May 4, 2012
Jeter's homer helps Yankees to 6-2 win over Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Derek Jeter belted a two-run homer, CC Sabathia went eight innings for the third straight time and the Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on...
Cody Ransom rallies Diamondbacks past Mets 5-4
Cody Ransom hit a two-run homer and a go-ahead single in the eighth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Mets 5-4 on Friday night, handing New York its...
Model mom Linda Evangelista takes the stand
Her first job ever -- picking cherries at age 12, on a farm in Ontario -- got her $10 a day. Her first modeling job -- for a hometown newspaper...
Capitals look to avoid back-to-back losses again
WASHINGTON -- Hard to blame Capitals forward Brooks Laich — or anyone who played in Washington’s three-overtime loss to the Rangers — for wanting to catch up on sleep. While...
Rangers use overtime lines at practice for Game 4
WASHINGTON -- The Rangers skated at Friday’s practice with the lines they used through the third overtime of Wednesday’s Game 3, 2-1 victory over the Capitals.Marian Gaborik was on the...
Jets coach compares draft pick to Ray Lewis
How about this for expectations?Jets coach Rex Ryan said linebacker Demario Davis, the team's third-round pick, reminds him of Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis in some of his leadership characteristics. "I'm...
Coples confident after first Jets practice with rookies
Jets draft picks and free agents took the field for the first time Friday when the team opened its rookie minicamp.First-round pick Quinton Coples lined up in several spots on...
Yankees closer Rivera vows 'I am coming back'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, very likely out for the season with a torn ACL and meniscus in his right knee, said Friday he will return to...
WATCH: Costello at Jets rookie camp
DE Quinton Coples, WR Stephen Hill and LB Demario Davis were all at the first day of the Jets rookie minicamp Friday. Post beat writer Brian Costello reports.(function() {var csprtjs...
Building in Harlem collapses
A Harlem residential building undergoing renovations collapsed this afternoon, officials said. Rescuers rushed to the building at 110 West 123rd St. after the report at 4:30 p.m. Firefighters were not...
Cotto confident facing Mayweather
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been doing this all his life, since he was a scrawny kid seeking solace in the gym. The ring is his comfort zone,...
Giants QB Manning host of 'SNL' tonight
Eli Manning has two Super Bowl MVP awards and two championships to older brother Peyton’s one apiece, and now Eli might be pulling ahead in another race: the battle for...
No Apple TV set this year, analyst says
Apple is more likely to launch a mobile payment system this year than a TV set, according to a new research note.Apple is more inclined to release a system that...
Jurors fight during deliberations in Espada trial
Ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr.'s embezzlement trial today again turned tumultuous as a jurors told the judge that another juror has "screamed, cursed” and called a third juror names –...
Un-'bear'-able tragedy: viral sensation killed by car
DENVER — A bear that became famous after it was tranquilized and fell from a tree at the University of Colorado died when it was hit by two cars after...
'Tooth fairy' leads Texas cops on wild chase
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- A man who claimed he was the tooth fairy lead cops on a high speed chase through Texas early today, myFOXHouston.com reported. Police in The Woodlands...
Evangelista's mogul baby daddy continues testimony in child support trial
Day Two of testimony has begun in the Manhattan celebrity child support trial pitting Linda Evangelista against her billionaire baby daddy, Francois-Henri Pinault -- with the supermodel due to take...
'The Avengers' earns $18.7M from midnight shows
LOS ANGELES — Iron Man and his fellow avengers are off to a solid start as they bring their save-the-world act to U.S. theaters. "The Avengers" launched domestically early Friday...
Romney says 'terrible' jobs report shows Obama's missteps
WASHINGTON -- Republican challenger Mitt Romney seized on the weak April jobs report as evidence President Barack Obama has mishandled the economy, calling it "terrible and very disappointing," even as...
Woods likely to miss cut at Quail Hollow
CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ In his first tournament since his worst career finish as a pro at the Masters last month (a tie for 40th), Tiger Woods is likely to miss...
Dan Loeb calls for Yahoo board to fire CEO
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Hedge fund Third Point LLC has continued its attack on Yahoo Inc.'s management, calling for the immediate termination of CEO Scott Thompson amid admitted inaccuracies in his...
WATCH: First look at Howard Stern on 'America's Got Talent'
High flying acrobats, flaming pianos, and a martial artist in a gorilla suit... It must be time for "America's Got Talent!"Howard Stern begins his search for the best new acts...
WATCH: Facebook's glossy IPO roadshow video
After setting the share price for its initial public offering yesterday, Facebook unveiled the video it plans to show to investors in its roadshow next week.The glossy, 30-minute "infomercial" starring...
'Grimm' cast talks favorite episodes and finale in video
"Grimm" fans, here's a little video of the main cast members talking about their favorite episodes of the season - "Game Ogre" was oft name-checked - fans pilgrimaging to Portland...
Tigers' Young reinstated to team following anti-Semitic rant
DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young was reinstated to the team Friday following his recent drunken anti-Semitic rant and arrest in New York City. Major League Baseball suspended the...
Stoudemire in drills, coach optimistic he could play Game 4 for Knicks
His left hand heavily bandaged and padded, Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire increased his chances of playing Sunday’s Game 4 by making a surprise appearance on the court, participating in running,...
Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch dies after battle with cancer
Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper and the most conscientious member of the seminal hip-hop group, has died. He was 47. Yauch's representatives confirmed that the rapper died...
