August 15, 2013
Emotional baggage in rear view for Queens' Hall heading into second UFC fight
Uriah Hall was expected to win the 17th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” a few minutes into his very first fight on the reality show. That’s what happens when you...
Russell Simmons apologizes for Harriet Tubman 'sex tape'
Russell Simmons is apologizing for a parody video of Harriet Tubman in a sex tape that appeared on his All Def Digital YouTube channel. The clip features an actress portraying...
Feds investigating man's claim that he only exposed himself on plane because of irritation caused by peppermint oil
Apparently peppermint only makes your breath fresh and clean. The FBI is investigating whether a man who exposed his genitals on an airplane last year accidentally got peppermint-scented pain reliever...
City suspends millions in funding to Jewish Poverty council following probe of ex-CEO
The city has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty following a state criminal probe of its former CEO, William Rapfogel. The freeze coincides...
Boat goes up in flames; takes 60 firefighters to contain
A 30-foot boat went up in flames in front of Nick’s Lobster and Seafood Restaurant today in Brooklyn, authorities and witnesses said. The recreational boat was anchored at the Sea...
Chance the Rapper's free mixtape cracks Billboard charts...without his permission
It’s an exciting moment for an independent musician to see their music crack the Billboard charts. Unless it was never put on sale in the first place. That’s what happened...
Rutgers football lands top RB in NJ, continuing hot recruiting stretch
Rutgers’ red-hot recruiting roll continued when four-star prospect Jonathan Hilliman – considered the top running back in New Jersey – verbally committed to the Scarlet Knights this afternoon at the...
New York's political bigs pay tribute to Bill Lynch
Bill Lynch must be smiling. Politics was front and center at today’s funeral service today for Lynch, the veteran consultant and coalition-builder who helped elect David Dinkins as the city’s...
John Mellencamp's sons facing battery charges in alleged porch beatdown
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Rocker John Mellencamp's two teenage sons face battery charges for allegedly punching and kicking a man during a fight that left the victim with serious facial injuries....
Troubled 'That '70s Show' actress dead at 43 of cardiac arrest
The troubled actress who played Eric Forman’s older sister on “That ‘70s Show” died Wednesday, her agent confirmed to multiple media outlets. Lisa Robin Kelly, 43, died in her sleep...
Young Boston bombing survivor returns home for 1st time since losing leg and brother in attack
She’s the face of strength and hope after the horror. Missing her left leg and her beloved big brother, a plucky 7-year-old girl returned home for the first since a...
‘Jobs’ takes too many bytes of hollow Apple
There may well be a dramatically satisfying movie in the tumultuous life of Steve Jobs — the technological innovator who founded Apple, was forced out, returned to revive the dying...
Devils sell team to owner of 76ers; Lamoriello will stay on
The new owners of the New Jersey Devils are keeping long-time executive Lou Lamoriello in charge of hockey operations, bringing in a new business team and committing to make the...
Patriots fans exhale -- Brady returns to practice after knee injury scare
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady is back at practice one day after hurting his knee. The New England Patriots quarterback is taking part in the third day of joint practices...
Elderly woman loses husband & dog in fire
An elderly woman was rescued by her neighbor after her home went up in flames this morning -- killing her husband and their beloved pooch, cops said. The blaze erupted...
Longtime mass transit thief given Asperger's rehab as part of plea deal
A compulsive, middle-aged, mass-transit impersonator who's been swiping city subway trains and buses to go on joyrides since age 15 received a plea deal today that includes rehab for his...
Ice cream truck drivers nearly come to blows in frozen treat tiff
Two ice cream truck drivers were arrested after a Midtown turf war turned ugly, cops said. Erik Morel, 23, was serving treats out of his Mister Softee truck at 50th...
Knicks will spend most of preseason away from MSG
The Knicks will be spending quite a bit of time away from home during the preseason.As Madison Square Garden is undergoing the third phase of it's renovation, the Knicks will...
Selig stands by A-Rod's 211-game suspension: 'fair then ... fair today'
COOPERSTOWN -- In imposing a 211-game suspension on Alex Rodriguez, commissioner Bud Selig brought forth nearly as much scrutiny on himself and his intentions as there has been on the...
