April 30, 2013
$75,000 bail for ex-con who allegedly smashed Four Seasons lobby showcase & nabbed jewelry
A violent ex-con with a thing for bling is being held on $75,000 bail for allegedly smashing a glass showcase in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in February...
Alleged puppy 'killer' denies throwing pooch six floors to its death
A brutal coward threw his girlfriend’s six-month-old dachshund’s out of their sixth story window — to its death — after an argument in their West 129th Street apartment, officials said...
Judge tells rape, stabbing victim to seek counseling as her attacker and husband of her child is sentenced
A Queens judge today scolded an unrepentant brute who on two occasions raped and stabbed the mother of his child — and he offered some sobering advice for the victim,...
GAMETRACKER: Astros at Yankees
The Yankees will attempt to bounce back after getting crushed 9-1 by the Astros last night. Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound for the Yankees against Houston’s Philip Humber.
Mets drop sixth straight
MIAMI — Just another torturous night at the office for the Mets. Instead of prolonging the drama to the 15th inning, as they had a night earlier, the Mets made...
FDA: Morning-after pill to be sold over-the-counter
WASHINGTON — The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. Tuesday, the FDA lowered to...
Rangers' Tortorella defends relationship with Gaborik
Rangers coach John Tortorella launched into an unprompted defense of his relationship with Marian Gaborik when talking about the deadline trade that sent No. 10 to the Blue Jackets for...
Ricin found in former business of man charged with sending poison to Obama
TUPELO, Miss. — Ricin has been found in a business once used by the man charged in the case of letters laced with the deadly poison being sent to President...
Indoor team, Omaha Beef, offer Tebow $75 a game; starting QB says 'Tim can learn a lot from me'
OMAHA, Neb. — The Omaha Beef have a job waiting for Tim Tebow if he wants it — and the Nebraska indoor football team will even pay him $75 a...
Met Ball gossip: Will Kim attend?
If Kim Kardashian makes it to the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Gala on May 6, she’ll have Kanye West to thank for it. The overexposed reality star was reportedly banned...
Celebrity fashion trends for spring
Olivia Palermo does daffodil in Katie Ermilio. Kate Mara serves Kate Young for Target sunny side up. Lemony Monique Lhuillier looks oh-so-sweet on Olivia Wilde.
New scents for spring
A bouquet of new fragrances blooms this season.
Dolce & Gabbana gets a new 5th Avenue home
Nearly two years after retail whispers hinted at plans for a new Dolce & Gabbana boutique in New York City, the luxe Italian label opened shop last week at 715...
Hot spring trend: Florals
Add some petals to some mettle and bring spring to lush life.
Julia Restoin Roitfeld talks boobs, babies and breastfeeding
‘Boys breastfeed longer . . . and then they never stop,” says Julia Restoin Roitfeld. The 32-year-old daughter of former French Vogue editrix Carine Roitfeld is posing in a skintight Victoria Beckham...
Kentucky Derby up to 22 entrants
LOUISVILLE – Less than 24 hours after it appeared only 19 horses would be entered Wednesday for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, that number has climbed to 21, and possibly 22, with...
1st Generation iPhone goes from ‘Gadget of the Year’ to ‘Obsolete’ in 6 years
Bye-Phone. Six years after the iPhone went on sale, Apple is putting the first-generation device out to pasture. Apple will label the original iPhone an “obsolete” product in much of...
TCM Classic Film Festival 2013: So many great movies, so little time
I had the fantastic time again over the weekend at my third TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, an event that just keeps getting better and better in its fourth...
Diehl says Giants drafting Pugh is 'about competing’
Veteran offensive linemen already entrenched on the roster issued a warning for Justin Pugh, the Giants’ first-round draft pick from Syracuse who will vie for the starting right tackle job:...
Yankees put Youkilis 15-day DL with a lumbar spine sprain
Kevin Youkilis has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a lumbar spine sprain and recalled infielder Corban Joseph from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take his spot on the roster....
