March 13, 2012
Lundqvist out for Rangers with flu
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist missed his scheduled start Tuesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes because of the flu. Backup Martin Biron started in goal against the Hurricanes. Lundqvist has a...
Obama goes with Kentucky, Missouri, UNC and Ohio State in Final Four
WASHINGTON -- The presidential bracket is in. President Barack Obama made his annual NCAA Tournament selections Tuesday, forecasting top-seeded Kentucky and North Carolina to make it to the Final Four...
Crane company had communication problems with Chinese parts maker: mechanic
It was all Greek — or Chinese — to them. A former long-time mechanic for New York Crane testified today about the many communications problems he had with a Chinese...
Cop knocked out in B'klyn bar brawl could be in trouble for alleged witness tampering
A Port Authority cop who “saw stars” after getting KO’d in a futile attempt to make peace during a Brooklyn bar brawl may be on the hook for tampering with...
Exclusive: LIU Brooklyn to call Barclays Center 'second home' starting next season
As their long-odds dream of a trip to the Final Four tips off in Ohio against No. 1 Michigan State, the LIU Brooklyn basketball team has taken a big step...
Jets re-sign LB Thomas
The Jets re-signed one of their own free agents Tuesday, bringing back veteran outside linebacker Bryan Thomas. The Jets signed Thomas to a one-year deal, according to a source.Thomas missed...
Giants target Cowboys TE Bennett
The Giants may not make big headlines in free agency but they are moving quickly. They are bringing in tight end Martellus Bennett for a visit and it might not...
Homeless defend becoming Wi-Fi hotspots
An experiment with letting homeless people make money by serving as wireless internet hotspots raised plenty of eyebrows at this year's South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. After igniting...
March Madness: Get all the latest Final Four scores
Click here to follow all the action from the NCAA tournament. Get the latest scores from all the sites around the country on the road to the Final Four.
Jets talk to Dolphins QB Henne: source
The Jets opened free agency Tuesday by trying to shore up their backup quarterback spot.The team is interested in former Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne, according to a source. The two...
Former Knicks assistant Harter passes away
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Knicks assistant coach Dick Harter has died at the age of 81. Harter worked on Pat Riley's staff in New York. A spokesman for the Island Funeral...
Stocks rally, Nasdaq closes at 12-year high
Stocks rallied Tuesday, pushing the Nasdaq Composite to close above the key 3,000 level for the first time since 2000. On Tuesday, the Nasdaq added 56 points, to close at...
Pins & wheedles: Odd Disney Q&A
The Mouse House’s shareholder meeting wasn’t all business — at least not serious business. Despite more pressing matters such as the re-election of the board and compensation, Disney boss Bob...
Pelfrey hit hard in Mets loss to Cardinals
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Mike Pelfrey gave up four runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings of the Mets' 7-1 loss to the Cardinals on Tuesday. Pelfrey left some...
British PM David Cameron arrives in US
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in the US Tuesday afternoon for a three-day visit with President Barack Obama. The UK leader and his...
Non-profit CFO for group founded by State Sen. Diaz busted for swiping $75,000
The chief financial officer of a not-for-profit group founded by Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz was busted today for swiping at least $75,000 in public funds, according to a criminal...
Yankees' Triple-A team to play without home stadium
TAMPA -- For the Yankees' top minor league players, there's no root, root, root for the home team this year. The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees will play all 144 games of...
Syracuse center Melo ruled ineligible for NCAA tournament
SYRACUSE -- Syracuse center Fab Melo has been ruled ineligible to play in the NCAA tournament, the school announced Tuesday. The announcement comes two days before the top-seeded Orange were...
Man suspected of shooting wife, dumping her in road at large in DC area
KENSINGTON, Md. -- Police in the Washington, D.C., area were searching Tuesday for a man suspected of fatally shooting his wife in his van and then dumping her body in...
Penguins' Crosby to return against Rangers on Thursday
CANONSBURG, Pa. -- Sidney Crosby is ready to give Broadway its latest revival act. The Pittsburgh Penguins star plans to play on Thursday against the New York Rangers, his first...
WATCH: Tiger and Shaq battle in kung-fu style duel
Call this flick “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Shaq.”In the most recent promotion for EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’13, Woods faces off against former NBA player and current TNT analyst...
Manhattan madam's 'sidekick' turns herself in, released on $100K bail
The beautiful, accused accomplice madam of Anna Gristina has been released from custody on $100,000 -- posted today by her on-again, off-again beau from Long Island -- after pleading not...
