June 26, 2013
Delta passengers sickened en route to Kennedy Airport
Passengers on board a flight from Istanbul were sickened by the food shortly before landing Kennedy Airport today. A medical team met the Delta flight at the gate, where several...
Mets’ Marcum blanks White Sox to pick up first win of season
CHICAGO — For a night, Jupiter and Mars aligned, allowing Shaun Marcum to receive credit for an honest night’s work. After nine straight losses to start the season, the veteran...
Grief-stricken granny recalls last day with 4-year-old before fatal accident: 'That morning I fixed her hair'
The tearful grandmother of a 4-year-old girl killed by an unlicensed teen driver who was fleeing cops said she was “devastated” as she was taken home today after three weeks...
Pettitte, Joba struggle as Yankees fall to Rangers
Joba Chamberlain arrived in the big leagues six years ago and instantly became a Bronx idol. Today, thanks to a myriad of developments — some of his doing and others...
Lover comes to defense of gal who shot him in head ... And she beats attempted murder rap
She dodged a bullet. The Queens woman who shot her older boyfriend in the face — and then had him testify in her defense with the bullet still lodged near...
Ackerman the perfect fit as commish of new Big East
On paper, Val Ackerman is a perfect fit as the new commissioner of the new Big East. She presided over the launch of the WNBA, so she has steered and...
Standout from Jets 1969 Super Bowl win dead at age 70
Jim Hudson, who played safety on the Jets 1969 Super Bowl championship team, died Tuesday of traumatic dementia encephalopathy at age 70, according to the Austin American-Statesman.Hudson played for the...
Mayor's race in dead heat among top 3 candidates: poll
The mayor’s race – once Christine Quinn’s to lose – has turned into a virtual dead heat among the top three contenders, according to a poll released today. After leading...
UFC women's fighter Tate to bare all in ESPN's 'The Body Issue'
Miesha Tate criticized Ronda Rousey for posing “artistically nude” in last year’s ESPN the Magazine’s “The Body Issue.” Evidently, the UFC women’s No. 1 contender had a change of heart.Tate...
Gov. Perry demands second session to revive abortion bill that died following one-woman filibuster
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called a second special session of the Texas Legislature to pass widespread abortion restrictions across the nation's second-largest state, after the first attempt...
Police unions say they'll yank support for any City Council pols who back 'bias profiling' bill
The NYPD detectives and captains unions today threatened to revoke their endorsements of any City Council members who support the “bias profiling” bill up for a vote tonight. “Any legislator...
A look back at Knicks first-round picks over the last decade
Here’s a breakdown of each of the players the Knicks took in the first round of the draft over the last decade.2012: No first-round pick2011: No. 17 Iman Shumpert SG...
Terrorists to ditch Skype and YouTube after leaks reveal NSA surveillance tactics
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to salvage their surveillance of al Qaeda and other terrorists who are working frantically to change how they communicate after a National Security...
MARS ATTACKS! Ack! Ack! More Left 4 Dead 2 with mods (VIDEO)
ACK ACK ACK!Before Tim Burton got his EVERYTHING MUST BE TIM BURTON'D paws on it, Mars Attacks was a wildly-inappropriate trading card series from Topps, debuting in 1962. The guy...
Un-Fair: Bandit bunch toting stun gun cane robs Fairway market, attack employees
Three bandits brandishing two guns and a stun gun cane brazenly robbed the trendy Fairway supermarket on the Upper East Side while savagely attacking five employees, The Post has learned....
This week's calendar, June 27 to July 3
Friday, June 28 Cocktails & Conversations Cocktails & Conversations pairs an architect and a critic, journalist, or curator along with a Friday night cocktail. This event will feature landscape architect...
The top celebs husbands and wives want 'hall passes' with are...
Jessica Alba and Channing Tatum are two of the most attractive actors in Hollywood, so it comes as no surprise that they are the top celebs husbands and wives want...
Nets' Deron shoves boy wearing Knicks jersey to the ground in Instagram video
Deron Williams made a funny entrance into the new world of Instagram videos Tuesday.Williams, who turned 29 on Wednesday, opens the video saying, "You see this Knick fan over here,...
A look back at Nets first-round picks over the last decade
Here’s a breakdown of each of the players the Nets left the draft with over the past 10 years, and where they played this past season:2012 No. 41: Tyshawn Taylor...
