April 19, 2012
Former Arkansas coach told school affair began with kiss
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino told his boss that his affair with a woman he later hired as an assistant began with a kiss last fall and...
Super Size This! Morgan Spurlock Tweet War Is On!
Over on Twitter, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spulock has started a Tweet war with your humble critic over remarks I made earlier on this blog about his lack of talent. Keep...
GAMETRACKER: Twins at Yankees
Paced by Justin Morneau's continued success in the Bronx, the Twins are in position to win their first series in New York in almost 11 years. The Twins can accomplish...
City taps Zamperla to take over 'Jones Walk'
The city is finally cleaning up a longtime seedy strip near the Coney Island boardwalk that had been filled with rigged carnival games and ripped off beachgoers for years. The...
Knicks clinch playoff berth with loss by Bucks
The Knicks are officially back in the NBA playoffs.All the Knicks needed was for the Bucks to lose tonight in Indiana, which they did 118-109.The Knicks (33-29) have a 4-game...
B'klyn Bridge Park project gets $40M from philanthropist
A Manhattan philanthropist is donating $40 million to the cash-strapped Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront project to fill its greatest need: year-round recreation. Joshua Rechnitz, a 46-year-old competitive amateur cyclist and...
Jury selection concludes in Clemens' second perjury trial
WASHINGTON -- Jury selection wrapped up Thursday in the second federal perjury trial of pitching legend Roger Clemens. According to the Houston Chronicle, a final pool of 36 potential jurors...
SMU names Brown basketball coach
DALLAS -- Larry Brown is returning to college to get back into coaching. The 71-year-old former Knicks coach was hired Thursday at SMU. It is his first college job in...
Park51 community center developers spar with Con Ed over rent
Con Ed and the developers of the controversial Park51 community center near Ground Zero squared off in Manhattan Civil Court today over the rent increase that threatens to kill the...
Espada didn't miss work at non-profit for 4 years: health clinic big
He wasn’t just a political powerhouse. Former Bronx state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. apparently never took “a single sick day or vacation day” in a four-year period at the healthcare...
FOUR CORNERS: Knicks better suited for playoff run
How Amar’e Stoudemire’s balky back reacts to game competition when he is expected to return to the Knicks on Friday is unknown. But, unlike a year ago, these Knicks have...
Los Angeles-bound flight makes emergency landing at JFK after bird strike
A Delta flight made an emergency landing this afternoon due to a bird strike shortly after takeoff, authorities said. According to the FAA, the Los Angeles-bound flight declared an emergency...
Rangers coach familiar with tough series
On the way to the Stanley Cup in 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning didn't win consecutive games in either the Eastern Conference or Stanley Cup finals.Rangers coach John Tortorella, who...
Barkley says Knicks 'stink;' 'one-and-done' in playoffs
Charles Barkley talked Knicks on WFAN on Thursday morning, which is to say Charles Barkley bashed the Knicks on Thursday morning. The opinionated TNT analyst was often critical of Mike...
Jets GM talks NFL Draft possibilities
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum, vice president of college scouting Joey Clinkscales and personnel consultant Terry Bradway conducted a press conference Thursday to discuss next week's NFL Draft. They also...
Apple giving away free Snow Leopard update
Apple is giving away free updates to its Snow Leopard operating system, according to reports.Unfortunately, Snow Leopard isn't Apple's newest system. But, that will help MobileMe users upgrade to Apple's...
US Blackhawk helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, four reported dead
KABUL -- A US Blackhawk helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed to NewsCore. The aircraft was reported to have gone down in Helmand province, 428 miles southwest...
TLC passes new rules to regulate Bloomberg's taxi plan
The Taxi & Limousine Commission today enacted a set of new rules regulating Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious outer-borough taxi plan, giving liveries the right to pick up street hails in certain...
Tebow's versatility could be 'tiebreaker' for Jets in Draft
Since the Jets acquired Tim Tebow nearly a month ago, the quarterback has cast a large shadow over everything around the organization. Why should next week's NFL Draft be any...
The Band's Levon Helm dead at 71
Levon Helm, the Arkansas-born drummer and southern-nuanced singer of The Band who also acted in movies, died of cancer Thursday at the age of 71. Helm's family announced Tuesday that...
Tuck not ready to put Giants Super Bowl run in the past
The start of the offseason workouts is often the unofficial turning of the page from one season to the next, but Giants defensive end Justin Tuck is not quite ready...
Hulu announces new animated series from Seth Meyers
Hulu is adding to its growing slate of original programming, including a new animated series from Seth Meyers that will translate his experiences on "Saturday Night Live" to a gang...
Panthers' Clemmensen set to start vs. Devils in Game 4
Scott Clemmensen saved the Devils in 2008-09. It appears he will try to wreck this season for them.Panthers coach Kevin Dineen refused to reveal his goaltending choice for Game 4...
Merck to pay $320M fine for illegal marketing of Vioxx
BOSTON -- A US district court judge in Boston on Thursday ordered Merck & Co. to pay a $321.6-million criminal fine for its violation of a federal drug law in...
Starbucks to stop using crushed bugs to color red-tinted products
SEATTLE -- Starbucks said Thursday it will phase out the use of a red dye made from ground up insects that the company uses to color some of its beverage...
NY GOP to honor SI's Molinari with lifetime achievement award
He’s the GOP’s guy. The New York State Republican Party will honor Staten Island leader Guy Molinari with its lifetime achievement award at its annual dinner tonight. Molinari, 83, the...