Doctors believe Rivera can pitch for Yankees again
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera hadn’t made up his mind whether he would pitch again after suffering a torn ACL and a tear in the meniscus of his right knee shagging...
GM says Yankees bullpen can cope without Rivera
KANSAS CITY -- Brian Cashman admits Mariano Rivera is not replaceable and the Yankees general manager is not alone in that belief. However, of all 30 teams in baseball, the...
Analysts say Hill key to Jets draft
A week after the NFL Draft, the pundits are weighing in with how teams did. Here are two analysts' opinions on how the Jets did.ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr on whether...
FRIDAY FIVE: Mariano Rivera
No point in discussing some brain-candy, evergreen list. We’ve got a serious baseball story on our hands. So here goes – five points on Rivera’s likely season-ending -- and perhaps...
'Bunny' Mellon felt Edwards was trying to use her for her money, close friend says
GREENSBORO, N.C. — One of John Edwards' most prolific donors felt like she was being used for her money after a request for tens of millions of dollars to endow...
Ex-Rutgers student convicted of spying on roommate seeking probation
Old friends are coming to the defense of a former Rutgers University student who was convicted of hate crimes for using his webcam to view his roommate and another man...
POST TIME BLOG: Creative Cause does not scratch from Derby despite rumors
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Backstretch rumors before the 9 a.m. scratch time Friday had one of the top contenders, 12-1 Creative Cause, coming out of Saturday's Kentucky Derby, which would have...
Ex-state Sen. Hiram Monserrate pleads guilty in 'slush fund' case
Disgraced ex-state Sen. Hiram Monserrate pleaded guilty this afternoon to scamming more than $100,000 in city "slush" funds to help fund a failed political campaign. Monserrate, 44, agreed to serve...
Hooker in Secret Service scandal says she could have stolen secret docs
The sexy Colombian call girl who ignited the Secret Service prostitution probe admitted today if she was terrorist she could have easily raided the agent’s belongings for sensitive information about...
Madison Square Garden's third-quarter earnings up on increase in sports revenue
Madison Square Garden's (MSG) fiscal third-quarter earnings jumped 63 percent on an increase in sports revenue that the media-and-sports company attributed to the transformation of the arena and, to a...
9/11 case returns to Guantanamo tribunal
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland — Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on...
OCD Archives: The Post's (positive!) 1962 review of 'The Connection'
The press notes for "The Connection,'' opening today in a new 35mm restoration at the IFC Center, give the impression that "mainstream'' reviews were uniformly negative when the film originally...
NJ tan mom no longer on probation in separate case
Court officials say the New Jersey mom accused of taking her then-5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth is no longer on probation in a separate case. Patricia Krentcil is free...
Funeral held for 7 victims of Bronx SUV plunge
Hundreds of mourners wept today at a funeral for seven members of a Bronx family tragically killed when their minivan flew off a highway overpass. Juan Gonzalez and Ramon Rosario...
Army wife sees captain husband die in Afghanistan during Skype chat
BEAUMONT, Texas -- A woman witnessed her army captain husband die in Afghanistan during a Skype chat. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, a nurse from the Beaumont Army Medical Center, in...
British tourist mauled by 'tame' cheetahs
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa -- Two excited, supposedly tame cheetahs mauled a Scottish tourist in a petting area at a South Africa game park, forcing her to play dead and...
Go Boris, go!
Save Londoners and the rest of us from "Red Ken" Livingstone.
The real unemployment rate
The unemployment rate is 8.1% but is that the real number of people out of work in America? Not even close. As reported, 115,000 jobs were added in April, which...
Jets consider bringing back CB Coleman
The Jets are considering bringing back cornerback Drew Coleman, who was released by the Jaguars on Thursday.Alan Herman, Coleman’s agent, said the Jets are one of three teams to already...
Conrad Black returns to Canada after release from federal prison in Miami
TORONTO -- Former media baron Conrad Black was released from a US prison Friday and flew back to his native Canada, where he kissed his wife before entering his posh...
DSK investigators probing alleged group rape at DC sex party by former IMF chief, friends
French investigators looking into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille want to extend the inquiry to cover alleged group rape by the...
Arianna Huffington's role at AOL shrinks to include only The Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington acknowledged her portfolio at AOL is being scaled back to include only The Huffington Post, undoing a structure put in place when her website was acquired by AOL...
Geithner says China agrees to economic reforms
BEIJING -- US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday that China agreed to a range of economic reforms following high-level talks. Speaking at the close of the US-China Strategic and...
Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin makes it big in Singapore
SINGAPORE -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most famous chief executives in the world. His former business partner and friend, Eduardo Saverin, is big in Singapore. The...
Tablets rapidly becoming the portable computer of choice
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- If tablet shipments continue to trend the way they have been, they will grow more than fivefold in as many years. That is the latest forecast...
115,000 jobs added in April, less than expected, as unemployment slips to 8.1%
WASHINGTON -- US job growth slowed again in April, a fresh sign that the economy could be settling into a sluggish spring. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 115,000 last month, the...
South Korea tells North it must start repaying debts
The South Korean government notified North Korea on Friday that it is time to start paying back a low-interest loan to cover food aid shipped from 2000 through 2007. The...
Utah woman finds cocaine in box of tampons
SALT LAKE CITY -- A woman found cocaine in a box of tampons she bought at her local store in Salt Lake City, KSL-TV reported. Cindy Davidson said she was...
