May 14, 2012
Cops bust man smuggling cocaine at JFK
Something smelled funny. A drug smuggler packed his stash of cocaine inside sticks of deodorant, ink markers and hundreds of buttons — only to be busted by alert customs officers...
Officials say higher minimum wage deal is dead
ALBANY, N.Y. — The months-long effort to increase the minimum wage for millions of New Yorkers is dead, officials said Monday. "To say it is dead is to suggest it...
Fox and NBC fall shows worth watching (if you trust the trailers)
To the surprise of almost nobody - since this info pretty much leaked out last week - Fox and NBC have announced the new series that they've officially picked up...
Woman dies after seven-story plunge in apparent suicide
A woman jumped to her death from an East Village building this afternoon, authorities said. She plunged from the seven-story apartment at 200 E. 11th St., near 2nd Avenue, in...
MTA updates subway maps to include Barclays Center
Next stop, Barclays Center! The MTA has quietly updated subway maps on its Web site by slapping the name of the Brooklyn Nets’ new arena onto all listings for the...
Richter calls Lundqvist-Broduer matchup 'a real treat'
Mike Richter, the Rangers' 1994 Stanley Cup-winning goaltender, was eagerly awaiting Henrik Lundqvist versus Martin Brodeur in Game 1 of Rangers-Devils. "You're looking at two great goalies and a lot...
So-called 'King of All Pimps' sentenced to four years in prison
Self-proclaimed "King of All Pimps" Jason Itzler was sentenced today to four years behind bars for his latest drugs, pandering and money laundering case -- but before he left for...
Teixeira HR lifts Yankees over Orioles
BALTIMORE — Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning, Curtis Granderson also connected, and the New York Yankees got three hits from Alex Rodriguez in an...
GAMETRACKER: Brewers at Mets
The Mets will look to bounce back against the Brewers after dropping two of three against the Marlins over the weekend. Miguel Batista gets the start for the Mets against...
Comedy writer Paul Laikin dies at age 84
Long Island and the country is a bit less funny today with the passing of best-selling humorist Paul Laikin, one of the original Mad Magazine writers and the author of...
Body found in subway tunnel in Greenwich Village
A man's body was found this morning in a subway tunnel in Greenwich Village, authorities said. The grisly discovery was made just north of the station at 6th Avenue and...
Italian tourist shot chasing down thief near new Nets arena
An Italian tourist was shot chasing down the thief who swiped his daughter's necklace near the new Nets arena in Brooklyn -- but cops quickly nabbed the punk, officials said...
VIDEO: Brooks-Hale preview Rangers-Devils series
Post reporter Mark Hale and Rangers beat writer Larry Brooks break down the Eastern Conferene finals between the Rangers and Devils. The two spoke at Madison Square Garden hours before...
Mets will stick with Francisco as closer
Frank Francisco will keep his job as Mets closer, manager Terry Collins said before Monday’s game with the Brewers. "Yes, for the moment,” said Collins, who added there wasn't anything physically...
US stocks drop to three-month lows on Greece fears
Concerns about Greece's possible exit from the single-currency euro area helped push US stocks to three-month lows, as the Dow industrials lost ground Monday for the eighth time in nine...
Newark Airport security supervisor arrested after using dead man's ID
A man who worked as a security supervisor for two decades at Newark Airport in New Jersey has been arrested and accused of assuming a murdered man's identity 20 years ago,...
Jets agree to deal with RB Ganaway
The Jets and sixth-round pick Terrance Ganaway agreed to a four-year contract, the team announced.The financial terms were not immediately available.Ganaway, a running back from Baylor, is the third Jets...
Parise has earned Devils 'C' this season
The Devils have reached the Eastern Conference finals as a team, but couldn’t have done so without their leader, Zach Parise. The 27-year-old Minnesota native, who was made captain before...
Giants waive Jones two years after accident
The Giants have continually acknowledged that they will never turn their backs on Chad Jones, their 2010 third-round draft pick out of LSU who was nearly killed in a horrific...
MLB fires arbitrator who overturned Braun suspension
Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun's drug suspension in February. MLB informed Das and the players' association of its decision last week....
Why won't George Clooney save California?
George Clooney is a powerful force for fundraising as proven by his star-studded party to raise money for President Obama's reelection. Clooney and his friends like Barbara Streisand and Tobey...
Blackburn excited about being Giants starting linebacker
Chase Blackburn was unsigned as late as Thanksgiving last season before going on to play a key role in the Giants’ run to their four Super Bowl title. And on...
WATCH: Rangers-Devils preview
Post writers Mike Vaccaro and Mark Hale previewed the Rangers-Devils Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden.
Former assistant, Nicky Hilton's ex-hubby corresponded often, suit going to show
Another day in court, another pair of purple stilettos for glamorous accused embezzler Renata Shamrakova. "I'm just a shoe girl," explained the well-shod Ukranian personal assistant, charged with swiping $900,000...
Family of mother killed in Queens drive-by says mistaken identity to blame
The shattered family of a young mom slain in a Queens drive-by car shooting on Mother’s Day believes she was the victim of mistaken identity. Stephanie Taveras, 21, was killed...
