February 24, 2011
Staal likely to miss Rangers game vs. Capitals
WASHINGTON -- Chances are Rangers defenseman Marc Staal will miss the third game of his career, Friday against the Capitals, because of the left knee he twisted on the first...
Court: NYer in gay marriage entitled to inherit late partner's estate
A New York man who’s the surviving partner in a same-sex marriage is legally entitled to inherit his late husband’s estate, an appeals court ruled today. In a unanimous decision,...
Deron will delay contract talks with Nets
Deron Williams isn't going to make a decision on whether to opt out of his contract with the Nets until next season. Saying he had gotten over the shock of...
Academy Awards to stay on ABC through 2020 at least
LOS ANGELES -- The Academy Awards will continue to be broadcast on ABC through 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Thursday. The new deal is a...
Cops uncover huge weapons cache after raid in the Bronx
Cops recovered an arsenal of powerful weapons -- enough firepower to outfit a small militia -- when they raided an apartment in the Bronx. Acting on a tip, cops from...
Shockey passes physical with Dolphins: report
It may not take Jeremy Shockey long to find his next team. The former Giants tight end, who was cut by the Saints on Tuesday, passed a physical with the...
Gambino goon cops to extortion charges
One of the Gambino mob goons used in the savage beating of a man who owed money to a “Sopranos” actor pleaded guilty to extortion charges today. Crime family associate...
Controversial anti-abortion billboard to be taken down
An inflammatory anti-abortion ad equating abortion by black women with genocide will be taken down from a Manhattan billboard, officials said today. The controversial advertisement — posted on a billboard...
Air Force awards $35 billion tanker contract to Boeing
WASHINGTON – The US Air Force awarded a $35 billion contract to build new aerial-refueling tankers to Boeing Co. Thursday. The decision caps a protracted battle between the Chicago-based company...
Giants plan to extend Coughlin's contract: report
Giants owner John Mara said Thursday head coach Tom Coughlin will receive a new contract "sooner rather than later," NJ.com reports. Mara, speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis,...
Space shuttle Discovery lifts off for final voyage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery blasted off Thursday on its final mission before the heading into retirement as the US phases out its shuttle program. NASA's most experienced...
Coach guarantees it again: Jets will win Super Bowl
Less than three weeks after the last Super Bowl ended, Rex Ryan said again his Jets will win the next one. The confident head coach issued this year's guarantee Thursday...
Agent denies Jets LB Scott wrestles on 'TNA Impact:' report
Bart Scott "Can't wait!" for this, but his agent can.According to ESPN.com, Scott did not actually wrestle during his appearance on Spike TV's "TNA Impact," taped last week and set...
Nate dealt again: Celtics trade him to Thunder
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics on Thursday traded center Kendrick Perkins and backup guard Nate Robinson to the Oklahoma City Thunder for forward Jeff Green and center Nenad Krstic, Yahoo!...
Jeffries interests Knicks when Rockets buyout complete
With the NBA trade deadline passed, the Rockets have agreed to buy out former Knicks forward Jared Jeffries, according to two sources. The sides were working on the arrangement. Jeffries'...
Hedberg to start again for Devils: report
Johan Hedberg will make his eighth straight start in nets for the Devils when they face the Lightning on Friday, NJ.com reports.The Devils have won Hedberg's prior seven starts in...
Career criminal testifies he ripped off LI man who wanted to die
A career criminal smiled on the witness stand today, fondly recalling how he ripped off $4,000 from a suicidal Long Island man with empty promises to kill him. Melvin Fleming,...
NY Senate clashes over Gov. Cuomo’s major reform idea
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s contentious Senate is now fighting over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to take partisan politics out of the critical redistricting process. Democrats started a process Thursday...
Islanders seek rare win vs. Flyers
The Flyers look to continue their recent dominance against the visiting Islanders as the Atlantic Division foes meet Thursday night. Philadelphia has won 18 of 19 against the Islanders, outscoring...
Tejada could play way into Mets' second base competition
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Don’t count out Ruben Tejada. Though the 21-year-old infielder technically isn’t part of the Mets’ second base competition, manager Terry Collins hasn’t closed the door completely...
Carmelo's debut gives MSG highest ratings in 16 years
Carmelo Anthony's debut with the Knicks was a winner for MSG Network, too.The Knicks victory over the Bucks posted a 6.75 Nielsen rating, MSG's highest regular-season mark in 16 years.The...
Anthony appreciates idea Knicks 'killed' Nuggets in deal
It has clearly bugged Carmelo Anthony to hear some Knicks fans -- and national pundits -- cry the Knicks gave up too much to get him and veteran point guard...
Judge: Home invasion defense can’t preview photos
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A judge says attorneys for a Connecticut man charged with killing a mother and her two daughters in a home invasion can’t show photos of the...
PICS: Singapore
For last week's release of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2011, the mag crated up and shipped out a bunch of fresh meat to Singapore (Shannan Click, Kenza Fourati, Izabel Goulart...
Live blog recap: CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan final
The Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan tournament title will be decided Friday night at Christ the King when the top-seeded Royals host No. 3 Holy Cross. It is a rematch of the 2007...