Washington Post hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, same group that broke into Twitter feeds of AP, BBC and Al-Jazeera English
NEW YORK — The Washington Post said Thursday that its website was hacked. A group that supports Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime claimed responsibility. Washington Post Managing Editor Emilio Garcia-Ruiz...
Mom of slain Pace pot-dealer hopes convicted killer is haunted by son 'as long as you live'
The grief-stricken mother of a Pace University student pot-dealer who was slain in his luxury Gold Street apartment in a botched 2010 robbery told one of the killers today that...
Shock-oriented ‘Kick-Ass 2’ doesn’t live up to delightful original
I do get a chuckle out of movies with wildly inappropriate behavior, rude language and ultramayhem, especially when they involve children, but “Kick-Ass 2” sometimes felt like being trapped in...
Roof for U.S. Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium likely ready for 2017 as plans shown
U.S. Open rain delays at Arthur Ashe Stadium will be no more by 2017. The Grand Slam tournament's center court will be covered by a retractable roof as soon as...
Jasper Johns' assistant stole 22 works worth $6.5 million from famed artist
Famed artist Jasper Johns' former trusted longtime assistant swiped 22 works from his boss and then peddled them through an unsuspecting Manhattan art gallery for $6.5 million, authorities said today....
Rockefeller heir imposter Christian Gerhartsreiter sentenced to 27 years to life for the murder of John Sohus
LOS ANGELES -- Christian Gerhartsreiter, who masqueraded across the U.S. as an heir to the fabled Rockefeller fortune, a movie producer and a wizard of Wall Street, was sentenced Thursday...
PHOTO: Drunk man sits on third rail at West 4th street subway station
A heavily drunk man decided to rest his legs by taking a seat on the third rail at the West 4th Street subway station in Greenwich Village, cops confirmed today....
Bradshaw will sit for Colts, but says it'll still be 'strange' going against Giants
Ahmad Bradshaw won’t be the on the field Sunday at MetLife Stadium, but just standing on the opposite sideline from the Giants is going to be a jolt.Bradshaw made that...
Correction officer accused of raping niece at gunpoint claims sex was consensual
The Correction officer arrested yesterday for allegedly raping a niece at gunpoint claimed at his arraignment today that the sex was consensual and the violence only happened after the woman...
Streak buster: Yankees struggle in clutch, rally comes up short in ninth
The Yankees have spent most of this season chasing other teams, the hunted becoming the hunter. So when they have a chance to finish off a four-game sweep, like they...
Car bomb explodes in southern Beirut – 14 killed, over 200 wounded
BEIRUT — Lebanon's state-run news agency says 14 people have been killed and over 200 wounded in a car bomb explosion that ripped through a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah...
Timberlake to perform at VMAs, will receive lifetime achievement award
Justin Timberlake stepped away from music for seven years, but that doesn’t mean he lost his touch. His latest album “The 20/20 Experience” is the best selling album of the...
Replay plan with managers' challenges likely to be used next season
COOPERSTOWN -- Are you ready to dissect whether a manager used his challenges properly to win a ballgame? Major League Baseball announced Thursday its intention of instituting a dramatically expanded...
Egyptian police authorized to use deadly force to protect themselves after two government buildings torched
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Thursday authorized police to use deadly force to protect themselves and key state institutions from attacks, after presumed supporters of the deposed Islamist president torched...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg made $100M last week, wants unpaid intern
She made over $100 million last week and is number two at the world's largest social networking site. But Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has been slammed by an...
China to stop farming executed prisoner's bodies for organs
BEIJING -- China will start phasing out its decades-long practice of using the organs of executed prisoners for transplant operations from November, a senior official said on Thursday, as it...
A-Rod, instant replay and the Dodgers
Your updated playoff seeds:AL: Boston (1) vs. winner of Tampa Bay (WC1) and Oakland (WC2), Detroit (2) vs. Texas (3)NL: Atlanta (1) vs. winner of St. Louis (WC1) and Cincinnati...
Raccoon with a teddy bear face found in plain sight as Smithsonian announces discovery of new species of mammal
WASHINGTON — Imagine a raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it's hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did — until now. Researchers announced...
This summer's hottest fashion accessory is...
Dog owners have been known to show off their pets like proud parents, but one fashion-forward New Yorker might have invented an entirely new way to present her pooch to...