Cat survives two-hour washing machine ordeal in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG -- A cat survived after it was tossed around inside a washing machine for almost two hours in Johannesburg, the South African newspaper The Star reported Friday. Karin Bennett,...
Woman finds used bandage in chicken soup at Florida restaurant
PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- A woman found a used bandage in her chicken and rice soup at an Italian restaurant in Florida. Wan St. John said she almost vomited when...
Australia's Most Talented Pet can open fridge, fetch beer
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A dog who can open the fridge, fetch a can of beer and win her owner a car? Now that's man's best friend. Bes, a Labrador, has...
Junior Seau's family donating brain to researchers studying impact of NFL concussions
OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The family of former NFL star Junior Seau will donate his brain for medical study into the impact of repetitive concussions on football players following his shock...
Kentucky Derby Bettor's Guide
Post horse racing writer Ed Fountaine provides an in-depth preview of the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field. The race will be run Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Post time...
Carbon tax is a job killer everywhere
Hey California, listen up: Carbon taxes kill jobs. This isn't a new discovery. It just takes some folks longer to get it than others. Take the Canadian province of British Columbia,...
Spirit Airlines raising carry-on bag fee to $100
Putting a bag in the overhead bin will soon cost some Spirit Airlines passengers $100. That's more than they may have paid for their tickets. The Miramar, Fla., airline currently...
Chinese dissident can apply to study abroad, offered NYU invite
BEIJING — The U.S. and China forged the outlines of a deal Friday to end a diplomatic standoff over legal activist Chen Guangcheng that would let him travel to the...
Post picks for Kentucky Derby
Our New York Post horse racing handicappers provide their picks for Saturday's Kentucky Derby John DaSilva DADDY NOSE BEST: Has looked very well in the mornings at Churchill in preparation...
*Tears ACL shagging
KANSAS CITY — It’s very likely the last image of Mariano Rivera in a Yankees uniform will have him writhing in pain on the warning track of Kauffman Stadium last...
Ponikarovsky delivers for Devils
Zach Parise? Nope. Ilya Kovalchuk? Nice try. Travis Zajac? Guess again. It was Alexei Ponikarovsky who picked a pretty good time to score his first goal of the playoffs, scoring...
Knicks get one good half from Fields
Not much went right for the Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference playoff series against the Heat. But before they fell into a 3-0 series hole, the Knicks...
Heat’s Bosh sluggish vs. Knicks after son’s birth
Chris Bosh was nowhere in sight. Despite landing in the New York area around 4:30 p.m., having traveled from Miami, where he witnessed the birth of his second child Thursday...
If it’s closing time for Rivera, it’s one sad ending
Before anyone had a clue he was a special pitcher — before his fastball ticked up into the 90s and well before he learned his signature cutter — Mariano Rivera...
Stemkowski heroics weren’t enough for '71 Rangers
As Pete Stemkowski sat with his son and watched the Rangers and Capitals go through one overtime after another Wednesday night, he couldn’t help but relive his own playing days...
Rob Lowe cast as prosecutor in TV movie on Casey Anthony
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Rob Lowe has been cast as Florida prosecutor Jeff Ashton in an upcoming Lifetime TV movie about the prosecution of Casey Anthony. The movie, tentatively named...
Thrilling win doesn’t mean much unless Rangers advance
WASHINGTON — I was in the blue seats in Section 419 on April 29, 1971, when Pete Stemkowski scored at 1:29 of the third overtime of Game 6 of the...
Rangers captain Callahan leads by example
WASHINGTON — The statistical tally for Rangers captain Ryan Callahan in the Wednesday night/Thursday morning, epic 2-1 triple-overtime Game 3 victory over the Capitals: Ice time: 42:52. Shots: five. Blocked...
Defending champion Mount back on track with win over Xaverian
Mount St. Michael’s season may finally be firmly back on track after an inconsistent season thus far; at least coach Joe Capalbo hopes so. “The guys have been getting fed...
Knicks lose to Heat; trail series 3-0
The Knicks played without Amar’e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and Jeremy Lin. As it turned out, they also played without Carmelo Anthony. Anthony said before the game he had to be...
With little fight, end inevitable for Knicks
As the slaughter continued, as the awful avalanche grew calamitous, the saddest sound of any sporting year started to descend upon Madison Square Garden, the sound of a season entering...
Rivera tears ACL in outfield before Yankees game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s very likely the last image of Mariano Rivera in a Yankees uniform will have him writhing in pain on the warning track of Kauffman Stadium...
PSAL baseball roundup: Tottenville tops New Dorp, takes control in Staten Island A
Despite three early-season forfeits for the use of players not on the active roster, Tottenville is back in the driver’s seat in Staten Island A. The Pirates scored five first-inning...
Softball roundup: Hilltoppers beat Bonnies for fourth straight win
Mary Louis and its bats stayed hot. The Hilltoppers won their fourth straight game by knocking off Fontbonne Hall 6-1 in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Class AA softball Thurday at Dyker Beach...
Girls lacrosse roundup: Siciliano, Pirates sneak past game Beach Channel
Tottenville will again enter the PSAL Class A playoffs as the top seed, but it didn’t come easy. The defending champion Pirates had to fend off a pesky Beach Channel...
Senior-heavy St. Ann's outlasts Berkeley Carroll, takes over ACIS lead
Peter Zerneck spent his entire day working on his team’s baseball field in Red Hook. With an ominous forecast over the next week, the St. Ann’s baseball coach wasn’t sure...