Cost of World Trade Center transit hub grows
Planners of the new World Trade Center say they need another $180 million to finish a major transit hub at the site. An official at the Port Authority of New...
Apple updates MacBook Pro notebooks with faster technology
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple unveiled Thursday its new line of MacBook Pro notebooks with next-generation Intel processors and the chip giant's high-speed data-transfer technology. The updated notebook line followed Apple's...
SEC nabs executive for defrauding bank bailout program
WASHINGTON -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged a former treasurer at a large mortgage lender with "aiding and abetting" a $1.5 billion securities fraud scheme...
Gender discrimination claimed against French firm in NYC
A lawsuit in New York claims one of the world’s largest advertising firms discriminates against its female employees. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan against French...
Staten Island man charged in 26-count indictment for fatal 2010 crash that killed two
A Staten Island man was charged today after prosecutors accused him of being the drunk driver responsible for a fatal car crash that took place last August, resulting in the...
Taxi drivers will face steeper fines for refusing passengers
Hacks who are too lazy to take passengers on long rides are about to get slammed with a huge penalty increase. Incidents of service refusals - one of the worst...
Kim Kardashian may appear with John Travolta in Gotti biopic: report
Kim Kardashian may dominate the small screen as television’s biggest reality star, but the voluptuous star is reportedly in talks to move to the big screen. According to a report...
Manhattan jury finds man who had loaded gun in his car not guilty
Jurors today shot down the DA’s hunt for a Florida man, and acquitted him on a felony rap for coming into New York packing heat. After a mere 30 minutes...
Southwest Airlines to fly from Newark in March
Southwest Airlines is finalizing plans to begin flying out of Newark Liberty International Airport in March. A committee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey gave the...
Nationals top pick Harper to make spring debut vs. Mets
VIERA, Fla. -- Top draft pick Bryce Harper will make his spring debut Monday when the Washington Nationals visit the Mets in Port St. Lucie for their spring training opener....
Feds arrest Saudi man who targeted NYC and former president George W. Bush
An America-hating college student from Saudi Arabia considered using baby dolls packed with explosives and set in strollers in a series of deadly attacks he dreamed of carrying out on...
Charlie Sheen to act in front of live audience after rehab
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen will act all of his "Two and a Half Men" scenes in front of a live studio audience when he returns to work in March....
Bomb scare at Creedmoor Psychiatric
A man was taken in for mental examination after he walked into a hospital building at the Creedmoor Psychiatric hospital with what cops feared was a bomb. Roy Harvey, 45,...
Khadafy will take his own life like Hitler rather than surrender: former Libyan minister
STOCKHOLM -- Moammar Khadafy will commit suicide the way Adolf Hitler did at the end of World War II rather than surrender or flee, a former Libyan cabinet minister told...
Slimmer Sabathia feels difference at Yankees camp
TAMPA -- It didn’t take long for CC Sabathia to see results from his offseason weight loss.Following October surgery on his right knee, the Yankees ace jumped into an exercise...
Frito-Lay hopes new SunChips bag quiets critics
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Frito-Lay hopes to make some big noise with a quieter version of its biodegradable SunChips bag. The company introduced a biodegradable bag for the snacks in...
Less than 1 in 5 NYC 4th, 8th graders met national science standards in 2009
Less than one in five city fourth- and eighth-graders met the national standards in science in 2009, according to new results that contrast sharply with students’ performance on state-issued exams....
77 percent of fans say NFL won't cancel season: poll
With an looming NFL lockout, most football fans think owners and players will make a deal and avoid canceling the 2011 season, according to a new poll released Thursday. The...
Surveillance video shows Lindsay Lohan's pal 'distracted' clerk while she swiped necklace: report
It was all caught on videotape. One of Lindsay Lohan's pals seen on store surveillance video shopping with the troubled starlet at a Los Angeles-area jewelry store distracted an employee...
Long Island man accused of punching, choking woman
BALDWIN, N.Y. — Police say they’ve arrested a Long Island man for repeatedly punching a woman and placing a bag over her head. Police have charged David Knudson with attempted...
'Fake mom' may have only raised kidnapped child: defense lawyer
The "fake mom" charged with snatching a newborn from a Manhattan hospital 23 years ago may have only reared the girl after someone else did the kidnapping, her lawyer said...
Toyota recalls 2.17 million vehicles in US
DETROIT -- Responding to a request from regulators, Toyota said Thursday it would recall 2.17 million US vehicles dating back to the 2003 model year to address various flaws that...
Weekly jobless claims decline 22K to 391K, point to continued improvement
WASHINGTON -- New applications for US unemployment benefits declined last week by 22,000 to 391,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday, pointing to continued improvement in the jobs market. Economists polled...
Tea party and American foreign policy
In Foreign Affairs this month, Walter Russell Mead has some bad news for President Obama. Mead argues that the Tea Party is here to stay in one form or another...
Motorcyclist, 2 buses crash in Lincoln Tunnel, commuters delayed
A motorcyclist was clinging to life today after he was pinned under a bus in a chain-reaction Lincoln Tunnel crash that caused morning commuter chaos. He was rushed to Bellevue...