Cats survive Oregon tuna boat explosion
PORTLAND, Ore. -- When the engine of their tuna boat exploded last week, owners Mark and Cynthia Schneider had no choice but to jump into the ocean and leave behind...
Weekly applications for US unemployment benefits drop to 6-year low as layoffs ease
WASHINGTON —The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a near six-year low last week, hinting at a pick-up in job growth in early August. Initial...
Obama cancels joint military exercise and deplores use of martial law after hundreds of Morsi supporters storm and then torch government offices in Giza, Egypt
CAIRO — President Barack Obama has scrapped joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises scheduled for next month, saying American cooperation with the Egyptian government cannot continue when civilians are being killed in...
DISLIKE: New study finds using Facebook makes people unhappy
Facebook could be spreading unhappiness through society as well as keeping people connected, research has shown. The number one social networking site is strongly associated with declines in well-being, psychologists...
'I never thought I'd live this long': Fidel Castro on turning 87
HAVANA — Fidel Castro says he didn't expect he'd live long enough to turn 87 this week after grave illness forced him from office in 2006, according to an essay...
123-year-old Bolivian man, Carmelo Flores Laura, may be oldest living person ever documented - 'I walk a lot, that's all'
FRASQUIA, Bolivia — If Bolivia's public records are correct, Carmelo Flores Laura is the oldest living person ever documented. They say he turned 123 a month ago. The native Aymara...
More 'Fast and Furious' assault rifles found at Mexican crime scenes
Three more weapons used in Operation Fast and Furious have been recovered at crime scenes in Mexico, Fox News confirms. CBS News first reported earlier this week that the guns...
Al Qaeda fighters planning and coordinating attacks on secret chat rooms and internet message boards
WASHINGTON — In secretive chat rooms and on encrypted Internet message boards, al Qaeda fighters have been planning and coordinating attacks — including a threatened if vague plot that US...
'The state failed to protect them:' Boy, 10, to go to court for 'shooting' abusive father while trying to protect younger siblings
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The 10-year-old New Mexico boy lived in an abusive, filthy home and had tried desperately to get help to stop the beatings he and his younger siblings...
'Hey Girl', you definitely want every image on the Internet replaced with pictures of the gorgeous Ryan Gosling, right?
When it comes to Ryan Gosling there is no such thing as too much of a good thing, and US web developer has created a plug in based entirely on...
Ryan: Sanchez has earned start for Jets, but Geno not out of competition yet
Geno Smith’s ankle and Mark Sanchez’s practice performance led to the Jets tabbing Sanchez to start Saturday night’s preseason game with the Jaguars.Now, the question is: Will Smith even play?Jets...
London Olympics' 'James Bond' skydiver dies in wingsuit accident
The British skydiver who parachuted into the 2012 Olympic Stadium dressed as James Bond has been killed in an accident. Mark Sutton, 41, died yesterday after crashing into a mountain...
Police at Seattle pot-smoking festival to hand out Doritos instead of fines after Washington state legalizes marijuana
SEATTLE -- A few things will be different at this year's Hempfest, the 22-year-old summer "protestival" on Seattle's waterfront where tens of thousands of revelers gather to use dope openly,...
OUR FAVORITE PODCAST: ‘I Sell Comics’
Our favorite podcasters, Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen, are back in the saddle with another “I Sell Comics” today.The guys work at Kevin Smith’s comic book store in Red Bank,...
They didn't care about him: Michael Jackson's ex-wife rips doctors in star's death
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’ s ex-wife Debbie Rowe sobbed on the witness stand yesterday, telling jurors that MJ was the victim of “idiots” — doctors who allegedly raced to...
Kidnap fiend tortured Hannah Anderson's mom, brother before killing them, warrants say
SAN DIEGO — Court papers shed new light on the slayings of a California mother and son and abduction of a teenager by a family friend, revealing that the suspect...
Giants' Austin admits he’s been a bust, vows to produce in 2013
Marvin Austin might be injury-prone and still tarred by college scandal, but he’s no fool. After managing two measly solo tackles in eight appearances over two seasons, the defensive tackle...
After dealing with depression following ACL injuries and, Giants' Thomas readies return
He is an inspiration to his teammates and coaches, to young boys who dream the NFL dream just as he did, to anyone of any age who clings desperately to...