Koufax on witness list for Mets owners
The owners of the Mets have put Hall of Famer pitcher Sandy Koufax on their all-star witness list. Koufax will be called to testify in the upcoming trial that pits...
Rep. Bob Turner announces US Senate run
ALBANY – Rep. Bob Turner made his run for the US Senate official today. He said he’ll seek both the Republican and Conservative nominations to challenge US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand...
Felony charges dropped against Madonna stalker
An infatuated Madonna fan is free to cross over the borderline and resume waving love-protesting posters outside the singer's door now that a Manhattan judge has dropped the felony weapons...
Cleaning man fatally shoots burglar at Queens grocery store
An after-hours cleaning man at a Jamaica grocery shot and killed one of two brazen catburglars who’d cut a hole through the roof to rob the place, sources said. The...
Staten Island physician pleads guilty in pain pill case
An octogenarian physician from Staten Island pleaded guilty today to illegally selling the highly addictive prescription pain killer Oxycontin to hundreds of people through his practice. Dr. Felix Lanting, 85,...
FOUR CORNERS: Anthony is the anti-Lin
Everybody knew this was going to be an impossibly difficult stretch for the Knicks.Five of six games on the road with trips to Boston, Dallas, San Antonio, Milwaukee and Chicago....
Jets deal with Pouha worth $15 million over three years
The Jets deal with nose tackle Sione Pouha is for $15 million over three years with $9.5 million guaranteed, according to a source.The Jets re-signed Pouha on Monday, a day...
Rangers' Avery says TV retirement was serious
Sean Avery is about to become a Mad Man.Officially, that is.The one-time Rangers winger told The Post on Tuesday morning he will embark on his post-hockey career next month with...
Collins 'tired' of minor injuries at Mets camp
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Terry Collins has had to deal with a plummeting payroll, lengthy injuries to key players and an angry fan base, but it was Ruben Tejada’s groin...
Accused bomb plotter Jose Pimentel pleads not guilty
A Muslim convert pleaded not guilty today to charges he plotted a terrorist act by building a nail-filled pipe bomb – unaware he was being aided by a police informant....
Syndicate Review
Set in the year 2069, Syndicate is a futuristic, stylish shooter that is heavy on looks and features but short on story and substance.Syndicate puts the player in control of...
Ex-butler on trial after holding philanthropist hostage with threats of deadly injection
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Held hostage on her Connecticut estate, philanthropist Anne H. Bass received an injection from masked assailants who made a chilling ultimatum: Hand over millions of dollars...
JonBenet's dad says kiddie pageants are 'very bizarre'
The father of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, who was found dead in her Colorado home in 1996, said in an interview this morning that he finds child beauty pageants disturbing and...
DVD Extra: Teutonic titans tackle crime, punishment and the censors
Among the army of artists forced to flee Europe because of Adolf Hitler were Fritz Lang and Otto Preminger, both notoriously autocratic directors with a special gift for getting normally...
Barclays offers to buy MF Global customer claims
Customers of the failed securities firm MF Global Holdings, who are awaiting the fate of $1.6 billion in missing client money, have received an offer for their funds from Barclays...
World's tallest man finally stops growing after pioneering treatment at Va. hospital
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va -- The world's tallest man appears to have finally stopped growing after treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Sultan Kosen, who stands an incredible 8ft 3in...
American Airlines flight attendant will not face criminal charges over plane crash rant
DALLAS -- An American Airlines flight attendant who had to be restrained after she began ranting over the public-speaker system that the plane was going to crash will not face...
Judge denies Sandusky's request for more information from prosecutors
BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania judge denied Tuesday a request from Jerry Sandusky's lawyer for more details about the allegations of child sexual abuse leveled against the former Penn State...
Florida judge postpones Casey Anthony civil trial until next year
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A civil trial against Casey Anthony was postponed by a Florida judge Tuesday until early Jan. 2, 2013, FOX News Channel reported. Zenaida Gonzalez, of Orlando, Fla.,...
SSX Review
It’s been five years since the last title in the SSX was released, but snowboarding fanatics can rest assured EA has made it worth the wait.Titled SSX, EA’s latest snowboarding...
Obama will be 'very hard to beat': Bloomberg
President Obama is is going to be "very hard to beat" in November, Mayor Bloomberg said today. The mayor offered that assessment during a question-and-answer session with business executives in...
Delta Air Lines plane rolls off taxiway at Atlanta airport
ATLANTA -- A Delta Air Lines plane rolled of a taxiway at Atlanta's busy airport Tuesday causing significant damage to the jet, myFOXatlanta.com reported. No passengers were on board when...