Qns. woman slams 'light' sentence for attackers
A Queens woman who was viciously stabbed by two female thugs slammed a judge today for giving her assailants "light" sentencings. "Six years is a light sentence judge, it's not...
Jimmy Kimmel set to bring show to hometown of Brooklyn
Jimmy Kimmel is coming home to Brooklyn. The Mill Basin native says he taking ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on the road to the East Coast for the first time, filming...
Heat lose Bosh indefinitely with abdominal strain
MIAMI -- Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat were relieved by the diagnosis. It's the prognosis - or lack of one - that's a source of worry now. And suddenly,...
Obama tells Barnard graduates to 'fight for your seat at the table'
President Obama delivered the commencement address at Barnard College Monday, telling members of the class of 2012 to "fight for your seat at the table." The president offered the approximately...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Ike key to Mets staying in race
In an optimistic conversation before the season, SNY play-by-play man Gary Cohen talked about reasons why Mets fans should be optimistic for the upcoming season. On top of Cohen’s list...
Mad Men recap: Big fat truths
This week's episode, ominously called "Dark Shadows," focuses on the weighty aspects of life, and we're not just talking about Betty and her Reddi-wip fetish. She's back, and she's got...
Jets defenders say Ryan more involved than last season
The Jets defensive players have been seeing more of and hearing more from head coach Rex Ryan than they did in 2011.Ryan has said he wants to be more involved...
Rangers' Lundqvist impressed by Devils' Brodeur longevity
Henrik Lundqvist said he is aware that Martin Brodeur had told The Post’s Steve Serby that the Devils’ goaltender had incorporated the way the King positions his gloves on shootouts...
Reds face rare Queens, Bronx road trip
CINCINNATI — A little extra money in the wallet? Check. Those earplugs for sleeping in the hotel? Got ‘em. The Cincinnati Reds hit the road on Sunday night for an...
Capitals coach quits after pushing Rangers to brink
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Dale Hunter quit as coach of the Washington Capitals on Monday after less than one full season in the job, telling the team he wants to return...
Top Edwards campaign aide testifies pol didn't need to disclose how he spent donors' cash
GREENSBORO, NC - A top campaign aide to John Edwards today insisted that the disgraced pol had no legal duty to disclose money received to cover up the pol’s extra...
Cop niece of former Met convicted of assault during fight with girlfriend
The cop niece of Mets legend Shawon Dunston was acquitted of attempted murder this morning for admittedly shooting her girlfriend with her service weapon during a fight in a Harlem...
Vatican mystery intensifies, bones found in grave
ROME — Forensic police swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investigation into one of the...
Kansas plane crash survivor to undergo skin graft procedure
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The lone survivor of a Kansas plane crash, who was pulled out of the flaming wreckage, was scheduled to undergo skin grafts Monday to treat her...
NBC confirms '30 Rock' to end after seven seasons
NBC confirmed Monday that "30 Rock" will end after seven seasons. The Tina Fey comedy will sign off with a 13-episode season, culminating with an hour-long series finale, NBC Entertainment...
Christie's loyalties divided as Rangers-Devils series opens
NJ Gov. Chris Christie -- a self-proclaimed die-hard Rangers fan -- will finally have to pick a side as the Eastern Conference finals between the Rangers and Devils kicks off...
Tortorella not worried about seven-game series hurting Rangers
In his inimitable style, Rangers coach John Tortorella weighed in on the theory that opening the playoffs with a pair of seven-game series would prove detrimental in the Blueshirts’ pursuit...
Rangers-Devils preview live from Garden at 6:30 p.m.
Join Post writers Larry Brooks and Mike Vaccaro as they preview the Rangers-Devils Eastern Conference Finals at 6:30 p.m. live from Madison Square Garden.
Baldwin 'stalker' back in court
Alec Baldwin's blonde and perky alleged stalker -- and self-described ex-lover -- came to court in Manhattan this morning, providing pretty prey for a flurry of New York and French...
McNamee takes stand in Clemens trial
WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens’ chief accuser finally took the stand Monday in the former pitcher’s perjury trial, a make-or-break moment for the government. Brian McNamee has said he injected Clemens...
White powder causes scare at ESPN
BRISTOL, Conn. — White powder from drywall reportedly caused a scare when it was discovered at ESPN’s mail facility in Connecticut on Monday. Police were called to the scene in...
Pedro Espada Jr. found guilty of embezzlement in partial verdict
Ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. got blasted with a grand slam of guilty verdicts today by a Brooklyn federal court jury -- which then declared itself deadlocked on the remaining...
Bodemeister in, Hansen out of Preakness
As expected, trainer Bob Baffert confirmed Monday morning that Bodemeister, runner-up in the Kentucky Derby after setting a blazing pace, will run back in Saturday's Preakness Stakes.Hansen, who chased Bodemeister...
Protesters rush Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters
CHICAGO -- At least six people were arrested Monday after dozens of anti-war protesters rushed the downtown Chicago building that houses President Obama''s national campaign headquarters, local reports said. Members...