NFL Mock Draft: Round 1, picks 17-21
With the NFL Draft approaching, The Post will have you covered with news, updates and mock drafts leading up to Draft Day on April 26. Here are picks 17-21:17. Cincinnati...
Sheen's sitcom producers ripped off idea from ex-partner: suit
Producers of Charlie Sheen’s upcoming sitcom, “Anger Management,” blatantly ripped off the project from a former creative partner, according to allegation in a Los Angeles lawsuit. Jason Shuman and his...
VIDEO: Red Sox to celebrate 100 years at Fenway
The Boston Red Sox will celebrate Fenway Park's 100th Anniversary before Friday's game vs. the Yankees. CineSport's Noah Coslov and Boston Globe writer Nick Cafardo discuss this and former manager...
Auschwitz march honors Holocaust dead
OSWIECIM, Poland -- Thousands from across the globe marched Thursday between the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps in honor of six million Jews killed in the Holocaust during World...
Splunk shares nearly double in IPO
SAN FRANCISCO -- Shares of Splunk Inc. nearly doubled their value Thursday in an initial public offering that faced high expectations for the business intelligence software company. Splunk shares rose...
Body boarder killed by 16-foot shark in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- A 20-year-old body boarder was killed Thursday when a giant shark estimated at up to 16 feet long bit off his leg in a Cape...
Propeller plane with incapacitated pilot crashes into Gulf of Mexico
TAMPA, Fla. -- The US Coast Guard dispatched a rescue team Thursday to the site where a propeller plane with an incapacitated pilot crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The...
Son, 6, testifies he never saw mom abuse sister Marchella Brett-Pierce before she died
He won’t blame Mommy. Carlotta Brett-Pierce’s 6-year-old son testified at the accused monster mom’s murder trial today that he never saw her beat, bind or force-feed sleeping pills to his...
Bronx senator endorses Espaillat over Rangel
The Bronx Democrat who defeated scandal-scarred ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. today endorsed fellow Sen. Adriano Espaillat’s bid to unseat Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel. Sen. Gusatavo Rivera – who defeated...
Subway bomb plot fiend weeps on stand, testifies he felt 'brainwashed' by al Qaeda
The admitted mastermind of a fiendish plot to bomb New York's subways today said he felt he'd been "brainwashed" by his al Qaeda handlers -- and dramatically wept on the...
Martha Stewart cooking show to debut on PBS
Martha Stewart announced Thursday that her cooking show is heading to PBS after failing to gain traction on the Hallmark Channel after nearly two years. "Martha Stewart's Cooking School," her...
Colts tell Luck he'll be No. 1 pick: report
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts have their man. The Colts will select quarterback Andrew Luck with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft next week, ESPN reported Thursday. The...
'The Paperboy,' 'On the Road' and 'Madagascar 3' among films set to screen at Cannes Film Festival
PARIS — American movies are taking center stage at the Cannes Film Festival, with a fistful of U.S. films and stars including Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in the 2012...
Tumi surges after IPO
Shares of Tumi Holdings Inc. surged Thursday in the high-end luggage maker's debut as a public company. Tumi's stock opened at $26 on the New York Stock Exchange, 44 percent...
New York Times Co. reports better-than-expected first-quarter earnings
Shares of New York Times Co. were up as much as eight percent in early trading Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Excluding a $30 million gain on...
Lawyers for nurse accused of killing mother, abducting baby plan to evaluate her mental state
CONROE, Texas — Attorneys for a Texas nurse accused of fatally shooting a mother and speeding away with the dying woman's newborn son say they plan to evaluate her mental...
Romney responds to Obama 'silver spoon' quip
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Mitt Romney said Thursday he would not apologize for his family's success after President Obama declared that he wasn't "born with a silver spoon in my mouth."...
Red Bulls' Marquez suspended three games by MLS
After Rafa Marquez’s tackle and kick on Shea Salinas on Saturday, MLS’ Disciplinary Committee hit the Red Bulls midfielder with a three-game suspension Thursday. "The New York Red Bulls fully...
Sprint-Nextel sued for $300M for failing to pay sales taxes due on wireless plans
New York's attorney general sued Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday, seeking $300 million for the carrier's alleged failure to pay sales taxes due on some of its wireless plans over...
Doritos tacos spur rebound in Taco Bell sales
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Taco Bell's new take on the taco, featuring orange Doritos dust, has helped put the sizzle back in its U.S. sales after a nearly yearlong slump stemming...
FBI, cops digging up SoHo basement in connection with boy's 1979 disappearance
He never got off the block, investigators believe. Authorities are digging up the basement of a SoHo building where they believe a handyman buried the body of Etan Patz --...
US leading economic indicators up 0.3% in March
WASHINGTON -- A gradual improvement in US economic growth is expected beyond the summer, the Conference Board said Thursday, as it reported its index of leading economic indicators (LEI) increased...
Bronx man shot and killed for his iPhone
A young Bronx chef, returning home from work, was gunned down for his iPhone in a cold-blooded killing in Riverdale early today, police sources said. Hwang Yang, 26, had wrapped...
Boley could be man in middle of Giants defense
Michael Boley admitted Thursday he was a bit surprised when general manager Jerry Reese mentioned his name as a candidate to start at middle linebacker for the Giants this season.“A...