Raimondi's PSAL boys volleyball seeding reaction
By no means is this whole seeding thing easy. And boys volleyball had a few difficult enigmas to figure out this season, namely Newcomers.For the most part, I think the...
LIGHTNING ROD: Rodriguez likes direction of team, talks Manhattan Center loss
Every other week this baseball season, George Washington catcher Nelson Rodriguez will give us an inside look at his team’s quest for a second straight PSAL Class A city title...
In midst of emotional season, Cardozo beats Bayside to earn first-place tie
The Cardozo players bounded out of the dugout, mobbing Gabriella Valdes at home plate. Minutes later, they came together around Kelly Phillips on the pitcher’s circle for a seemingly choreographed...
Business briefs
Cliff diveGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters CEO Lawrence Blanford, whose company lost almost half its market value after reporting second-quarter revenue that trailed analysts’ estimates, said he’s working to better forecast...
Facebook eyes $12 billion IPO
Facebook is headed for the record books. CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s social networking company finally filled in the blanks yesterday for investors, setting a share price range of $28 to $35...
Hedgie cries BS over Yahoo! CEO’s degree
New Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has been called out for faking his college credentials.Activist investor Dan Loeb ramped up his battle for Yahoo! board seats yesterday by insinuating Thompson lied...
Time, New York and New Yorker stampede Ellies
In a year when no one title dominated, Time took home top honors as Magazine of the Year, while long-time rivals The New Yorker and New York magazine made the...
EBay’s winning bid on 6th Ave.
EBay is the latest tech company to stake out Big Apple office space with an eye on attracting talent.The auction site and its balance sheet beat out a slew of...
Singing the blues
It’s not easy — or cheap — to defend your turf in today’s fiercely contested Pay TV sector. Cablevision CEO James Dolan was taught that lesson again yesterday after investors,...
Jacko backo: Pepsi
PepsiCo, which just unveiled a “Live for Now” marketing campaign, is looking to dead pop star Michael Jackson to generate buzz for Pepsi-Cola. The world’s second-largest soft-drink maker will plaster...
Disney, ‘Avengers’ $hoot for boffo box-office take
“The Avengers,” from Disney’s Marvel Studios, looks set to blow the doors of the traditional start of the summer movie season. The superhero extravaganza has the buzz and advance sale...
You’ve got cash!
Ally Financial has taken the next step toward placing its troubled mortgage unit Residential Capital into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.The Detroit-based lender, led by CEO Michael Carpenter, is expected to put...
Pay-TV boosts Viacom
Viacom, owner of the Paramount film studio and MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central cable channels, reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ estimates on higher fees from pay-TV systems. Excluding...
White out
The National Association of Broadcasters said yesterday it was dropping its court challenge of rules that allow the unlicensed use of empty airwaves between existing broadcast channels. The airwaves, called...
LinkedIn profits
LinkedIn, the biggest professional-networking website, reported first-quarter sales and profit that topped estimates. The company also agreed to buy SlideShare, a professional content-sharing site, for about $118.8 million in cash...
‘Bad Boy’ humbled
Wall Street self-described “bad boy” Ross Mandell — whose headline-grabbing trial highlighted tales of hard partying and hookers — was sentenced to 12 years in federal lockup yesterday for luring...
Court: Merkin must pay
Fallen hedge-fund honcho Ezra Merkin appears to have come to the end of the legal road in his stubborn three-year, $2 million battle against a 71-year-old pediatrician.The doctor, Noel Wiederhorn,...
Richmont calling for Avon
Richmont Holdings, a closely held company that invests in consumer brands, is arranging financing for a bid for Avon Products, said two people familiar with the matter. Richmont has hired...
Mixed bag for retailers
Several large US retailers, including Target, Macy’s and Gap, missed sales estimates for April, as cooler weather chilled some of the enthusiasm consumers showed earlier this year. An earlier Easter...
4-yr.-old’s bus scare
A frightened little girl was stranded for four hours on an empty school bus — and was rescued only when another driver heard her screams, her mother said yesterday. “I...
Judge slaps crane jerk
The judge in a wrongful-death suit yesterday told crane company owner James Lomma to stop e-mailing the lawyers representing victims of the 2008 Upper East Side crane collapse. The Post...
Prof rips police
Princeton prof Cornel West used the witness stand as a grandstand yesterday, criticizing the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy.“Morality is deeper than skin pigmentation,” said West, on trial in Manhattan for...
Elderly John Edwards donor in love with him, friends say
Rielle Hunter wasn’t John Edwards’ only love bunny. Elderly heiress and big-time financial backer Rachel “Bunny” Mellon had a huge crush on him, the dowager’s close friend testified yesterday in...
Aide caught John in lie over Rielle’s baby
John Edwards quietly asked mistress Rielle Hunter about her growing baby bump — and in the next breath insisted to campaign staffers that the two were not having an affair,...
Bovis’ 2nd butthead
A second former top Bovis Lend Lease manager pleaded guilty yesterday in Brooklyn federal court to repeatedly overbilling construction clients. John Hyers Sr., 66, who was general superintendent and field...
Pedro jury knuckles down after scolding
Back to work!Deliberating jurors in the embezzlement trial of former Bronx political powerhouse Pedro Espada Jr. yesterday reviewed a slew of evidence after the judge admonished at least one of...
White House refuses to discuss asylum after blind Chinese dissident begs Hillary Clinton to rescue him
A blind Chinese dissident took his desperate plea for help getting out of China to Capitol Hill — in a dramatic call from his hospital bed to a congressional hearing....