Federer, Sharapova among the upsets on stunning day at Wimbledon
LONDON — Seven-time champion Roger Federer was stunned by 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, his earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament in 10...
Wizard World returns: A con for the summertime
As noted earlier this week, Wizard World is returning to New York City after a significant absence.Comic conventions have a long and circuitous history in our fine metropolis but that’s...
Trayvon's chilling last phone call: 'What are you following me for?'
SANFORD, Fla. — A friend who was on the phone with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin moments before he was fatally shot by George Zimmerman testified that she heard the Miami teen...
'Finally:' New Jersey's Truex feels relief after breaking 218-race losing streak
When you lose 218 races in a row you may just want to give up on racing, right? Not Martin Truex, Jr., who finally was able to get his first...
Young victim of perv teach: 'I cried because he hurt me so much'
The brave nine-year-old victim of a perverted Harlem teacher read a heart-wrenching statement at her abuser’s sentencing in Manhattan Supreme Court today. "The last time he touched me I cried...
Red Bulls could shift Holgerson to right back
After coughing up nine goals in their last three games – all losses – the Red Bulls need to shore up their defense. One possible answer could be shuffling their...
Yankees' Teixeira will have surgery, done for season
Mark Teixeira is headed for season-ending surgery to repair his right wrist, the slugger confirmed on Wednesday. He will have the procedure on his wrist early next week and the...
Dep. of Corrections honcho allegedly ordered brutal Rikers Island beating; inmate left with facial fractures, broken teeth and injuries to his testicles: authorities
A high-ranking Department of Correction official ordered the brutal beating of a Rikers Island inmate for giving him a dirty look, authorities alleged today. Eliseo Perez Jr., who resigned as...
Thug gets 25-to-life for killing HS hoops star and boasting 'Ville up hoe' on Facebook
A young thug was sent silent and sullen to prison today for the random Harlem murder of high school basketball star Tayshana "Chicken" Murphy -- instead, his vile Facebook posting...
Unnamed Mideast buyer offers $2.1B for Empire State Building
An unnamed Middle Eastern buyer working with two local families has jumped into a high-stakes bidding fray by making an unsolicited offer of $2.1 billion for the Empire State Building....
Hardcore punkers Cro-Mags sue ex-bassist after bloody brawl at Webster Hall
Sid Vicious must be rolling in his grave. Members of a Manhattan hard-core punk band are suing their own founding bass player over a bloody backstage brawl at Webster Hall...
JETS TOP 25: No. 20 Stephen Hill
As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players on the Jets roster. Each weekday we will...
K-9 cop gets standing ovation after leaving hospital
NYPD crime-fighting dog Bear received a walkout ceremony today as he was discharged from a hospital after being injured in the line of duty. The city's top cop, Ray Kelly,...
What I’m Reading: Spider-Man’s Dan Slott
There are a ton of sites out there that review comics, God bless ‘em. That’s their thing and that’s cool. We even occasionally do it ourselves. But what I really...
The five most head-turning quotes in Yankees history
Brian Cashman’s priceless response to Alex Rodriguez’s tweet about being ready to play in games joins a litany of great Yankees quotes, as written by Mike Vaccaro. The Yankees have...
3 women in Ohio home horror kidnap case want quick resolution; Ariel Castro set to undergo evaluation
CLEVELAND — A man charged with holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for over a decade will undergo an evaluation to determine if he is mentally competent to...
Bronx teacher busted for allegedly having sex with student, 16, after victim's sister found emails
A Bronx teacher was busted for having sex with a 16-year-old student, police said. Brian Kearins, 33, Music teacher at Herbert H. Lehman High School in Westchester Village, was arrested...
Two NJ children fall from window
NORTH BERGEN, NJ — Two children are hospitalized after they fell from a second-floor window in their northern New Jersey apartment building. The 5-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were...
US botched Hong Kong grab for NSA leaker by getting Snowden's middle name wrong as all eyes on Moscow airport for peek of spy
US authorities botched admitted spy leaker Edward Snowden's middle name, allowing him to flee Hong Kong and avoid arrest there, officials in the former British colony said. The former National...
Red Bulls bring Ibrahim Sekagya on trial from Salzburg sister club
The Red Bulls have brought in another trialist today, and this one is already part of the family. Defender Ibrahim Sekagya, who has captained the Ugandan National Team, just finished...
LI teen faces 30 years in prison for trying to join al Qaeda in Yemen to wage war on American forces
A Long Island teenager faces up to 30 years in prison for attempting to join a Yemeni branch of al Qaeda so he could wage acts of violence against American...