Romney, Santorum and Gingrich in a three-way tie ahead of Mississippi, Alabama primaries
Republicans Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich face off in a pair of high-stakes presidential primaries in Mississippi and Alabama on Tuesday, with polls showing a virtual three-way dead...
Giants re-sign CB Thomas to four-year, $28 million deal
It made sense that the Giants would be interested in re-signing cornerback Terrell Thomas, and it made sense that Thomas wanted to return to the team that made him a...
FBI arrests 20 people in $3M heroin bust on Long Island
The FBI staged raids on homes across Long Island this morning in a major operation aimed at taking down a heroin trafficking ring, and among those charged are a former...
Former Rutgers student has 'no hatred in his heart': lawyer
Ex-Rutgers student Dharun Ravi had no "hatred in his heart" for his roommate or any other gays -- and only turned on his web cam to keep an eye his...
Tuck says 'flashy' free agent moves not Giants way
Justin Tuck knows the deal; with so many unsigned players, the extended Super Bowl run and considerable salary cap restrictions, the Giants probably will not be making a ton of...
VIDEO: King, Vaccaro on Teixeira, A-Rod
Post columnist Mike Vaccaro and writer George A. King III discuss the middle of the Yankees lineup from Tampa. Alex Rodriguez is hoping to bounce back from an injury-filled 2011...
VIDEO: Puma on Santana's progress at Mets camp
The Post's Mike Puma discusses how Johan Santana has progressed at Mets camp this spring training.After shoulder surgery, Santana did not pitch at all in 2011. But Mets manager Terry...
Of fracking, wells, land and water
The drilling technique known as fracking is poisoning water across the country right?Wrong, reports the Wall Street Journal. Turns out it isn't the drilling but faulty well construction, specifically cement that has...
Bloomberg buys air time to push Cuomo's pension reform
Mayor Bloomberg is entering the air war over pension reform. In a speech this morning before business executives on Long Island, Bloomberg said his coalition of mayors and county executives...
Widow of Nassau cop killed by friendly fire sues cops, MTA
The widow of a Nassau County police officer slain last year in a friendly-fire mishap has filed suit against the officers who responded to the chaotic scene where a man...
Odds to win NCAA tournament
Here were the opening odds to win the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, which ends April 2 Kentucky 7-2 North Carolina 9-1 Michigan St. 10-1 Ohio St. 10-1 Kansas 12-1...
Contraception, not gas, behind Obama approval plunge
Mikey Kaus ably dissecst the poll results on Obama's contraception fight and after actually looking at the data it turns out President Obama not only loses the argument but that...
NYers give thumbs-up to Bloomberg & Kelly, despite NYPD monitoring controversy: poll
The controversy over the NYPD's monitoring of Muslims isn't registering with New York City voters, according to a poll being released today. Mayor Bloomberg enjoyed a comfortable 54-35 percent approval...
Voter ID nonsense
Democrats in Pennsylvania must be scared silly because apparently after Republican Gov. Tom Corbett signs the state's new Voter ID law, something he intends to do, no Democrat will ever...
Missing NJ 2-year-old found dead in septic tank
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Authorities are investigating how a missing southern New Jersey toddler ended up dead in a nearby septic tank. Lakewood police say the 2-year-old was found in the...
US soldier who opened fire on Afghan civilians may have been drinking
KABUL — A US soldier who opened fire on sleeping Afghan civilians, killing 16 including nine children, may have been drinking, military officials told FOX News Channel Tuesday. "We have...
Celtics’ Big 3 on trading block
When Doc Rivers spouts high praise (“Rajon [Rondo] is the smartest point guard I’ve ever been around”), you know for sure the player can be had. As expected, Danny Strange...
For wounded Tiger, Jack’s record appears out of reach
Doesn’t it seem like five minutes ago when so many of us wondered not if — but when — Tiger Woods was going to break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18...
NYPost.com Poll: Who should be The Post's boys basketball Player of the Year?
After four months of basketball, the season is nearing an end. That means two things: champions will be crowned and it's that time when we, at NYPost.com, hand out our...
CHSAA boys basketball rankings
It feels like just yesterday the season began with high expectations for Christ the King, St. Raymond and Cardinal Hayes. Along the way, we had surprises like Holy Cross and...
NYC boys basketball rankings
The basketball season has just a few games left, but our top spot remains up for grabs. We’ll have a new No. 1 at this time next week after Thomas...