Collins' longtime fiance says she just found out NBA veteran was gay
Jason Collins’ former longtime girlfriend had as little idea as his teammates that the veteran center was gay. Carolyn Moos, who was once engaged to Collins, said she was shocked...
Socialite gets 19 months in slammer for $20M corporate fraud scheme
INDIANAPOLIS — A New York socialite who pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge that she duped corporations out of millions of dollars was sentenced Tuesday to 19 months...
New Jets QB Smith denies he fired agents over draft fall
Geno Smith followed his embarrassing draft-day fall by firing his agents this week, but the Jets’ potential new starting quarterback denied the two events are linked. “I don’t want to...
Knicks' Smith: Series would've 'been over' if I didn't get suspended
J.R. Smith said the Knicks would have swept the Celtics on Sunday if he had played. “Oh yeah, it’d been over,’’ Smith said in his first comments since his one-game...
Paramedic is first witness in Jackson civil case
The first paramedic to reach a dying Michael Jackson testified today that didn’t he recognize the pop star, who was so pale and emaciated, the rescuer assumed he was a...
'Iron Man 3' doesn't iron out its kinks
There’s so much dumb stuff in “Iron Man 3” that I expected the credits to say, “Written and directed by Thor.” The villains are all wrong, the motivations are muddy,...
Mayor Bloomberg rips NY Times over stop and frisk coverage
Mayor Bloomberg today unleashed an attack on The New York Times, accusing the paper of hypocrisy for publishing an editorial against the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy days after the...
Ziegfeld to be managed by new owners of Clearview Cinemas, including Chelsea; First and 62nd closing soon
Cablevision is holding onto its lease for the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre but will turn management over to Bow Tie Cinemas, which has a contract pending to buy almost all of Cablevision’s Clearview...
What do the 2013 Yankees and 2009 Mets have in common?
With the Yankees talking last night as though Kevin Youkilis had a good chance of going on the disabled list, joining many of his teammates – here’s Joel Sherman’s column...
Celtics 'taking it one game at a time' in comeback attempt
WALTHAM, Mass – Just another Game 7 for the Celtics, even if it is Game 5. Wednesday at the Garden could represent the Celtics finale for Kevin Garnett or Paul...
College hoops coach accused of forcing a player to run till he lost control of bowels: report
Wisconsin-Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle could be headed down a similar path as former Rutgers coach Mike Rice. This month, it was reported that parents of two players on...
Knicks' Kidd wins NBA's Sportsmanship Award
For the second straight year, Jason Kidd was given the Joe Dumars Trophy for the NBA Sportsmanship Award, the league announced Tuesday. Kidd is the first back-to-back winner, having won...
Obama defends terror probe of accused Boston Marathon bombers
US intelligence did everything by the book in investigating terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and couldn’t have reasonably foreseen his attack on the Boston Marathon, President Obama said this morning. Still, the...
Raptors to make strong push for Jackson to be team president: report
Could Phil Jackson’s next job require a passport? The Toronto Raptors are interested in making a run at hiring Jackson and putting him in charge of personnel decisions as an...
'Innocence of Muslims' one of the most requested videos governments want off YouTube
Governments the world over wanted the controversial anti-Muslim film “The Innocence of Muslims,” removed from YouTube according to Google’s annual Transparency Report. The film sparked protests across the Middle East...
Woman clinging to life after brutal stabbing in Brownsville
A woman is fighting for her life after she was stabbed in Brooklyn early today, cops said. The 56-year-old woman was stabbed several times in the torso on Amboy Street...
Penguins' Crosby ready, but needs clearance from doctors
Sidney Crosby is ready to return, but the final decision is not up to him. The Penguins star center is visiting his doctor Tuesday to determine whether he will be...