Jackie Mason, gal pal drop assault charges
Take my girlfriend's assault case — please! Misdemeanor assault charges were tossed out this morning against the alleged girlfriend of married comedian Jackie Mason after both sides agreed to let...
Jacob, Sophia win the name game in 2011
WASHINGTON – If you're named Jacob or Sophia, congratulations – yours were the most popular US baby names for 2011. And if you're Mason or Isabella, you're right behind, according...
Juror in Hudson family murder trial says panel 'really took its time' in reaching guilty verdict
CHICAGO -- A juror in the Hudson family murder trial spoke out Monday about her experience during the high-profile case, admitting the jury "really took its time" but reached the...
Nets season in review: Sundiata Gaines
After impressing the Nets with his play after signing a pair of 10-day contracts late in the 2010-11 season, Sundiata Gaines returned for the 2011-12 season. In his first full...
Mets preparing long-term offer for Wright: report
MIAMI — The Mets waved goodbye to one franchise player last winter. They are not about to lose another, at least not without making an aggressive push to re-sign him....
Best Buy founder Schulze steps down as chairman following CEO probe
RICHFIELD, Minn.-- Best Buy announced Monday that founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman of the electronics retailer following the results of an independent investigation into allegations of improper...
Travolta lawsuit not going to trial, to be resolved behind closed doors: report
John Travolta and one of his massage accusers have pulled the sheets over their sordid dispute — agreeing to fight a sexual-misconduct lawsuit behind closed doors, according to a new...
VIDEO: Pettitte not answer to Yankees rotation problems
Andy Pettitte dropped his first start since 2010 in the Yankees' 6-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. CineSport's Brian Clark and Sporting News' Anthony Witrado discuss how Pettitte...
JPMorgan executive Ina Drew steps down after trading loss
JPMorgan Chase & Co sacrificed investment chief Ina Drew on Monday in response to trading losses that could reach $3 billion or more and which have tainted the reputation of...
Russian dies after gobbling heroin in front of cops
MOSCOW -- A man arrested at a Moscow railway station died after eating a pack of cigarettes stuffed with heroin, police said Monday. The man was detained by police after...
Al Qaeda suspects blow up Yemen gas pipeline
ADEN -- Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up a gas pipeline supplying Yemen's Balhaf export terminal in the Gulf of Aden, the second such attack in a month, a government...
Kodak's Rochester HQ housed underground nuclear reactor: report
ROCHESTER -- A Kodak industrial facility in Rochester, was home to a little-known nuclear reactor containing weapons-grade uranium, according to a new report. The research reactor -- which was the...
Facebook co-founder rejects claims he renounced US citizenship to avoid taxes
Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who gave up his US citizenship, has nothing against the US, just its complicated rules on citizens holding money overseas, a spokesman said. Saverin, who...
Obama leads Romney by 20 points in NY: poll
ALBANY - Chalk one up for the state Legislature. A new poll finds lawmakers' job approval inching upward and New York voters strongly supportive of their two top remaining 2012...
Still no peace in Syria
At least now, however, it is Bashar Assad's foces that are getting pounded, as 23 soldiers were killed in clashes in the province of Homs. And this uptick in violence...
Democrats' own war on women
If Republicans are trying to take away contraceptives and abortion rights from women, then what do you call a Democrat who fires more women than men from his city's payroll?...
POST PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK: May 7-May 13
The Post high-school staff takes a look at the top performers in boys basketball and girls basketball from the week of May 7. BASEBALL Mike Camerada, Monsignor Farrell With Farrell...
POST GAMES TO WATCH: May 14-May 20
The Post’s high school staff looks ahead to the most intriguing matchups in boys basketball and girls basketball for the week of May 14 through May 20. BASEBALL Grand Street...
CHSAA/Private baseball rankings
The regular season comes to a close this week in the CHSAA and private school leagues. This week, we already had a few division winners. Poly Prep clinched its sixth...
PSAL baseball rankings
The PSAL gets this week right. Yeah, we complimented the league – that’s not a misprint. By matching up the two best teams in each division the last week of...
NYC softball rankings
We have a new No. 1 heading into the playoffs. St. Joseph by the Sea jumps over Huguenot counterpart Tottenville following a big week in Mudville, where it went 3-1...
Scouts from 22 MLB teams watch area's best baseball players
It was a who’s who of the city’s best players. In one dugout was Xaverian shortstop Gabe Hernandez, Archbishop Molloy third baseman Jonathan Ramon and former Berkeley Carroll outfielder Robb...
Plane crash kills 15 in Nepal mountains; 6 survive
KATMANDU, Nepal — A plane crashed into a mountain in the Himalayas while trying to land at an airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people and critically injuring...
Rangers-Devils keys to series
Dave Maloney will get an up close and personal look at the upcoming Rangers-Devils series as the Rangers’ radio color man and as part of MSG’s postgame coverage on MSG...
Devils excited for series with Rangers
Forget keeping cool. The Devils are bubbling and babbling with excitement fueled by waiting nearly a week for the Rangers. They think they can do it. They think they can...