NYC non-'AA' girls basketball rankings
The playoffs have done wonders to clearing up and blowing up our non-'AA' rankings. This week was no different. Goldstein moves from No. 8 to second after topping No. 5...
NYC non-'AA' boys basketball rankings
An unpredictable week of playoff action brought a shakeup into our rankings. We have a new No. 1 in Mott Haven, followed by NYSAISAA champion Collegiate and Nazareth (third) and...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
The basketball season is a weekend in Albany from coming to a close. Last week’s CHSAA state tournaments brought plenty of changes to the rankings. Following a week out of...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
It’ll be the premier PSAL team over the last two decades and a team making its first trip meeting at the Garden for the PSAL Class AA city championship game...
NYC girls basketball rankings
Two New York City teams punched their tickets to Albany last week. Three more will do so in the coming seven days. Nazareth is headed back upstate to defend its...
Older, deeper and more experienced, Madison has high hopes
For the first time since reaching the PSAL Class A finals in 2008, Vinny Caiazza is extremely optimistic in March. The longtime Madison baseball coach isn’t necessarily typically glum, but...
PSAL boys basketball rankings
To the surprise of nobody, it will be an all-Brooklyn affair at Madison Square Garden Saturday at noon. Boys & Girls and Thomas Jefferson booked their tickets to the Garden...
What to watch: Iona vs. BYU
Hart & soul Noah Hartsock, who leads BYU in scoring (16.7) and blocks (1.6), has been nursing his sore knee for a week. Will he be healthy and open up...
Iona confident it’ll take tournament by storm
DAYTON, Ohio — Seemingly everybody from John Calipari to John Q. Public questioned Iona’s at-large NCAA tournament berth, saying the team that could not even win the historically single-bid Metro...
Machado sure to make some noise for Iona
The bus that would take the Iona Gaels dreamers to their hotel outside Dayton was waiting for them on the tarmac when they stepped off the Miami Air 737 charter...
'Bachelor' finale recap: Before, During and After the Final Rose
We start our three-hour "Bachelor" extravaganza with "Before the After the Rose." This is usually referred to as "the finale," but now that everyone who has been in a grocery...
Business briefs
Web suitYahoo! sued Facebook in federal court over accusations it infringed patents related to Internet advertising and information sharing. Yahoo! seeks a court order barring Facebook from infringing 10 patents,...
Iger mouse trap
Disney boss Bob Iger’s plan to provide a smooth transition to the next chief executive is hitting some snags. Iger is facing one of his toughest shareholder gatherings since donning...
War of 4G networks pits Verizon vs. AT&T
Apple’s new 4G-enabled iPad won’t hit stores until Friday but a high-speed, tech battle is already raging between rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T.The two carriers — whose coming iPad battle...
Wall St. fears good jobs news means no Fed $$
Fair is fair. Last month I told you how the increase of 243,000 jobs reported by the Labor Department for January was really a loss of 2.69 million jobs. I...
Argentinians buy El Diario parent
La Nación, Argentina’s second-largest daily paper, has acquired majority control of Impremedia — the Spanish-language newspaper company that includes El Diario/La Prensa in New York — from its private-equity owners....
Hiring to rise in NYC
Big Apple employers are springing out of their pink-slip rut with the rosiest jobs forecast in a year.New hires by New York City companies will outpace firings nearly three to...
Goldman taps
Goldman Sachs Group, the No. 5 US bank by assets, named Justin Gmelich global head of credit trading in a series of management changes in the wake of high-level departures....
Urban down-fitters
Urban Outfitters fell 5.3 percent to $27.93 in after-hours trading after fourth-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates. Net income in the three months ended Jan. 31 fell 48 percent to...
Soros deal lifts American Apparel
Shares of American Apparel surged 21.5 percent yesterday after The Post exclusively reported that a firm backed by billionaire George Soros is in talks to extend a new credit line...
Pre-IPO no-no
The highly profitable joyride taken by two firms that have traded in the non-public shares of Facebook and other hot tech startups is about to be slowed. The Securities and...
Larry reads the tea leaves
There’s nothing wrong with the financial-services leasing market that a good presidential election won’t cure, says Larry Silverstein. Acknowledging that Wall Street firms are “holding back and waiting to see...
Bank tests lead to vaulting ambition
Many second-tier banks across the US hope the Federal Reserve tests this week leave them stressed for success. The banks’ brass hope the Fed’s stress tests show they are not...
Sealy shareholder rips buyout owner KKR
Henry Kravis’ KKR & Co. stuffed its Sealy Mattress company with too much debt, contributing to the manufacturer’s loss of 90 percent of its value, the second-largest shareholder in the...