Giants rookie Pugh excited for delayed NFL debut
First-round pick Justin Pugh is still a bit unnerved by the concussion he suffered two weeks ago that has delayed his NFL debut. The offensive tackle from Syracuse’s excitement at...
Ryan: No guarantee Jets rookie Geno will play against Jaguars
CORTLAND — Jets coach Rex Ryan did not hesitate when asked for his assessment of rookie quarterback Geno Smith’s practice yesterday. “It was brutal,” Ryan said. Hard to argue with...
With Smith in hell, it’s time for Jets to go with Sanchez
CORTLAND — The Jets remained non-committal on who the starting quarterback will be for Saturday’s preseason game against the Jaguars and kept insisting the competition between incumbent Mark Sanchez and...
Mets on deck at Padres
TONIGHT — 10:10, SNY RHP Zack Wheeler (5-2, 3.63) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (3-5, 2.75) TOMORROW — 10:10 P.M., SNY LHP Jon Niese (4-6, 4.45) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (1-0,...
Yankees' A-Rod to sue MLB if not cleared: report
Sources close to Alex Rodriguez claim the slugger is innocent, or at least not as guilty as Major League Baseball makes him sound, and is willing to go to court...
MIGHTY Q&A: Mark Waid
We like talking with the comics folk around these parts and we were able to lasso Mark Waid for our latest Mighty Q&A rodeo. (BTW: Earlier this week, we talked...
Rays owner: A-Rod shouldn’t play for Yankees while waiting for case to be heard
COOPERSTOWN — If you want to get a major league player agitated, just ask him about Alex Rodriguez. Most recently, the normally even-tempered Evan Longoria, All-Star third baseman for the...
Yankees on deck vs. Angels
TODAY — 1:05 P.M. RHP Phil Hughes (4-11, 4.99) vs. LHP C.J. Wilson (12-6, 3.49) Game on YES, WCBS (880 AM) Begin a three-game series in Boston against the Red...
GOTHAM POST: The Neal Adams Interviews
One of the first GOTHAM POST columns I did was a piece on the legendary Neal Adams. It was just a sliver of a roughly two-hour interview at the Midtown...
Business briefs
Textbook IPOTextbook rental company Chegg filed to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering. The company provides homework help, textbooks, eTextbooks, scholarships and supplemental materials.Apple bruiseThe federal...
‘Breach’ of trust: Two are charged in Whale scheme
The “London Whale” was sinking under pressure to cook the books. As the monstrous derivatives trade spun out of control, costing JPMorgan a whopping $6.2 billion, former London trader Bruno...
Sources: Ex-JPMorgan traders will turn themselves in for alleged roles in $6.2B trading loss
Former JPMorgan traders Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout are likely to voluntarily turn themselves over to US authorities. The European-based traders, who were charged yesterday for their roles in the...
Odds on the trigger for next financial collapse
The stock market is obviously headed for difficult times. You know it. I know it. And every smiling idiot in an expensive suit who pops up on those TV business...
Key-ed on housing: Paulson paying $512M for Steinway
The resurgent housing market is the key to success for venerable piano brand Steinway. That’s the view of hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, who yesterday agreed to pay $512 million...
Peltz dines on Wendy’s stake
Billionaire activist Nelson Peltz was hungry for a good year — and Wendy’s pretzel bacon cheeseburger hit the spot.The popularity of the new offering boosted the burger joint’s stock by...
Soros’ new Herbalife stake
George Soros’ family fund took a 4.9 percent stake in Herbalife worth nearly $228 million at the end of June, it revealed in a regulatory filing yesterday. It is the...
Exclusive: That’s one lucky Penney! Retailer's sales up as 'downward spiral appears to be ending'
JCPenney’s back-to-school season is looking up. The struggling retailer’s same-store sales — or sales at stores open at least a year, a crucial retail metric — have recently swung into...
‘Traveler’ editor shake-up
In the latest round of publishing musical chairs, Condé Nast Traveler has raided Pilar Guzman from Martha Stewart Living to be its new editor-in-chief. Klara Glowczewska, who had been with...
NYT’s news in FB Notes
All the news that’s fit to Facebook? When the New York Times’ website crashed for several hours yesterday, reporters turned to Facebook’s Notes service to post stories. While reports speculated...