Rangers, Devils begin series at Garden tonight
The Rangers are halfway home, no more and no less than that after taking consecutive seven-game series against the Senators and Capitals that already seem like preliminaries to a conference...
Rangers-Devils matchups, picks
Covered ’em all for The Post, all five, starting in 1992 when Devils-Rangers was the promising little brother of Rangers-Islanders showdowns of 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990 and...
WATCH: Man wanted for robbing 90-year-old woman in Queens
Police are looking for a man who they say knocked a 90-year-old woman on the ground and stole her necklace before running off. The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m....
Serby's Special Q & A with ... Adam Graves
Adam Graves, a member of the last Rangers team to the win the Stanley Cup in 1994, chatted on the street yesterday with Steve Serby, on the eve of the...
Rangers-Devils this season
If the regular-season series between these two teams is any indication of what we can expect to see in the playoffs, the next two weeks (or less) should be very...
NYC baseball rankings
The playoffs don't begin until the weekend, but this is a big week nonetheless. Division titles will be determined in the PSAL and CHSAA while the NYSAISAA tournament gets underway...
Yankees lose to Mariners in Pettitte's return
The 41,631 who showed up at Yankee Stadium yesterday came to see Andy Pettitte in his first game back with his old team since retiring in 2010. But the Mariners...
Pettitte's worth to Yankees will be measured in October
Andy Pettitte headed toward the dugout with one out in the seventh inning and was regaled with a standing ovation, a familiar sound at a strange moment. It is uncommon...
Owner pleads for cash to continue fighting for dog custody
He’s refusing to Knuckle under. A Manhattan man says his cross-country legal battle for custody of his little dog Knuckles is making him broke, but he’s not going to roll...
Ct. dad busted in Queens with $70K worth of cocaine in his car — along with his 13-year-old son: police
Two police officers collared a Connecticut man who was driving in Queens Sunday with his 13-year-old son — and about $70,000 worth of cocaine inside his car, cops said. Police...
PSAL softball rankings
The seeding announced Saturday by the PSAL has taken a lot of criticism from league coaches for where teams like Construction, Bryant and McKee/Staten Island Tech were put in the...
CHSAA/Private softball rankings
Another CHSAA regular season is coming to a close and the champions are all familiar faces. St. Joseph by the Sea won its fifth straight CHSAA Staten Island crown and...
Go to Greg
What’s the best way to recover if you get off to a bad start in a new job? Is it even possible? I seem to have pissed off my co-workers....
Pedal pusher
For most New Yorkers, lack of storage space is merely an irritating fact of urban life. For Ryan Patrick Zagata, founder of Brooklyn Cruiser bikes, it was the impetus for...
‘Facebook snitches’ on rise
Everyone knows that workers who badmouth their bosses on Facebook or otherwise act out via social media can be a headache for human-resources departments. But in a growing number of...
Just whose ‘friends’ are they?
When banking consultant Linda Eagle was laid off last year, she didn’t just lose her job. The New York City resident also found herself locked out of her LinkedIn account,...
60 Seconds with Chris Guillebeau
Start your own company for a hundred bucks? I thought you needed an army of VC guys, advisors and attorneys for that. That’s one vision of start-ups, and there are...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye 2. Payphone, Maroon 5 3. Boyfriend, Justin Bieber 4. Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen 5. We Are Young,...
Business briefs
Avon cavesAvon said it has told Coty that it will consider the fragrance maker’s $10.7 billion takeover bid and will respond within a week, as Avon’s board looks to buy...
Yahoo! kicks out Thompson, as dissident shreholder Loeb wins board seats
The search was sluggish, and the results weren’t pretty. Yahoo! ousted its CEO Scott Thompson after a weeklong board probe found evidence that the former eBay exec had padded his...
Drew first to go in JPMorgan Chase purge following $2.3B trading blunder
JPMorgan Chase’s chief investment officer resigned last night, becoming the first head to roll in response to the bank’s massive $2.3 billion trading blunder. Ina Drew, 55, and at least...
Pride press picks
President Obama’s decision to support gay marriage, and reports of Mitt Romney bullying a school classmate presumed to be gay, make this a perfect time to examine gay magazines. The...
SoHo powers up Watts with new night spot
New York’s night life is all grown up. Scene maker Jon Bakhshi is launching his first restaurant, but the upscale RSVP in SoHo, slated for an early June opening, will...
Ally story reaches Ch. 11
Four years after the housing meltdown rocked the economy, the markets are still reeling from the aftershocks. The nation’s largest home-mortgage servicer, Ally Financial, is delivering another blow to the...
NFL payoff season
While network and ad execs will kick off their annual “upfront” negotiations over commercial time this week, the action is already heating up in one arena: football. After striking rich...
Political hedge
Now this is hedging.Blackstone Group President Tony James is holding a $35,800-per-plate fund-raiser tonight at his Park Avenue co-op that has hauled in around $1.5 million for President Obama’s re-election...