Former WNBA president Ackerman named Big East commissioner
The newly reconstituted Big East Conference hired former WNBA president Val Ackerman, a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, as its commissioner Wednesday. Ackerman, 53, was the founding...
Elderly man killed by city bus in Manhattan
An elderly man was killed by a city bus in Manhattan this morning, police said. The 80-year-old was struck by an M101 bus heading downtown on Third Avenue while crossing...
Browns release rookie charged with attempted murder
The Cleveland Browns have released a rookie who is charged with attempted murder for allegedly punching a man outside a club in northern New Jersey. Ausar Walcott turned himself in...
Devastated father says drowned Bklyn. teen OK'd to enter water from school chaperone but permission slip did not mention swimming
The Brooklyn teen who drowned on a trip to Bear Mountain was allowed to jump in the water by a chaperone, his grieving father was told, even though the permission...
Sharapova stunned by qualifier at Wimbledon
LONDON — Maria Sharapova has been knocked out of Wimbledon by a 131st-ranked qualifier on a day when injuries forced the withdrawal of seven other players. The third-seeded Sharapova, the...
Boy, 12, sexually assaulted while shopping with his grandmother after being lured by man into bathroom stall at South Street Seaport
A 12-year-old boy was sexually assaulted yesterday while shopping with his grandmother at the South Street Seaport, police said. The boy walked into the men’s room on the second floor...
Woman beaten to death with hammer inside Bronx apartment
A woman was beaten to death with a hammer inside of her Bronx apartment, a law enforcement source said. Police showed up to the woman’s Perry Avenue building in Norwood...
Newark’s Star-Ledger threatens to close unless unions agree to concessions
Faced with mounting losses, the Star Ledger in Newark — New Jersey’s largest daily paper — is threatening to shut down at the end of the year unless it wins...
Hardaway Jr. dealing with inevitable comparisons to his father heading into draft
Being the son of an NBA player isn’t always the easiest path for a kid growing up with hopes of following in his father’s footsteps.Just ask Tim Hardaway, Jr., who...
Azarenka, Isner among five to pull out of Wimbledon with injuries
LONDON -- Injuries knocked five players out of Wimbledon on Wednesday - with second-seeded Victoria Azarenka joining the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American...
Agent: Giants need to get 'creative' to land Leach
The Giants still have a slim chance of landing Vonta Leach but in order to sign the hard-blocking fullback they will have to be “creative’’ in the way they structure...
Jesus walks: New app lets users see historic Israeli sites as they were in Biblical time
Want to see what Jesus saw? There's an app for that. A team of entrepreneurs, tech innovators and archeologists have teamed up to create Architip, an augmented-reality program that brings...
Ask the Retailer: Sneaking a peek
Every Wednesday, retailers answer the burning questions from the front lines of the comics world. This week:What book do you sneak a peek at as soon as it arrives? Ted...
Batman and Superman: Together again for the first time
Today marks the latest DC foray into the likely, yet unlikely, partnership of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel.“Batman Superman” No. 1 is out today and it promises...
IRS employees used company credit cards to buy close to $500,000 in wine, internet porn, diet pills and more
WASHINGTON — Poor oversight by the Internal Revenue Service allowed workers to use agency credit cards to buy wine for an expensive luncheon, dorky swag for managers' meetings and, for...
Courier: 'It's Murray's time' at Wimbledon
Davis Cup captain Jim Courier said he believes Rafael Nadal’s knee could be a concern heading into the U.S. Open after his stunning first-round flop and picked Brit Andy Murray...
Texas Sen. Wendy Davis blocks anti-abortion bill with help from 'people's filibuster' as hundreds of protesters mob statehouse, force Texas Senate to miss midnight deadline
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of jeering protesters helped stop Texas lawmakers from passing one of the toughest abortion measures in the country, shouting down Senate Republicans and forcing them to...
Yankees' GM Cashman says he regrets cursing; A-Rod releases statement saying controversial tweet came from 'pure excitement'
Alex Rodriguez refuses to shut the [expletive] up and Brian Cashman is sorry for suggesting it in the first place.Hours after Cashman, the Yankees GM, publicly called out the third...
Supreme Court strikes down part of DOMA 5-4, legally married same-sex couples should get federal benefits; Court punts on Prop 8
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples while also clearing the way for same-sex marriage in...
Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich — pardoned by Clinton in tax evasion case — dead at 78
Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over the then-biggest tax evasion case in US history and busting sanctions with Iran, died on...
Wheeler, A-Rod and Cano
Greetings from Chicago, where it is currently raining and has a chance of doing so through the day. It could be a long night at U.S. Cellular Field, as the...
Aaron Hernandez charged with murder in alleged slay of pal after body found near NFLer's home
Prosecutors charged NFL star Aaron Hernandez with murder this afternoon for the alleged "execution" of a drinking pal who was found dead near the tight end’s home. Hernandez woke up...
WATCH: Paula Deen's 'Today' appearance ends in tears, says she wouldn't have fired herself
A blubbering Paula Deen went on national TV this morning and insisted she’s not a deep-fried bigot The celebrity chef dissolved into tears on NBC’s "Today" show, trying to explain...
Clues point to GWB leap
The NYPD Harbor Unit was searching for a person who may have jumped from the George Washington Bridge after a tipster spotted a cellphone and some clothes abandoned on the...
Mets rookie Wheeler can’t escape damage in bizarre loss to White Sox
CHICAGO — Zack Wheeler’s visit to the South Side of Chicago last night, to paraphrase the late Jim Croce, ended with him resembling a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of...
Mets' Wheeler looks like Yankees' Hughes in second start
CHICAGO — This probably isn’t a very nice thing to say, but there’s no doubt which New York right-hander Zack Wheeler evoked last night, in the second start of his...
Mets may set it up for Harvey to get All-Star start
CHICAGO — If Matt Harvey is going to represent his franchise in the All-Star Game, potentially as the National League’s starting pitcher, the Mets might have to adjust their pitching...
Ahhh, sweet heat!
A youngster sprays away the 90-plus degree heat yesterday at a Lower East Side sprinkler. Temperatures are expected to go as high as 93 today, with some REAL showers.
Puig’s instant fame, success warrant spot in All-Star Game at Citi Field
Of course, Yasiel Puig should be an All-Star. Because if you are going to sell your soul for TV ratings — which is what MLB did when it tied home-field...
Cashman's tirade a response to entire A-Rod melodrama surrounding Yankees
And here we go. Again. At the top, let’s try to be fair about something. There are exactly 1,200 men who occupy slots on 40-man rosters across major league baseball....
An F-bomb for A-Rod! Yankees GM Cashman curses out Alex over injury tweet
Even from Tampa, Alex Rodriguez has figured out a way to anger the Yankees. While the Yankees have repeatedly said the third baseman has not been cleared to begin a...
Business briefs
S&P reboundStocks rose yesterday as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rebounded from a nine-week low after durable-good orders and home sales beat forecasts and consumer confidence climbed.Cigs get OKThe...
Good night, nook: B&N shares plunge 17% after tablet choked
Barnes & Noble Chairman Len Riggio has another reason to mourn his exit of the tablet business: Nemesis Ron Burkle was right. B&N said yesterday it will stop manufacturing its...
Men's Wearhouse frontman George Zimmer was 'terminated' over his push to sell suit retailer and saddle firm with mounds of debt, board feared
You’re gonna like the way you look in padded shoulders — when they’re padded with debt, that is. Men’s Wearhouse said Chairman George Zimmer was “terminated” last week partly because...
Gawker’s boss seeking a pound of Flesh(bot)
Gawker Media boss Nick Denton is feuding with former employee and editor Noa Gottlieb — who bought the porn site, Fleshbot, from Denton a year ago and who Denton says...
Sun Valley mogulfest invitations show Allen & Co. is going through a big change
Allen & Co., one of the best-known dealmakers on Wall Street, appears to be going through an evolutionary change, if the invitation list to its upcoming mogulfest is any indication....
Pandora zooming
Pandora Media, the biggest online radio service, said the number of US listeners in cars topped 2.5 million, a milestone in its effort to win customers from traditional stations. The...
Founders cash in on Snapchat
Snapchat founders are a picture of instant wealth.Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, who started the self-deleting, photo-sharing app two years ago, are both $10 million richer after selling shares during...
The kid rides again: Twinkie beats rivals to shelves
Twinkie’s rivals sure missed a sweet opportunity. After a six-month absence from store shelves, the iconic cream-filled sponge cake will return next month — beating out bakery competitors that were...
