July 15, 2011
Obama to meet with Dalai Lama at White House
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama at the White House Saturday, the White House announced Friday, according to FOX News Channel. The 76-year-old exiled Tibetan...
Hope Solo's World Cup breakthrough
Much has changed for Hope Solo, even since last month, much less the last World Cup. She’s gone from a pariah four years ago, persona non grata, to a team...
Mayberry, Worley and Phillies beat Mets 7-2
John Mayberry Jr. drove in five runs to set another career best, Vance Worley pitched well enough and the Philadelphia Phillies got off to a strong start after the All-Star...
Morrow earns win as Blue Jays beat Yankees 7-1
TORONTO — Brandon Morrow won his fourth straight decision, Yunel Escobar had three hits and the Blue Jays again roughed up the Yankees for their fifth straight win, 7-1 on...
'Call of Duty Elite' beta now live: get some
"COD" fans, get to clickety-clicking, because the "Call of Duty Elite" beta is now up and running. The first phase of the invite-only beta is live on Xbox 360, using...
Whitey Bulger's girlfriend ordered held without bail
BOSTON -- The long-time girlfriend of reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was formally ordered held without bail Friday, pending her trial, The Boston Globe reported. US Magistrate Judge Jennifer Boal...
'Twilight's' Jackson Rathbone Monkeys about in New York
It's virtually impossible to find a young Hollywood star who doesn't have aspirations of becoming the next hot music act. Thanks to "Glee" and virtually every show on Nickelodeon and...
Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony announce end of marriage
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced the end of their marriage Friday. "We have decided to end our marriage," the couple said in a statement to People magazine. "This was...
BUSHES: Prospects shouldn't stop Yankees from trading for Jimenez
George A. King III reported on The Post's Yankees blog Friday afternoon that Yankees scout Jay Darnell was one of 17 at the Rockies-Tigers game Thursday night to watch right-hander...
Stocks end up on earnings, but down for week
Stocks advanced Friday, as blowout earnings from Google and a big corporate takeover overshadowed another warning about the US credit rating and a depressed reading on consumer sentiment. The Dow...
Alleged Picasso thief pleads not guilty in San Francisco court
SAN FRANCISCO -- The man accused of several high-end art thefts in California and New York pleaded not guilty Friday to stealing a Pablo Picasso sketch from a prominent San...
Red Bulls likely to keep Coundoul
While the Red Bulls added Designated Player Frank Rost to solidify their goalkeeping situation, it appears to be Bouna Coundoul that will stay on as the German veteran’s backup, and...
Red Sox DH Ortiz appeals suspension
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is appealing the four-game suspension he received for his part in Boston’s bench-clearing melee with the Baltimore Orioles last week. He...
Watson makes hole-in-one at British Open
SANDWICH, England -- Tom Watson refuses to be a ceremonial player, especially when it comes to the British Open. He showed what he was talking about Friday when he quickly...
New Red Bull GK Frank Rost: I hope I can bring my part to win the title
Keeper Frank Rost joined the Red Bulls today, following Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez as their third Designated Player and expected to shore up their leaky defense. The veteran German...
Feds require more safety analysis at Indian Point
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won a federal ruling that will require a stronger review of potential “severe accident” scenarios at the Indian Point nuclear...
Bail hiked for LI pediatrician facing sex charges
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York pediatrician charged with sexually abusing young female patients, including some who were secretly videotaped or photographed while naked, compiled a “how-to book” on molestation...
Nets star Williams signs contract, 'headed to Turkey'
ANKARA, Turkey -- Nets point guard Deron Williams said on Twitter he has officially signed with Turkey’s Besiktas. The All-Star guard posted a picture of Friday’s agreement with Besiktas bearing...
London's not the only game
An evergreen summer story is the theater report from the UK, especially London. Which is fine and dandy, since many excellent productions transfer from there -- most recently "War Horse"...
Yankees have chance at Rockies pitcher Jimenez
TORONTO -- The Yankees were one of 17 teams in Denver on Thursday night to watch Ubaldo Jimenez pitch.According to several talent evaluators, they have a better than average chance...
Mets promote Igarashi to take K-Rod's spot
The Mets have promoted right-handed reliever Ryota Igarashi from Triple-A to fill the roster spot left by the trade of closer Francisco Rodriguez. The Mets made the move before Friday...
USA will face different style from Japan in Cup final
FRANKFURT, Germany -- With two World Cup titles and three Olympic gold medals, the United States has history on its side in Sunday’s final against Japan. With their lightning quick...
NFL talks making progress
Noting that “progress has been made,” NFL owners and players wrapped up a round of intensive talks Friday without a full agreement to end the league’s four-month lockout, but determined...