3UP: K-Rod, Carpenter, Carmelo
1. The Mets are getting one current benefit from having placed Francisco Rodriguez on the Restricted List last year in the aftermath of his altercation at Citi Field: They are...
Russia unveils $650B rearmament plan to counter US dominance
MOSCOW -- Russia launched a $650 billion rearmament plan Thursday to counter US military dominance, adding eight nuclear submarines and hundreds of warplanes to its creaking armed forces. Details of...
State Patrol being sent to homes of absent Wis. Democrats
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to urge absentee Senate Democrats to return to the capital and continue work on Gov. Scott Walker's proposed "budget repair bill"...
British judge says WikiLeaks' Assange can be extradited to Sweden over sex crimes allegations
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over sex crimes claims, a judge said Thursday. Assange’s lawyer said he would appeal against the ruling to the...
Anthony leads Knicks to win at electrified Garden
The “We Want Melo” Garden chants from earlier this month have transformed into a shorter, louder, happier one. It’s just a chant of “Mellll-loooo” now. With 11.4 seconds left, the...
Nets owner makes impact with Williams deal
This is what we expected from Mikhail Prokhorov when he became the owner of the Nets: a big move to back up all his big talk since his billions bought...
In 'Melo's first Knicks start, it's the finish that amazes
The final touch was vintage, a play that insomniacs in New York have been watching on the late highlight shows for years. Carmelo Anthony was planted in the low post,...
Knicks fans in 7 heaven
There wasn’t a Carmelo Anthony Knicks jersey to be found. At least not at one souvenir stand outside Madison Square Garden. Nearly three hours before last night’s game, they already...
New Knicks can take lesson from Yankees, to make it in City, you need ... Big Apple juice
TAMPA — Sometimes it works. Hideki Matsui comes to mind. Sometimes it doesn’t. Hideki Irabu comes to mind. Sometimes it takes a while to work. Alex Rodriguez comes to mind....
Yankees not alarmed that Martin isn’t ready yet
TAMPA — The Yankees and Russell Martin are not concerned about the starting catcher not being ready to get behind the plate Saturday in the exhibition season opener against the...
Four Mets vying for second base
PORT ST. LUCIE — Gentlemen, start your bats. As manager Terry Collins evaluates the Mets’ options at second base, maybe the only thing abundantly clear is a good glove alone...
Poly Prep's Buford making most of basketball swan song
With every jump shot or layup, rebound or assist, win or loss, Alex Buford gets a little closer to the end of his basketball career. It’s coming eventually for the...
Private girls basketball roundup: Columbia Prep headed to GISAL final
A big third quarter sent Columbia Prep to the GISAL final. Carly Doyle scored 10 of her 16 points in the third to lead host Columbia Prep to a 63-33...
Conti's dish to Hopper sends Cross past Xaverian, back to B/Q title game
Evan Conti’s go-to move is the spin. He uses it when Holy Cross needs a basket, almost to a fault because it can get predictable. Wednesday night, he added a...
Bernardi's back, but Xaverian falls to Holy Cross
Brian Bernardi spent the better part of the last week feverishly rehabbing his bruised right shoulder and the junior guard spent much of the first half Wednesday night desperately trying...
St. John's signee Harkless picks up second all-star game nod
St. John’s signee Maurice Harkless wasn’t upset when he was bypassed for the McDonald’s All-American game and Jordan Classic, but he was happy to be invited to a pair of...
Royal romp: CK crushes Loughlin in B/Q semis
The regular season has been bumpy, filled with stops and starts. But Christ the King picked up some steam in the final month of the regular season and is now...
Port Richmond girls repeat, Wagner boys knock off Curtis for PSAL SI indoor titles
The Port Richmond girls did what the Curtis boys could not. The Red Raiders defended their PSAL Staten Island indoor crown by beating Susan Wagner, 200-103, at The Armory Tuesday....
Eagles can soar forever with win over Moore
St. Peter’s legacy is already written. Nothing that happens between now and when the school closes its doors for the final time in June will tarnish that.The Eagles are Staten...
Punchless Royals dethroned by Nazareth
Christ the King has played games without Bria Smith before this season, but never against a team the caliber of Nazareth. The McDonalds All-American, who has a nagging knee injury,...
Inexperience shows for Loughlin in B/Q semis loss to CK
Ed Gonzalez didn’t want to blame his team’s inexperience or its youth, but it was hard not to with the way his team played in key moments in front of...
'Catch' crew dies
'The Deadliest Catch" has lived up to its name once again. Justin Tennison, 33, a crewman on one of the show's fishing boats was found dead of unknown causes in...
O'Donnell considers 'DWTS'
Christine O'Donnell still wants your vote. The former Tea Party candidate for US Senate from Delaware -- who famously declared in a campaign ad that she is not a witch...
Austin's powers of attraction
For a man who's made a ca reer of playing freaks and geeks, Austin Pendleton is quite the babe magnet. At 70 -- looking like an older, sleep-deprived Charlie Brown...