It’s a butter knife
A 69-year-old Bronx man tried to get past security at JFK while carrying a butter knife — on his walker.TSA officers stopped him before he could get on the plane,...
Axed gal ‘teas’ off on ex-boss
And you thought your boss was bad.A mother of four was chased from her job as an executive assistant at a big-time financial firm after just over two months by...
Corzine-probe ‘conflict’
WASHINGTON — The Republican challenger to New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez called on him yesterday to recuse himself from the investigation into the company run by the man who appointed...
House pushes ‘gun rap’ for AG
WASHINGTON — A House committee chairman urged colleagues yesterday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt, accusing him of failing to cooperate with the investigation into a Justice Department...
Quick ‘swing’ to Mitt
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s general-election campaign has barely begun, but he has already stripped away President Obama’s lead in Florida and Ohio — two swing states that will feature some...
Obama ’toons into women
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday opened a new front in the war for women voters: the battle over an imaginary gal. The Obama campaign’s Web site launched an interactive slide...
Bronx wake for tragic crash kin
Heartbroken family and friends joined strangers who lined the street outside a Bronx funeral home yesterday to say goodbye to the seven tragic victims of a crash last weekend on...
Council firebug fired x 2
The City Council arsonist is too hot to touch.Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) refired communications director David Segal yesterday, just five hours following Segal’s return to the job he was fired...
ConEd battling rash of manhole thefts
Cops have uncovered the city’s latest crime wave. Roving gangs of thieves are stealing manhole covers from the streets of Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx — prying up the 320-pound,...
Secret Service agent mows down, kills B’klyn gran
An on-duty Secret Service agent struck and killed a pedestrian while driving in Brooklyn yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. Parks Department custodian Maria Tripp, 47, and three relatives were picking up...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Good Samaritans nabbed a thief who tried to steal from a fellow rider on a bus in Carroll Gardens, authorities said. A 23-year-old woman boarded the B57 with...
‘Psycho’ impo$tor guilty
What a “Psycho”!A Brooklyn man who turned down a deal that could have sprung him from jail might instead serve up to 83 years after a jury convicted him yesterday...
Gullible Brooklyn woman bilked for 44G in lottery scam
A gullible Brooklyn woman was convinced by scam artists that she was a Mega Millions lottery winner, even though she had never bought a ticket — and she forked over...
Panda keepers play dress-up — in panda suits
What’s wrong with this picture? These amazing photos were shot at a panda preserve in China — as a cub and its mother were being transferred to a larger living...
1991 ‘slay’ fugitive nabbed
After more than two decades on the run, a slippery suspect who eluded the NYPD and the FBI by getting himself deported to Mexico is finally back in New York...
Teen virgins on the rise
WASHINGTON — More teenage girls in the US are waiting longer to have sex and are using birth control when they do, according to a report released yesterday.The Centers for...
LI bouncer and male stripper did CGI work as the Hulk in 'The Avengers'
It’s not easy being green — but for this New Yorker, it was a dream come true. Steve Romm, the beefed-up body double who was painted green and used by...
Pol is on the ‘ball’ for dogs
This is nuts!A Staten Island assemblywoman wants to tighten the leash on cosmetic surgery for animals — including testicular implants for dogs that have been neutered.Nicole Malliotakis introduced legislation that...
White cop cleared in black slay
A grand jury has found that a White Plains police officer committed no crime when he fatally shot an elderly former Marine after an emotional standoff at the man’s apartment,...
Axed by Pea-ved boss
The ex-president of Wilhelmina Models says he was forced out by CEO Mark Schwarz because he “failed to facilitate” the boss’ desired face time with curvy Black Eyed Peas frontwoman...
Kid gloves come off in model trial
Cad! Gold digger! Right out of the gate, the insults were flying yesterday in a Manhattan celebrity child-support trial pitting Linda Evangelista against her billionaire French baby-daddy, François-Henri Pinault —...
Let’s teach horny frogs to zip it up
What did she ever see in this dude? Sultry catwalker Linda Evangelista got out of bed yesterday, this time for far more than $10,000. She strutted into Manhattan Family Court,...
Mike warns unions: No retroactive hike
Mayor Bloomberg dropped a bombshell in the middle of his annual budget presentation yesterday by declaring that municipal workers who’ve toiled without contracts for as long as 3 1/2 years...
iPhone crime? iHave bigger worries: mayor
A surge in iPhone thefts isn’t ringing alarm bells with Mayor Bloomberg. If that’s the city’s biggest concern on the crime front, the Big Apple is in pretty good shape,...
NJ tanning booth mom calls critics 'jealous' and 'fat'
The Jersey mom accused of toasting her 5-year-old daughter in a tanning booth melted down yesterday, ranting that she’s an excellent mother and the victim of “fat and ugly” critics...
Osama’s secret letters: Twisted rip at NY bomber
A holed-up and frustrated Osama bin Laden was furious about the botched plan to detonate a bomb in Times Square in 2010 — not because it failed, but bizarrely because...
He came, he sawed...
For bin Laden, America was a mighty tree that he simply couldn’t take down.“I provide an example to clarify al Qaeda’s general political policy in concentrating on America,” he wrote....
Jihadi daddy’s rules
Maybe he should have written a parenting book instead of waging global jihad. Bin Laden revealed how he kept his kids on a short leash while he was holed up...
Oh, no! They fired Keith?