Hockey fight
Three hockey fans want to put the NHL in the penalty box for allegedly using “anti-competitive blackouts.” to jack up the cost of watching games on TV or the Internet....
An Epic purchase on the way
Steven Elghanayan’s investment/development firm, Epic, is poised to buy 148 Lafayette St. for more than twice what the current owners paid for it five years ago.Downtown investment-sale sources said Property...
MF trustee asks to sell
James Giddens, the trustee for MF Global, filed court papers yesterday in Manhattan to sell metal contracts to Jefferies Group in order to bring in $14.5 million for customers of...
Triple-killer fiend caged
A grieving grandmother railed against the “cruel monster” who slaughtered her daughter and two grandkids in a Brooklyn bloodbath, as a judge sentenced the killer to 40 years to life...
Turner eyes Kirsten bid
ALBANY — Rep. Bob Turner is considering a challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.In a confidential letter yesterday obtained by The Post, Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton asked his counterparts from...
Fungi felon jailed
A New Jersey mushroom con was ordered canned yesterday — for 28 months for selling his employer’s gourmet fungi through a rival firm he secretly ran.Gino Silva, 44, pleaded guilty...
Baby powder sparked ‘tot-slay’ teen’s deadly rage
A teenage felon beat his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son to death because the tiny tot spilled baby powder in his bedroom, Brooklyn prosecutors said yesterday.Tyree Wright, 19, got so mad at...
Cool your heels, madam
She’s gone from the cathouse to the big house — but accused Upper East Side madam Anna Gristina has to wait another couple of days to see if she now...
Catch of day
Who says there’s no such thing as a free dinner? New England Patriot wide receiver Chad Ochocinco last night invited all of his Twitter fans in New York to dine...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A shoplifter boosted more than $1,000 worth of jewelry from the gift shop at NYU Hospital in Kips Bay, authorities said. Frank Dadamo, 59, committed the caper inside the...
Cop’s alarm in Pace slay
A cop feared he had shot a colleague during a chaotic 2010 incident in Westchester that resulted in the death of a college student, according to a police document. The...
Hero war journo laid to rest on LI
The brave, Queens-born war correspondent murdered in Syria’s civil war last month was buried yesterday in an emotional ceremony on Long Island. Marie Colvin, a veteran reporter for The Sunday...
City probes job centers
The city is going to investigate whether it’s been jobbed by its jobs contractors.Officials at the Department of Small Business Services said yesterday they plan to review the reports submitted...
‘Double-decked’
And straight ahead, you’ll see a rather large tree branch about to smack you in the face.Jack and Margo Schofield, a Scottish couple, sued the Gray Line sightseeing-bus company yesterday,...
Wanted: Wyo. town buyer
BUFORD, Wyo. — What’s billed as the smallest town in the United States goes up for auction next month.The town of Buford, between Cheyenne and Laramie in southeast Wyoming, has...
Sex ‘spy’ is mum
The former Rutgers student accused of spying on his gay dorm mate declined to testify yesterday about how he remotely accessed his Web cam and saw his roomie kissing another...
2 suspects in ‘tryst’ slay
Detectives have named two suspects in the brutal slaying of a Chelsea floral designer during a gay tryst gone awry, police sources said yesterday. Ex-con Edwin Faulkner, 30, and suspected...
Rooftop farm for B’klyn Navy yard
From shipyard to industrial park — and now farm. The Brooklyn Navy Yard is taking “going green” to heart, opening a 45,000-square-foot rooftop farm to supply local restaurants, shops and...
Love is ‘Tricky’
Long before he drew up an enemies list, Richard Nixon penned gushing love letters to his “Irish gypsy” — his future wife, Pat. Six of the dozens of romantic notes...
PA set for a ‘double’ grilling
Port Authority brass will be grilled next month about mismanaging the agency’s funds in a rare bi-state public hearing called by lawmakers from both New York and New Jersey. The...
Charters hot ticket in W’burg and UWS
Thousands of students are jockeying to get admitted into three new Success Academy charter schools in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg and Cobble Hill neighborhoods as well as Manhattan’s Upper West Side, according...
Clue to lost Leonardo
FLORENCE, Italy — A researcher looking for a lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco claims that a hidden wall in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio contains colors consistent with those used by the...
Cab smashes woman on sidewalk
An out-of-control cab struck a UN diplomat’s parked car in Midtown yesterday — and then ran up onto the sidewalk, pinning a terrified woman against a building, authorities and witnesses...
Art gallery near school puts nude photos in window — again!
