on the mammoth Keystone XL oil pipeline? Beyond...
NYC’s senseless slap at prayer
Come Feb. 12, Mayor Bloomberg and the city Department of Education are set to ban religious groups from off-hour use of public schools for worship services. This contradicts New York...
Job-killing toll hikes
The Port Authority’s massive toll hikes are bad news for just about everyone — but they’re a job-killing disaster for Staten Island. Changing this situation is my absolute No. 1...
Carolyn's secret torment
The minute Carolyn Bessette glided into the room, it was clear she was special. “When she first walked into the offices . . . she was exactly the kind of girl I...
Future in footlights
Oh, swami — gaze into your crystal ball and tell us: Whither Broadway? Shall London simply teleport its productions, stages and all? Can we expect wrapper-free candy? Silent cellphones? And...
He’s no great Shakes
Few actors play villains as expertly as Kevin Spacey. His gallery of memorable bad guys includes a sadistic movie producer in “Swimming With Sharks,” a serial killer in “Seven” and...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Darvish, Rangers agree Yu Darvish and the Rangers agreed before yesterday’s deadline to a $60 million, six-year contract. In addition to the salary, the Rangers will pay a posting...
Cup-talking Rangers face Penguins tonight
Coach John Tortorella may find it absurd to discuss a championship 44 games into a season, as owner James Dolan did following the Rangers’ 3-0 win over the Predators on...
Devils have something to prove against Bruins
Even the Devils themselves are largely unaware of how good they have been lately. That Jan. 4 massacre by the Bruins has kept them correctly humble. But even counting that...
Nets defeat Warriors, first home win of season
The Nets finally got off to a good start last night, something coach Avery Johnson and his players have been saying for weeks they need to do. But it was...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $43,000; clm($25,000); 3YOTERMINUS was an impressive maiden winner as the favorite in the mud when making first...
Actor tweets Peyton will retire
Rob Lowe is taking on another role — pigskin prognosticator. The actor lit up social media yesterday when he tweeted Peyton Manning was done. Lowe said he had heard from...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70y; $38,000; cl($30,000); 4up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Truth Will Tell(L),118CMontalv3-5-1Baker5-12 Tough Market(L),116CVelasquz4-3-2Rice7-23 Chalk Player(L),111I Ortiz, Jr3-4-1Persaud15-14 SheDrivesMWld(L),116J Pezua6-6-1Odintz15-15 Hoopskirt(L),117J Alvarado1-2-1Galluscio5-26 Dopke Gal(L),118RDomingz2-4-3Donk3-17...
Tampa Bay Downs Charts
January 18th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&40y; $9,000; mdn cl($8,000); 4up; (f&M)Off: 12:30. Good. angled in, pulled awayTime: 23.55, 48.21, 1:13.82, 1:41.21, 1:43.64.Trainer: Kathleen GuciardoWinner: CH F,...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Best Bet: In Nomine Patri (2nd) FIRST: 1m; trot; $12,500; Super Bowl 1 Crown Time Mcjss (RPierce) 8-2-4 3-1 2 Conway Cruiser (BSears) 4-8-5 9-2 5 Psyched (DDube) 3-1-8 7-2...
Gulfstream Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position order Post Time: 12:35 p.m. FIRST-1 1/16m; $19,000; clm($15,000); 3YO SPIELBERG showed some closing ability this level and was claimed....
Yankees' Posada won’t change mind about retirement
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yankees may be looking for a DH, but Jorge Posada said last week’s trade of Jesus Montero to Seattle has no impact on him. Posada, who...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 19FRIJan. 20SATJan. 21SUNJan. 22MONJan. 23TUEJan. 24WEDJan. 25KnicksNO GAMEMilw. 7:30 MSG ESPN Den. 7:30 MSG ESPNNOGAMENOGAMECha.7:00MSGESPN Cle.7:00MSGESPN NetsNO GAMENOGAMEOk.C. 8:00 YES WFANCha. 6:00 YES WBBRChi.8:00YESWFANNOGAMEPhi.7:00YESWFANRangersPittsburgh 7:00MSG NetworkESPN 1050 AMNO GAMEBos.1:00...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)Underdog49ERS12 1/2(42)GiantsPATRIOTS6 1/27(50)RavensHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballSaturdayEast-West Shrine GameAt St. Petersburg, Fla.FavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogWest1 1/2 (38)EastNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogDUKE22 1/2Wake ForestALABAMA7VanderbiltARKANSAS- L.R.1 1/2La.-LafayetteMIDDLE TENN.14Arkansas St.S. ALABAMA5 1/2FiuVCU20 1/2Will. & MaryValparaiso3 1/2LOY.- OF...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Vanderbilt at Alabama ESPN27 p.m.Wake Forest at Duke ESPN8 p.m.Lakers at Heat TNT8 p.m.William & Mary at VCU ESPNU8 p.m.Boston College at NC State YES9 p.m.UNC at Virginia Tech...
Ravens QB overmatched vs. high-powered Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Who do you believe in? The quarterback who has won three Super Bowls? Or the quarterback who never has been to one? The quarterback whose teammates’ undying...