Taylor-made 'Memories' don't run deep
When Paul Taylor's at his best, no one can touch him. When he's not, you squirm. At his company's opening night gala, the audience did both. Now that Martha Graham...
New Cooper exec
The executive behind "Good Morning America" has jumped to a new job -- heading CNN newsman Anderson Cooper's new daytime talk show. Jim Murphy, a longtime network newsman who was...
Oh my Oscars
Some people watch the Academy Awards for the glitzy fashion, others for the sheer glamour of the movies stars themselves. So why is it the only things anyone remembers are...
She works hard for the money...and pays for the date
Good news, women of New York! If you’re young and single, you’re making more bucks than men your age in the city. Bad news, women of New York! Now that...
Meteor? No, the Olympic torch
MOSCOW -- Russia is planning to send the Olympic flame where no Olympic flame has gone before -- outer space. The Russian space agency said it was preparing to send...
Heartbreak kids
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- The teenage sister and brother sat huddled yesterday on sodden grass, staring at the smoldering remains of an office tower that collapsed with their mother inside....
Rabbi charged as perv
A prominent Brooklyn rabbi was charged yesterday with molesting a 12-year-old girl over three years, authorities said. Nechemya Weberman, 52, of Williamsburg, pleaded innocent at his arraignment last night. Authorities...
Un-appy ending
Facebook has broken up with its Breakup notifier. Facebook shut down the creepy app because it appeared to be a "spammy application," TechCrunch reported. The app e-mailed users when their...
Walking the party line: Wisc. voted for reform
Not since the 1980s have I seen such a stark contrast between liberal and conservative ideology ("Statehouse Shutdown," Editorial, Feb. 22). Wisconsin voted for representatives who would cut the budget...
Gun driver: Memory shot
A Florida man stuck to his guns yesterday, insisting he forgot about storing a pistol in his glove compartment more than two years before driving up to Manhattan and getting...
A president of misrule
President Obama established a bipartisan debt-reduction com mission -- and then ignored its findings, which called for unpopular cuts in entitlements and spending. His first two budgets led to the...
Saving an icon of the American century
Earlier this month, some fellow pres ervationists and I became the owners and stewards of a unique American artifact -- the legendary ocean liner SS United States. Now comes the...
Iran & rights: another UN farce
While the Iranian police are using tear gas and electric prods to crack down on antigovernment protesters, the UN Commission on the Status of Women is preparing to welcome the...
I've had my fill of speculators pumping prices
Drivers will be paying an other 15 cents a gallon for gasoline over the next week and a total of half a buck more by Memorial Day. That's pretty much...
NY loves Andy, hates taxes
New York voters continue to give Gov. Cuomo strong support, want the state budget balanced without new taxes and are increasingly open to firing state workers, a new poll showed...
A king's ransom for peace
Saudi King Abdullah, fearing a revolt like the ones sweeping away his neighboring despots, has announced $37 billion in benefits for his subjects. Abdullah returned home after a three-month medical...
Not so radical now
With the nation riveted by public-sector showdowns in Wisconsin and Ohio on Tuesday, the guy who started it all -- Gov. Chris Christie -- took some credit back home in...
Uma loon seeks deal
The man convicted of stalking Uma Thurman is trying to work out a plea deal on new charges that he tried to contact the actress again, after a judge declined...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A knife-wielding thug brutally slashed a 16-year-old girl with a large knife last night. The violence took place outside a McDonald's at Fourth Avenue and 37th Street in Sunset...
Bank mess hits 18-year high
The number of banks at risk of failing made up nearly 12 percent of all federally insured banks in the final three months of 2010, the highest level in 18...
Pols to fed tax cheats: Pay loot or get boot
WASHINGTON -- Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Nearly 300,000 federal workers dodge federal income taxes and have shortchanged the government more than $3 billion in 2009 alone,...
Oleg dryer-fire suit
Famed fashion designer Oleg Cassini was scammed into buying a defective clothes dryer that nearly burned down his Oyster Bay Cove, LI, mansion, a suit says. The late couturier replaced...
Ordeal of wrong guy in Bx. rape
Even the bumbling Inspector Clouseau could’ve figured out that they had the wrong man. The Bronx DA yesterday dismissed rape charges against a Haitian immigrant whose Creole accent is so...
Pay$ to be ex-boss of transit boss
MTA chief Jay Walder's past two employers now have consulting contracts with the transit agency just 16 months into his time at the helm -- and the one approved yesterday...
US indicts four at Credit Suisse
Four bankers who worked at Credit Suisse Group AG were charged with conspiring to help US clients evade taxes through secret bank accounts, according to an indictment yesterday and people...
Ga. gun run to NY
A Brooklyn man and an accomplice stole 28 guns from a Georgia drugstore and brought them to New York to sell on the streets, the feds said yesterday. Wayne "Smiley"...
MTA escalators are going down
Going up? No, you're not. Top MTA brass admit scores of broken elevators and escalators throughout the subway system are going nowhere fast. "I don't think we're providing the service,"...