Can’t help falling in love with $100M
Core Media Group’s Elvis Presley assets and its Muhammad Ali trademarks are expected to be sold within the next seven days, sources told The Post.Final bids were due yesterday. The...
Picture this: The final moments of AOL career
This is the photo (above) that AOL boss Tim Armstrong did not want the world to see. The picture, posted on journalism site Jimromenesko.com, is purportedly the last one taken...
Devils off thin ice
Apollo Global Management’s Josh Harris has bought the New Jersey Devils hockey team and management of the Prudential Center for $320 million, The Post has learned. Harris — reportedly worth...
FB stock: Love it or leave it
Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors soured on Facebook in the second quarter, while Patrick McCormack’s Tiger Consumer Management took a shine to the social-networking company.Four times a year, securities regulators require...
Aw, nuts! $16.6M fruit loot
A 117-year-old bakery that ships fruitcakes all over the world had a finance chief with a taste for lavish living, say federal prosecutors. Sandy Jenkins, 64, who worked as controller...
Whose Line is it anyway?
It’s baaack. . . The High Line is flying higher than ever — to be specific, above 20th Street. Just in the last week, there’s been plenty of eye-catching news....
Just sold!
Manhattan MIDTOWN WEST $1,650,000 100 W. 58th St. Two-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath condo, 1,104 square feet, with open kitchen with Sub-Zero, Bosch and Viking appliances, washer/dryer, dining area and Dornbracht baths...
Trash talking
I live in a two-family home, and my upstairs neighbor is a self-anointed member of the green police. I can’t put anything in the trash without her chiding me that...
Ovitz out
Michael Ovitz, the former CAA and Disney boss once known as the most powerful man in Hollywood, sure is indecisive when it comes to real estate. The entertainment kingpin, now...
This blood is on the hands of Muslim Brotherhood
What do we want the future Egypt to look like? A flawed, hybrid democracy, or a Sunni Muslim version of Iran? Based on his bluster yesterday about events on the...
Death toll in Egypt leaps to 525; 3,700 injured across the country after Egyptian forces crush pro-Morsi protesters
Egypt lurched toward civil war yesterday after heavily armed riot police crushed two Cairo camps of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and ignited eight hours of brutal fighting across...
Simon baby mama due $2M in divorce
Simon Cowell’s baby mama-to-be has another little blessing on the way: a seven-figure divorce payout. As first revealed by The Post, bumped-up brunette Lauren Silverman reached a settlement with her...
Miss USA's stalker arrested at Brooklyn homeless shelter: source
The stalker harassing Miss USA Erin Brady was arrested at a Brooklyn homeless shelter, law enforcement sources told The Post. Police busted Lanre Orimabogunje, 28, for stalking after he had...
Couple attacked by thugs shouting anti-gay slurs in Chelsea
A group of thugs shouted anti-gay slurs and attacked a gay couple walking on 24th Street after seeing a movie in Chelsea, cops said. The victims, 53 and 27, had...
EMT test-cheat suspect busted
An EMT who offered $400 to an undercover Post reporter to impersonate him and take his mandatory state-certification exam was arrested yesterday on charges that could send him to prison...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A weirdo with war paint on his face sneaked into a Little Italy firehouse and scrawled bizarre messages on a chalkboard, police sources said. Firefighters at Engine Co. 55...
I kicked Tsarnaev’s terror ass
He busted the Boston Marathon bomber’s nose — but wishes he’d broken his neck. A UFC fighter who regularly sparred with Tamerlan Tsarnaev is haunted by the thought that he...
Doubt on Famke break-in after cops find no video evidence of intruder into Soho penthouse pad
After poring over surveillance video, cops found no evidence of a break-in at actress Famke Janssen’s Soho penthouse, sources told The Post. “There is nobody suspicious” and “all the people...
Bam was ‘game’ for Osama
WASHINGTON — During the high-stakes raid to get Osama bin Laden, President Obama took the edge off by playing cards.Obama’s former “body man,” Reggie Love, said during an event at...
Jesse Jr. getting jail in 750G fraud
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced yesterday to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on vacations, restaurant meals, a...