Nash defends Knicks coach D'Antoni
Steve Nash drilled Mike D’Antoni on the court last night in carrying the Suns to a 91-88 victory over the Knicks, but he had his former coach’s back afterward, saying...
Knicks lose to Suns; coach says team in 'bit of a crisis'
The only solace to another horrific Garden evening is maybe Steve Nash will be doing this for the Knicks next season and not against them. Sore-wristed Carmelo Anthony could not...
Team USA chose ‘better players’ than Knicks' Stoudemire
Knicks brass believes it has three stars on their roster, but Team USA CEO Jerry Colangelo believes it’s just two. According to a person familiar with the decision, Knicks power...
Ravens not falling for Patriots' flattery
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The smoke screens emanating from the Patriots facility yesterday left visibility very low between New England and Baltimore. Bill Belichick, a noted smoke blower, gushed about Ravens...
Tomlinson says Jets locker room 'as bad as I've ever been around'
The Jets season has been over for nearly three weeks, yet the fallout from their 8-8 failure continues. The latest comes from respected running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who said the...
Giants backup not surprised at turnaround of 49ers QB
Giants reserve quarterback David Carr has spent the past four years backing up both starters in Sunday’s NFC Championship, San Francisco’s surprising Alex Smith last season and Eli Manning for...
49ers QB Smith rejuvenated career
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Alex Smith is earning his nickname as “The Comeback Kid” in more ways than one. That label resulted from the six comeback wins the veteran 49ers...
Giants’ leader Tuck won’t let pain get in his way
You know all of the stories about super-human pain-threshold. You have heard about Jack Youngblood playing a Super Bowl on a broken leg, about Lawrence Taylor splattering the Saints with...
Giants receiver doubts 49ers defense
Mario Manningham does not rank the 49ers defense as the best the Giants have faced this season. San Francisco surrendered 14.3 points per game during the regular season, the NFL’s...
Harbaugh’s passion, commitment have 49ers win from Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The keys to coaching are the two Cs: commitment and competition. No one knows that better than Mike Ditka, who lives and breathes those qualities every...
Manning misses part of Giants practice with stomach bug
Dave Tollefson shrugged off any worries about the Giants' under-the-weather quarterback. He figures there’s an Eli Elixir that will get him better quickly. “It’s Eli Manning. He’s probably got some...
Giants ready for any weather against 49ers
Giants fullback Henry Hynoski recalls playing high school football in Elysburg, Pa., on a field that was “a pile of mud.’’ There’s rain in the forecast for Sunday’s NFC Championship...
Real knockout
Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, Wladimir Klitschko, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, Amir Khan. You don’t have to be a boxing fan to be familiar with the names. You probably do...
Seacrest could be out
Ryan Seacrest has entered what could be his final season hosting “American Idol.” Seacrest, who’s hosted the Fox franchise for all 11 seasons, is in the final year of a...
One that got away
The five venture capitalists on ABC’s addictive series “Shark Tank” are supposed to smell a good business opportunity from a mile away. But sometimes, it seems, they miss a sure...
Weird but true
He had money to burn — and that may have saved his life. A 66-year-old man, missing for two days in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state, managed to...
St. John's loses to South Florida
TAMPA, Fla. -- The first crisis of the season arrived last night in a near-empty hockey arena against a South Florida basketball program that has less tradition than an Internet...
Pippa middlebrow
After stealing the show at her sister’s April nuptials to Prince William, Pippa Middleton has had a dizzying year. Her bum has been worshipped, her love life analyzed to bits...
Casey Anthony ordered to answer questions in lawsuit filed by search party
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando judge has ordered Casey Anthony to answer questions from a volunteer search group which has sued her for allegedly providing false information as members helped...
Rapper Lil' Wayne reportedly involved in altercation with Cowboys' Bryant in Miami
MIAMI -- Rapper Lil' Wayne was involved in an altercation with Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant at a Miami nightclub that eventually led to the NFL star being detained...
Fordham scrapes by URI
Two sets of Rams butted heads in the Bronx tonight, with Fordham emerging with its first A-10 win this season. Fordham (8-9, 1-3) beat Rhode Island (3-16, 0-4) 66-64 in...
Nash, Suns beat Knicks to end 5-game skid
Steve Nash had 26 points and 11 assists, Shannon Brown hit a crucial 3-pointer that was as ugly as this game, and the Phoenix Suns snapped a five-game losing streak...
Rudd, South Florida overwhelm St. John's 64-49
TAMPA, Fla. — Victor Rudd scored all of his 24 points in the second half, leading South Florida to a 64-49 victory over St. John's on Wednesday night. Jawanza Poland...
NBA legend Abdul-Jabbar named global cultural ambassador
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday named NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a global cultural ambassador. Abdul-Jabbar will begin his new role with a trip...
Nets GM says extension unlikely for Lopez
Everything Nets general manager Billy King has done to this point has been done with the thought of preserving as much cap space as possible for a run at Dwight...
Yankees' Posada won't change mind about retirement
TAMPA -- Jorge Posada isn't ready to make his retirement from the Yankees official, but that's about the only thing left to do."I'm not getting ready for another season," Posada...