Calling it LightsOut
Philip Falcone’s telecom start-up LightSquared edged closer to a bankruptcy filing yesterday as the hedge fund manager was far from an agreement with creditors, sources familiar with the matter said....
Family sues after Queens mom's 911 call was ignored: lawsuit
She’d fallen and couldn’t get up — and then she died after her desperate 911 call for help was ignored, a new Queens lawsuit charges. The family of an elderly...
P’kwy shooting kills mom, 21
A young mom was slain early on Mother’s Day yesterday when a gunman pulled off a chilling execution on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, maneuvering his sedan alongside a...
Kid along for ride in 70G ‘coke’ bust
A man was busted in Queens yesterday while driving with about $70,000 worth of cocaine — and his 13-year-old son — in his car, cops said.Police Officers Vincent Siraco and...
Immig woes hit farmers
ONEONTA, Ala. — Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of...
Fmr. 'Bad Boy' rapper G. Dep doesn't regret slay confession
No regrets. Sentenced last week to 15 years in prison, former “Bad Boy” rapper G. Dep still believes that confessing to a 2-decades-old murder was the right thing to do...
Tech guru’s Internet disconnect
This doesn’t compute — Steve Wozniak says he isn’t wired at home! The Apple co-founder, who teamed up with Steve Jobs to revolutionize home computers, remarkably claimed he doesn’t have...
School ignored anti-Semitic jeers: suit
A gang of students at a tony Long Island high school traumatized a classmate with anti-Semitic taunts — and school brass did nothing to stop it, according to a new...
Clock ticks on pol hike$
Message from the gov: Don’t wait ’til next year.Gov. Cuomo has told associates he’s willing to support a desperately desired pay increase for state lawmakers this year, but won’t do...
Secret Service scandal hearing next week; King rejects chance to meet Colombian hooker
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan will face his first public grilling next week on the Colombian hooker scandal that overshadowed President Obama’s visit to the country last month, Sen. Joseph...
Pols: Cuff underwear plot leaker
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle yesterday promised to investigate leaks to the media about the double agent who thwarted an al Qaeda underwear-bomb plot. A British...
Ambulettes’ dispatch woe
Granny has been kicked to the curb, say ambulette fleet owners fighting the state’s new private dispatch system.“It is a mess,” said Gary Farberov, head of the newly formed Ambulette...
Biker duo killed in bus crash
Two men were killed in Queens last night when their speeding motorcycle plowed into the side of a city bus, police sources said.The men were riding on a Suzuki motorcycle...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A ruthless sex trafficker will be sentenced today for luring a 13-year-old girl to a Bronx hellhole and forcing her into prostitution after promising that she’d become...
Puppy love $tory
He’s refusing to Knuckle under. A Manhattan man says his cross-country legal battle for custody of his little dog Knuckles is making him broke, but he’s not going to roll...
Enterprise in final liftoff
Easy does it — this is some airplane cargo that cannot be mishandled! A NASA crew delicately de-planed the space shuttle Enterprise from its Boeing 747 ride yesterday morning at...
‘Building’ up Brooklyn’s economy
Brooklyn is on the brink of another building boom. After years of inactivity since the recession hit, the borough has seen a whopping 62.3 percent increase in new building permits...
Upper E. Side ‘booze’ blast at bad cyclists
Upper East Side residents are slamming the brakes on rogue food deliverymen on bicycles. Neighborhood opponents recently blocked a Chinese restaurant’s liquor-license application by arguing that the eatery created a...
The 99% solution
Now she’s occupying her own business. Tracy Postert, a former down-on-her-luck Occupy Wall Street protester, is now a capitalist running her own financial business. Postert got her big break when...
‘Avengers’$1B smash at theaters
“The Avengers” has become the berserk Hulk at the box office — barreling through bill folds to hit the $1 billion mark just 19 days after it started screening. The...
Olympic hunk is see-worthy
Super-toned decathlete Ashton Eaton is a flying fish out of water as he leaps over “mermaid” model Karlie Kloss in a fanciful Vogue photo shoot by Anne Leibovitz. Eaton, the...
Pomp and better job circumstance for grads
The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs. To the relief of graduating seniors — and...
Mistake to let Rielle Hunter testify in Edwards trial: experts
GREENSBORO, NC — Finally, John Edwards may get his mistress to keep quiet. The disgraced ex-senator would be foolish to call baby mama Rielle Hunter to testify in his defense...
Newsweek declares O ‘The First Gay President’ in controversial cover
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s backing of gay marriage dominated the political press over the weekend as Newsweek pronounced him “the first gay president” on its cover. The magazine, which also...
Young GOPers are elect-rified
WASHINGTON — President Obama again has mobilized college-age voters in record numbers — but this time, it’s for the Republican Party.Membership in College Republicans has spiked to 250,000 students nationwide....
‘Nothing can bring her back’
The mom of a Brooklyn-bred co-ed killed in a New Zealand car crash was too devastated to speak on Mother’s Day yesterday — and the girl’s heartbroken dad could only...
Book rack & ruin at city schools
They have pencils and paper — but not much else. Several struggling schools in underprivileged neighborhoods are failing to provide students with classroom basics — such as books, let alone...
