May 22, 2012
Beastie Boy fans hoping to get B'klyn park renamed for Adam Yauch
It’s "No Sleep 'till Brooklyn" for a group of Beastie Boys fans who want a Brooklyn Heights park renamed for Adam “MCA” Yauch, the rap group's founder who died this...
'Terror threat' OWS protester misses court ... because he was protesting in Chicago
So many protests, so little time for court. The Occupy Wall Street protester busted for a caught-on-video rant about "What a molotov cocktail can do to Macy's" missed his appearance...
Velazquez to ride Union Rags in the Belmont Stakes
John Velazquez will ride Union Rags in the June 9 Belmont Stakes for trainer Michael Matz, replacing Julien Leparoux, Velazquez' agent Angel Cordero Jr. confirmed Tuesday.Leparoux rode Union Rags in...
'X-Men' comic plans same-sex superhero wedding
Marvel comic book crime fighters X-Men have put down their weapons and picked up wedding rings for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world, set for June. Marvel on...
Nets coach ready for new start in Brooklyn
For the past two years, Avery Johnson and the Nets have been preparing for and anticipating the team’s move to Brooklyn.Now that the team has officially become the Brooklyn Nets...
Port Authority big fired amid agency shake-up
A top PA executive who was close with former executive director Christopher Ward has been fired amid an on-going shake-up taking place within the agency, sources said. Edward J. Welch,...
Contrite Conde promises Red Bulls arrest won't happen again
Both Red Bulls defender Wilman Conde and coach Hans Backe have both pronounced the big centerback fit to play tomorrow against Chivas USA. And in the wake of his arrest...
3 thugs mug blind woman in Queens subway station
She never saw it coming! Three heartless thugs mugged a blind woman at a Queens subway station last month and then used her credits to go on a shopping spree,...
Thierry Henry could return tomorrow; JPA calls him MLS' best
With Thierry Henry’s possible return tomorrow, it’s a testament to his ability he’s produced as many goals as anybody in MLS despite missing much of the past month. It’s a...
New-look Nets Dancers to host open auditions in Brooklyn
Brooklyn has a new basketball team -- and now it’s getting a new dance team.The Brooklyn Nets are revamping its dance team before moving into Barclays Center next season and...
Arum Says Positive Drug Tests Causing 'Chaos'
Boxing promoter Bob Arum isn't ready to rush to judgment over the recent positive tests for banned substances that have canceled two prominent boxing cards. WBA super light welterweight champion...
M magazine makes a comeback
M magazine, the high-end fashion magazine that bit the dust in the early ’90s recession, will be revived as an upscale fashion lifestyle title by Condé Nast’s Fairchild Fashion Media....
Yankees' Rivera still without date to undergo knee sugery
Mariano Rivera still doesn't have a date for surgery to repair his torn right ACL he suffered in Kansas City earlier in the month.The closer was diagnosed with a blood...
Mets ride Dickey to 3-2 win over Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- Lucas Duda smacked a go-ahead RBI-single in the top of the eighth in support of starter R.A. Dickey and the Mets edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Tuesday...
Cano homers, Yankees edge Royals 3-2 behind Hughes
Robinson Cano homered, Phil Hughes beat Kansas City for the second time this month and the Yankees — still looking to bust out with the bats — eked out a...
Rangers coach to 'pray' for more goals from forwards
John Tortorella, spiritual leader?The irascible Rangers coach was asked on Tuesday after his team’s practice at Madison Square Garden what he needs to do in order to get his top...
Broadway scion Eric Nederlander arrested -- again -- for allegedly trying to break into girlfriend's apartment
The black sheep of Broadway's Nederlander family spent the night in jail on yet more girlfriend-bothering allegations -- this time for allegedly stealing the woman's keys and trying to break...
Three-time champ Clijsters says she'll retire after U.S. Open
BRUSSELS -- Kim Clijsters says this year's U.S. Open will be her last tournament before retiring. The former No. 1 had already announced that this would be her final season...
Yankees, Davis, Clemens
Apologies for the late hour. I guess this is a mid-afternoon blog post, as opposed to our standard morning one.Here's my column from last night's game. Besides that, I've got...
Immigrants for Romney and Romney for immigrants
Actress Rosario Dawson told the Daily Caller that Republican Mitt Romney was likely to "draw a lot of people in" and that because his father was born in Mexico that...
Stanley Cup to start May 30 at Garden or Rock
The Rangers or Devils will open the Stanley Cup at home On Wednesday, May 30, the NHL announced Tuesday. Because the Rangers and Devils both earned more points in the...