Keep your shirt on. A Lower East Side art-gallery owner is telling irate parents to take it easy over an exhibit featuring photos of naked women right across the street...
Essex for sale
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Dubai owner of Jumeirah Essex House, the art deco hotel perched prominently on the edge of Central Park, said yesterday it is putting the...
Cuomo’s pension warning
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo warned public-employee unions yesterday that “thousands and thousands” of their members could be thrown out of work and taxes could spike if their legislative pals fail...
Widow’s 20-year retirement scam: feds
She was artful and designing. A New York teenager married her 58-year-old high-school teacher — and was so distraught over his death, she kept his memory alive for 20 years...
LI dad kills his baby mama, self
A Long Island man went to pick up his 13-month-old son from his estranged girlfriend for a visit yesterday — and stabbed the woman to death, police said. James Schultz,...
Gals $lap pinata boss
They made pinatas for a living — but the job was no party.Three employees of a Queens party-supply company say they were forced to work in a veritable sweatshop —...
NY ad agency rigs homeless as mobile Wi-Fi zones
Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, I’m not here to rob you, and I’m not on drugs — I’m just your friendly neighborhood hotspot. The homeless are being turned into walking...
Doctors are hip to metal woes
LONDON — Doctors should stop using metal-on-metal hip replacements, say British experts at the world’s biggest artificial-joint registry, citing an analysis showing they have to be fixed or replaced more...
Quinn sets date for her nups
Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s office announced yesterday that she has set a date to marry her longtime partner. Quinn, who could become the city’s first gay mayor in 2013, set...
Unveiled: Plans for ‘High Line 3’
Parks officials last night unveiled designs for the third and final section of the High Line.It will wrap around the Hudson Rail Yards between West 30th and 34th streets.Officials say...
Redneck-&-neck: Romney looking strong down South
WASHINGTON — You might not be a redneck if you don’t know how to point a rifle or have only eaten catfish twice — but that doesn’t mean Mitt Romney...
Woman, 73, confronts brute
An elderly Upper East Side woman yesterday confronted the man who tried to rape her on the East River promenade, telling him in court, “I wish you no mercy.”“August 15,...
Espada OK is BS: feds
Former state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada looted his Bronx health-care firm to pay personal expenses, although the company could barely pay its rent, prosecutors said yesterday. And while defense...
Concrete plan for Coney Is.
The Coney Island boardwalk is about to resemble a sidewalk. The city’s Design Commission yesterday approved a Parks Department plan to replace five blocks of the crumbling 89-year-old wooden boardwalk...
Killer ’fesses 2nd wife slay
A Manhattan man serving 20 to life for murdering his common-law wife has confessed to also killing his first common-law wife, admitting that he cut off her head and buried...
Rising Tide of crime
Law-enforcement officials across thenation have been left baffled by a crime wave targeting an unlikely item — Tide laundry detergent. Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that some...
‘Lottery hog’ turns on ex-pals in court
A hardhat who is refusing to split a $77 million jackpot with the longtime members of his lottery pool turned into a Judas on the stand yesterday — saying the...
Bandit hits bank twice
The “White Glove Bandit” struck again yesterday, holding up a Greenwich Village bank at gunpoint for the second time in a month and making off with an undisclosed amount of...
Bullish on Big Apple
When it comes to being competitive, New York is No. 1! New York emerged on top again in a new survey of the 120 most economically competitive cities in the...
2nd tot found wandering
A 2-year-old girl wearing only a diaper was found wandering a Brooklyn street yesterday — the second time in as many days that a child has been discovered alone on...
Spree-kill GI had bad brain injury
The US Army sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians is a trained sniper who had suffered a traumatic brain injury and had serious marital problems, it was disclosed yesterday. But...
Mob-talk radio rant from jail
Tommy from the Metropolitan Detention Center, you’re on the line — what’s on your mind? Quite a bit, it turns out, for accused Colombo crime-family boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli,...
Teen escapes from precinct
A teenage burglary suspect escaped from a Manhattan station house yesterday and was on the lam for three hours, sources said. Roilin Reynoso, 17, was being held at the 33rd...
‘Are you better off?’
The question that famously crystallized the 1980 presidential campaign — “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” — will determine the fate of Barack Obama in 2012....
The make-believe tyranny of photo ID
For Attorney General Eric Holder, life must present a hellish vista of pervasive racist practices. Wherever he goes, people are required to show identification. When cashing a check. When signing...