Existing home sales drop 2.6% in March, worse than forecast
WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes in the US fell 2.6 percent in March, the second monthly drop, though the sales pace in the first quarter was the best in...
Here are first photos of the Colombian hooker at the center of the Secret Service sex scandal
Here are the first photos of the 24-year-old Colombian hooker whose encounter with Secret Service agents caused the biggest sex scandal in agency history. The single mom, who has only...
American Airlines lost $1.7 billion in first quarter
FORT WORTH, Texas — The parent company of American Airlines says it lost $1.7 billion in the first quarter, mostly on costs related to its bankruptcy restructuring. AMR Corp. said...
Human remains found in western NY park appear to be missing 92-year-old man
RED HOUSE, N.Y. — Authorities say it appears human remains found in a western New York park are those of a 92-year-old retired pastor who disappeared while hiking with his...
Long Island psychiatrist arrested on rape charges
A Long Island psychiatrist had been arrested on rape charges. Nassau County Police say Dr. Marshall Hubsher of Sands Point is being charged with third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sex...
Barclays CEO Diamond ties 50% of bonus to bank profit
LONDON -- UK bank Barclays said Thursday its top executives agreed to tie 50 percent of their bonus awards to the bank's future profitability, as the company joined its peers...
Rangers' roster depth, Pudge, Fenway's 100th
Greetings from Boston. Let's steal Joel Sherman's "3 Up" format today:1. As I watched the Red Sox lose again last night - here's my column on Bobby Valentine - I...
Alec Baldwin's alleged stalker feels like a 'hunted animal'
Alec Baldwin's alleged stalker says she feels like a "hunted animal." French-Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin -- who faces five charges, including two for second-degree aggravated harassment of the "30 Rock"...
There are no food deserts, except when there are "food deserts"
The New York Times has been getting credit from its critics for its expose of the fallacy of food deserts. The fallacy is that poor people are obese because the only...
CVR Energy allows Icahn to move forward with tender offer
SUGAR LAND, Texas — Oil refiner CVR Energy Inc. has signed a deal with billionaire investor Carl Icahn that would allow him to complete his $30 per share tender offer....
Nokia posts $1.2B loss as first-quarter sales plunge
HELSINKI — Struggling cellphone maker Nokia Corp. said Thursday that tougher-than-expected competition pushed it to a net loss of €929 million ($1.2 billion) in the first quarter as sales plummeted,...
Fish are sick where BP oil spill hit, scientists say
BARATARIA BAY, La. — Two years after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, scientists say they're finding trouble with sick fish that dwell along offshore reefs and in the...
US weekly jobless claims fall to 386,000, still worse than expected, leaving unemployment at four-month high
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing requests for jobless benefits fell last week by 2,000 to 386,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, keeping claims at a four-month high. Claims...
Bank of America's first-quarter profit beats forecasts before massive debt charge
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America reported Thursday a first-quarter profit of $653 million, compared with a year-earlier profit of $2.05 billion, though that figure includes a $4.8 billion accounting...
Finally, Obama smiles (a little) on natural gas
Seems that the Obama administration's attitude toward natural gas development is changing. After three years of subsidizing and promoting wind, solar and electric cars, the administration is finally bowing to...
Morgan Stanley swings to first-quarter loss on debt charge
Morgan Stanley said Thursday it swung to a first-quarter loss as the investment bank shouldered heavy losses tied to changes in the value of its debt. The firm was expected...
Four Muslim men sue IHOP for discrimination
DALLAS -- A federal lawsuit was filed against restaurant chain IHOP after four Muslim men claimed they were discriminated against and fired from management positions because of their religion. The...
iPhone bills boost Verizon's first-quarter revenue growth
Holiday sales of the iPhone 4S started to boost revenue at Verizon Communications Inc. in the latest quarter, as subscribers settled in to paying their new monthly bills. That meant...
Police monitoring 'Jersey Shore' house after reports of people stealing shingles
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Police are patrolling around the house where MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality series is taped. There have been reports of people prying shingles from the home in...
Russian man kills husband of woman who spurned him
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia -- A Russian man was arrested after kidnapping and killing the husband of a woman who spurned him, investigators said Thursday. The 27-year-old student from the western...
3 family members charged after death of nine-month-old Georgia girl
UNION CITY, Ga. -- Three people were charged with child cruelty offenses in connection with the death of a nine-month-old girl in Georgia. Cops were called to a home in...
Karzai condemns photos of US troops posing with remains
KABUL -- The Afghan government on Thursday strongly condemned photos of US troops posing with the mangled remains of suspected suicide bombers and called for an "accelerated" transfer of security...
Bin Laden's widow wants to live in Britain, meet the royal family
ISLAMABAD -- Osama bin Laden's youngest widow wants to live in Britain and bring her five kids fathered by the evil terror master with her. And with breathtaking gall, she...
Norway gunman Breivik wanted to kill everyone on island, behead former PM
OSLO -- Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said Thursday he planned to kill everyone and behead the country's former prime minister during his attack on Utoya island. The 33-year-old,...
Three shot dead by masked gunmen at Texas cockfighting match
LA BLANCA, Texas -- At least three people were shot dead early Thursday after masked gunmen opened fire during a cockfighting match in rural Texas. The gunmen began "mowing people...
Cops probe death of teen at Westchester County school
A 16-year-old boy died after he suffered a cardiac arrest when he was put into restraints at a Yonkers school that specializes in students with emotional and social difficulties. The...