Clarke, Glover lead British Open
SANDWICH, England -- Darren Clarke marched along bumpy fairways on a wild ride at Royal St. George’s that was filled with blunders and brilliance, and one final birdie that brought...
Family of 8-year-old B'klyn boy thanks New Yorkers for their support
The family of 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who was smothered and then chopped up into pieces on Tuesday thanked New Yorkers "who had us in our thoughts and prayers." In a...
Presidential candidates disclose funding so far
WASHINGTON — The financial picture for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination race began coming into clearer focus with Friday's deadline for candidates to report how much cash they have in...
Bail set for Blagojevich at $450,000
CHICAGO -- A judge set bail at $450,000 Friday for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, below the $1 million bond sought by federal prosecutors. US District Judge James B. Zagel...
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' has record breaking opening
LOS ANGELES -- Some moviegoers may not yet know if Harry Potter will win his final battle against Lord Voldemort, but one thing is certain -- he already dominates the...
Alleged Fort Hood shooter to be arraigned July 20
FORT HOOD, Texas -- The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood will be arraigned on July 20, the US Army announced Friday....
LI public safety officer charged with DWI fatality
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — A Long Island public safety officer is charged with fatally striking a pedestrian while driving drunk in a Town of Hempstead vehicle. Nassau County police say...
Boozy Bronx firefighter busted after crashing car
A boozed-up firefighter fled the scene of an accident after crashing his car and injuring two occupants in another vehicle, cops said. Firefighter Lanier Brown was driving a green Corvette...
Signing Larsson good deal for Devils
The Devils keep hitting the jackpot on this one. After moving up from eighth to fourth by winning the NHL lottery, they were able to grab the player some believed...
Box Office: Potter smashes midnight record
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' sold a mind-boggling $43 million worth of tickets at 3,800 mostly sold-out midnight shows, Warner Bros. estimates today. That far eclipses the $30M midnight-show record set...
Chavez to get cancer treatment in Brazil
BRAZIL-- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez will undergo new treatment for cancer in Brazil after his June operation in Cuba, Brazil's official news agency reported Friday. Chavez spoke with Brazilian president...
Dolce & Gabbana lands Fifth Ave. store
Glam fashion powerhouse Dolce & Gabbana is making its first foray into the heart of tony Fifth Avenue. The Post has confirmed that the Italian fashion house just leased a...
Obama still pushing for 'big deal' on debt ceiling
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday that he was still pushing congressional leaders to agree on a "big deal" to raise the US debt ceiling and reduce the nation's...
Wreck of 1853 schooner discovered in Lake Ontario
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Undersea explorers have discovered a 19th-century, three-masted Canadian schooner that sank with a cargo of coal in Lake Ontario in 1906. The 53-year-old Queen of the Lakes...
Suspect in Conn. arson, standoff turns down deal
HARTFORD, Conn.— A man charged with burning a Connecticut house to the ground after holding his ex-wife hostage in it for hours has turned down a plea offer from prosecutors....
Argument over woman turns fatal in Brooklyn
An argument over a woman turned deadly when a man fatally knifed his lover's ex-beau, police sources said. The assailant clashed with his girlfriend's former boyfriend on Crown Street near...
Manchester United has no interest in Wesley Sneijder, Sir Alex Ferguson says
SEATTLE -- Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that Manchester United has "no real interest" in signing Dutch star Wesley Sneijder as Paul Scholes' replacement, Sky Sports reported Friday. The United boss...
Top News Corp. executive Les Hinton resigns amid phone-hacking scandal
Les Hinton, who headed News Corp.'s News International unit when the phone-hacking allegations roiling the media empire first arose, on Friday resigned as chief executive officer of Dow Jones &...
Red Bull notes: Rost ITC & visa in, Open Cup lineups, injuries
Both the ITC and P-1 visa for new Red Bull keeper Frank Rost have arrived, the Post has learned. That means that the 38-year-old German newcomer will be eligible to...
Hands-on with 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'
Call of Duty has quickly become one of the industry’s premier gaming franchises. Any time a new installment of the beloved franchise is released, it is almost a guarantee that...
South Carolina inmate requesting DNA test to determine whether he's Caylee Anthony's father
ORLANDO, Fla. — A South Carolina inmate has filed a petition against Casey Anthony seeking a DNA test to determine if he was the father of her 2-year-old toddler. Christopher...
Consumer Price Index fell 0.2 percent in June on lower gas costs, but Americans paid more for autos, clothes and hotel stays
WASHINGTON — Consumer prices fell last month for the first time in a year because of a steep drop in gas costs. But Americans paid more for autos, clothes and...
Revival Circuit: Pre-Codes at Film Forum
The one man most responsible for popularizing "Pre-code'' movies -- those racy early talkies turned out by Hollywood before the Production Code Authority cracked down, largely at the behest of the...