Bam-boozled over gas: No answer for high prices
The Issue: Mixed messages from the Obama administration about America’s growing energy crisis. *** The president keeps talking a good game about a comprehensive solution to our energy problem, but...
Cuomo draws the line
Do something about runaway pensions — or see New York’s government shut. That was Gov. Cuomo’s ultimatum to lawmakers yesterday, as the April 1 deadline for a deal on his...
Occupy the Times
Looks like The New York Times has learned the old politico’s trick of publicly releasing potentially embarrassing information late on a Friday afternoon. That’s precisely what the company did last...
Memo to NYPD critics
The NYPD has been in the news frequently of late, with much debate on two department practices — the monitoring of Muslim groups, including in locations outside New York City,...
A dangerous US drawdown
With the persistent perception the United States is losing interest in Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit with President Obama this week provides a good backdrop to talk about...
Confessions of a real-life Mad Woman
Don Drapers were everywhere in Jane Maas’ world. “There were lots of them — the charming, slightly cynical, hard-drinking, sexy guy,” she says. Maas started at 32 as a copywriter...
Pinterest is the new Facebook
Who would have thought looking at photos of Funfetti cupcakes and pink patent-leather high heels could be so addictive? Although the photo-sharing site Pinterest launched two years ago, it’s only...
‘Flight’ never quite takes off
There’s nothing more annoying than to be stuck at the theater while someone chatters away incessantly on his cellphone. It’s even worse when he’s onstage. That’s the case with “Flight,”...
Affrunti’s Turf Paradise Grade
FIRST-6f; $11,000; mdn opt clm; 3up; (f&m)1-Big Advance 3-13-Joyous Roar 6-15-Blaster 5-14-Juana Dance 4-12-Lil Shyanne 7-26-Coalesce 4-1SECOND-1m; $6,200; cl($3,200); 3up5-Darl's Gem 3-11-Heroi Do Bafra 7-22-Mickey Rocks 4-13-Two Point Tony9-24-Oh So...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-5 1/2f; $8,000; cl($8,000); 3YO; (f)1Cndy nd Nts (Cllns)4.002.602.104Courage N Grce (Kenny)5.403.805R Sweet Valentine (Piermarin)3.20* Exacta (1-4) $20.20 * Quinella (1-4) $15.60 * $1 Trifecta (1-4-5) $39.80Exacta picked by AffruntiSECOND-1m;...
Animal Kingdom injured, out of Dubai World Cup
Scratch one comeback. Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner who was victorious in his return to the races on Feb. 18 at Gulfstream Park, his first race since the...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2f; $20,000; cl($5,000); 4up; (f&m)BETTERN BISCUITS fell short by a half length at today’s level after getting forced...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70y; $29,000; cl($15,000); 4up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 So Much Heart(L),120I Ortiz, Jr2-5-5Reiff5-22 Tatoo Me(L),115SCamchJr2-2-2Contessa3-13 Beppj(L),120R Silvera6-1-5Sciacca12-14 Harbor Chimes(L),120M Studart9-2-1Contess12-15 Hard Life(L),120D Cohen2-3-3Levine2-16...
Parx Racing Charts
FIRST-7f; $23,000; cl($7,500); 4upOff: 12:26. Good. 3w bid, held off rivalTime: 23.05, 45.98, 1:11.35, 1:24.69.Trainer: Corey DayWinner: CH H, 5, by Snow Ridge-ChasmanhattanHorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsManhattan Ridge118 4 6 3 1 11 nkAlvard,Jr.5.00Fiery...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 13WEDMar. 14THUMar. 15FRIMar. 16SATMar. 17SUNMar. 18MONMar. 19KnicksNOGAMEPor. 7:30 MSG ESPNNO GAMEInd. 7:30 MSG ESPNInd. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMENetsNOGAMETor. 7:30 YES WFANNO GAMEOrl. 7:00 YES WFANN.O.8:00 YES WFANNO GAMEClev.7:30...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Exhibition: Cardinals at Mets SNY7 p.m.Exhibition: Red Sox at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)Basketball6:40 p.m.NCAA Tournament, First Round:W. Kentucky vs. Mississippi Valley truTV7 p.m.NIT, First Round:Massachusetts at Mississippi St....
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round At Dayton, Ohio Favorite Line Underdog W. Kentucky 4 1/2 Mvsu Byu 2 Iona Tomorrow Lamar 3 Vermont California 2 1/2 South Florida Second Round...
Sports Shorts
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Rangers hope ship is righted
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49ers sign Moss
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Saints, commish huddle up
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Boss could return to Giants
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Giants rivals stripped of cap space by NFL
Free agency kicks off today and without a single signing, the Giants already have gained a huge advantage on two of their NFC East rivals simply by following the rules....