WATCH: Man impersonates female NYPD cop
A man dressed as a woman was being hunted in New York after he impersonated an NYPD officer to steal from unsuspecting members of the public. The suspect displayed a...
Softball roundup: Rondon pitches, hits Spellman past Clinton
Cardinal Spellman picked up a quality win. The host Pilots held off PSAL Bronx power DeWitt Clinton 7-3 in non-league softball Wednesday. Tiffany Rondon pitched a complete game giving up...
Girls lacrosse roundup: Riverdale, Picard top Fieldston in 2OT
Lindsay Picard has been nursing a hamstring tear since spring break and is just getting back to 100 percent. The Riverdale star attack certainly looked like her old self against...
Red Sox reeling with Bobby V
BOSTON — The new low point arrived in the top of the eighth inning last night at Fenway Park, with another game turning into a visitors’ stroll. When Bobby Valentine...
Rangers lose to Senators in OT; series tied
KANATA, Ont. — The Rangers took pride all season in their ability to maintain their discipline and put away opponents when they had them down. But not last night, and...
Rangers power play fizzles when it matters
KANATA, Ont. — It was far from a miracle, but last night at Scotiabank Place the Rangers power play managed to raise itself from the dead. In the Game 4...
Norman Thomas ace commits to Division II power Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce University is a quaint New England school in Rindge, N.H., on 100 acres of land overlooking a body of water, Pearly Pond. To Jeffrey Ledesma, it’s Shangri-La. The...
Wright ties Strawberry at top of Mets RBI list
ATLANTA — David Wright wasn’t about to celebrate a personal milestone on a day his team played so badly. But the Mets third baseman yesterday acknowledged tying Darryl Strawberry for...
Mets lose to Braves; Dickey gives up 3 homers
ATLANTA — One ugly game can be dismissed as a blip, but the Mets have to hope two straight doesn’t signal the start of a trend. As badly as Johan...
Cautela racks up wins in busy week for Vikings
Jackie Cautela found a way to dominate on both sides of the ball during a busy week for St. Joseph by the Sea. The Vikings played six games in seven...
Yankees LF Gardner on disabled list after sliding catch
Brett Gardner didn’t think he had hurt himself making a sliding catch against the Twins on Tuesday, but he was wrong. The Yankees left fielder was scratched before Wednesday night’s...
Rangers winger Fedotenko steps it up for playoffs
KANATA, Ont. -- Through the first three games of the opening-round playoff series against the Senators, Ruslan Fedotenko has elevated his game more dramatically from his regular-season performance than any...
Smith, Novak cool off in Knicks' win
The long-range shooting of Steve Novak and J.R. Smith carried the Knicks to their win over Boston Tuesday. But after going a combined 15-for-20 from behind the 3-point arc against...
Yankees fans boo Jones for jogging after ball
Andruw Jones drew the wrath of some Yankees fans Wednesday night when he lazily chased after Alexi Casilla’s double to left field in the eighth. The Twins’ second baseman stumbled...
US officials condemn photos of troops posing with remains of suspected Afghan suicide bombers
LOS ANGELES -- Two-year-old pictures of US troops posing with the mangled remains of suspected suicide bombers in Afghanistan were published by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, leading Defense...
India tests first long-range nuclear-capable missile in 'game changer' for China rivalry
NEW DELHI, India -- India on Thursday successfully tested its first nuclear-capable, long-range missile -- a weapon with the potential to deliver a one-ton warhead as far as China, North...
Men at Work band member found dead at Australian home, police investigating
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Greg Ham, a member of former internationally chart-busting Australian band Men at Work, has been found dead. Ham's body was found at his Melbourne home Thursday morning....
Washington state dispatcher reprimanded after bungling 911 call about Josh Powell
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A dispatcher has been reprimanded after bungling a 911 call from a social worker minutes before Josh Powell killed his children and himself in Washington state in...
Nets’ Wallace returns in style
The Nets’ Gerald Wallace certainly made an impression with his return Wednesday night after missing four games with a hamstring injury. And that was even before he went out and...
All-Queens basketball
Players of the year Omar Calhoun Christ The King It was a season that ended earlier than expected for Christ the King – in the quarterfinals for the two-time defending...
MARIA, MARIA: Back injury makes for tough week, big return for Molloy's Palmeri
Every other week this softball season, Archbishop Molloy senior shortshop/pitcher Maria Palmeri will give us an inside look at her team’s quest for a second straight CHSAA state title. In...
PSAL baseball roundup: Manhattan Center-GW contest suspended after nine innings
Manhattan Center nearly upset George Washington on Monday, falling by a run in the Trojans’ last at-bat. The Rams took the national powerhouse even further on Wednesday – the two...
INSIDE SOFTBALL: Slimmed-down McCarthy making big impact for Molloy
Fallon McCarthy felt it was finally time to make a change. “I got hurt and it was time,” the Archbishop Molloy junior said. “I had been trying to [lose weight]...
Private baseball roundup: Horace Mann bounces back, tops Dalton
Horace Mann bounced back from Monday’s lopsided loss to Poly Prep in a major way. Sophomore Ricardo Fernandez allowed just two hits over five innings and struck out five, Dan...
Fieldston bounces back with convincing win over Riverdale
The first meeting of the season between Riverdale and Fieldston appeared headed for its typical script with the Eagles up two goals early in the third quarter. “It’s always usually...