1 dead after standoff ends at New Jersey apartment complex
EWING, N.J. — Authorities are still investigating what triggered a deadly shooting that led to a standoff at a New Jersey apartment complex. Officials believe 50-year-old Wayne Voorhees shot 24-year-old...
Two men appear in court in connection with plot targeting Joss Stone
LONDON - Two men appeared in court on Friday in connection with an alleged plot targeting British soul singer Joss Stone. Junior Bradshaw, 30, and Kevin Liverpool, 33, both from...
Carl Icahn proposes to buy Clorox for $76.50 a share, values company at $12.6B
New York investor Carl C. Icahn proposed to acquire cleaning-products producer Clorox for $76.50 a share, MarketWatch reported Friday. In a Securities and Exchange Commission Form 13-D dated Thursday, Icahn...
French First Lady Carla Bruni confirms she's pregnant
NICE, France -- French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy confirmed the news we all knew Friday in an interview with Nice Matin newspaper: She is pregnant. The former model, turned singer...
Thousands flee Indonesian volcano's eruption
TOMOHON, Indonesia -- Thousands of Indonesians fled a series of powerful eruptions at Indonesia's Mount Lokon volcano to seek refuge in safer areas, The Jakarta Post reported Friday. The volcano,...
Arrest warrants issued for captains who failed to help sinking Russian cruise ship
KAZAN, Russia -- Orders to arrest the captains of two vessels that failed to come to the assistance of a cruise ship that sank on Russia's River Volga, killing more...
Palestinians say no to peace
There is a new poll out that is disheartening but predictable. Six in 10 Palestinians reject the idea of peace with the Jewish State. Stanley Greenberg and a Palestinian outfit...
Half brothers of Saddam Hussein to be executed in Iraq within a month
BAGHDAD -- Five Saddam Hussein-era officials, including two of the late dictator's half brothers, will be executed within a month after being handed over to Iraqi authorities by the US...
First US troops leave Afghanistan as drawdown begins
KABUL -- The first group of about 10,000 US soldiers due to leave Afghanistan this year already left, military officials said Friday, kicking off a gradual drawdown due to be...
German farm identified as source of E. coli outbreak cleared to reopen
BIENENBUTTEL, Germany -- A German farm identified as the source for a deadly E. coli outbreak that killed 53 people was cleared to reopen, The Local reported Friday. Tests for...
Prez slip is showing in NY
ALBANY — President Obama’s job-approval rating among New York voters has plunged to its lowest level this year, 45 percent, according to a poll released yesterday. The Siena College survey...
Mets hope to make it hard to break up team
Carlos Beltran wasn’t at the Mets’ workout at Citi Field yesterday, because he played in Tuesday’s All-Star Game. His teammates are wondering how much longer he’ll be around at all,...
Manager won’t commit on Mets closer
The Mets’ new closer for the immediate future will be Bobby J.P. Isringnellato. Jason Isringhausen, who has the experience in the job, plus Bobby Parnell and Pedro Beato, will form...
Time for Reyes, Wright to show Mets why team should keep them together
Jose Reyes and David Wright will not be on the field tonight against the Phillies, and yet so much of the second half of the Mets’ season is about them....
Fed whiffs on meatball case vs. Clemens
Well, it turns out we wasted all of our cheap quips and cheaper one-liners on the wrong lawyer, didn’t we? Rusty Hardin seemed like such an easy target. For one...
Yankees' Colon concerned after shelling by Blue Jays
TORONTO — There is something barking in Bartolo Colon’s left hamstring. Now, the Yankees have to find out how serious it is. “I will wait till [today] and see how...
Wambach has come too far for USA not to win Cup
The United States women’s soccer team is in Sunday’s World Cup final largely because of Abby Wambach’s aerial dominance and her penchant for the dramatic. Wambach nodded home a game-saving...
Mets GM faces big decisions as trade deadline approaches
The Mets batters will start the season’s second half against two of the best pitchers in baseball with Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee of the Phillies on the mound Saturday...
Townsend Harris high scorer gaining experience with NYC Heat
Sierra Berkel made it look easy in the winter. In her freshman season at Townsend Harris, the 5-foot-9 forward averaged 22.9 points per game, good enough for eighth in the...
Hayes' Jenkins the glue holding together successful New Heights 16U
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – New Heights’ 16U team is an impressive collection of talent, a mixture of public school firepower and Catholic school precision. There is South Shore’s Terrence...
Harry & gang rake in big bucks in early tix
Only Harry Potter could work this kind of movie magic. Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is already headed for a record-breaking opening this weekend, with...
Sarah Jessica Parker and Harvey Weinstein cash out stakes in Halston
Sarah Jessica Parker and Harvey Weinstein are taking a painful final markdown at Halston. Parker, famous for playing Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City," is getting a payout of...