Cool hairdo an ‘eyesore’
SYDNEY — Trendy haircuts that obscure one eye could have some long-term heath hazards, according to an Australian optometrist. Andrew Hogan, an executive member of Optometrists Association Australia, warned that...
Husband of 9/11 victim goes to Gitmo to spare plotters from death sentence
The husband of a woman killed on 9/11 went to Guantanamo Bay on a shocking secret mission — to try to save the lives of the al-Qaeda monsters who planned...
Sully bashes Bloomberg's trash-station plan near LaGuardia
Sully wants to roast Mayor Bloomberg’s goose. “Miracle on the Hudson” hero Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is taking part in the fight against Bloomberg’s push to build a trash-transfer station near...
Sentencing today for killer of Harlem boy
The convicted killer of a 13-year-old Harlem boy will be sentenced today in a case that remained unsolved for three years because none of the dozen or more eyewitnesses wanted...
Err-traffic control
It was Long Island’s out-of-control tower.Air-traffic controllers at a Ronkonkoma facility spent much of their time taking catnaps and playing games online when they should have been monitoring the busy...
Divorce ‘gets’ way too rough
An Orthodox Jewish man from Queens allegedly tied up and beat his estranged son-in-law — and then forced him to recite the words for a rabbi-sanctioned divorce known as a...
Hood Samaritan mugs granny, 90
This guy’s no Boy Scout. Police are looking for a punk who posed as a good Samaritan before robbing an elderly woman in Chelsea, cops said yesterday. Marie Casimir, 90,...
Cops’ house louse
Instead of hitting the streets, cops are being paid to patrol an NYPD locker room. Police Department brass recently assigned an around-the-clock security detail to the locker room of the...
Preppie parlor padlock
It wasn’t a happy ending for a massage parlor that allegedly rubbed people the wrong way in tony Fieldston and Riverdale in The Bronx. Police have padlocked New Healing Touch,...
Qns. pedestrian tragedies minutes apart
Two pedestrians were struck and killed within minutes of each other in separate incidents in Queens yesterday. In the first, a 24-year-old man was waiting to cross the street at...
Janitor Gets Ivy League BA
After years of mopping floors, cleaning toilets and taking out trash at Columbia University, a refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia yesterday reaped his reward: a bachelor’s degree in classics. As a...
Break up the banks
The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan — a failure of the famed risk-management prowess of bank chief Jamie Dimon — is cause for celebration in some quarters. Dimon deftly...
More fun than solving America’s problems
Let’s face it: We’re never going to deal with the serious problems in our county. The economy is still faltering, our debt seems insurmountable, gas prices are out of control...
Time for tax relief
Upstate and suburban New Yorkers will vote tomorrow on school budgets that, for the first time, will be hemmed in by a property-tax cap. And that cap may well slow...
US postal fiasco
The US Postal Service is so mired in debt that nothing can save it from going bust — but the Senate is trying to dump a $33.7 billion bailout in...
No matter how you cut it, Mitt’s prank follows him
The Issue: Whether the media are making too big of a deal about a prank in Mitt Romeny’s past. *** What we’re seeing here is the left using one of...
Keeping NYC terror-free
Here’s a question for the candidates maneuvering to succeed Mayor Bloomberg: Will you commit to preserving the anti-terrorism institutions created under Police Commissioner Ray Kelly? Taking office in the wake...
Exactly why is college worth it today?
At a debate last Tuesday in downtown Manhattan put on by Intelligence Squared US, writer Malcolm Gladwell moved the audience to support a ban on college football; his best argument...
A child’s dream to leap
Michaela DePrince seems like your typical 17-year-old. She likes Adele and “Glee” and “The Vampire Diaries,” and has a weakness for frozen yogurt. But she’s also a rarity — having...
Should’ve stayed dead and buried
About the only good thing that can be said for New York City Opera’s “Orpheus,” which opened Saturday night, is that it made the rest of the company’s feeble season...
It’s hit or miss anthropy
Mark Ravenhill — best known for “Shopping and F - - king,” a 1998 hit at New York Theatre Workshop — is one of Britain’s finest provocateurs. His 2006 play...
Affrunti’s Delaware Grade
FIRST-6f; $12,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)4-Big Peace 2-13-Rebecca Mia 6-15-Missnmesumu 3-16-CafeRendezvs10-12-ATrueImperlsm4-17-RareChocolate12-11-MySaturdayGirl8-18-Avie Atress 15-1SECOND-6f; $38,000; alw; 3up; (f&m)4-Melrose Woods8-52-OvernightFlng15-15-Making Waves 5-21a-Kinginthecity 9-23-Cooking Mama 7-26-Silver Market 8-11-Cat Wiesel 9-2a-CoupledTHIRD-6f; $18,000; mdn cl($20,000);...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-6f; $13,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)6Cee's Holle (Lopz)2.802.202.101Tuffy Too (Ayuso)6.003.002Double Harbor (Cotto,Jr.)2.80Scr: Crimsons Gold.* Exacta (6-1) $13.80 * $1 Superfecta (6-1-2-3) $69.90 * $1 Trifecta (6-1-2) $17.30Winner picked by DaSilvaSECOND-1m;...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $27,000; cl($16,000); 3up5Mrgnusk (Sthrlnd)2.802.202.104Isle of Prado (Rosario)3.202.802It's Superman (Carrero)4.60* $1 Exacta (5-4) $5.50 * Quinella (4-5) $6.60 * $1 Trifecta (5-4-2) $20.60SECOND-5 1/2f; $21,000; cl($16,000); 3up; (f&m)2Lur's Plsur...