Bin Laden’s top media adviser was upset when commentator Keith Olbermann was fired from MSNBC — because al Qaeda thought it had been getting “neutral” press from the channel. “I...
Get O, but spare ‘unprepared’ Biden
Bin Laden’s fantasy assault was to take down President Obama and leave “totally unprepared” Vice President Joe Biden in charge.“They are not to target visits by US Vice President Biden,...
Telling the enemy what we know
If the White House hoped that releasing documents scored by Seal Team Six at Osama’s hideaway would ease anxiety about the threat of terrorism, it badly misjudged the value of...
O’s campaign gets creepy
The political world was transfixed yesterday by the Obama campaign’s release of a Web slide show called “The Life of Julia.” It takes about two minutes to get through, and...
Obama’s victory lap: Ill-suited for a president
The Issue: Whether President Obama is exploiting the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. *** Thanks for your editorial “Shameless” (May 2) — it might just as easily...
Storm clouds over Gotham
New Yorkers, including us, may have serious disagreements with Mayor Bloomberg at times, but no one can fairly accuse him of fiscal misfeasance. The $70.3 billion budget he presented yesterday,...
Vigilance pays dividends
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. So found a Brooklyn jury on all nine charges leveled against Adis Medunjanin, the 28-year-old would-be subway bomber who was convicted...
Restoring integrity at justice
“Operation Fast and Furious’ outrageous tactics, the Justice Department’s refusal to fully cooperate with the investigation and efforts to smear and retaliate against whistleblowers have tainted the institutional integrity of...
Is it really a bullying crisis?
Advocacy groups and even documentaries tell us America is in a bullying crisis — but I wonder if we aren’t in a sissy crisis, instead. I remember being bullied when...
After Mike, the deluge
Mayor Mike unveiled his second-to-last budget yesterday, musing over how many of “these things we’ve done together.” But his budget was as much about the future — and things aren’t...
A gang we can support
The blockbuster blowups and invading alien hordes of “The Avengers” are pleasing enough, but the surprising secret of Joss Whedon’s film is this: It’s best when the finally gathered Marvel...
First Position
Movies so often show ballet dancers as slightly or wholly insane that “First Position” feels visionary. The six youngsters here, ages 11 to 17, see ballet as the most valuable...
What a ‘Perfect’ re-Turn
Kathleen Turner, in what’s advertised as her first lead movie role in 18 years — we’ll forget her top billing in horrors like “Baby Geniuses” and “Prince of Central Park”...
Last Call At The Oasis
By the end of this movie, you will be seriously thirsty. But that’s nothing compared to what’s in store for all of us if we don’t change our ways, according...
Sappy heart of ‘Marigold’
Sex, drinking, all manner of carousing — it’s shocking what old people are up to these days. It’s hard to begrudge them a good time in the amiable if corny...
Son of a ‘Bit,’ it couldn’t be worse
What can you say about a 33-year-old Oscar nominee who stars in a rom-com tear-jerker about a nitwit dying of colon cancer? With the abysmal “A Little Bit of Heaven,’’...
Joyous video-game shtick
If names like “Zork,” “Minecraft” and “Zelda” mean nothing to you, then you are definitely not the target audience for “You Are in an Open Field.” Described as the first...
‘Prince’ and the pauper for now
Broadway legend Hal Prince is putting the finishing touches on his musical revue, “Prince of Broadway,” which is due to open in New York in November. Now all he has...
Jesus Henry Christ
An excellent cast works overtime in this aggressively quirky Canadian comedy in the “Little Miss Sunshine” vein, which at least improves on writer-director Dennis Lee’s unfortunate debut feature, “Fireflies in...
Chronicling A Crisis
Amos Kollek achieved a degree of success as the director of such films as “Goodbye, New York” (1985), with Julie Hagerty, and “Forever, Lulu” (1987), with the great Fassbinder actress...
Kentucky Derby even due to talent, analyst says
A year ago, the Kentucky Derby was wide open for the wrong reasons. “Last year, it was an evenly matched race because the horses were mediocre, which made them hard...
5 Questions for ... Josh Lewin
WFAN’s new Mets broadcaster Josh Lewin talks about his move from Texas to New York, the team’s respectable start and the rest of the NL East’s flaws. Q: Why did...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Zimmer to be released from hospital Don Zimmer, former Yankees bench coach, is expected to be released from a Florida hospital today after spending the last week there because...
Mets' Duda working on right moves
Lucas Duda is still getting the hang of it, but right field seems more like home for him with each passing game. The converted first baseman has made his share...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 ¹/ miles(T); $62,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 UnbrdldCmmnd(L),116E Castro1-2-9Bush7-23 Doublespeak(L),121R Curatolo4-3-1Duggan12-14 Ampersand(L),118A Garcia1-5-9Violette10-15 Cientifico(L),118OHernndz1-8-6Terranv12-16 Fox Rules(L),116J Alvarado2-9-6Ferraro3-17 John Joe(L),121J Davis1-9-7Fennessy5-18 King...
Belmont Charts
May 3rd, 2012Raining and Sloppy©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $46,000; clm($30,000); 3upOff: 12:52. Good. 3 wide, drew clearTime: 23.53, 46.62, 1:12.08, 1:38.25.Trainer: Patrick QuickWinner: B G, 5, by Ecton...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Nite Games (12th)FIRST: mile trot; $11,825; cond6 Yankee Royalty(DDube)3-4-47-21 TrojanHrse(TSmedshmmer)3-4-74-14 Scarlet Spurs(DMiller)2-6-38-12 VictorsCowboyJe(MLchnce)9-6-420-13 Willing Wind(AMiller)2-8-815-15 Classic Filly(JCampbell)1-4-13-17 Adriana Hanover(SSmith)3-3-415-18 War Cry Hall(YGingras)5-3-86-19 Drink Of TheDay(Lachance)3-6-920-110...