Apple investors nix public heir apparent
Nothing to see. That's what Apple investors discovered as they turned out in full force at the shareholder meeting. Perhaps they were curious to get a glimpse of CEO Steve...
Business briefs
Mixed picture Sales of existing homes grew by 2.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted an nual rate of 5.36 million in January, the National Association of Realtors said, while home...
Spotify: UMG deal is close
Spotify, the popular European digital music service, is "a few weeks away" from inking a deal for US rights to songs from Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company,...
Senate bill for 'fire' power vs. teachers
ALBANY -- Mayor Bloomberg's drive to end "last in/first out" protections for underachieving city teachers got a big boost in the state Senate last night with the introduction of a...
Sex and drugs a disgrace to the bench
This bench is more Charlie Sheen than Katharine Hepburn. A Manhattan park bench donated by the late actress' heirs has become a recent hotbed for raunch and pot, with wanton...
Outer-boro commuter woes
It's a long, hard slog for commuters outside Manhattan -- and it's only getting worse. A new report shows that straphangers trying to get to work between the outer boroughs...
8 lives left for fire cat
This is one cool cat. A 3-year-old feline was found alive yesterday in the charred remains of a Brooklyn building where a horrific weekend fire left a woman dead and...
Battle hymn of the tiger teacher
Chances are good that your high-school kid is a whiny slacker. Sloppy, crazy, slow and spoiled. Did I mention lazy? "My students are out of control!" suburban Philadelphia English teacher...
Dems hiding in plain 'spite'
HARVARD, Ill. -- Wisconsin state Sen. Dave Hansen, the assistant minority leader, thought he was staying at a secret location in Harvard, Ill., just south of the Wisconsin border. That...
Who's in charge at Time Inc.
The executive triumvirate that took over Time Inc. on an interim basis after the ouster of CEO Jack Griffin sent a memo to staffers yesterday outlining how they would carve...
You got punk'd, gov!
A political prankster broke Wisconsin's legislative monotony yesterday with a phony phone call to the state's union-busting governor, who joked about bringing a baseball bat to a meeting with wayward...
Israeli pipeline peril
An Egyptian pipeline that transports natural gas to Israel and Jordan may not resume shipments after it was shut off by the Egyptian army, experts said. Egypt closed the pipeline...
Big-$tink stogie
And you thought cigarettes were expensive. An Upper East Side man has agreed to fork over $2,000 to his next-door neighbors any time he smokes a cigar inside his apartment....
NY unions' rally cry
About 100 New York union leaders and Democratic politicians staged a noisy City Hall rally yesterday in support of Wisconsin workers. "We are confronting an assault on labor that is...
$500M 'insure-scam' ring nailed
Greedy life-insurance agents took out huge policies on penniless seniors, and then asked them to fake illnesses so they'd seem more likely to die, as part of a $500 million...
Pirate scum: Blame Navy
Comrades of the coldblooded Somali pirates who fatally shot four unarmed Americans whined yesterday that the US Navy opened fire first. "We warned them that if we are attacked, there...
Greek protests ignite
ATHENS, Greece -- Youths wearing ski masks hurled chunks of marble and fire bombs at riot police as clashes broke out yesterday in Athens during a mass rally against austerity...
Bam flips on no-gay wed law
WASHINGTON -- In a policy reversal, President Obama's Justice Department has decided that a federal law that bars gay marriage is unconstitutional and that government lawyers will no longer defend...
Psycho killer's day 'in' court
Accused psycho killer Maksim Gelman was the picture of calm in Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday, where he finally appeared -- via video link -- to face charges he slashed a...
Poll: 85% of New Yorkers say: Time to kill LIFO!
ALBANY - A staggering 85 percent of New Yorkers favor empowering school administrators to choose merit over tenure when firing teachers, bolstering Mayor Bloomberg's dogged fight to ditch the union-backed...
Down on Wall St.
Wall Street's Gucci loafers are looking a bit scuffed. The industry's cash bonus pool shrank 8 percent last year even though it was the second-most profitable year on record, according...
Cloud of suspicion
The New York head of nationwide title insurance company First American Financial Corp. has left under a cloud of suspicion over his conduct as an executive. Steven Napolitano, president of...
A message for Andrew
The people of New York have spoken. The state Senate is taking action. Now the rest is up to Gov. Cuomo. That is, if New York's ar chaic, seniority-driven teacher-lay...
Standing up for freedom
"The change that is taking place across the region is being driven by the people of the region. . . It represents the aspirations of people who are seeking a...
TSA agent in JFK 'road rage'
A Tsa agent was grounded yesterday after a parking lot fender-bender at JFK Airport sent him into a fit of road rage, authorities said. Airport screener Oneil A. Daley, 31,...
WMG steers bids for publishing arm
Warner Music is encouraging potential buyers to bid on its publishing division even though the entire company is on the block, The Post has learned. The No. 3 music major...
$100 oil's the pits
Global insurrections and fears over Libyan civil war sent oil soaring to the dreaded $100-barrel mark here as one analyst predicted doomsday prices of $220 if the violence worsens. Crude...