Georgia rapper busted at La Guardia Airport for having brass knuckles
What a knucklehead! A rapper from Georgia was busted with brass knuckles at LaGuardia Airport today, The Post has learned. Tauheed Epps, 34, who goes by the stage names 2...
Thierry Henry, Juan Pablo Angel agree Juan Agudelo better off at Chivas USA
Many of the Red Bulls’ fans were left irate last Thursday when Juan Agudelo was traded to Chivas USA, the side their team hosts tomorrow night. But everybody from Thierry...
Father whose son was shot in B'klyn shoe store firefight relives horror
A shaken Brooklyn man today described how he frantically tried to shield his young son from a wild gun battle that erupted inside a shoe store — but the boy...
Devils coach says 'emotion' took over in feud with Tortorella
Devils coach Pete DeBoer said Tuesday that his war of words with Rangers coach John Tortorella was the result of on-ice actions in Game 4 of the Battle of the...
Rajaratnam had VIP list, Gupta witness says
It’s the one VIP list you wouldn’t want to be on these days. Jailed hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam kept a VIP list of people, including ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta,...
Prosecutors say Fort Hood plotter had all necessary materials for attack
WACO, Texas – Prosecutors said Tuesday that the soldier on trial for allegedly plotting a 2011 attack on Fort Hood troops had acquired all the necessary materials to make a...
Inventor of first wireless TV remote dies at 96
CHICAGO -- Eugene Polley, a man most Americans never heard of but who changed the way the nation lived when he invented the first wireless TV remote control, has died...
Heat stars slam Pacers' Granger for 'stupid' tactics: report
MIAMI — Heading into Tuesday night’s crucial Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade hit out at Pacers forward Danny Granger’s “tough...
Cuomo taps Harlem assemblyman, Syracuse mayor to helm state Democratic party
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo has tapped state Assemblyman Keith Wright of Harlem and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner to co-chair the state Democratic party. The two are expected to assume their...
Desormeaux doubts rookie jockey can pull off Triple Crown
The three-year-old colt, who will be racing for the Triple Crown, could be the 12th horse in history to win the vaunted title with a victory at Belmont Park. But...
Bomb found in Argentina before speech by ex-president of Colombia
BUENOS AIRES --Authorities found a bomb Tuesday at a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was to deliver a speech, a judicial source said. "During an inspection,...
Cuomo, NYRA agree to three-year state takeover of troubled franchise
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders announced an agreement today on a three-year state takeover of the troubled New York Racing Association. Members of the board of NYRA, which...
Socialite's spouse, Andrew Albert, sentenced for web scam
The high-spending husband of beautiful socialite Annie Churchill was hauled off to jail this morning for stealing $590,000 from three of her rich investor pals via his bogus "virtual reality...
Family of alleged Whitey Bulger murder victim helping screenwriter with biopic
BOSTON -- The brother of a woman allegedly murdered by James "Whitey" Bulger is helping a screenwriter with a film about the South Boston mobster. Steven Davis, whose 26-year-old sister...
Deron no closer to decision on Nets future
Deron Williams said he wanted to end the speculation that he has made up his mind. He has not, Williams said over and over. The All-Star point guard who holds...
Pressure builds on Facebook as SEC, FINRA call for review
Two top U.S. financial regulators called for a review of the initial public offering of Facebook last week, putting fresh pressure on the company, its embattled lead underwriter and the...
Nets season in review: Damion James
After foot injuries have cut short the first two seasons of Damion James’ professional career, his future with the Nets is very unclear.James, who played in 25 games in his...
Paris-Charlotte flight diverted to Maine after woman claims to have bomb
BANGOR, Maine -- A US Airways plane traveling from Paris to Charlotte was diverted to Maine Tuesday after a female passenger claimed to have a bomb on board, FOX News...
Salary cap hits upheld for Cowboys, Redskins
ATLANTA -- An NFL official says that an arbitrator has decided to let the league's salary cap reductions against the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins stand. NFL executive vice president...
'Ronald Reagan's blood' auction on UK website sparks outrage
The charitable foundation of late president Ronald Reagan condemned a British auction house for selling a vial that purportedly contains his blood. Bids above $9,500 were made for the specimen...
Casey Anthony faces new court date in defamation suit
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony, the reviled mom who was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter, is back in the public eye -- but not by her choice. After 10...