Kings beat Coyotes in Western Conference finals opener
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Los Angeles Kings certainly weren't bothered by a long layoff. The Phoenix Coyotes sure seemed to be. Dwight King scored his second goal of the game...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70y; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)L.A. GIRL drops in class after closing to finish third as the favorite while being...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 1/2f; $25,000; cl($5,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Rhyad(L),122A Suarez2-3-4Aristone5-22 Quay Lime Guy(L),120L Hiraldo6-5-9Velazqez8-13 Liger(L),120A Castillo2-4-1Aristone6-14 UnbridledDispt(L),120R Moya3-3-2Reed10-15 Eze Does It(L),120K Frey2-10-1Catalano7-26 Hobbitonthrcks(L),122J...
Belmont Park Charts
May 13th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f(T); $38,000; cl($25,000); 3upOff: 12:51. Good. contested 2p,drivingTime: 22.22, 44.71, 56.25, 1:08.69.Trainer: Gary ContessaWinner: B G, 6, by City...
Bodemeister speedy, but he's not Spend a Buck
I’ll Have Another wore the blanket of roses after this year’s Kentucky Derby, his owner got the big gold trophy, and the people who bet on him cashed their tickets....
Heat win; Clippers move on
LeBron James got his trophy, and then he and Dwyane Wade made sure the Heat got a win in Game 1.James scored 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in his...
Sports Shorts
NBA: Source: Cavs’ Irving Rookie of Year A person familiar with the voting says Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving has been chosen the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. Irving’s selection isn’t...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsTonightFavoriteLineUnderdogTHUNDER7 1/2LakersCELTICS4 1/276ersTomorrowSPURS11ClippersOdds to Win SeriesSpurs$1200-2000Clippers Thunder$370-450Lakers NHL PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogRANGERS$115-135DevilsOdds to Win SeriesRANGERS$125-145Devils Home team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
BaseballNoonAAA: Rochester at Syracuse MLBN7 p.m.Brewers at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Yankees at Orioles YES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Cubs at Cardinals ESPNNBA Playoffs: Conf. Semis7 p.m.76ers at Celtics, Game...
‘Dogs take chunk out of Hondo
Hondo, who had been making steady progress on his financial problems in recent days, wiped out yesterday with the Metamucils, Padres, A’s and Angels to raise the runaway deficit to...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 14TUEMay 15WEDMay 16THUMay 17FRIMay 18SATMay 19SUNMay 20YankeesBaltimore7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMBal.7:05WWORWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSCin.7:05WWORWCBSCin.1:05YESWCBSCin.1:05YESWCBSMetsMilwaukee7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMMilw.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANCin.1:10SNYWFANTor.7:07SNYWFANTor.1:07WPIXWFANTor.1:07WPIXWFANRangersDevils8:00NBCSNESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEDevils8:00NBCSNESPNNOGAMENOGAMEDevils1:00NBCESPNNOGAMEDevilsRangers8:00NBCSNWBBR 1130 AMNOGAMERangers8:00NBCSNWBBRNOGAMENOGAMERangers1:00NBCWBBRNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMont.7:30MSGWLIBNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Red Bulls defeat Union, in first place
CHESTER, Pa. — When the Red Bulls were beset by an injury crisis three weeks ago, coach Hans Backe thought they’d be lucky to muster five points through the four-game...
Miracle title for Man City
MANCHESTER, England — In the final moments of the Premier League’s most dramatic season yet, Manchester City had just enough time to produce one final, stunning twist.With the club’s title...
Red Sox rout Indians
Mocked and booed relentlessly just a few days ago, the Red Sox are suddenly back in the good graces of Boston fans — at least for now. The Red Sox...
Carefree Kuchar captures TPC crown
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Go ahead and try to wipe the smile off Matt Kuchar’s face. If you’re able to do it, you’ll be the first. Kuchar, who would...
Yankees 1B Teixeira fights cough, slump, gets booed
Mark Teixeira’s battle with severely inflamed bronchial airways is going about as well as his battle to get out of a season-long slump. The Yankees first baseman went 1-for-4 in...
Na-thing doing in final round
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — It was a tough day for Kevin Na, who took a one-shot lead into the final round at The Players Championship and struggled with his...
MLB broadcasters overlook best-ticket no-shows
We must be seeing things. Rather, we must not be seeing things. The public used to rely on the media to fight for it, to go to bat for the...