Vornado Q4 earnings, revenue rise
Vornado Realty Trust, the third-biggest US real estate investment trust by market value, said fourth-quarter earnings excluding items rose as revenue climbed and it had a gain on its investment...
'Classroom sex' teachers sue for $2M
The female romance-language teachers who were fired for allegedly speaking the international language in a Brooklyn classroom aren't going down without a fight. Cindy Mauro and Alini Brito say their...
Douglas' pal shrink-rapped
One of Cameron Douglas' alleged meth suppliers will get his head examined after turning down a sweetheart plea deal. Manhattan federal Judge Richard Berman yesterday ordered a mental-health evaluation of...
Qns. 'perv' is in Dutch
A former city hospital worker who was on the run for six years after jumping bail on charges of attempting to kidnap three children and sexually assaulting one of them...
Judge threatens Lohan with jail time if she takes plea
Lindsay Lohan turned heads yesterday as she strutted into to court in a sexy, cleav age-baring Cha nel blouse -- only to hear a California judge tell her that her...
Apple's hot new star is singing a sweet Melo-d
NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony hit center court in the Big Apple last night -- whipping Melo-mad New Yorkers into a frenzy over the prospect of returning his hometown to basketball...
Khadafy clan on the lam
Even Moammar Khadafy's family is trying to flee his crumbling desert empire, as more cities fell to anti-government rebels yesterday. Khadafy's only daughter, Ayesha, was aboard a National Libyan Airlines...
Moammar ordered Lockerbie
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy (pictured) personally ordered the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 killing 270 people,...
School of hard knocked
A group of Brooklyn educators is trying to launch a charter high school for pregnant girls and teenage parents in Bedford-Stuyvesant, The Post has learned. If approved, the New Directions...
Ford recall
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. said it would recall about 144,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the United States and Canada from the 2005 and 2006 model years for the risk...
Whole new 'reality' for 'Melo's lovely wife La La
New York is about to turn into La La land -- as Carmelo Anthony's wife pursues her own "net work" in the Big Apple. Since last fall, VH1 has been...
Feeling the freeze
Anyone who’s ever spent a winter week in Vermont or Canada’s Laurentian Mountains knows how easy it is to get swept up in the dreamy idyll of living in a...
Trade secrets
When you were a kid, trades were easy. Your Darryl Strawberry Topps card was roughly worth a Dwight Gooden. A Tonka truck could be procured for four Hot Wheels. And...
'Chopped' sticks
When it came to his own wedding, chef/restaurant owner/TV food personality Aaron Sanchez made a surprising decision. He wanted it to be a potluck. So he invited 15 of his...
'Melo out downtown
The Knicks have made a huge investment in Carmelo Anthony. But sources say Melo isn’t yet ready to invest in New York real estate. Instead of looking for a place...
Just sold!
Manhattan TRIBECA $1,600,000 7 Worth St. Two-bedroom, two-bath loft co-op, 2,300 square feet, with dishwasher, washer/dryer, walk-in closets, exposed brick, central AC and 500-square-foot basement; building features elevator and garage....
Col. case
Excessive parking tickets aside, UN diplomats are known for their reserve, which can make finding them a property Mission: Impossible. Such was the case when an ambassador’s attaché from a...
Billups makes impact with Knicks
During last night's third quarter, Chauncey Billups dribbled behind his back, then slipped the ball through Carlos Delfino's legs before banking in a layup and getting fouled. Then Billups pumped...
Anthony's arrival must not diminish Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire has been the unquestioned leader of the Knicks since he arrived here last summer and pronounced, "the Knicks are back." His energy and his attitude challenged his teammates,...
Knicks' Douglas lights up Garden
After Chauncey Billups missed a 3-pointer with 46 seconds left and the Knicks hanging on to a four-point lead, Toney Douglas helped seal the deal. The Knicks guard grabbed the...
Anthony wants Monroe's No. 15 with Knicks
Carmelo Anthony said last night he spoke with Earl Monroe to ask if he could wear the Pearl's retired No. 15 in his honor. Anthony, who wore No. 15 in...
Barron center of Knicks' attention
The Knicks are desperate to get a center by today's 3 p.m. trade deadline after losing Russian rookie starting pivot Timofey Mozgov in the Carmelo Anthony deal. And as reported...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 12:30 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m; $21,000; cl($14,000); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Dorian Will(L),123RDominguez6-7-2McLaghln 2-13Gamblin Fever(L),123J Espinoza6-8-4POrtiz 20-14Talented Princess(L),111S Maragh3-5-4Jacobson 10-15J J's Prophet(L),123C Lopez8-2-3DeRosa 4-16Lofty Banner(L),123M Luzzi2-8-3Volk...
Gulfstream Charts
Feb. 23, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST7f; $15,000; clm; 3upOff: 12:56. 7. off rail, drew clearTime: 23.31, 46.85, 1:11.82, 1:25.02.Trainer: Peter WalderWinner: B G,...
Vic Cangialosi at Santa Anita
Post time: 4:00 p.m. FIRST-6 ½ fur(T); $59,000; alw; 4up(f) PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 Blue Maiden(L),119 JRosro 7-1-2 9-5 6 Talktoomuch(L),119 JTalmo 3-2-1 5-2 2 Prytania(L),119 MGarca...