One dead, 10 hurt in explosion at plant outside Chicago
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — One person was killed and ten injured Tuesday in an explosion at an industrial complex in suburban Chicago. Emergency officials in Arlington Heights, Ill., responded to...
UPDATE: Beware 'successful' talks with Iran
Yesterday we relayed our interview with Ambassador John Bolton and his warning about the "fairydust" Iranians might be throwing into Western negotiators eyes. Today comes an even starker warning from...
No suspensions from Rangers-Devils Game 4 antics
The NHL has decided that no supplementary discipline hearings and no suspensions are warranted from the incidents in Monday night's Devils Game 4 victory over the Rangers in Newark.Among the...
WATCH: Reds fan catches back-to-back homers
The most amazing feat pulled off at a Major League Baseball game Monday night wasn't by a player, it was by a fan who defied astronomical odds to catch not...
Giants' Coughlin not thinking about retirement
Tom Coughlin is not the retiring type.He will be, one day, but that day is not now and not soon."I'm not mentally, not physically, ready [to retire]," the Giants coach...
DVD Extra: John Wayne's Japanese flop, WAC revives 'Forbidden Hollywood' label
Fox, which has mostly chosen to license deep-catalogue debuts to Blu-ray and DVD distributors like the Criterion Collection, Twilight Time and Shout! Factory in recent years, has just issued its first new...
A short list of four for Romney's veep
Republican strategist Ford O’Connell says the Romney campaign isn't rushing the decision about a runningmate. “I think they’re benefiting greatly from this tryout situation that they’re doing. Particularly in these battleground...
FBI: 10 more charged in LIRR pensions case
The FBI said it has arrested 10 more people as part of its months-long investigation into allegations that hundreds of Long Island Rail Road employees faked disabilities so they could...
Powell holds back on endorsing Obama, calls Romney a 'good man'
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who endorsed President Obama in 2008, said Tuesday that he is not yet ready to back the president for re-election because he is also...
Feds set to review JP Morgan trading loss
WASHINGTON -- A US federal council charged with examining systemic financial risks is expected later Tuesday to discuss losses made by JP Morgan Chase of at least $2 billion from...
At least eight people shot, one critically wounded after Thunder oust Lakers
OKLAHOMA CITY -- At least eight people were shot, with one victim in critical condition, in downtown Oklahoma City after the Thunder ousted the Lakers from the NBA playoffs late...
'How Deep Is Your Love' is Robin Gibb's dying wish
LONDON -- Pop legend Robin Gibb made a dying wish for the Bee Gees' classic hit "How Deep Is Your Love" to be the first song played at his funeral....
Jailed hook-handed Muslim preacher changes name to improve image
LONDON -- Hook-handed Abu Hamza, a notorious Islamist facing extradition from the UK to the US, changed his name to try to shake off his hate-preaching past. The jailed rabble-rouser...
US envoy to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker to step down for health reasons
WASHINGTON -- US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker will step down from his post in mid-summer for health reasons, the State Department said Tuesday. There were no details on what...
Grieving dog stays with dead mate for 14 hours by Phoenix roadside
PHOENIX -- A picture of two pit bulls posted on Facebook caused a stir after it emerged that one of the animals lay dead for more than 14 hours on...
Settlement paves way for redevelopment of 19th Century buildings at Brooklyn Bridge Park
After being shot down twice in court, the city yesterday cut a deal that officials expect should finally pave the way for two historic 19th Century building at Brooklyn Bridge...
Second Brooklyn show for Streisand
Barbra Streisand fans rejoice – the legendary songstress yesterday agreed to do a second show this October in her hometown of Brooklyn after tickets for her first-ever borough performance were...
DSK's NYC civil suit to resume June 11
The next hearing in the civil suit filed against Dominique Strauss-Kahn by a Manhattan hotel maid will take place June 11, according to listings from the Bronx County courthouse. Judge...
Travolta sex accusers’ former lawyer sues Gloria Allred, countersuit threatened
LOS ANGELES -- The drama surrounding John Travolta's sexual battery litigation escalated Tuesday after the lawyer who originally represented the "Grease" star's two male accusers sued their new lawyer, Gloria...
Obama, Romney in dead heat over who can fix the economy: poll
WASHINGTON -- Voters cannot split President Obama and Mitt Romney as to who is best to fix the economy. Overall Obama leads Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, by 49 percent...
Raid on Chinatown gambling joint
Authorities arrested 11 people yesterday when a swarm of more than 25 officers – including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents -- stormed a Chinatown gambling den, law enforcement sources...