Time Inc. looking at former insiders for top job
Time Warner has thrown the doors open at its headquarters, letting potential executives kick the tires. The tours are part of its search to find a new CEO of its...
Warren marches on soldier front
Consumer watchdog Elizabeth Warren says one of her first tasks will be to monitor rules protecting the finances of military families. Warren told a House committee that when the Consumer...
Groupon under review
Groupon's practice of selling group-discount coupons with expiration dates is being reviewed by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen for possible state law violations. "It appears that what Groupon Inc. sells...
NYSE deal gets closer
Germany's Deutsche Boerse looked set to pull off its $9.7 billion takeover of the New York Stock Exchange group yesterday after its shareholders backed the deal to create the world's...
Lawyer bigwig in tax scam: feds
A former senior partner at a prestigious New York law firm has been indicted by the feds for allegedly hiding $2.1 million from the IRS. Theodore Freedman, 63, who worked...
Blockbuster aims at Netflix gripers
Blockbuster, bought out of bankruptcy by Dish Network, is trying to poach customers unhappy with Netflix's decision to separate its pricing plans into more expensive tiers. Netflix customers who switch...
Abboud biz bids hit bumps
Bidders for Joseph Abboud are taking the rest of the summer off. The men's clothing label -- whose luxe fabrics and earth-tone colors were a hit with the business crowd...
Business briefs
Jobless claims Although applications for unemployment ben efits dropped 22,000 last week to a season ally adjusted 405,000, the lowest level in al most three months, New York state had...
Wall St. 'bad boy' Mandell goes on defense
This could be quite a show. "Bad boy" of Wall Street, Ross Mandell, kicked off his defense yesterday against allegations that he cheated investors out of $140 million through his...
Bank time bombs
JPMorgan Chase's strong second-quarter performance surprised investors, but it's no time to celebrate. As the first big Wall Street bank to report financial results, JPMorgan posted near record profit of...
Spotify's US launch puts rivals like Pandora, iTunes on notice
Spotify has just landed on US shores and already it is making waves. After numerous false starts and months of haggling with the record labels, the subscription music service, which...
Checketts can shop the Blues
St. Louis Blues owner David Checketts said he will get an extension from lenders today on a $120 million loan, buying him more time to find a buyer for the...
Murdochs to answer questions
Rupert Murdoch and his son James agreed to appear next week before UK lawmakers investigating whether News Corp. employees hacked the cell-phone messages of private citizens and government officials. Rupert...
Turning a Page
Larry Page has hit his stride. Page, in his second act as CEO, reported earnings from his first full quarter that surpassed most Wall Street expectations. The tech titan's co-founder...
Marine & Mila: It's a date!
Mila Kunis has time to serve her country after all. The "Black Swan" star was invited to the Marine Corps Ball by Sgt. Scott Moore in a 19-second YouTube video....
Gun used to kill Hollywood publicist Ronnie Chasen stolen from cop
The gun used to kill Tinseltown publicist Ronnie Chasen in a shocking murder that gripped Hollywood for weeks had been stolen from a cop, it was reported last night. The...
Runway mishap
BOSTON -- The wing of a Delta jet clipped the tail of an aircraft that provides regional air service for the carrier at Logan Airport last night. The crash sheared...
Qns. double-park road-rage slay
A fight over a double-parked vehicle last night left one man dead and his brother clinging to life, cops said. The road-rage fueled attack took place on a quiet street...
NYC geek seek
The city is inviting techies to a weekend competition to reinvent its nyc.gov Web site. "We want them to show off and show us the best they can do," said...
DSK misses protest
A planned protest outside Dominique Strauss-Kahn's TriBeCa townhouse fizzled yesterday, with just 15 people showing up when their target wasn't even home. "We're here to put the spotlight on you,...
Liu-Liu of a pension rip
A senior mayoral aide yesterday blasted Comptroller John Liu's oversight of the city pension funds, saying they were neither diversified enough nor producing high-enough returns. In a speech before the...
CityTime scandal firm wins feds' big bucks
The government gravy train just keeps rolling for the contractor at the center of the massive CityTime payroll scandal. Virginia-based Science Applications International Corp. won two more federal defense contracts...
Upper E. Side groper
Police are searching for a pervert who has groped six women on the Upper East Side. The man, who grabbed a woman's buttocks on East 85th Street at East End...
Debt-talk pols snipe at 'childish' behavior
WASHINGTON -- Childish pandemonium has erupted in the capital. Anger and frustration boiled over yesterday over stalled White House talks to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit, with no...
Atlantic City and Coney Island top boardwalks
ATLANTIC CITY -- America's first boardwalk is also its best, according to National Geographic, which has named Atlantic City's Boardwalk No. 1 in the nation -- followed by Coney Island's....