The Post's All-Queens girls basketball honors
As always, Queens was one of the power boroughs in girls basketball. Christ the King came back from an 0-6 start to win its 26th CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan title in...
Brickner brings it, striking out 11 in Fieldston's win over Riverdale
It was only fitting that Fieldston prevailed on a strikeout. After all, Eagles starting pitcher Daniel Brickner fanned 11 Riverdale hitters en route to a complete-game 4-1 victory in Ivy...
The Post's All-Queens boys basketball honors
There were titles, championship games, deep runs and renaissance seasons for Queens in 2011-12. Holy Cross advanced to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional title game for the first time since...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Rosa tosses Xaverian's third straight shutout
Three games. Three shutouts. Xaverian has been on some kind of roll since losing to Grand Street Campus in the Monroe Tournament final Friday. Brian Rosa tossed a one-hitter in...
Body found in Ca. confirmed as Marine's missing wife; woman jailed on suspicion of murder
TEMECULA, Calif. -- Authorities confirmed Wednesday evening that a body found in California was that of a Marine's wife who disappeared last week, while a woman remains in custody on...
Eagles fly high with non-league win over Bronx Science
The Academy of American Studies players were fired up. The Eagles have cruised in league play, but Wednesday they got a chance to play Bronx Science in a non-league match...
Business briefs
MF UK suit James Giddens, the trustee liquidating MF Global, said a dispute with the collapsed broker’s UK affiliate over some $700 million will have to be settled by an...
Live Nation feels heat as Madonna’s album lags
Heading into the critical summer season, concert promoter Live Nation is feeling the heat following a dramatic drop in album sales for Madonna, one of its biggest headliners. The Material...
EU approves Sony-EMI deal
A Sony Corp.-led deal to acquire rival EMI’s music publishing assets for $2.2 billion has won conditional approval from European regulators, according to a source. European Union antitrust officials gave...
Take that, movie pirates!
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — “Hooray for Hollywood.” That’s a sentiment many Americans shared when a song by that name was first sung in a little-remembered movie called “Hollywood Hotel,” back in...
Pay-imperiled Pandit sets $4.3M house sale
After management OK’d a whopping $15 million pay raise, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit put the Greenwich, Conn., house he and his wife have owned for the last 11 years on...
Colomer soon to be free agent
The owner of cosmetics company the Colomer Group is close to settling an ugly dispute over the sale of the firm, potentially freeing it to find another suitor, The Post...
E-book deal with states
The judge overseeing an antitrust suit against Apple over e-book prices was told by a lawyer that two publishers that earlier settled with the Justice Department, Lagardère’s Hachette Book Group...
AmEx posts rich Q1 profits
American Express said that its cardholders charged 12 percent more in the first three months of this year than a year earlier, and past-due accounts stayed at historic lows.The figures...
Verizon Wireless to sell billions of dollars of unused spectrum
Verizon Wireless, locked in a contentious regulatory review of its proposed $3.6 billion purchase of spectrum from cable companies, yesterday said it would sell billions of dollars of unused spectrum....
Alibaba re$ults re-Orient Yahoo!
Alibaba is Yahoo!’s magic-carpet ride. When Yahoo! released earnings this week, it also opened the books on its 40 percent stake in Alibaba Group, the fast-growing Chinese e-commerce giant run...
Square dance
Jack Dorsey’s Square is taking a swipe at a $4 billion valuation. The mobile credit-card and financial-services company started by Twitter co-founder Dorsey is looking to raise about $250 million....
BNY profit takes a hit
Bank of New York Mellon, the world’s largest custody bank, said first-quarter earnings fell 1 percent as revenue lost from the sale of a unit and lower foreign-exchange trading offset...
Citi rivals don’t expect pay packages slashed
Shareholders fired a warning shot across Wall Street with the public rebuke of Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit’s $15 million board-approved pay package. While financial chieftains are optimistic that they...
La La Anthony dishes on her Hell’s Kitchen crib
Diva might be the first thing that comes to mind when you meet La La Anthony and see the wife of Knicks star Carmelo Anthony decked out head-to-toe in designer...
Just sold!
Manhattan GRAMERCY $370,000 210 E. 21st St. One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 450 square feet, with windowed kitchen, woodburning fireplace, exposed brick and California Closets; building features laundry. Maintenance $625, 70 percent...
A hiro’s welcome
Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda just found a new place to hang his baseball cap. Kuroda, 37, who has a $10 million, one-year contract with the Bombers, signed a lease to...
Air of suspense
Mystery writer S.J. Rozan knew instantly — after more than a year of searching — that she’d found the perfect apartment. “The first thing was the light. It was noon...
Dog-eat-dog fight
WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign has gone to the dogs. Shelving the issues that are important to Americans — from Iran to unemployment — the campaigns for Mitt Romney and...
‘$tarved’ by Nello
Workers at Nello Balan’s notoriously pricey Upper East Side restaurant say the publicity-hungry owner won’t share the wealth.Eight current and former staffers filed a class-action suit yesterday, claiming they’ve been...
‘My heart just dropped’: stabbed cop’s wife
The pregnant wife of a cop stabbed by a madman in East Harlem recalled how her “heart just dropped” when she was told that he had been the victim of...
Taliban commander turns himself in to collect $100 reward for himself
Don’t laugh, he could have bought five prize goats with that money. The world’s dumbest terrorist, Mohammad Ashan, turned himself in to Afghan police and demanded a $100 reward —...