Out of this world! Private supply ship rockets toward space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. The SpaceX...
Magic need miracle man after axing Van Gundy, Smith
OK, now what? In a move that caught just Jeff Van Gundy unsuspecting, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith became unrestricted free agents yesterday, having been...
Devils beat Rangers to even series; coaches get into screaming match
Hostilities have been declared, and escalated. And how. According to the often-twisted code of hockey, the Devils would have every right to take the Battle of the Hudson into Henrik...
Power plays
3 STARS Zach Parise After not speaking to the media following a 3-0 Game 3 loss on Saturday, Parise had two goals and an assist. He set up Travis Zajac’s...
Tortorella’s tactics can’t rescue Rangers
Maybe this is what John Tortorella meant by gamesmanship, maybe the Rangers’ coach defines that as racing to the front of his team’s bench for an exchange of angry words...
NYSAISAA lacrosse roundup: Fieldston heads to boys title game, Riverdale falls short of finals berth
Jake Schneider’s emergence has made life easier for Fieldston and not so pleasant for its opponents. “Jake Schneider was just ripping them,” Fieldston coach Keith Bergin said. “Jake Schneider was...
NYPost.com Poll: Who should be The Post's All-City softball Player of the Year?
It’s that time of year again, when we here at The Post ask for your help. In the coming weeks, with the playoffs winding down, we will decide our Post...
NYC boys volleyball rankings
It was an incredibly dominant season for Academy of American Studies and it fittingly ended with a PSAL city championship, the first for a boys program in the history for...
CHSAA Class AA baseball playoff preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA baseball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the Class AA playoffs, which begin this week. SCHEDULE TUESDAY, May 22 First round, single elimination No. 15 Farrell...
Hooker probe expands to DEA
The Colombian hooker scandal has spread to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Justice Department inspector general’s office is investigating at least three DEA agents in Cartagena, Columbia, accused of hiring...
Lightning 16s win Hall of Fame Classic crown
Khadeen Carrington took another step toward this weekend toward establishing himself as one of the nation’s top sophomores by leading the New York Lightning to the Basketball Hall of Fame...
On Day 2, Facebook stock does Face-plant, loses 11%
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook could certainly use a friend about now. Investors slammed Zuckerberg’s social networking giant in its second day of trading yesterday, knocking its share price down below the...
Hudson Yards’ Coach grows 25%
Related Cos.’ game-changing, first office tower at Hudson Yards will start to rise with this autumn’s harvest moon — and with more of the 1.7 million-square-foot tower spoken for than...
Business briefs
Gotcha!Robert Kwok, a former Yahoo! exec, and Reema D. Shah, a former mutual fund manager at a unit of Ameriprise Financial pleaded guilty to insider trading, Preet Bharara, US Attorney...
Programs that aren’t on TV, but should be
While a lot of us have been focusing lately on Greek debt, the US economy, the $2 billion screw-up at JPMorgan and Facebook’s not-so-wonderful initial public offering, there was something...
Just knock it off, judge tells Guess
A US judge said Gucci may recover just $4.66 million in its lawsuit accusing apparel retailer Guess of copying its trademarked designs, a small fraction of the more than $120...
Nets, cable: Dish just ain’t right
Network executives and cable companies appear to have found a common enemy: satellite provider Dish Network. Despite a history of feuding with networks over fees to carry their shows, the...
Vuitton tops luxe list
Louis Vuitton, the French maker of handbags, was named the world’s most valuable luxury brand for a seventh consecutive year. The brand, owned by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is...
Verizon deal may boost T-Mobile
Verizon Wireless will need to sell valuable high-speed spectrum in 12 markets to complete a controversial $3.6 billion deal with a Comcast-led group of cable companies, a source close to...
Feds trot out biggies to testify against Gupta
Government prosecutors are wasting no time in bringing out the boldface names to testify against ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta. Lead prosecutor Reed Brodsky told a Manhattan federal judge that...
JPM calls a halt to buybacks
JPMorgan Chase has suspended its share-repurchase program in light of the bank’s $2 billion-plus trading loss because the loss has constrained the bank’s efforts to strengthen its capitalization, CEO Jamie...
Cable Inc. Wi-Fi fix
Comcast is joining with its cable peers to create a nationwide network of Wi-Fi hot spots, helping them fend off competition from phone carriers. Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Bright House...
Saba fund said to surge
Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Management returned about 16 percent this month in a hedge fund that protects clients from market shocks, driven by gains tied to the euro crisis and...