Vic C.’s Meadowlands Grade
Post Time: 3:30 p.m.FIRST-1m(T); $24,000; mdn; 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 GoldenArchwyL118ASerpa4-3-75-22 RoyalColwood(L124JRoccJr2-4-55-13 ConcordeCntyL124ETrujill4-9-54-14 DeputyDillon(L),124C Cruz2-4-520-15 Tiznow a Titan ,118JPizarr5-3-x10-16 Candy Mine(L),124S Uske5-5-410-17 ChoralSociety(L118KCrmc5-2-23-18 SecondandTenL118CMrqzJ4-10-46-19 Mad Dancer(L),118NMngl5-6-430-1SECOND-1m(T); $25,000; alw; 3up(f)PN Horse,...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-6 fur(T): $46,000; clm($50,000); 3YO 1 A Tost to Yu (Flrs) 5.40 3.20 2.60 5 Declan (Krigger) 4.00 2.80 4 Call Me Jones (Valenzuela) 2.80 * $1 Exacta (1-5) $9.20...
The Post Line
NBA Playoffs Favorite Line Underdog CELTICS 8 Hawks 76ERS 2 Bulls NUGGETS 4 Lakers NHL Playoffs Favorite Line Underdog PREDATORS $140-160 Coyotes Home team in CAPS
Hondo loves L.A. in Chicago
It’s 840, do you know where your deficit is? Hondo dropped another deuce last night, going draino with the Diamondbacks and Angels to push runaway debt to the aforementioned 840...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 4SATMay 5 SUNMay 6MONMay 7TUEMay 8WEDMay 9THUMay 10YankeesKansas City8:10YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMK.C.7:10YESWCBSK.C.2:10YESWCBSNOGAMET.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBSMetsArizona7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMAri.4:05FOXWFANAri.1:10SNYWFANPhi.7:05SNYWFANPhi.7:05SNYWFANPhi.7:05SNYWFANNOGAMEKnicksNOGAMENOGAMEMia.3:30ABCESPNNOGAMENOGAME&Mia.TBDMSGESPNNOGAMERangersNOGAMEWash.12:30NBCESPNNOGAMEWash.7:30NBCSNESPNNOGAME&Wash.TBDTBDWNYMNOGAMEDevilsNOGAMENOGAMEPhi.7:30NBCSNWFANNOGAMEPhi.7:30NBCSNWBBRNOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEL.A.8:00ESPNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHou.7:00MSG+WLIBNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Trump has men’s Open in mind
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rickie Fowler has everything. He’s 23 and is a millionaire. He’s got a beautiful girlfriend and a swank home in Jupiter, Fla. He’s got bigmoney endorsements with...
Jets assistant likes look of Tebow, Sanchez
Quarterback controversy? What quarterback controversy? That was the basic message from new Jets offensive coordinator Tony Sparano yesterday. With Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow in the fold, Sparano has the...
Fowler hungers for 1st victory
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rickie Fowler has everything. He’s 23 and is a millionaire. He’s got a beautiful girlfriend and a swank home in Jupiter, Fla. He’s got bigmoney endorsements with...
Don’t rely on media to evaluate bad behavior
It always seems to come down to depends. Even the basics, including who, what, when, where and why, have contingencies. This week, Amar’e Stoudemire has been recognized as a Grade...
Montero could make Yankees regret dealing him away
Let’s be fair: If the Yankees had never made the Jesus Montero-Michael Pineda trade their 2012 problem would still be their problem. They would have retained A.J. Burnett, who with...
Knicks coach doesn't expect Amar’e for Game 4 vs. Heat
Knicks coach Mike Woodson downplayed the possibility of Amar’e Stoudemire being on a fast track to play in Game 4 against the Heat on Sunday with a bandaged left hand....
Knicks’ losing, Melo’s role extinguish Stoudemire’s joy
In case of ire, break glass. Summing up L’affaire Apostroph’e, suffice to say Amar’e Stoudemire was feeling fairly discouraged when he debilitated himself by going weak-minded to the window pane....
Bodemeister looks super at Kentucky Derby
Mike Smith, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode 50-1 shot Giacomo to victory in the 2005 Kentucky Derby, will be aboard Bodemeister, one of the favorites in tomorrow’s Run...
Grace Hall leads Kentucky Oaks field
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Though it lacks the “weep no more my lady” emotion of tomorrow’s Kentucky Derby, today’s Grade 1, $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs ranks as perhaps...
Union Rags has shot in wide-open Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 138th Kentucky Derby tomorrow at Churchill Downs is a confusing affair. Voters on The Post’s online poll are leaning 17 percent for Gemologist, but Union Rags...
Kentucky Derby too close to call
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On the eve of the Kentucky Derby, I don’t have the faintest idea who is going to win. But then, neither does anyone else. When a master...
Devils defeat Flyers in Game 3 overtime, lead series
His presence was supposed to be inspirational, Ilya Kovalchuk making what Martin Brodeur had called a “miracle comeback.” That would have been plenty for the Devils. The $100 Million Man...