'Daughter slay' shock
A brute yesterday allegedly beat his 18-year-old stepdaughter to death with a hammer on the front porch of their Brooklyn home after she accused him of sexually abusing her, police...
Osama's new plot for 9/11
Looks like we nailed the bastard just in time. Osama bin Laden planned to mark this year's 10th anniversary of 9/11 with another strike against America. Communications seized from the...
Leiby Kletzky fought for his life against Levi Aron
He was just a little boy -- but died fighting like a man. Brave 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky spent his final moments of life in a fierce battle with kidnapper Levi...
An astonishing rogue's gallery
A man nabbed in San Francisco last week for allegedly stealing a Picasso drawing had a small museum's worth of other purloined art in his New Jersey home, authorities said...
Letterman smash-hit copycat
Another struggling actor allegedly smashed through the glass doors of the Ed Sullivan Theater yesterday, managing not only his big break but a performance that New York's Finest agreed was...
Make room in GOP race: Rudy
CONCORD, NH -- Rudy Giuliani yesterday predicted that two or three more candidates probably will jump into the Republican presidential race, but he wouldn't say whether he might be one...
Rutgers OKs tuition hikes
Rutgers University yesterday approved tuition hikes of 1.8 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for out-of-state students for the coming school year. Tuition, which varies by school, averaged about...
LI math teach's big sum
Hard work pays off after all! An ace Long Island math teacher -- feeling lucky when all of his students passed their Regents exams -- plunked down $10 on a...
Paul ad cry: 'Owe,' the pain
AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is using his first campaign TV ad to promote his longtime opposition to raising the federal-debt limit. In the ad, released yesterday,...
Hate-crime rap dropped
A Queens man who was facing up to 25 years in prison on charges of attempted murder as a hate crime was cleared yesterday after prosecutors dropped the case, saying...
We love gov, but not for prez
ALBANY -- While New Yorkers continue to strongly approve of the job Gov. Cuomo is doing, they're sending him a big "not so fast" when it comes to talk he'll...
Eatery lobster rolled
Let's hope these crooks are caught by the long arm of the claw! Someone, somehow crawled off yesterday with a 7-foot, 100-plus-pound lobster statue from in front of a Hamptons...
Casey Anthony's lawyer tongue-tied when asked whether she'd let client baby-sit
This Casey Anthony defense lawyer may be crafty, but she ain't crazy. Dorothy Clay Sims became tongue-tied when asked point-blank if she would let Anthony -- acquitted of killing her...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Two shoplifters were busted boosting clothes from Bloomingdale's, cops said. Jessica Santa Maria, 17, and Juan Velasquez, 27, were caught at 4:40 p.m. on July 7 allegedly trying to...
New esplanade latest East Sider
Other than in a kayak, the closest most New Yorkers will ever get to the East River figures to be a two-block patch of land officially opened yesterday by Mayor...
Killer obsessed over gal
A man who killed a gal pal and himself was so obsessed that he staked out her house for three months while she was in China, neighbors said. David Chea,...
Undercover cop guns down teen
An undercover cop fatally shot a drug-dealing, teen ex-con in The Bronx yesterday after the youth tried to rob him during a sting operation, police said. Nelson Reeves, 17, allegedly...
Ex tagged Leiby's 'killer' as a sex sicko
Levi Aron was a sex-crazed psycho who needed meds to handle a "behavior disorder" during his time in Tennessee, his ex-wife charged in court papers. In a 2006 protective order...
Hasids & kids rock the boat
It's the many-child-left-behind policy. Furious Hasidic parents claim the 25-child limit on the new East River ferries is unfair -- because it can't accommodate their extra-large broods. The strictly enforced...
Judge declares Clemens mistrial over blunder
WASHINGTON -- No runs, no hits, one huge error. An angry judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the perjury case against Roger Clemens after bumbling federal prosecutors introduced "extremely prejudicial"...
Land-sale probes
Two probes were launched yesterday into the controversial land deal that allowed a politically connected Indian cultural group to buy 4.5 acres of state land in Queens for a fraction...
'Addams' home sale
It's not creepy, spooky or altogether ooky, but the home where cartoonist Charles Addams created his ghoulish family is up for sale. The three-story home in Westfield, NJ, was one...
A shocked enclave's anguished search for answers
David Friedman peered down the block where a little lost boy breathed his last breath, and said out loud what everyone else had only been thinking. "He's a Jew," Friedman...
Rutgers gridder stands tall
This calls for a standing ovation! Eric LeGrand, the Rutgers football player paralyzed from the neck down by a bad tackle last October, is standing tall again. "Standing up little...