Cornell Googles it
Cornell University’s hunt for a temporary high-tech campus in Manhattan was achieved like so many other searches these days: using Google.Google stepped forward yesterday to donate more than 22,000 square...
Rangel’s Bx. diss
Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell yesterday endorsed Adriano Espaillat to replace Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel in Congress — saying Rangel’s 2010 censure by the House of Representatives makes the incumbent unworthy...
More track shutdowns
The MTA’s FASTRACK program — which shuts down huge subway stretches for overnight repair work — has saved $5 million in the first four months of 2012, officials said yesterday.Now,...
Judge tells Soundview to sue Espada for looted cash
A Bronx judge pulled no punches yesterday as lawyers for the Soundview Healthcare Network looted by ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. came to court looking to squeeze more money out...
Miracle at Niagara Falls
Firefighters perform a daring rescue from an “aerial truck” over Niagara Falls yesterday after a man incredibly survived a plunge of at least 180 feet in an apparent suicide bid....
$$ recovery from aliens
The city plans to collect at least $3.4 million over the next three years from sponsors of immigrants who received thousands of dollars in grants to help them get started...
Teen arrested in Brooklyn blow-dart attacks
The city’s urban jungle got even wilder when two teenage punks became rooftop snipers and targeted a Brooklyn neighborhood over the weekend — with blow darts, authorities said yesterday. Three...
Airport ‘avatar’ landing
She’s not just another pretty face. A female “avatar’’ — in the form of a life-size hologram — will soon begin greeting and guiding people at special kiosks at the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island Maybe it was brain freeze. When two men held up an ice-cream truck at gunpoint Friday, they escaped with $950, cops said. But one was busted two days...
Vics blast B’klyn pervy papa
A deviant dad could be caged for the rest of his life for preying on kids in his Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. Michael Sabo was smacked with a 20-years-to-life...
Grope banker $lapped
An Egyptian banker who apparently was emboldened by Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sexual high jinks with a hotel maid should cough up $350,000 for his own lascivious behavior at a New York...
Subway crime at highest level in 7 years
Subway crime is at its highest level in seven years, according to new statistics from the NYPD. An average of 7.3 major felonies occurred every day in the first quarter...
Broadway big in new arrest
Broadway scion Eric Nederlander is in trouble again — he turned himself in last night for allegedly violating an order of protection obtained by his girlfriend, The Post has learned.Nederlander...
Mama’s boy jailed: son gets up to 41 years in ‘Psycho’ fraud
He’s not going to the Bates Motel. A “Psycho” scammer who dressed up as his dead mom so he could collect her Social Security benefits will instead be checking into...
400G bank heist on LI
Two bank robbers — one in a FedEx uniform, the other in a dapper blazer — made off with $400,000 last night from a Long Island Chase branch, cops said....
‘View’ gun suspect busted
Cops yesterday nailed a second suspect in last month’s shooting of a 25-year-old production assistant on “The View.” Kenneth Brown of Brooklyn was charged with the attempted murder of Lourdes...
Gov wagers against min-rate hike
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo called a hike in the state’s minimum wage a virtual mission impossible in this state legislative election year. “I don’t think it’s possible,” he said yesterday...
'20%' taxi-fare hike eyed
Taxi officials are seriously considering a fare hike — possibly by as early as this summer. The proposed hikes, which would be the first in six years, could be as...
PA is booting ID thief’s security firm
Port Authority brass are booting the big-dollar contractor that employed a Newark Airport security supervisor who worked illegally under a phony identity for two decades, The Post has learned. FJC...
MTA: Thank$, thug-busters
If you see something, say something — and earn a cash reward.Gov. Cuomo yesterday announced a new program that would pay subway, bus and commuter rail riders up to $2,000...
11-year-old investor still waiting for his Facebook shares
Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg will not get a friend request from this 11-year-old any time soon. Fifth-grader Sam Lesser is one of a long line of average-Joe investors who still...
Final Whitney song released
LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston’s last recording — a duet with “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks — was released yesterday ahead of the singers’ upcoming film, “Sparkle.” “Celebrate,” produced by...
Manhattan DA not pulling any punches in charging broker in NYAC brawl
Manhattan prosecutors aren’t cutting any slack for the handsome broker charged with doing the most damage at an unbridled bar brawl at the otherwise stodgy New York Athletic Club. The...
LIRR’s GCT access cost soars $1B
The MTA’s plan to bring the Long Island Rail Road into Grand Central is now nearly $1 billion dollars over budget, officials revealed yesterday. The stunning increase comes after a...