Jets WR Holmes OK with Sanchez extension
One of the first questions people asked after the Jets gave quarterback Mark Sanchez a contract extension was: How will wide receiver Santonio Holmes react to this? Holmes took to...
Pouha to re-sign with Jets
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Peyton, Dolphins meet: report
Peyton Manning added one and perhaps two more teams to his list of candidates yesterday in a free-agent job search that now looks like it will take a bit longer...
Yankees reliever Robertson 'easily' OK for Opening Day
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Yankees' Kuroda having slow start to spring
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Joba working to recapture magic for Yankees
TAMPA — This was early in the 2007 season when Mike Mussina’s fastball vanished, Phil Hughes’ hamstring blew and Kei Igawa was quickly establishing himself as a mistake. The Yankees,...
Yankees to face Red Sox with Valentine for first time
TAMPA — The members of the most fierce rivalry in sports — the Yankees and Red Sox — meet tonight at George M. Steinbrenner Field, though nothing will be on...
Mets’ Davis says he feels fine
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Mets bullpen catcher flips car, charged with DUI
LAKELAND, Fla. — Mets bullpen catcher Eric Langill was arrested for alleged DUI following a single-car accident Sunday night in Port St. Lucie. Although a police spokesman said the 32-year-old...
Wright’s return to Mets up in air
LAKELAND, Fla.-- Rest wasn’t helping David Wright recover quickly enough from his rib injury, so the Mets third baseman decided to get a cortisone shot in New York yesterday, but...
Dwight drama set to end ... or not
In case the Knicks are unaware, someone might want to alert them Thursday (3 p.m. Eastern) is the NBA trading deadline. Yes, once again it’s time for the annual prisoner...
Knicks lose to Bulls, sixth in a row
CHICAGO -- The Knicks can’t get a win, can’t get a rebound, can’t get Carmelo Anthony happy and efficient, and can’t make the playoffs if the season ended today. With...
Anthony unhappy with Knicks coach: source
CHICAGO — As the NBA trade deadline approaches Thursday, the relationship between Mike D’Antoni and Carmelo Anthony appears to be deteriorating. There are several indications the alliance is getting worse,...
Nets lose to Bucks without Williams
For the second straight game, the Nets were without Deron Williams. And, for the second straight game, the Nets put up a valiant effort that fell just short. In Saturday...
Marbury denies hitting fan in China
BEIJING — Stephon Marbury denied hitting a fan after a testy playoff loss in a Chinese Basketball Association game. The 35-year-old former Knicks star and his Beijing Ducks teammates were...
‘Wives’ bombshell
LOS ANGELES — A last-minute bombshell straight out of the Perry Mason handbook struck the “Desperate Housewives” trial yesterday. Lawyers for former star Nicollette Sheridan claimed an unnamed ABC employee...
The end of Erin Andrews?
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Talk show guests
TUESDAYWILL FERRELL, NICK OFFERMAN, NATE BERKUS - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4WILL FERRELL, ELLE MACPHERSON - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DANA DELANY - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch....
Oprah’s Houston scores
Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the late Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, snared record ratings Sunday night on OWN. The 90-minute “Oprah’s Next Chapter” interview, which also featured interviews with other...
The new Dr. Drew
VH1’s new relationship expert wants Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez to sign up for couples counseling. “It’s clear that their friendship has turned destructive and toxic,” says Dr. Jenn Berman,...
‘Homeland’ in the House
One of the perks of being president is getting to meet pretty much whomever you want. No surprise then that President Obama has invited the star of his favorite TV...
Viva Mob Vegas
These days, attach “speakeasy” onto the name of your Vegas restaurant or bar, and it’s a recipe for instant success. We Las Vegans are Cosa Nostra-obsessed right now — and...
Weird but true
They’ve got his number.A Dallas man identified only by his first name, Kent, has gotten thousands of calls from lovesick teenage girls who thought they were dialing Justin Bieber.That’s because...
St. John's women draw Creighton in 1st round
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Seton Hall to face Stony Brook in NIT
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Kentucky kids can silence critics
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PETE GILLEN: Michigan State will be last team standing
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The Post’s guide to filling out your bracket
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Score big with Iona over BYU
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Knicks fade in fourth, lose to Bulls
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Weiland looks sharp as Astros top Yankees 4-3
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Ax-wielding arsonist kills imam in Brussels mosque
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Teen serial burglar escapes cops, caught 3 hours later
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