Rookies restock Giants skill positions
A week before the NFL Draft, Giants quarterback Eli Manning was asked by The Post what he hoped for from the team’s newly imported young talent, and he didn’t hesitate....
Osi to McCoy: Happy Mother’s Day
Next time, maybe Osi Umenyiora will send flowers or chocolates. Umenyiora yesterday threw some kindling on a fire that supposedly had gone out when he tweeted: “Happy Mothers Day Lesean...
Mets lose to Marlins after rally, blown save
MIAMI — Frank Francisco became the Grinch that stole Mother’s Day. The putrid Mets closer didn’t even bother retiring a batter in the ninth inning yesterday before he was yanked,...
Mets pitcher Niese shut down Marlins despite flu
MIAMI — Jon Niese pitched six solid innings yesterday, but it was his team’s rally in the seventh that may have cost the lefty and the Mets a shot at...
Mariners say Pettitte will help Yankees
Michael Saunders, one of two Mariners in yesterday’s lineup who had faced Andy Pettitte before, did not detect a major difference in the Yankees lefty making his first start since...
Despite loss, Pettitte 'comfortable' with Yankees
The Mariners, one of the American League’s lesser offensive teams, had just jabbed Andy Pettitte for four runs, seven hits and three walks over 6 1/3 innings. Which led to...
Dubinsky’s return to Rangers unknown
Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky has been in the most uncomfortable position possible for someone burning with his competitive fire. Since the night of April 26, he has had to watch...
Messier around to inspire Rangers
Mark Messier has taken great care to stay out of the spotlight during the Rangers’ run to the Eastern Conference final, pleased to remain in the background while fulfilling his...
Rangers-Devils notebook
Of the four teams remaining in the Stanley Cup playoffs, each one plays a distinctly defensive game. And Rangers coach John Tortorella has his ideas why. “To me, I think...
Devils goalie Brodeur does not love New York
The Best-Ever doesn’t only hate the New York Rangers. Martin Brodeur says he doesn’t even enjoy New York, period. “New York doesn’t give me any special [feeling]. I don’t even...
Devils well-rested for Game 1 against Rangers
Rangers coach John Tortorella admitted it yesterday, going so far as to define the playoffs not by the lasting quality of teams, but by the current momentum each carries. “Sometimes...
Rangers-Devils series a hot ticket
As you might expect, the Hudson River Rivalry has caused ticket prices for the conference finals to skyrocket at both Madison Square Garden and Prudential Center. The average ticket price...
Local hockey teams provide genuine rivals
We’ve been trying to fill the hole in our sporting hearts since long before many of us were born. We are a metropolis still smarting from the betrayal of two...
Co-star search
Regis still keeps in touch. “He called just last week before he went to China,” said Kelly Ripa. “He made it clear that going to China was Joy’s idea.” In...
Mick’s ‘SNL’ regret
Why did Mick Jagger say yes to hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend? “That’s a question he’s asking himself every day,” Lorne Michaels tells The Post. Jagger has sung on...
Here’s Johnny
Somewhere in Hutchinson, Kan., 45 stories underground, there is a giant salt mine with walls that are 400-feet thick. Carved into that block is a warehouse that stores just one...
Talk show guests
MONDAYTONY BESHARA, ROBERT PAGLIARINI, MARY HUNT - Dr. Phil, 6 a.m., (OWN)PEGGY POST - Dr. Phil, 8 a.m., (OWN)CHRIS COLFER - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DR. PHIL MCGRAW...
‘CSI: Miami,’ ‘NYC 22’ canceled
There’s blood all over the network Armani suits this week — as the decisions are made about which shows to cancel. The first big surprise was “CSI: Miami” which was...
Ballerina whirl
Leap into spring wearing some tutu-pretty looks. Tiler Peck, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, takes a spin in some of the sweetest ballet-inspired frocks. Toe shoes...
Pulse sales
GANT 260 Fifth Ave., between 28th and 29th streets * Sale May 15-19. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Up to 80 percent off men’s and women’s clothing and select accessories. GILDED...
Weird but true
Off-duty firefighter Mike Apatow was pulled over in Milford, Conn., by cops using a radiation-detecting anti-terror device. Turns out he was undergoing medical tests that required injections of small doses...
Scout's Scrimmage notebook: GSC's Martir makes mark behind the plate
When it comes to the city’s top prospects, there is Nelson Rodriguez and everyone else. The George Washington catcher is expected to be drafted high in June’s MLB First-Year Player...
Ford's 'Pookie' sees hard work pay off, signs with Old Dominion
Basketball wasn’t always a serious thing for Brittany (Pookie) Martin. The Bishop Ford center had played the sport growing up, but didn’t compete in organized ball until she came to...
'Girls' recap: Episode 5
This week's "Girls" was all about breakups ... well, breakups and weird sex, but mostly breakups. Last week ended with Charlie and Ray performing an entry from Hannah's journal, which...
Pair die in Queens motorcycle-bus crash
Two men were killed in Queens tonight when their motorcycle plowed into the side of a city bus, cops said. The men were riding on a Suzuki motorcycle going eastbound...