Hooker ice thief fenced in
The hooker who swiped $500,000 in uncut diamonds from a bone-headed john is going to have a tough time selling the loot, experts said yesterday.“Nobody in the Diamond District would...
Putting teeth in petnap law
ALBANY — Keep your hands off Fido — swiping him could become a felony.The state Senate passed a bill yesterday that would make stealing a pet dog or cat grand...
‘Run’ with it, Hillary
She’s smoking hot and cool as aged tequila. At 64, Hillary Rodham Clinton — a k a “Hillz’’ — this week tore off her scrunchie, let down her locks, and...
GSA’s ‘1st lady’ held purse strings
WASHINGTON — She has been called “the first lady of Region 9.”The wife of a federal official at the center of a spending scandal even had a parking space assigned...
Weiner a jerk before crotchgate, craved media attention: book
Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner was behaving like a jerk long before the world got a glimpse of his crotch. A new book offering an inside look at the US...
VIDEO: Bronx Zoo's baby giraffe chases a peacock
Mom is getting her licks in. A Baringo giraffe affectionately tended to her baby yesterday at the Bronx Zoo’s African Plains exhibit. The calf, born last month measuring about 6...
Man, 75, kills wife, 71: cops
An elderly man shot his 71-year-old wife to death yesterday in the kitchen of their Brooklyn home, authorities said. Angelo Devito, 75, allegedly shot his wife, Angela, twice in the...
Cromartie baby mama seeks a new ‘deal’
Jets All-Pro babymaker Antonio Cromartie may have to cough up a bigger chunk of his $32 million contract if one of his baby mamas gets her way. The lawyer for...
Diplo wife wounded
A stray bullet struck the wife of a top Sudanese diplomat on a Queens street — barely missing her 3-year-old daughter and the infant son she was cradling in her...
GIs blasted over Taliban ‘limb’ pix
In another blow for the US military in Afghanistan, photographs that appear to show airborne soldiers posing with severed body parts of dead Taliban insurgents emerged yesterday. The White House...
Ancient rip-offs
A Manhattan art dealer pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court yesterday to illegally trafficking in rare Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquities — including a sarcophagus.Mousa Khouli, 38, who ran a business...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island Police yesterday released the sketch pictured of the hipster-looking hoodlum wanted for the heartless shooting of a pit bull during a terrifying home invasion last month in Graniteville....
‘Toxic’ temptress’ hubby has 100 lovers
No wonder she cheated on him.Bo Xilai, the Chinese power baron whose wife is accused of fatally poisoning her British lover, had at least 100 mistresses of his own, it...
Hero cop tried to ID mob killers before he died ater 1997 hit
An NYPD officer ambushed by mob hit men outside his Brooklyn home valiantly tried to finger the shooters for a police detective even as he lay dying in a hospital...
San Gennaro wiseguys bust
A gang of greedy mobsters shook down local unions, handed out no-show jobs and turned Little Italy’s famed San Gennaro Festival into their personal collection plate, authorities said yesterday.Eleven people...
Mike: Do what’s breast for baby
He’s cracked down on smoking, trans fats, salt and sugary drinks. And now, Mayor Bloomberg is promoting a new health initiative: breast feeding. The Health Department is pushing a sweeping...
Report slams city’s new water meter system for overcharging homeowners
The city’s new high-tech automatic water-meter readers are soaking homeowners and businesses, according to a scathing new report. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, in a study being released today, found...
Dems get biz over min wage
ALBANY — Senate Democrats opened hearings on raising the minimum wage yesterday — and got an earful from small-business groups that would be hit hard by mandates for higher pay.“Increasing...
Kruger in mercy plea
You can almost hear the violins playing.Former Democratic Brooklyn state Sen. Carl Kruger, facing 11 years in prison, claimed he led “a humble and model life” and never benefited from...
Mortar-fying!
Who knew they’d need hard hats with their afternoon tea? A flood of liquid concrete burst through a lobby wall at the swanky Le Parker Meridien hotel yesterday — sending...
Setting $ite on Cuomo
ALBANY — The mystery owner of “cuomo2016.com” is hoping Gov. Cuomo’s rising political fortunes will turn the domain name into a cash cow.The creator put the moniker up for auction...
Planet Hollywood ‘scammers’ accused of skimming $60,000
That’s a lot of BBQ bacon cheeseburgers. A manager and six employees of the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square were busted yesterday for allegedly skimming $60,000 in cash from...
PA hearing takes a toll on NJ pol
Sen. Frank Lautenberg was humiliated yesterday at a hearing — which he called — about wasteful spending at the Port Authority when the agency’s chief revealed that Lautenberg himself got...
Pedro a ‘shade’ baffled
He was a powerful state senator and boss of a multimillion-dollar Bronx non-profit — but Pedro Espada Jr. couldn’t be expected to know whether window shades his wife put on...
Three Secret Service agents axed in fallout from sex scandal
The Secret Service hooker soiree in Colombia cost three respected presidential bodyguards their careers yesterday — the first casualties of a scandal that has sullied the agency’s reputation. The swift...
Cocaine and heroin tossed out window and sent down drain during West Harlem drug bust
Kilos of coke and heroin went out the window and down the drain during a dramatic drug bust last month. The arrest took place March 20 at 3333 Broadway, adjacent...