$1M bank 'scam'
Two men were charged with creating $1 million worth of forged checks from a Manhattan bank in an elaborate scam, The Post has learned. Niaheem Crandall, 34, who worked for...
Jail for air-tix scam
An airline-ticket agent got booked for a round trip to prison yesterday -- 2½ years for what even her lawyer called a "harebrained" Ponzi scheme. Victoria Scardigno, 33, worked for...
Jail secrets sprung in fed foul-up
Oops! The US government asked a Manhattan federal judge yesterday to order the return of two copies of a secret document about a detention center in Afghanistan that it accidentally...
2 lifeguards pulled off job after SI pool tragedy
Two city lifeguards were pulled off duty yesterday, one day after failing to notice two men floating face down in a Staten Island pool, officials said. They "are not back...
Feds' bust is cur$e of the mummy
Federal agents busted a black-market ring that smuggled ancient Egyptian artifacts from Dubai to Manhattan by claiming they were "wooden panels" and other innocent items, authorities said yesterday. One of...
Bam plans big-dough 5-O bash
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will celebrate his 50th birthday with deep-pocketed friends at a big political fund-raiser featuring $35,000 tickets and a celebrity concert. The big-bucks Chicago fund-raiser is set...
Lightning kin cursed
The last thing Stephen Rooney said after he saw the sky light up above his New Jersey home was: "Don't worry, guys. The storm passed. Besides that, you're with me...
Weiner to be missed in Congressional Baseball Game
WASHINGTON -- For once, Democrats were missing sext addict Anthony Weiner's big bat and play in the field. Weiner may have had a slim record of achievement in Congress, but...
$500 slap for driver in stylist's death
An unlicensed dump-truck driver who fatally struck a French fashion stylist on the Upper East Side last winter will walk away from what his own lawyer called "an absolute tragedy"...
Stuffs face & wallet
Donna Simpson fills her mouth with cheeseburgers, and her bank account gets fatter. The 700-pound Old Bridge, NJ, woman reportedly rakes in 100 grand a year by Webcasting her effort...
Happy birthday, Mr. President
If America defaults on its debts come Aug. 2 -- as the Obama folks warn, ab sent a deal by then -- what will President Obama do on Aug. 3?...
Cuomo's cig crackdown
Gov. Cuomo may soon be able to check off another item on Albany's long-ig nored to-do list: cracking down on illegal sales of tax-free cigarettes on Indian reservations. In the...
The taxman squeezeth -- more
There's just no escaping the taxman. Christian Lopez got little for giving up Derek Jeter's 3,000th-hit ball -- some Yankee tickets, some signed balls and such. Yet before the guy...
Al Qaeda moving? A strange Saudi story
Defeated in Iraq and shut out of Af ghanistan, al Qaeda may be trying to transfer its principal bases to its birthplace, Saudi Arabia. At least, that's what the Riyadh...
How to make a state
Can the United Nations com mand the birth of a nation? South Sudan became the 193rd UN member yesterday. The Palestinians are striving to become the 194th this fall. Meanwhile,...
Mike's reform dud
City Hall sent Deputy Mayor Bob Steel yesterday to a Citizens Budget Commission breakfast to pitch public-pension reform. Steel gave a commanding presentation -- but couldn't overcome the timidity of...
Prez's peas won't help malnourished economy
THE ISSUE: President Obama's call for Washington to eat its peas and settle debt negotiations. *** Instead of exhorting Republicans to eat their peas, President Obama and his fellow Democrats...
Show me the hunny!
The 1966-1974 "Winnie the Pooh" shorts that used to air on Disney's Sunday night program were thinly plotted, simply drawn and replete with silly songs and jokes for third-graders. Why...
The sisterhood of the traveling silk robes
You're advised to bring a hankie or two should you venture forth to see the tearjerker "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." Hong Kong-born Wayne Wang ("The Joy Luck Club")...
Recycled newspaper tale not so im-'press'-ive
The documentary "Tabloid" shows that an oddball lead character and a smirky style do not necessarily add up to a complete movie. Errol Morris, the Oscar-winning director of "The Fog...
Big stars but small laughs
The 21st century corollary to George Kaufman's maxim that "satire is what closes Saturday night" might well be that indie black comedies -- which almost never make money but continue...
Dancers tie choreography to screen play
Pilobolus and the band OK Go are a per fect match -- they both thrive on gimmicks. For its new season at the Joyce, the inventive physical troupe teamed with...
The Tree
It took a while to get used to French star Charlotte Gain sbourg as an Australian wife and mother in "The Tree," but she's such a wonderful actress that she...
Cage 'Cuckoo' for B'way (maybe)
Is this perfect casting or what? Nicolas Cage -- who's almost as celebrated for his nutty outbursts as he is for his string of lousy movies ("The Wicker Man") --...