Warren is winning in ResCap report flap
It appears Warren Buffett is going to get his way. The world’s most famous investor, who has been pushing since May to unseal a ResCap examiner’s report, appears just hours...
Senators plot demise of Fannie, Freddie
A gang of senators yesterday sought to breathe new life into a plan to kill taxpayer-funded mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and replace them with a new...
Carnival CEO walks the plank
Carnival Corp. said yesterday that Micky Arison will step down as chief executive officer after 34 years — but remain chairman. The 63-year-old Arison, Carnival’s largest shareholder, will hand the...
‘Sprint’ing for $21B
Sprint Nextel shareholders have approved a $21.6 billion deal with Tokyo-based SoftBank, agreeing to give it control of the third-largest US wireless carrier. SoftBank still requires a nod from the...
Sephora’s Brooklyn foundation store
Sephora will finally get to make over Brooklyn. The cosmetics chain will be the anchor for what is becoming a women’s power center at the base of the borough’s Municipal...
Bloomberg to urge Cuomo to veto bill to allow sparkler sales outside of NYC over terror target fears
It could spark terrorism! Mayor Bloomberg will urge Gov. Cuomo to veto legislation that would legalize the sale of sparklers outside New York City, arguing that terrorists could resort to...
Row over ‘rape’: Expelled student sues Vassar College after he claims he was booted over allegedly false rape accusation by team member
A former Vassar College student who claims he lost his virginity to a fellow member of the rowing team sued the school yesterday for giving him the boot after she...
Cabby slasher gets 9 years
A former School of Visual Arts student who slashed a Muslim taxi driver in the neck while shouting, “This is your checkpoint, motherf--ker!”was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday,...
Top LI cop probed
The FBI is investigating allegations that a Long Island police chief may have abused a man suspected of stealing his gun belt, ammunition and handcuffs from his vehicle, law-enforcement sources...
Finally, it’s bums away
‘We can always count on the Americans to do the right thing,” Winston Churchill reportedly said, “after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.” He could have been talking about...
Bid to ban boss Facebook spying
Employers be warned: “Friending” job applicants on Facebook could soon be against the law locally. The City Council is considering a bill that would bar bosses from requiring that job...
EMT who 'giggled' as pregnant woman died skates on charges
The Brooklyn EMT who, while on a break, refused to directly aid a dying pregnant woman was cleared yesterday when official-misconduct charges were dropped — then callously insisted she wouldn’t...
Dem Markey wins Kerry seat
Veteran US Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts last night won the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry and helped Democrats maintain their majority in the chamber.Markey claimed victory in a...
Council $lash at Vito group
Vito Lopez is losing juice in the City Council.The massive nonprofit controlled by the infamous ex-assemblyman, who recently resigned in a sexual-harassment scandal, took a major hit from his council...
Trayvon horror: Dad leaves courtroom when graphic photos of slain son are shown
Trayvon Martin’s father walked out of a tense Florida courtroom yesterday as graphic photos of his slain son, including close-ups of his fatal wound, were shown to jurors. Tracy Martin,...
ESPN’er babbles to grads
You won’t see this highlight on “SportsCenter.”ESPN’s catchphrase king, Chris Berman, gave a rumblin’, bumblin’, stumblin’ commencement speech last week.According to graduates and guests at Connecticut’s Greenwich HS, Berman rambled...
Bad-boy Brown in ‘hit & run’
Hotheaded singer Chris Brown found himself in more trouble yesterday when he was charged with a hit-and-run and driving without a license for an accident last month in Los Angeles....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A career criminal who escaped from police custody Saturday was caught yesterday in Harlem by the Manhattan warrant squad — just four blocks from where he ran off....
‘Ruff’ian hunted in Long Island dog abuse: Heartless thug tossed puppy from speeding car after using him as dogfighting bait
A heartless criminal tossed an adorable puppy from a speeding car after using him as bait in a dogfight, and now animal-rights activists are offering a reward to capture the...
Kidnap bio banned: Convicted 'fire fiend' perv Peter Braunstein not allowed to read autobiography by onetime sex slave Jaycee Dugard
Maybe he should try “Harry Potter.” Jailed “fire fiend” Peter Braunstein is burning mad that prison officials won’t let him read kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard’s 2011 autobiography, “A Stolen Life,”...
Violence soars as mercury rises: Two dead, five wounded in city shootings
It was a hot time in the city last night, as bullets flew all over town, leaving two dead and five seriously wounded, cops said. As temperatures hit the 90s,...