Ho, no! Now DEA agents probed
WASHINGTON — First, the Secret Service. Now, the Drug Enforcement Administration has been hit by a Colombian hooker scandal.The Justice Department inspector general’s office is investigating at least three DEA...
I am two big to fail: fired gal
They sell sexy undies — but for the ultra-religious owners of a Manhattan lingerie company, one curvaceous clerk was too hot to handle. Busty blond Lauren Odes says the Orthodox...
NAACP ‘gay rites’ push
BALTIMORE — NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said yesterday he hopes the group’s support for same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to support marriage equality as a civil right on ballots.“I hope...
Mitt’s small-gov’t push $cores big in NY
Blasting President Obama as a Big Government liberal, Mitt Romney yesterday scooped up more than $10 million in campaign donations in a metro-New York fund-raising blitz.The presumptive Republican challenger put...
Dolan’s suit rips O’Care
WASHINGTON — Timothy Cardinal Dolan helped lead a national charge of lawsuits filed yesterday against the Obama administration for requiring Catholic employers to provide birth-control coverage in health plans. “We...
Dems rip O’s attack on Bain
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday aired yet another TV ad bashing Mitt Romney’s career at the private-equity firm Bain Capital — even as a parade of prominent Democrats balked at...
Mayor slams embattled UFT boss as king of flimsy filings
Mayor Bloomberg took a swipe at the embattled teachers- union chief yesterday — saying the labor leader’s assertion that a lawsuit against him is absurd could just as easily apply...
RFK sibs at Mary’s memorial
The bad blood between relatives of the late Mary Richardson Kennedy and the Kennedy clan was put aside last night as Robert Kennedy Jr.’s brother and sister paid their respects...
Boy shot by mistake
A Brooklyn boy was shot in the leg last night when a man in a shoe store fired two shots at a customer during an argument, sources said.The 12-year-old was...
Wrist slap in Tyler suicide
It was a slap on the wrist for the accused — and a slap in the face to the parents of the fragile teen he tormented. The callous former Rutgers...
The empty tears of moms who didn’t care – when it counted
The mystery haunting dorm rooms and Internet chat rooms populated solely by men, from the Lower East Side to South Jersey, is this: Why wasn’t Tyler Clementi’s mother prosecuted for...
Stop & frisk facts
The demagoguery around the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices has reached a fevered pitch recently, culminating last week in federal Judge Shira Scheindlin’s grandstanding certification of a class-action lawsuit against the department...
The green jobs Obama may destroy
It turns out some “greens jobs” are more equal than others. The Obama Commerce Department last week moved to slap 31 percent tariffs on solar panels imported from China. That...
Justice in Jersey
Judge Glenn Berman predicted that neither side would like the sentence he was about to impose. He was right. But the Middlesex (NJ) Superior Court jurist got the Rutgers spy-cam...
Booker rebuked
He was right the first time. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, that is — before Team Obama tightened the screws and forced him to walk it all back. Appearing on “Meet...
London’s shame
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi — the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in 1988’s Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland — finally succumbed to the cancer that got him an early prison...
No ‘Friend’ to investors: Too much Facebook hype?
The Issue: The trading in Facebook stock after its IPO on the New York Stock Exchangelast Friday. *** If Facebook stock increases in value, wealth could accrue to shareholders (“Zuckers!”...
Bio-Bolstering Obama
The Issue: Revisions made to the White House Web site highlighting President Obama’s accomplishments.***The only things bigger than President Obama injecting himself into previous White House presidential biographies are his...
Post-racial America?
In the most predictable demographic revolution ever, the Census Bureau reported that nonwhite babies now make up a majority of all births. This shift was inevitable as long as the...
Black to the future
For a very belated, obscenely expensive second sequel that perhaps nobody — except accountants at drowning-in-red-ink Sony — was clamoring for, “Men in Black 3” is a reasonably crowd-pleasing and...
’Ellegant
Two magnificent performances of “Giselle” are almost too much of a good thing. American Ballet Theatre’s production has only grown in power and coherence, and in the past week, some...
Born to strum about love
Albums of the Week JOHN MAYER “Born and Raised” ★★★ Since hitting it big with “Your Body Is a Wonderland” off his first album in 2001, John Mayer has become...