Strawberry says Wright will lead Mets back
The torch will be officially passed Friday night at Citi Field when Darryl Strawberry presents David Wright with an award for breaking his Mets career RBI record, but it is...
Pacers poke fun at Knicks
The Pacers training staff wanted to make sure there were no other accidents involving fire extinguishers in Florida. With Indiana playing Game 3 of their opening-round series in Orlando on...
Heat cut Knicks lead before halftime
No, you don’t win games in the first half (the Heat didn’t pull away from the Knicks in Game 3 of their first-round playoff game last night until the fourth...
Smith fails to help Knicks replace Stoudemire
In Amar’e Stoudemire’s absence, the Knicks needed someone to fill the scoring void. J.R. Smith stepped up to accept the challenge — and failed miserably. Smith, who tied his second-most...
Novak can't score point for Knicks
Steve Novak has been invaluable for the Knicks this season, a fan favorite who delivered enormous 3-point sharpshooting. But no longer. Not against Miami. Novak has been ineffective in three...
Heat star James outscores Knicks in fourth quarter
LeBron James waited, fumed — then exploded. Sent to the bench in a tied game with 7:23 remaining in the third quarter with a fourth foul, James sat down after...
Anthony isn't playing hero for Knicks
Perhaps we expect too much of Carmelo Anthony. We expect him to be the kind of player that despite all odds can will his team to victory the way LeBron...
Lin won't be back for Knicks in Game 4
Linsanity may not be seen again until next season unless the Knicks can extend the series. Jeremy Lin all but ruled out making his return Sunday in Game 4 against...
Yankees teammates shaken by Rivera's injury
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Their eyes told a different story than their mouths delivered. In the gloom of the Yankees clubhouse Thursday night following the news that Mariano Rivera has...
Yankees lose to Royals, third straight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- There was no way the night was going to get better for the Yankees after Mariano Rivera tore the ACL in his right knee. The shocking...
Knicks break ratings record
Maybe the Knicks should start the season late every year. No matter what happened in last night’s do-or-die first-round playoff game against Miami, the Knicks slam-dunked their highest regular-season ratings...
Extreme ‘Holmes’ makeover
Placing a classic story in modern times is usually about as good an idea as velvet sweat pants. The two just don’t jibe. If they do it in opera, Romeo...
Lil’ ‘Silver’
We’ve had series about young Superman, young Tarzan and young Indiana Jones. Next up: young Long John Silver. Starz has ordered a new series called “Black Sails” from “Transformers” director...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYNATHAN FILLION, RACHAEL RAY - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7STEPHEN COLBERT, CYNTHIA SASS - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4NATHAN FILLION, AAR--N SÃNCHEZ, WILLIAM POLLY - LIVE! with Kelly,...
Mick Jagger to host ‘SNL’ finale
In a surprise announcement, “Saturday Night Live” yesterday said that Mick Jagger will host the comedy show’s season finale later this month. Jagger, 68, will be both the musical guest...
Greatest hits
When music legends both young(ish) and very old gather together, you know you’ll be in for a good show. HBO’s “2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,” airing...
Starr Report
I wrote several stories last week, for The Post's TV section, about the back-and-forth battle between "Today" and "Good Morning America." The folks at "GMA" predicted their show would win...
Who's zooming who!
1. NBA: Heat vs. Knicks 2,289,075 2. NFL draft 2,203,340 3. NBA: Lakers vs. Nuggets 1,800,098 4. NBA: Bulls vs. 76ers 1,297,776 5. NBA: Celtics vs. Hawks 1,287,498 6. Latin...
Cinco fiestas, manana
Mex Fest on the Seaport (noon to 7 p.m. at Pier 16, 80 South St.; mexfestnyc.com): Although this food-truck festival (15 truck’s worth) includes Mexico Blvd. and Kimchi Taco, other...
Sex mex!
If you stop by Alex Stupak’s exciting new East Village Mexican restaurant, Empellón Cocina, don’t try to order a taco. There aren’t any on the menu. Fine, you say. How...
Weird but true
There’s drunk, there’s very drunk and then there’s “I don’t remember being hit by the train” drunk. Thomas Boersma suffered severe buttocks and arm injuries after a train hit him...
Rivera has torn knee ligament: Girardi
The Yankees held their breath and said a quick prayer after closer Mariano Rivera collapsed on the Kauffman Stadium warning track while shagging flyballs during batting practice before last night’s...
Ponikarovsky scores in OT to give Devils win over Flyers
NEWARK, N.J. — Alexei Ponikarovsky scored on his own rebound with 2:39 left in overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Thursday night to take a...
Smell like dweeb spirit
The $220-million superhero epic “The Avengers” can dazzle your eyes with special effects. It can tickle your ears with dialogue from Robert Downey Jr. But there’s one vexing question it...
Cornel West testifies in Manhattan stop and frisk protest disorderly conduct trial
On trial after his disorderly conduct arrest at a Harlem "Stop and Frisk" protest, professor and activist Cornel West used the witness stand as a grand stand today, colorfully criticizing...
James, Miami pull away to 3-0 lead over Knicks
LeBron James scored 32 points, including eight straight to start the fourth quarter and break open the game, and the Miami Heat took a 3-0 lead, sending the Knicks to...
Jets sign WR Hill, second-round pick
The Jets wasted no time signing second-round draft pick Stephen Hill.Less than a week after drafting Hill out of Georgia Tech, the sides agreed on a four-year deal worth a...