Boy, 5, hurt after falling from Coney Island roller coaster
Near-tragedy struck a Coney Island amusement park last night when a 5-year-old boy fell from a kiddie roller coaster after becoming unfastened and seriously gashed his leg, cops said. The...
AG’s history with ‘kickback’ honcho
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was friendly with social-services honcho William Rapfogel before launching a criminal probe of him, records show. Schniederman appointed Rapfogel, the former longtime CEO of the...
City ‘delivers’ blow to scofflaw bikes
The city is putting the heat on rogue delivery bicyclists, who have been shirking the new commercial cycling rules — issuing nearly 3,000 violations in less than four months, authorities...
$3M for city's thinnest town house
Here’s the skinny on the city’s narrowest town house: It just sold for a fat $3.25 million. The historic, three-story home at 75 1/2 Bedford St. — near Sixth Avenue...
Cost of having a kid tops 240G
It now costs an average of nearly a quarter-million dollars to raise a kid — and that doesn’t include college. A new government report found that a middle-income family with...
Bronx Bombershell: Jeter grabs coffee with SI model gal pal
Yankee captain Derek Jeter makes a rare public appearance with the latest head-turner to make the suave shortstop’s personal “all-stare” team. Sports Illustrated swimsuit babe Hannah Davis, 23 — who...
A-Rod getting cut out of animated film because of scandal
Producers of a feel-good children’s animated movie have cut Alex Rodriguez from their flick over investor fears that the disgraced Yankee’s role would lead to a box-office strikeout. A-Rod’s voice...
Lawyers: We’ll fri$k city
The lawyers who beat the city in the stop-and-frisk case plan to sock taxpayers with a multimillion-dollar bill after scoring the courtroom victory.A 1976 law says the loser must pay...
Leaker Manning uses cross-dressing 'wig' out pic in bid for leniency after spy, theft conviction
The blonde in lipstick and makeup is a Wiki-leaking national security risk. The Army yesterday released a photo that wig-wearing Pfc. Bradley Manning sent to a master sergeant to explain...
‘Real’ NJ ‘not guilty’ plea
Reality is finally sinking in. “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Teresa and Joe Giudice somberly pleaded not guilty yesterday to fraud charges that could land them in prison...
9 Horace Mann trustees quit following board's reversal to 'do right by sex abuse victims' after internal probe reveals '50 students abused by 20 teachers from 70s to 90s'
Nine board members worth billions have bolted from tarnished Bronx prep school Horace Mann as sex-abuse victims clamor for accountability in the wake of paltry settlement payouts as low as...
It’s money to burn!
What were they inking?The federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing reportedly printed 30 million defective new $100 bills that must be destroyed.The error is a $3.79 million mistake since the...
Liu: Gra$$ is greener for Apple
John Liu is riding high with New York City’s pothead voting bloc. The city comptroller yesterday proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana to raise money for the city — and even...
‘Bill’ goes to the rich
The newly minted Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race doubled down yesterday on his central campaign theme that New York is a “Tale of Two Cities,” and he demanded that...
The ‘rig’ is up for Bravest: Judge orders 10-yr.-old firetrucks out of fleet
The federal judge who overhauled stop-and-frisk isn’t the only jurist dictating city policy. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Freed ruled that the FDNY can no longer use trucks that are...
Biker dies after slamming into parked car as cops followed group of 'erratic' riders
A 33-year-old motorcyclist died last night while cops were following a group of reckless motorcyclists in Brooklyn, police sources said. The man was riding on Jamaica Avenue in East New...
Eliot can ‘run’ – and apparently hide, too
Self-dubbed “steamroller” Eliot Spitzer has built up a commanding lead in the race for city comptroller — despite making himself as scarce as possible on the campaign trail. Among likely...
Grieving boyfriend calls Gia Allemand 'the most beautiful person' as friends say failing relationship tormented her
The NBA player boyfriend of late "Bachelor" star Gia Allemand has described the tragic beauty as "the most beautiful person" who "always made everyone else around her smile". Allemand —...
Obama wants to tack on $5-a-year phone tax to fund high-speed Internet in schools - critics blast 'end run' of Congress and 'endless expansion of program at the expense of rate payers'
WASHINGTON — That’s one way to “cell” a fee hike. Unwilling to ask Congress for extra funds to pay for high-speed Internet connections in schools, President Obama is instead looking...