Jets' Ellis gets 45 days in jail after plea
Since the Jets drafted him 13 months ago, the specter of criminal charges has hung over Kenrick Ellis’ head. Those charges came to a resolution yesterday. Ellis, 24, entered an...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Pats announce Welker deal The Patriots announced Wes Welker has signed a franchise tender contract. The receiver last week posted on his Twitter account that he inked the $9.5...
NFL union gripes leg-pad mandate
The NFL-NFLPA cold war is now extending even to something as minor as leg pads.In just the latest skirmish between the two sides since the end of the lockout, the...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m; $24,000; cl($10,000); 3upSWEET BERNIE drops in class after making a late bid in turf start at Penn National....
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $46,000; cl($30,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 David the Great(L),122JLeparoux4-3-5RDutrow10-12 Obligingly(L),122JVelazquz3-4-6Pletcher3-13 Iscar(L),122A Smith2-4-7McLaghln6-14 Charlestonian(L),122D Cohen1-11-2Jacobson5-15 Mister Pippit(L),122JCastellan6-1-6C Brown8-16 LayshLyshLysh(L),122RDomingz2-5-4R Dutrow5-27 Summer Share(L),122RNaprvnk3-2-4Bush15-18 Call...
Parx Racing Charts
May 21st, 2012 Rain And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 fur; $17,000; clm($10,000); 3YOOff: 12:29. 8. wide bid, drew awayTime: 23.18, 47.45, 1:.27.Trainer: Cathal LynchScr: Come Sei Bella.HorseWt.PP3/16 Str.FinJockeyOddsBe the...
Belmont prices rising with Triple Crown possibility
Anyone who wants to attend the 144th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 9, when I’ll Have Another bids for the Triple Crown, can walk up the day of the race...
Affrunti’s Finger Lakes Grade
FIRST-6f; $9,000; cl($4,500); 3up; (f&m)4-Carmella Cee 6-51-Knwnwthsstre10-15-Drthy'sEssense8-52-RunawayDunne5-13-Seattle Juliette 6-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $10,200; mdn cl($7,500); 3up2-Sunlake 4-14-PekedPerfrme10-15-Doing Without 5-26-Grand Rapture 8-11-FrankieScissors2-17-Ziggy 6-13-Casper 6-1THIRD-6f; $22,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up4-Smokin Candy 5-21-Final Stride 6-12-Dave's...
Desormeaux off Belmont mount after refusing Breathalyzer
Hall-of-Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, who was taken off his mounts Friday at Belmont Park for refusing to take a mandatory Breathalyzer test — which cost him the ride on Tiger...
The Post Line
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It’s Beachy time for Hondo
The Marlins were flat out fin-tastic against the Rockies last night, rallying heroically for Hondo to reduce the runaway deficit to 1,535 kluszewskis. Tonight, Mr. Aitch expects Beachy to be...
Home Team Lineups
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Thunder finish off Lakers in five games
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ramon Sessions did the best he could to keep Russell Westbrook from making a high-flying dunk that would energize the Oklahoma City Thunder. No matter. Even with...
D’Antoni says leaving Knicks was ‘inevitable’
With Mike Woodson on the verge of officially having his “interim’’ tag removed as coach of the Knicks, his predecessor, Mike D’Antoni broke his two-month silence. D’Antoni said he was...
Woodson's new Knicks deal coming this week: source
The Knicks are expected to announce Mike Woodson’s new contract as coach sometime “this week,” according to a source familiar with the situation. Lawyers began hammering out details on the...
Draft bust Morrison hoping for chance with Nets
Adam Morrison knows how hard it is going to be to shake the label: bust. But he longs for the chance. “I understand I’m never going to shake being a...
Sloppy Mets blow 4-0 lead against Pirates
PITTSBURGH — Just the absolute Pitts. Between Johan Santana flushing a four-run lead to the punchless Pirates and his teammates failing to execute a fundamental — communication on a fly...
Mets pitching coach says Niese has to ‘study’ more
PITTSBURGH — Jon Niese needs to pay a little more attention to his homework before facing an unfamiliar opponent. That is the conclusion the Mets have reached in trying to...
Clemens’ accuser gets to give names
WASHINGTON — Brian McNamee finally got to name names in front of the jury. Andy Pettitte. Chuck Knoblauch. Mike Stanton. Roger Clemens’ accuser also apologized for the medical condition that...
Ike losing grip on Mets' first base job
PITTSBURGH — Ike Davis’ grip on the Mets’ first-base job continues to weaken. After saying as recently as Friday that Davis wasn’t a candidate to platoon at the position, manager...