Girlfriend
Credit filmmaker Justin Lerner with getting an affecting per formance out of Evan Sneider, a longtime friend with Down syndrome but no prior acting experience, in the emotionally manipulative and...
Life, Above All
How much pain and suffering can a 12-year-old girl endure? In "Life, Above All," set in a dusty South African village, the answer is a lot. The movie opens with...
Greetings from Malibu East!
It was Fourth of July weekend in Montauk, the unpretentious fishing and surfing town at the tip of Long Island. In the center of town, next door to the divey...
Sage Sixx
If you were the parent of a teenage girl in the 1980s, Nikki Sixx was your worst nightmare. As the bassist and songwriter of Motley Crue, he was both Dr....
Sharks moving closer to shore
The offshore action continues to make news, and sharks are so close to shore you do not have to considerate it offshore fishing. Anglers were taking threshers and small makos...
Soriano's health priority for Yankees
TORONTO -- Health before role. That's Yankees manager Joe Girardi's philosophy when it comes to right-hander reliever Rafael Soriano's return from the disabled list. Soriano is scheduled to throw a...
Jeter says calf kept him out of All-Star Game
TORONTO -- Derek Jeter scoffed at the belief that he was too emotionally and physically exhausted to attend Tuesday's All-Star Game in Phoenix. "What did I have? Physical and emotional...
Boyle OKs pact with Rangers
The three most straight forward Group II deals are done for the Rangers, with Brian Boyle having agreed yesterday to a three-year contract worth $1.7 million per season. But now...
5 questions for ... Jack Curry
YES Network reporter/analyst Jack Curry looks forward to the Yankees second half with The Post's Justin Terranova. The former New York Times columnist talks Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and why...
Jeter should have given fan big check for 3,000th hit
Money-ugly. Everything has turned -- soured, spoiled -- to money-ugly, a relentless aggravated assault on the better senses. If right is right and wrong is wrong, here's what Derek Jeter...
Lefty: New approach feels all right
SANDWICH, England -- Though he's five shots back, Phil Mickelson walked off the course following his even-par 70 yesterday enthused about the direction he is headed. Mickelson, who has only...
Mets' Davis will know fate in 3 weeks
Ike Davis and his doctors are giving the Mets first baseman's left ankle three more weeks. Then the most likely option is season-ending surgery. Davis visited a specialist in North...
Mets GM says K-Rod didn't submit no-trade list
Francisco Rodriguez had a limited no-trade clause in his contract, but it didn't do him any good because the closer's former agent didn't submit the list of teams he wouldn't...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; trot; $12,000; cond4OsisDrm (MLchnce) 9.604.605.406Access To Success (Pierce)5.405.805Hope And Love (AMiller)3.40* Exacta (4-6) $68.60 * Trifecta (4-6-5) $268.00 Scr: AcadianSECOND-mile; pace; $12,000; cond6AmrcnJwl (Ttrck) 2.202.202.1010Jk Cracklin Rosie (Pierce)3.603.403So Wanted...
Liberty's Pondexter an All-Star starter
Good news for the Liberty: Guard Cappie Pondexter has been named a starter for the WNBA All-Star Game on July 23 in San Antonio. It will be Pondexter's fourth appearance...
Borg vs. McEnroe seems like old times
Nostalgia took a detour. In the shadow of the RFK Bridge, where three boroughs converge, two legends collided. Playing in World TeamTennis at the Randall's Island Tennis Center last night,...
NFL, union agree to framework on rookie wage scale
Is the long, national nightmare finally over? Stop us if you have heard this before, but the NFL could be on the cusp of labor peace -- and a 2011...
Begay: Tiger to play Aug. event
Tiger Woods is apparently planning to play some golf before the end of summer. Fellow golfer Notah Begay III scooped Woods himself yesterday by announcing his former Stanford teammate would...
Sports shorts
NFL: Harrison apologizes for remarks Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison has apologized for using an anti-gay slur to refer to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in an interview with "Men's Journal," and...
Devils bring back Janssen
Pulling off a minor coup, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello last night brought fan-favorite Cam Janssen back to the team as a free agent after trading out-of-favor enforcer Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to...
Hondo gives Indians
And that, HondoNation, closes the barn door on this year's version of Hondo At The Races, which ended with a loss by Rutherford B., who couldn't find his way through...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1 mile; $43,000; alw; 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Roaring Conquest(L),121JCastellno5-1-3Reinachr 5-22Raecinjasin(L),117E Castro2-4-8Baker 12-13Bazoo(L),116I Ortiz1-7-xHushion 6-14Cap the Moment,121A Lezcano2-5-6Smith 4-15Iron Lou(L),117M...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Pembroke Prayer (6th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $12,000; claiming1Mimi's Bono Best(D Dube)1-2-37-52CockneyHanover(JStrattn)2-4-68-15Bb Torio(B Holland)5-3-86-13FiveSomewhere(JGregory)5-1-45-14FischersMajorrisk(EGdll)8-5-730-16Danger Sign N(A Coletta)3-6-210-17FiveStarStud(PLachance)2-6-412-18RockinrollinNow(GBrennn)6-3-18-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $27,000; cond7ClaudiusAugustus(GBrnnn)1-1-19-52WygantPrince(JMarshall)8-8-55-14NewHampshireBoy(EGoodll)4-6-75-11One Man Show S(C Manzi)2-8-56-13Jeter...