New breakout leads to rash of Devils wins
Those are two small steps for defensemen, one giant leap for New Jersey. "It's absolutely the biggest reason," Brian Rolston said of the breakout method that was utterly absent before...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $26,000; clm($20,000); 4upDR. W drops in class and comes in with a good work after tiring to fourth at this distance. NEW ADVENTURE cuts back to sprint...
Rangers laugh off Stars' asking price for Richards
WASHINGTON -- That Joe Nieuwendyk, GM of the Stars, who knew he had such a sense of humor? The Post has learned Nieuwendyk told Rangers GM Glen Sather on Tuesday...
Gulfstream analysis
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 mile; $15,000; cl($12,50); 3YO VAPOR TRACE drops in class after finishing third this distance. BARRY K showed some...
Woods KO'd in Match Play opening round
MARANA, Ariz. -- The slow road back for Tiger Woods took another detour yesterday when he followed a clutch birdie with a shocking shot into the desert and lost to...
Today's Sports on Air
Basketball7 p.m.Georgia at FloridaESPN7 p.m.Marquette at ConnecticutESPN27 p.m.Old Dominion at James MadisonESPNU7 p.m.Mount St. Mary's at Robert MorrisMSG8 p.m.Heat at BullsTNT9 p.m.West Virginia at PittsburghESPN9 p.m.Penn State at NorthwesternESPN29 p.m.Morehead...
Sports shorts
MLB: Cards may lose aceAdam Wainwright, the Cardinals ' 20-game winner and runner-up to Roy Halladay for last year's NL Cy Young award, may be done for the season after...
Frazier's wary of Knicks' new duo
Just because New York is the world's biggest stage doesn't mean it's always big enough. It was big enough 30-plus years ago for Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe, and the...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogCLEV. ST.8½Wis.-Milw.Wis.-Grn. Bay1½Y'TOWN ST.KENT ST.2½BuffaloFLORIDA6GeorgiaUCONN5½MarquetteJAMES MAD.PickOld DominionGEO. MASON17NortheasternFLA. ATL.11TroyVALPARAISO9Loyola of Chi.W. KENT.11Fla. Int'lSOUTH ALA.2½Ark.-L. RockARK. ST.5North TexasLA.-LAF.1½DenverOREGON ST.1StanfordOREGON3CaliforniaN'WESTERN4Penn St.PITTSBURGH9West VirginiaUC San. Barb.3CS N'RIDGEPacific3½UC R'SIDEL. BEACH ST.8½Cal PolySAN FRAN.5½PepperdineUC...
Skiing event special for the physically challenged
The feeling one gets when skiing down a mountain always has been great therapy, especially for those who are disabled. Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports has been there for those...
Knicks owner says Thomas 'was not at all involved' in Anthony deal
Knicks owner James Dolan almost upstaged Carmelo Anthony's introductory Garden press conference yesterday. He lectured the media for reporting Isiah Thomas was unofficially advising him and seeming to give the...
Jets' Gholston was star ... at NFL combine
INDIANAPOLIS -- The legend of the workout warrior snookering a gullible team at the scouting combine is so entrenched it's become cliché. Yet someone falls for it every year. NFL...
Mejia 'starting' over with Mets new management
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The old manager liked Jenrry Mejia in the bullpen last season. The new manager wasn't a fan of that decision. Terry Collins yesterday admitted he wasn't...
Yankees GM says Red Sox are the hunted
TAMPA -- One day after Hank Steinbrenner said he wouldn't anoint the Red Sox as the AL favorites because that would be insulting to Yankees players, general manager Brian Cashman...
Anthony already Knicks' go-to guy
Carmelo Anthony, despite a rousing introduction he will never forget and crackling electricity the Garden hasn't seen in a decade, had an off game -- until the final moments when...
Jets' Harris signs franchise tender: report
Jets linebacker David Harris signed his franchise tender Wednesday, ESPN.com reports . Harris' franchise number (the average salary of the top five players at his position) reportedly projects from $10.1 million to $10.5...
Nets make strong point with daring deal for Deron
In the two New York City tabloids that cover the Nets, there were 21 stories, 25 pictures, 10 charts and one cartoon devoted to the Knicks and Carmelo Anthony yesterday....