A strange silence
With New Yorkers and the local business community at risk of being again subjected to Eliot Spitzer’s often insane style of governing, it sure would be nice to hear from...
Words of warning for Snowden Sr.
Lon Snowden is off to Russia to meet with his son, Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor who disclosed secrets of America’s surveillance programs. He says he wants to discuss...
Stop-and-frisk insanity: asking for more deaths
The Issue: Judge Shira Scheindlin’s ruling Monday that finds the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk unconstitutional. *** Thank you for your spot-on editorial (“Death Wish, the Sequel,” Editorial, Aug. 13). Judge Shira Scheindlin...
Judges run amok
Maybe City Hall ought to shut down. That seems to be the message from our second-guessing state and federal judges. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Freed is but the latest...
This man’s army
This week, America is being treated to two court spectacles, neither of them flattering to the Army. One is the sentencing phase for Pfc. Bradley Manning, recently convicted of handing...
Send in the clowns
Let’s stipulate that what went down last weekend at the Missouri State Fair was boorish and inappropriate. In a performance captured on video and posted on YouTube, a rodeo clown...
Scheindlin’s victims
Gunfire broke out across New York two weekends ago, killing four males and hitting a preteen girl in the torso. The shootings, six episodes in all, were the usual mindless...
Inept Albert Einstein bioplay makes you question time itself
Aptly enough, “Einstein” — the inept new drama about the father of the relativity theory — makes time slow to a crawl. When it finally ends, you’re not sure if...
How Amber Iman couch-surfed her way to Broadway
There are many ways to get to Broadway. For Amber Iman, who’s making her debut tonight in “Soul Doctor,” it took a kick in the butt from her boyfriend back...
‘The Great Society’ delivers LBJ all the way in historical drama
Forty years after his death, Lyndon Johnson is suddenly a hot topic for the stage. “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston plays the late president in the bio-drama “All the Way,”...
Sports Shorts
NFL: RG3 takes part in contact drills Robert Griffin III took his first 11-on-11 snaps at the Redskins’ training camp. The quarterback ran 16 plays with the first-string offense against...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
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Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 15FRIAug. 16SATAug. 17SUNAug. 18MONAug. 19TUEAug. 20WEDAug. 21YankeesAngels1:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMBos.7:10WWORWCBSBos.4:05FOXWCBSBos.8:05ESPNWCBSNO GAME$ Tor.1:05/7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSMetsSan Diego10:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMS.D.10:10SNYWFANS.D.8:40WPIXWFANS.D.4:10WPIXWFANMin.2:10SNYWFANAtl.7:10SNYWFANAtl.1:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEPhi.8:00NBCSNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMEWas.7:30MSG+NOGAMEMinn.7:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.I. YankeesAberdeen7:05No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.4:00No TV& Bkn.5:30No TVBkn.7:00No TVBkn.7:00No TVCyclonesHudson Valley7:05No...
The Post Line
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Angels at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)1 p.m.Little League World Series: Panama vs. Puerto Rico ESPN1:30 p.m.Pirates at Cardinals MLBN3 p.m.Little League World Series: Texas vs. Washington ESPN5 p.m.Little...
Hondo double-dipping
Another day, another 14-inning loss. Hondo, who lost in 14 Tuesday night with the Bucs, took the same road to doom yesterday with the Orioles, whose loss to the D’backs...
Yankees' Jeter works out, but return date now white whale
Derek Jeter was busy before the Yankees’ 11-3 win over the Angels Wednesday night, but manager Joe Girardi said there wasn’t a definitive plan for the shortstop who is on...
Up-and-down Sabathia convinced he’s still an ace for Yankees
Even after CC Sabathia won a game Tuesday for the first time since July 3 and pitched fairly well for a second straight outing, his numbers on the season are...
Kristen Moldovan, 15, impresses en route to Junior World Series
Looks can be deceiving. Just ask all the boys who have stepped up to the plate against Kristen Moldovan this summer full of confidence and went back to the dugout...
Westport starts run for LLWS
The dream became a reality Saturday when Westport Little League rode the big right arm of Chad Knight to its first Little League World Series berth in 62 years of...