Vic Cangialosi's Calder Grade
Post Time: 2:00 p.m.FIRST-5 fur; $11,300; clm; 3,4&5YO8-Sofi Ana 4-51-Gbsn'sLlGr 10-12-GreatMuscl 30-13-BchLghtnng 4-14-BoundfrDty 6-15-Youmaknmmd 6-16-FlytNvrlnd 12-17-BewrthStrm 30-1SECOND-1m&70yds; $11,300; clm; 3up5-FatherLucy 6-11-WicklwRyl 20-12-Cracklin 5-13-FlagChaser 5-24-Sun Scorpion 8-16-Measure Up 12-17-BraveApch 10-18-SptlghtScm 15-19-FablsFrntr...
The Post Line
CFLTonightFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogMONTREAL10 (53)TorontoTomorrowHAMILTON2 (51½)Saskatch.EDMONTON2½ (54)Brit. Col.Home team in CAPSWomen's World Cup SoccerThird Place GameTomorrowAt SinsheimSweden -135France -105Over 2½ -140Under 2½ +100FinalSundayAt FrankfurtUnited States -250Japan +170Over 2½ +115Under 2½ -155
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m; $18,000; cl($5,0); 3upBURNING CALORIES drops in class for return to route. THENPUTITBACK finished third in last two starts. MOST...
Brit amateur, paired with namesake, ties for Open lead
SANDWICH, England -- Golf fans of America, allow us to introduce Tom Lewis. Never heard of him? Don't worry, you'll be hearing a lot about him in the coming days,...
Belmont Charts
July 14, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -7 fur(T); $27,000; clm; 3upOff: 1:01 p.m.St.good, won drivingTime: 23.91, 46.99, 1:09.91, 1:21.83.Trainer: William MottWinner: DK B/...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-$38,500, st alc, 3YO up, 1mi, tf3Bronster (Rosario) 4.402.602.206Vote of Approval (Flores)4.202.804My Boy Luke (Bejarano)2.80 Scr: Lewdawg N Paradise, Songfoya. * $1 Exacta (3-6) $7.90 * Quinella (3-6) $9.80 *...
Ky. OKs video racing
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved the first expanded gambling games at a state horse track. Kentucky Downs in western Kentucky wants to implement the game in...
This Open not open and shut for Rory
SANDWICH, England -- The world was expected of Rory McIlroy after his dominant win at the U.S. Open last month and, through yesterday's first round of the British Open, you...
After '03 fade, Dane comes back for more
SANDWICH, England -- If you believe in kismet, then you believe Thomas Bjorn will win the British Open this week. If Bjorn, who wasn't even supposed to be here because...
'Zen' of mystery
Who is that dashing Venetian detective working in Rome? The one who's so cool he's sizzling, so smart it's scary and so sexy he makes it all positively captivating? Aurelio...
'Glee' kids to graduate this year
Rachel Berry graduates! "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy has declared that fan favorites Rachel (Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) will graduate at the end of this season...
Starr report
Sunday's season premiere of AMC's "Breaking Bad" will mark yet another journey into this show's heart of darkness. I interviewed series star Bryan Cranston -- he of the three consecutive...
Emmys: head to head
Yesterday’s prime-time Emmy Award nominations were long on predictability but short on the surprise factor — though there were a few “huh?” moments. For starters, neither Jay Leno nor David...
Weird but true
Other cities have official birds, flowers and insects. It somehow seems appropriate that Washington, DC, now has an official cocktail. The City Council yesterday proclaimed it the rickey, a concoction...
I did not see it coming, Hugh Hefner says of wedding walkout in first TV interview
LOS ANGELES -- Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner said Thursday he remains clueless as to the reasons behind his former fiancee's eleventh-hour walkout on their planned June wedding -- but confessed...
One injured in plane collision at Boston's Logan Airport
BOSTON -- One injury was reported after two planes collided on a taxiway at Boston's Logan Airport on Thursday night. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that a Delta 767 collided...
Standard & Poor's puts US credit ratings on negative watch
Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services said late Thursday it has placed US sovereign credit ratings on watch for possible downgrade -- saying the action "signals our view that, owing...