Qns. trio rushed ‘NYC terror’ plot ‘to shake Obama’
They wanted to send a bloody message to Barack Obama. Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan urged three terrorists-in-training from Queens to rush back to the Big Apple in 2008 and...
Deep thinking on harbor fix
The city is teaming up with the Port Authority on a $250 million project to help clear the way for new mega-ships to sail into New York Harbor once the...
Cyclist killed in front of Metropolitan Museum of Art
A 27-year-old bicyclist was killed in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art last night. Daniel Martinez of The Bronx had grabbed the back of a Ford pickup truck on...
Real men can close the deal without opening Excel
Put away your calculator, you cad! And give up logging women into an Excel spreadsheet like cold, hard sums to be measured and sized up in stark little rows. Dating...
Banker rates dates in a spreadsheet -- then shares the file with one of them
A data-driven investment banker kept a detailed spreadsheet of 12 women he was chasing — coldly ranking their appearance on a scale of 1 to 10 — only to see...
Edwards’ intimate evidence
GREENSBORO, NC — Private moments between John Edwards and his baby mama, Rielle Hunter, will be presented during his tawdry federal trial, including intimate voice-mail messages between the two, according...
'American Bandstand' legend Dick Clark dead at 82
Dick Clark, who brought rock ’n’ roll into the mainstream and became America’s perennial New Year’s Eve date, died yesterday at age 82. The TV legend suffered a massive heart...
One hail of a livery fix
Livery cabbies who pick up even one illegal street hail would have their cars seized and might lose their licenses under new outerborough-taxi rules. The rules change, to be voted...
A GOP vanilla surprise?
Some 20 million Americans in primaries and caucuses will take part in selecting the GOP presidential nominee. One man will choose the vice-presidential nominee. This has long struck me as...
Agita for the middle class: where’s economy headed?
The Issue: White House strategist David Axelrod’s unflattering description of the course of the economy. *** President Obama and his team wish to radically alter the American economy to place...
Dick Clark, 1929-2012
Even as he moved past the age to collect Social Security, Dick Clark was often known as “America’s oldest teenager.” And no wonder: Clark, who died yesterday at 82, brought...
Cops’ deadly choices
Police Officer Eder Loor is living proof of how woefully off-base cop-brutality claims in this city can be — and when we say “living” proof, that may be thanks to...
Anyone home at the White House?
Never mind the budget or even national security: It’s party time at the Obamas’. That seems to be what many Team Obama folks think. Too many folks. And it doesn’t...
Trust the trustee
In its April 16 editorial, “Charter Challenge,” The Post takes a preemptive and unfounded strike at my appointment of Dr. Kenneth P. O’Brien as chair of the SUNY Board of...
Jersey Dem at Risk
Chris Christie’s remarkable 2009 victory to become New Jersey governor may have a sequel this year: There’s a very real chance that Republican state Senate leader Joe Kyrillos could oust...
Facing AIDS reality in NYC
‘Poor and HIV? Billionaire Mayor Doesn’t Care”; “Make Wall Street Pay, Not People with AIDS”: That’s the response from advocates to the proposed $7.6 million in budget cuts and reforms...
Karaoke gone wild!
It's 10 p.m. on Tax Day and Tiffany Rodriguez, who works at a Manhattan accounting firm, is blowing off steam on a lighted stage in Midtown. Wearing conservative glasses and...
‘Ninth’ outing Philly awful
The opening line of “Ninth and Joanie” is “It’s dead out . . . there’s nobody nowhere” — and boy, is that the truth. The characters in Brett C. Leonard’s...
The ballet troupe with an Angel in its midst
Angel Corella looks like a man who’s finally come home. American Ballet Theatre’s beloved Spanish principal recently announced his retirement in June — focusing his energy on running the Barcelona...
Hilarious tour de farce
The humor in the new Broadway farce “One Man, Two Guvnors” is so broad, you could drive an 18-wheeler through it — which the actors gleefully do, at 100 mph...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 mile; $67,000; alw; 3up(f)GLORIETTA BAY broke maiden impressively as the favorite this distance when adding Lasix. WINSOCKIE was...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $23,000;cl($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Understatemnt(L),122RNaprvnk4-3-4Serey5-13 Afternoon Treat(L),117SCamchJr3-2-2Contessa4-14 Star Dance M D(L),122D Cohen6-3-6Englehrt10-15 NeverRightJoey(L),122J Lezcano7-4-3Servis8-16 ArtieLuvstoPrty(L),122E Castro7-3-6Bush15-17 He's a Scrooge(L),122M Studart4-4-2Terrccn20-18 Have...
Aqueduct Charts
April 18th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m(T); $59,000; alw opt clm; 3upOff: 12:51. Good. bid 1/4, kept busyTime: 23.92, 48.3, 1:12.46, 1:35.73.Trainer: Jason ServisWinner: B...
Yankees pitcher Pettitte topic at Clemens’ trial
WASHINGTON — The ability to “misremember” made its inevitable first appearance at the perjury retrial of Roger Clemens yesterday and momentarily detoured the court from a tedious jury selection process...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Summitt steps aside at Tennessee Pat Summitt, 59, is stepping aside as Tennessee’s women’s basketball coach and taking the title of “head coach emeritus” with long-time assistant Holly Warlick...