Jay-Z is ready to ‘jam’ Midtown with surprise Times Square concert
Jay-Z is planning a surprise concert atop the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater next month that will turn rush-hour Times Square into a gigantic street party, sources told The...
Weiner rises to top in poll among Democrats in NYC mayor's race
Anthony Weiner has gone from rock bottom to the top of the heap — and now leads the Democratic mayoral field, according to a poll released last night. The disgraced...
Hazard a bet on traitor!
Is Edward Snowden’s fate a hot topic? Bet on it.Britain’s legal betting pools report swift business on where the renegade NSA leaker will end up — with the odds varying...
Hong Kong visa break
Hong Kong may have stiffed the United States in the fight for Edward Snowden, but it’s about to be rewarded by Washington.Deep in the 1,076-page immigration-reform bill that is poised...
That swine! Putin wants O to squeal like a pig over spy, calls NSA leaker 'a free person'
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday told President Obama to take a flying leap by refusing to turn over spy-secrets leaker Edward Snowden — who for a third day...
Keystone OK hinges on enviro: prez
WASHINGTON — President Obama weighed in for the first time yesterday on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas, saying it should be approved only if it won’t...
Dem sorry for being judge-mental
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Democratic legislator from Minnesota apologized yesterday for a tweet he sent that referred to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as “Uncle Thomas” following a ruling...
Supreme Court benches Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Supreme Court yesterday halted enforcement of the federal government’s most potent tool to stop voting discrimination over the past half-century, saying it does not reflect...
4 held in slay of DEA agent
BOGOTA, Colombia — Four men have been arrested in the slaying of an American anti-drug agent, officials said yesterday. The four are members of a gang that specializes in robberies,...
Feds believe $1.2M heist from Swiss air shipment may be inside job
Authorities believe the stunning theft of $1.2 million in cash from a Swiss airlines flight was an inside job that happened at JFK — not Zurich — and plan to...
Am. Cup upstarts’ court win
An upstart group of black sailors should have the opportunity to compete against billionaire Larry Ellison’s all-white team for a chance to represent the United States in the America’s Cup...
Broadway big sues over apt. redo
He’s produced smash Broadway hits like “Lucky Guy” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” but renovations at his Manhattan pied-a-terre were a big flop. Scott Zeilinger — whose credits...
Drown teen ‘off-limits’: School investigators probe death of student on field trip, Walcott claims there was 'appropriate' supervision
Schools investigators are probing the drowning of a Brooklyn student during a field trip at upstate Bear Mountain State Park. Chancellor Dennis Walcott yesterday claimed there was an “appropriate ratio”...
Tub-slay jury looks evidence in the eye
The giant image of beautiful Sylvie Cachay's right eye looked out ominously over her accused killer’s trial from a large courtroom screen yesterday — an eerie moment as damning autopsy...
Corzine in feds’ $ights
Investors who got bilked out of their savings by the collapse of MF Global are cheering reports that the federal regulators are on the verge of suing former CEO Jon...
Actor in car crash
MOSCOW — French actor Gerard Depardieu was involved in a car accident in Moscow yesterday when a taxi rammed into a Mercedes carrying him in his adopted homeland of Russia,...
Bellevue nut makes a splash
NYPD divers (above) plucked a deranged homeless man from the East River yesterday after he jumped in — to avoid a psychiatric evaluation at Bellevue Hospital, authorities said. The 29-year-old...
Picture more crime: Kelly warns council profiling bill could lead to ban of security cameras and rise in crime
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned the City Council yesterday that the anti-racial-profiling bill it’s set to vote on today could force the removal of security cameras from high-crime neighborhoods. Kelly...
Jeb: Go frack!
Potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush blasted Gov. Cuomo last night for failing to approve fracking to boost New York’s upstate economy. Bush, a featured speaker at the state...
Supremes’ quiet hit on ObamaCare
This week’s Supreme Court rulings on issues from same-sex marriage to racial quotas to the Voting Rights Act are dominating headlines. But its decision last Thursday limiting the conditions the...
NY pols vs. . . . NY
The Supreme Court’s decision striking down a core of the Voting Rights Act was, among other things, a defeat for Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and state Attorney...
Obama’s Berlin Blues: A Not-So-Happy Return
The Issue: President Obama’s recent trip to Europe, where he gave speeches in Germany and Ireland. *** President Obama’s “second coming” to Berlin appears to have proven an embarassment to...