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Look Siera (12th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $6,000; conditional1SweeneyHanover(JStrattn)6-5-48-56ThunderCruise(SBouchard)3-6-510-14Hez Da Man N(C Manzi)4-4-54-12Briar'sReturn(GBrennan)4-3-38-13Kurt Rustler(M Forte)7-6-68-15Malmo Boy(D Dube)5-7-610-17Amasa Al(J Pantaleano)6-4-312-18HoneysDragon(JBartlett)6-5-520-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $10,000; cond7SeeThroughIt(GBrennan)7-1-29-51ArmbroExpressway(TButer)1-3-13-16Jesse Fect(J Bartlett)5-3-68-12IncomeDeVie(JPantaleano)5-4-15-13MisterLuckyVec(PLachnce)4-5-412-14Winbak...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: The Stewardess A (5th)FIRST-mile; trot; $10,000; conditional3LoveUOverandovr(JCmpbll)2-4-16-12Muscles Malone(A Miller)5-3-27-210SugarQueenGabby(TTetrck)1-4-33-11High Finance(Y Gingras)1-3-210-14Fashion Giant(R Pierce)5-4-615-15Bunyan(B Simpson)4-9-415-16Waterloo Willie(P Berry)4-7-78-17Wygant Pearl(D Miller)3-2-512-18Pa John(B Sears)1-10-29-29Mr Fenwick(J Meittinis)2-1-210-1SECOND-mile; pace; $9,000; conditional6CowgirlsNIndians(PBerry)6-4-73-19SandEFiftyfive(DMiller)4-3-97-23R...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 24FRIFeb. 25SATFeb. 26 SUNFeb. 27 MONFeb. 28 TUEMar. 1WEDMar. 2KnicksNOGAMECle.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEMia.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMEOrl.7:00MSGESPNN.O.7:30MSGESPNNetsNOGAMES.A.8:30YESWBBRHou.8:30YESWFANNOGAMEPho.7:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMERangersNOGAMEWash.7:00MSG2WNYMNOGAMET.B.1:00MSGESPNNOGAMEBuff.7:00VS.WNYMNOGAMEIslandersPhiladelphia7:00TV - MSG Plus NetworkRadio WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEWash.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEWash.7:00MSG+WRHUMinn.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMET.B.7:30MSG+WFANNOGAMEFla.5:00MSG+WFANNOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:00MSG+2WFAN
Weird but true
After 20 terms as mayor, a 94-year-old woman says its time to take a rest. Olive Stephens has been the mayor of Shady Shores, Texas, for 38 years. She told...
St. John's rout highlighted by little-used play
There were 5,602 fanatics, most of them dressed in red, who didn't care much about Starmelo Anthony's debut at the Garden last night, 5,602 long-suffering fans who packed Carnesecca Arena...
Hardy leads St. John's to easy win over DePaul
Dwight Hardy says he has never looked at a list of Big East Player of the Year winners; couldn't even name one person on the list. But sitting in the...
'Black Swan' spurs sales of ballet chic items
The Oscar-nominated flick “Black Swan” has not only sparked a ballet craze among aspiring dancers — it’s also got people buying up ballet-chic styles at several dancewear stores and retailers....
Green screen
‘CSI: NY” is experiencing Gang Green. New York Jets coach Rex Ryan and general manager Mike Tannenbaum were in Los Angeles yesterday, filming their guest starring roles on an upcoming...
Suspended Naz coach: 'I let the team down'
Apache Paschall has missed games before. Just this season, the Nazareth coach was in the hospital for a few days and couldn’t be on the bench with his team for...
Bad knee lands CK All-American on bench
If Christ the King’s season was on the line, if the Royals would have gone home if they lost, there was nothing that would have kept Bria Smith off the...
Nazareth tops CK, earns Brooklyn/Queens regular-season title
Nazareth understands its most important meeting with Christ the King could come in mid-March, but that doesn’t change the way the team feels when it steps on the court against...
'Swan' strong
Much like Nina — Natalie Portman’s psycho dancer in “Black Swan” — I want to be perfect. Not for any public pirouetting or a star turn in an Oscar-nominated film,...
Knicks win 114-108 over Bucks in Carmelo debut
Carmelo Anthony had 27 points and 10 rebounds, hitting a pair of clutch buckets down the stretch as the Knicks beat the Bucks 114-108 on Wednesday night in his Knicks...
St. John's wins in first ranked game in 10 years
Dwight Hardy continued his scoring streak with 21 points and No. 23 St. John's, playing as a ranked team for the first time in more than 10 years, dominated DePaul...
Yankees, Mets have 9 prospects on Top 100 list
The Yankees and Mets were both well-represented on Baseball America's Top 100 prospects list, which was released Wednesday.The Yankees had six players on the list: catcher Jesus Montero (3rd), catcher Gary...
Warriors, Nets make trade for Murphy, draft pick
The Nets and Warriors have made a trade that sends Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric to New Jersey for Troy Murphy and a 2012 second-round pick. The teams made the...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 26: Jefry Marte
Vitals: 19 years old (turns 20 on June 21); both hits and throws right-handed; signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Mets as an international free agent in 2007;...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 26: Jeremy Bleich
Vitals: 23 years old (turns 24 June 18); 6-foot-2, 185 pounds; both hits and throws left-handed; drafted in the supplemental first round of the 2008 draft by the Yankees out...
Dolan denies Thomas talked Knicks into trade
Knicks owner James Dolan, in almost upstaging Carmelo Anthony's introductory Garden press conference Wednesday, lectured the media for reporting Isiah Thomas was unofficially advising him and seemed to give the...
Calhoun won't coach UConn vs. Marquette
STORRS, Conn. -- UConn coach Jim Calhoun will skip the No. 14 Huskies' game vs. Marquette on Thursday night in Hartford, and also missed practice on Wednesday afternoon. But it...