MLB may expand instant replay
COOPERSTOWN — Major League Baseball finally could be ready to expand instant replay to everything besides balls and strikes, with movement possibly coming today at the owners’ meetings amidst discussions...
Giants’ Hosley looks to step it up
It will be an elevation this season for last year’s first-round pick, David Wilson, who will be the Giants’ starting running back. It also will be an elevation for last...
Woodson knows division foes setting sights on Knicks
At the start of last season, the smart money was on the Boston Celtics in the Atlantic Division. Yeah, and smart money once thought “Ishtar” was going to be a...
NFL, union to give HGH to ex-players: report
The NFL could be taking HGH testing to another level. The league and the players’ union plan to give dozens of former players human growth hormone and incorporate their subsequent...
Back injury sidelines Jets D-lineman Ellis
CORTLAND — The Jets’ defense was severely hampered by a nose tackle with a back injury last season. Now, they are dealing with another one — they just have to...
Versatile seventh-rounder Bohanon may be starter for Jets
CORTLAND — Few seventh-round draft picks make the final 53 on an NFL roster, and fewer still do it as a starter. But Tommy Bohanon is on the verge of...
MRI exam on Brady’s knee is negative
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots got a scare yesterday when quarterback Tom Brady limped off the practice field after appearing to hurt his left knee when he was hit after...
Hawkins takes 'direct hit' to crotch before blowing save in Mets loss
LOS ANGELES — That’s a kick in the crotch. If it wasn’t enough the Mets had to endure LaTroy Hawkins getting hit in the genitals with a one-hopper in Wednesday...
Mets prospect D’Arnaud itching for MLB debut once Buck goes on paternity leave
LOS ANGELES — Are we there yet? Travis d’Arnaud has spent the last two weeks hearing he is on the verge of a call up to the Mets, as catcher...
Mets' Hefner placed on DL
LOS ANGELES — The Mets might have their explanation for Jeremy Hefner’s brutal second half. Hefner yesterday was diagnosed with a partially torn medial collateral ligament of the right elbow...
'No pressure on me:' A-Rod finds peace on field with Yankees
Alex Rodriguez is at baseball peace, with himself and his teammates, the kind of peace he said he hasn’t felt in his baseball world the last 13 years; during his...
Soriano's second straight RBI explosion fuels red-hot Yankees
The Alfonso Soriano for Corey Black deal late last month doesn’t guarantee the Yankees a date for October, but it has delivered a pulse. For the second straight night the...
Nova has become valuable member of Yankees rotation
Ivan Nova was hardly more than an afterthought at the end of last season and the beginning of 2013. Now, if the Yankees are going to make a run at...
MTV’s A-list rollout celebrates Brooklyn’s first ‘VMAs’
MTV’s “Video Music Awards” Moonman statuette lands in Brooklyn in T-minus 10 days. The network, leading up to the borough’s first-ever “VMAs” at Barclays Center, will roll out a week...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows. Familiar faces infiltrate the end-of-summer series: “Rizzoli & Isles” (Tuesday, 9 p.m., TNT) Jane (Angie Harmon) just cannot escape tormentor...
‘Long Island Medium’: Call it ‘mind over wallet’
If you want to see “Long Islad Medium” star Theresa Caputo on her home turf, it’ll cost ya some serious scratch. Tickets to see Caputo at Westbury Music Fair in...
The man behind the ‘132 Lb. Scrotum’
Wesley Warren is surprisingly upbeat and self-deprecating for a guy who, up until recently, spent the past five years with a freakishly huge scrotum — the result of a rare...
Marc Cherry’s 'Devious Maids' will return
Marc Cherry may have gone from “Desperate” to “Devious,” but he’s building his TV legacy with dark satires. Lifetime has just renewed his first series for the network, “Devious Maids,”...
Weird but true
It may not have been a bomb, but it’s still metaphorically explosive. A bomb squad in Jensen Beach, Fla., was shocked to learn that the suspicious package they were set...
Strong is the new skinny!
When 24-year-old Alex Rhea was studying at Rutgers University, the dance major wore a size zero and her hipbones jutted out of her bikini bottoms. The reed-thin former vegetarian would...
Hundreds reported killed as Egypt smashes protests
CAIRO — In Egypt's bloodiest day since the Arab Spring began, riot police Wednesday smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist president, touching off street violence that...