Jailing an aged crook
The Issue: A jail term given to Anthony Marshall, who was found guilty of robbing his mother, Brooke Astor. *** Anthony Marshall is suffering from many ailments. He has congestive...
We have overcome
Good for the Supreme Court for recognizing something Congress has long refused to acknowledge: America is not the same country it was back in the days of civil-rights marches and...
Two bad votes
As early as today, the City Council will vote on two bad bills that threaten the ability of our police force to do its job. It says something about where...
One man’s trash
Want to know how crazy New York is? Two city garbagemen were fined $2,000 and retired from the Sanitation Department to avoid disciplinary charges for the high crime of accepting...
‘Healthy’ Democrats
If you have to keep it a secret, you probably shouldn’t be doing it. California is trying to keep secret how it spends $910 million in federal taxpayer money granted...
Memo to wannabes: The city’s out of cash
‘We’ve done all we can to manage the city’s finances in the most responsible manner possible,” Mayor Bloomberg said Sunday night in his final budget speech. If so, we’re all...
Ice Factory Festival kicks off with cutting-edge collaborations
When the Ice Factory Festival opens its 20th season tonight, no one will be happier than Robert Lyons, its artistic director: That’s because he’ll finally get to see the shows....
A Liberace musical may follow 'Behind the Candelabra'
Hbo scored one of its highest ratings ever with “Behind the Candelabra,” the compelling — and creepy — movie about Liberace and his boy toy, Scott Thorson. Now I’m hearing...
Channing Tatum, the new King of Hollywood
1. He knows how to pick ’em. Unlike most of his 30-something, muscled brethren, Tatum has resisted selling out with a superhero franchise. He even reportedly had it put into...
'White House Down' puts the fun into Washington dysfunction
You couldn’t ask for a more fun summer popcorn movie than “White House Down.” The buddy action-comedy teams the ever-ingratiating Channing Tatum, as a hunky, off-duty DC cop, with Jamie...
Lewis hopes steady approach leads to her 1st U.S. Women's Open
SOUTHAMPTON — Stacy Lewis has had quite a couple of years. Since April 3, 2011, Lewis has won seven LPGA events, including her first career major championship, and spent some...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Jones-Drew won’t be charged in bar fight Maurice Jones-Drew, who had been accused of punching a bouncer last month at a restaurant/bar in St. Augustine, Fla., will not be...
Yankee Stadium: FBS title site?
There was a lot of snickering among college football insiders when it was announced Yankee Stadium was going to play host to a bowl game — in December no less....
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 mile; $29,000; clm($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 North Ocean(L),122 JRosari 1-9-4 2-5 2 Reaganomics(L)122 DCohn 2-2-6 4-1...
Monticello grade
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. Best Bet: Tom Riddle (4th) FIRST: Mile pace; $2500; claiming 4 Badlands andArt (JTaggart) 4-4-3 5-2 1 FourStarzPpPp (KDbenedett) 3-3-5 3-1 2 Beal Hanover (JPrimeau) 7-8-4...
Hondo triple dipping
Hondo went double-draino last night as the Metamucils and Rockies failed their assignments, moving his deficit below the Hondoza Line at 570 nahorodnys.Tonight, Mr. Aitch will give thanks to Danks...
After Rangers ouster, Tortorella vows to change ways with Canucks
One might say John Tortorella doth protest too much, if one were so inclined. On the day Tortorella was introduced as the new coach of the Canucks, the former Rangers...
NHL trips up buyouts
The NHL on Monday moved to close a loophole left in the allegedly airtight collective bargaining agreement by notifying general managers the league would deem re-signing a player following a...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball4 p.m.Rockies at Red Sox MLBN7 p.m.Rangers at Yankees YES, WCBS 880 AM7 p.m.Cyclones at Aberdeen WKRB 90.3 FM8 p.m.Mets at White Sox SNY, WFAN 660 AM/101.9 FM8 p.m.Cubs at...
Drama clean: Serena rolls at Wimbledon
LONDON — After a week filled by a headline-grabbing, off-court tiff with Maria Sharapova and a series of apologies stemming from a magazine profile, Serena Williams got back to doing...
If Smith leaves Knicks, Shumpert ready to be No. 2 scoring option
If the Knicks are to make the leap from a second-round playoff team to a legitimate title contender to Miami’s throne next season, combo guard Iman Shumpert will have to...