Yankees' Gardner likely to start workouts this week
Brett Gardner, last week in Baltimore, joked he would be back after the All-Star break in July. While that would be a bad deal for the Yankees, nobody knows for...
Yankees shutout by Royals, fall into last place tie
Even a steady rain couldn’t wash away the boos that poured from the Yankee Stadium seats last night. Early in a 6-0 loss to the lowly Royals the denizens booed...
Batting seventh, Teixeira goes 1-for-4 in return to Yankees lineup
Mark Teixeira hadn’t started a game batting seventh in the lineup since 2003 — as a rookie with the Rangers — until last night. That’s what a season-long slump and...
Nothing doing for awful Yankees
Your number of the day at Yankee Stadium was zero. Zero runs for the home team. Zero hits with runners in scoring position. Zero games above .500. Zero games out...
Devils' Parise bounces back with big game
Zach Parise said he didn’t meet with the media after Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the Rangers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals because he would have said something...
Familiar spot for Rangers, but Devils will be toughest challenge
By now, at this hour, the Rangers have undoubtedly awoken, man by man, they’ve, shaken off the weary fog of postgame slumber, they’ve already recognized a most familiar status report:...
Rangers turned to Eminger, Bickel with Prust suspended
With Rangers winger Brandon Prust serving a one-game suspension last night in the team’s 4-1 loss to the Devils in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, both Stu Bickel...
Rangers' Del Zotto shaky following grandmother's death
On the grand stage of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, in front of an energized Devils fan base at the Prudential Center in Newark last night, Rangers defenseman...
Rangers coach ‘very optimistic’ about 3-for-all
The Rangers have not played their best hockey in Newark, and the worst of it came last night when they lost to the Devils, 4-1, in Game 4 of the...
Starr Report
Allow me to harken back to some Nixon-Era verbiage: Are you (expletive deleted) kidding me? Listen, I love “Breaking Bad.” It’s my favorite show on TV, bar none. But do...
Hip to be ‘square’
The game is old, but remixing what already exists into something fresh and exciting is the very basis of hip-hop. Tonight at 11 on MTV2, “Hip Hop Squares” hijacks the...
MTV pulls the plug on virgin show
The network that brought “Jersey Shore” and “Teen Mom” to TV screens was prepping to lower the bar a little bit more, by posting a casting notice seeking people 18...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYJIMMY FALLON, PAULA DEEN, YOUNG THE GIANT - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4JIMMY FALLON, KRIS ALLEN - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7LISA RAY MCCOY, CHARITY SHEA, DENISE VASI...
More ‘SNL’ exits?
Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis are leaving “Saturday Night Live.” Maybe. While it’s widely believed that both “SNL” vets are goners from the show, NBC officials aren’t commenting, and neither...
Heartbreaker
'America’s Got Talent” broke the heart of Amir Palmer — the 7-year-old rapper who was reduced to tears last night by judge Howard Stern. Twice. Amir left the show’s New...
Mixing it up
Electronic dance music is, no doubt, an international phenomenon. Last year’s Electric Zoo festival at Randall’s Island Park, for example, brought in 85,000 attendees including visitors from all 50 states...
Vegas goes Electric
Was Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) New York not enough for you this past weekend? Can’t wait until Electric Zoo for your next DJ festival fix? Las Vegas, where we recently...
Weird but true
Weird but True is happy to announce the winner of our first annual “Worst Law Enforcement Pun of the Year’’ contest. Seattle cops are looking for the vandal who smashed...
Home-cooked Hamptons
Much like her husband’s iconic all-American fashions, Ricky Lauren’s entertaining philosophy effortlessly dovetails with the relaxed mood of a Hamptons summer. “It’s very casual, very easy,” Lauren tells The Post....
Brodeur, Devils show some fight in 4-1 Game 4 win
NEWARK, N.J. — The Eastern Conference Finals between the rival New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils finally got ugly — real ugly. Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur was sucker punched...
B'klyn man killed in hit & run
A 34-year-old man was killed in Brooklyn this evening in a hit-and-run accident, cops said. Witnesses told investigators that the man was jaywalking as he crossed at 72nd street and...
Cop-killer Dexter Bostic called 'Grim Reaper' at trial
A Brooklyn man today took the stand to describe the thug who allegedly shot him — and would go on to kill a cop a day later — as the...
Mary Kennedy's life celebrated at memorial
The bad blood between relatives of Mary Richardson Kennedy and the Kennedy clan were put aside this evening — as Robert Kennedy’s brother and sister paid their respects at a...