The Post Line
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball12:30 p.m.Cubs at Marlins MLBN, WGN7 p.m.Rangers at Tigers MLBN7 p.m.Twins at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)10 p.m.Indians at Mariners MLBNNBA8 p.m.Bulls at Heat TNT10:30 p.m.Clippers at Suns TNTGolf3 p.m.PGA:...
Hondo tries to earn stripes
Hondo, who had already lost with the Cubs, Astros and Dodgers, was on the verge of a four-flop last night when Melky and the Giants rushed to his emotional and...
Home Team Lineups
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Giants QB Manning 'enjoying every second' of big year
It was less than a year ago that Eli Manning unintentionally sparked “The Great Eli-te Debate,” by saying he belonged in the same class of quarterback as Tom Brady. Now...
Devils try to rebound in Game 4 vs. Panthers tonight
Reality trumps math in the Devils’ desperate world. Two more losses send them home for the summer, but they regard tonight as their rational hope for survival. “From now on,...
Penguins avoid sweep
Pushed to the brink of a sweep, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal pushed back with a vengeance, helping the Penguins score nine goals in the first two periods...
Former Knicks player Mason praises Anthony
Even when Linsanity sent the rest of the Knicks into the background, Anthony Mason never forgot who mattered most. As much as the 45-year-old former Knicks forward admires Jeremy Lin...
Bibby 'solid' starting at point guard for Knicks against Nets
Veteran Mike Bibby started last night against the Nets and it’s not inconceivable for interim coach Mike Woodson’s favorite son to be the starting point guard in the first round...
Rangers' Staal hits Senators' Spezza in head
KANATA, Ont. — Marc Staal is no stranger to hits to the head. So when the Rangers defenseman put a lick on Jason Spezza in Wednesday night’s 3-2 overtime loss...
Yankees lose to Twins; Kuroda struggles
Mark Teixeira’s fly ball fell a few feet short of the right-field seats in the bottom of the ninth to end the Yankees’ 6-5 loss to the Twins last night...
Yankees' Hughes looks to rebound after two rough starts
The best thing that can be said about Phil Hughes is he’s healthy and throwing hard, but that’s not saying much. That’s because Hughes is off to another slow start...
Kuroda has no answers for Yankees vs. Twins
At this stage, Kei Igawa couldn’t be any worse. Hiroki Kuroda was supposed to be the No. 2 starter for the Yankees. Unless he dramatically improves, maybe No. 2 for...
Move to Brooklyn will help Knicks-Nets rivalry
Ok, show of hands: How many of you woke up depressed this morning because the reality hit you hard, sometime around 4 in the morning, that there will never be...
Knicks fans outnumber Nets in New Jersey farewell
The New Jersey portion of the Knicks-Nets rivalry ended Wednesday night in Newark with the home team going without two major players, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez, without half its...
Knicks defeat Nets; Anthony scores 33
The Knicks will miss this place. Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks ransacked and pillaged the sold-out Prudential Center last night with virtually all of the 18,711 fans reveling in the...
Drama mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows Mama checks in with tonight’s slew of new dramas that follow the trend of one-word titles: “Missing” (8 p.m., ABC)...
Casting pregger ‘Shore’
The Hollywood company that helped cast “Jersey Shore” and “The Amazing Race” is hunting for out-of-control pregnant couples for a show to be called “Pregzillas.” “This is your pregnancy, and...
Oprah snub
Don’t give up your TV show. After being included in every single Time 100 list since its inception in 1999, Oprah Winfrey for the first time did not make the...
Weirdest ever?
Now that’s reality. Two contestants stormed off NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” Tuesday night — just two weeks before the season finale. And the revolution was televised. Allen “Buddy” Shuh and...
‘Veep’ chic
Remember when so many sitcoms used to be so funny? Oh sorry, you weren’t born then. Sure, some shows are funny now — but not in the spit-diet-Coke-out-of-your-nose kind of...
‘Desperate’ judge to ABC: Just settle
LOS ANGELES — The judge in actress Nicollette Sheridan’s bitter lawsuit against “Desperate Housewives” is leaning hard on ABC to settle the case rather than go through a second trial....
Starr report
Celebs like Joy Behar are frequently honored for one reason or another -- but usually not with the added cachet of Liza Minnelli thrown into the mix. Behar ("The View"),...
Weird but true
A 28-year-old inmate at a South Dakota prison has some cutting words for the hospital where he was circumcised as a newborn. Dean Cochrun filed a federal lawsuit against the...
Shamed former Mets player Dykstra jailed for lewd conduct, banned from social media
LOS ANGELES -- Former Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra was sentenced to nine months in jail Wednesday after pleading no contest to charges of lewd conduct and assault with a deadly...
Nazareth reaches benchmarks, to remain open for at least four years
Nazareth has been saved. School principal Providencia Quiles announced at a press conference Wednesday that the board of trustees voted unanimously to keep the Brooklyn Catholic high school open for...
Kyle Turris scores in OT, Senators beat Rangers
OTTAWA — Kyle Turris scored at 2:42 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday night, tying the Eastern Conference series at a...
Anthony leads Knicks in last visit to New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. — Carmelo Anthony scored 21 of his 33 points in the first quarter, and the New York Knicks beat the Nets 104-95 on Wednesday night in their last...
JetBlue pilot to rely on insanity defense after midair meltdown
AMARILLO, Texas -- The JetBlue pilot who disrupted a New York-to-Las Vegas flight with an incoherent rant about religion will rely on the defense that he was insane at the...