Fraschilla: Knicks should take chance on Providence's Ledo
Iman Shumpert said he’s rooting for his former Georgia Tech teammate Glen Rice Jr. to be selected by the Knicks tomorrow with the 24th pick of the NBA Draft. Some...
Nets place call on Celtics forward Garnett
The Nets have done what likely every team in the NBA has done this week: Put in a call to the Celtics about the availability of Kevin Garnett. A league...
Syracuse's Carter-Williams got family assist
Growing up early can make or break a person. It could have broken Mandy Carter-Zegarowski, who got pregnant in college, yet opted to keep her baby and raise him as...
Pineda throws six scoreless in Yankees Double-A start
TRENTON — Eventually, they all may pass through Arm & Hammer Stadium. Within the next several weeks, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, and Francisco Cervelli each could don a...
Sure looks like Jets QB Sanchez baring his behind in dance vid
It looks like Mark Sanchez may have gotten himself mixed up in another buttfumble. A video posted online appears to show the Jets quarterback and GQ cover boy bare-bottomed and...
Mets' Harvey lets it all hang out in ESPN mag, 'The Body Issue'
CHICAGO — Matt Harvey unleashed a new assortment of junk for a recent ESPN The Magazine photo shoot. “It was all hanging out,” Harvey told The Post yesterday. “It won’t...
Yankees president: More payroll still an option
With Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira sidelined indefinitely, Yankees president Randy Levine didn’t rule out adding payroll if the team decides it needs help to stay in contention....
Ichiro lifts Yankees with walk-off homer against Rangers
The Yankees had more interpreters working the clubhouse last night than hits with runners in scoring position. Yet, thanks to Ichiro Suzuki and Hiroki Kuroda — who require translators —...
'Below Deck' crew deals with drug dilemma
When deckhand Kat Held signed on to work on the Honor, a mega-yacht, she never imagined she’d be involved in a potential drug bust. On the boat’s maiden trip, Held...
Elisabeth Moss knows more than her 'Mad Men' counterpart
Peggy Olson might be the most clever woman on television, but when it comes to men, boy, she keeps dialing the wrong number. On the season finale of “Mad Men,”...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYMILEY CYRUS - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7STEVE CARELL. - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4KRISTIN CHENOWETH, STEVE CARELL, MILEY CYRUS - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m.,...
Anna Nicole Smith’s story in all its sleazy glory
Anna Nicole Smith dreamed of living large. She dreamed of being Marilyn Monroe. What Smith probably never understood is that her tragic idol wanted to live smaller — or at...
Food Network replaces Deen with Garten
Paula Deen’s noon show on the Food Network has been replaced by episodes of Ina Garten’s “Barefoot Contessa.” It’s one more nail in the TV coffin of the Southern chef....
‘Good Wife’ star Julianna Margulies on trial
On CBS’s “The Good Wife,” Alicia Florrick is used to defending clients each week and usually winning the case. In real life, Julianna Margulies will be on trial in California...
I.V.s are the new IT bags!
Cristina Andrews, 48, is lounging in an oversize beige leather chair in the Park Avenue South office of Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, who specializes in nutrition and integrative medicine. It’s a...
Good riddance to the queen of trashy food
Good riddance, Paula Deen — but too bad gloating over her belated ruination won’t make up for years of her televised, stomach-churning dominion over millions of Americans’ taste. Deen was...
Select restaurants abandon no reservations policies
When renowned chef Wylie Dufresne opened his gastropub Alder at the end of March, there were lines out the door. Customers had to wait as long as two hours to...
Weird but true
Firefighters in Gold Canyon, Ariz., were called in to break up a domestic fight — between a gopher snake and a ground squirrel. The animals were going at it so...
Jeb Bush slams Cuomo on fracking
Potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush blasted Gov. Cuomo Tuesday night for failing to approve fracking to boost New York’s upstate economy. Bush, a featured speaker at the state...
Nets call Celtics about Garnett
The Nets have done what likely every team in the NBA has done this week: Put in a call to the Celtics about the availability of Kevin Garnett. A league...
The Superman movie you should be watching instead of 'Man of Steel'
Here is a video of Superman doing a Draw My Life video based his super-well-known origin story, but instead of narrating it, he turns it into a song. (Or at...
Cashman tells A-Rod to 'shut the f--- up'
Even from Tampa, Alex Rodriguez has figured out a way to anger the Yankees. While the Yankees have repeatedly said the third baseman has not been cleared to begin a...