Brad Pitt reached out to 'Lost' co-creator to finish zombie movie: report
Brad Pitt was seriously lost when he reached out to a TV screenwriter for help on “World War Z”, his apocalyptic zombie movie, according to a revealing new report. Speaking...
Police investigate tragic death of 3-year-old Bronx girl
Cops are investigating the tragic death of a three-year-old girl in Riverdale yesterday, authorities said. The mother of Ahyna Louis-Hardy, 3, had asked her boyfriend to baby-sit the tot in...
Chunky George Zimmerman waives right to 'Stand Your Ground' immunity hearing
SANFORD, Fla. — An almost unrecognizable George Zimmerman entered a Florida courtroom this morning and waived his right to an immunity hearing under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law....
Obama: Not 'rushing to judgment' on chemical weapons in Syria, need 'hard, effective evidence'
President Obama tempered his tough rhetoric on Syria today, saying his administration wouldn’t be “rushing to judgment” on reports of chemical weapon attacks. The US can’t lash out militarily against...
Former Knicks star Johnson says he'd be 'uncomfortable' playing with gay player
Knicks executive Larry Johnson wrote on his twitter account he might be “uncomfortable’’ playing with a known gay player. Johnson, whose title is basketball and business operations representative and played...
3UP: Collins, Tebow, Yankees Offense
1. I hope we reach a point where no one cares when a sixth-string quarterback who can’t pass is released or any person on the planet – athletes included –...
Jets GM Idzik says drafting Smith led to Tebow's release
The drafting of Geno Smith last weekend prompted the Jets to jettison Tim Tebow on Monday, GM John Idzik said this morning. “Drafting Geno in the second round, it became...
Bronx AM fire kills mother, seriously injures mentally handicapped son
An elderly mom was killed in a Bronx blaze this morning, and her mentally handicapped son was seriously hurt, authorities said. Neighbor Vin Luongo, 42, said his father heard the...
Knox compares retrial to 'crawling through barbed wire'
Amanda Knox compared her upcoming retrial in Italy to “crawling through barbed wire” in a new interview set to air tonight. Knox, who was acquitted in the 2007 sex attack...
Cyndi Lauper's 'Kinky Boots' leads Tony Award nominations
The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. “Kinky Boots” is based on the...
Columbia student allegedly raped at Ritz Carlton by man she met online
A Columbia University dental student was allegedly raped at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in lower Manhattan after she met a man online — and he drugged her with ecstasy, police...
Collins says 'mind-boggling' to be first athlete to come out during career
Washington Wizards player Jason Collins said it’s “mind-boggling” to be the first openly gay active male athlete in an American team sport. Collins sent shockwaves around the sports world yesterday,...
US cargo plane crash in Afghanistan kills 7
KABUL, Afghanistan — A civilian cargo plane owned by an American company crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of the Afghan capital, soon after takeoff on Monday, killing all seven...
Stanley Cup playoff preview, predictions
First, a question: did anyone actually miss the 34 games per team that were lopped off the schedule as a result of Owners’ Lockout III? And a follow-up: Exactly how...
Nets' Watson gets Game 4 technical rescinded
C.J. Watson has had the technical foul he was given in the second quarter of the Nets’ Game 4 loss Saturday in Chicago rescinded Monday. Watson and Nate Robinson –...
Mets on deck vs. Marlins
TONIGHT — 7:10 RHP Jeremy Hefner (0-2, 5.14) vs. RHP Kevin Slowey (0-2, 2.43) TOMORROW — 12:40 p.m. RHP Dillon Gee (1-4, 5.96) vs. LHP Wade Leblanc (0-4, 6.20) Both...
Yankees on deck vs. Astros
TONIGHT — 7:05 RHP Philip Humber (0-5, 7.99) vs. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (3-1, 2.79) TOMORROW — 7:05 p.m. LHP Eric Bedard (0-2, 7.98) vs. RHP David Phelps (1-1, 5.29) Both...
Nets hold ground at Barclays, force Game 6 in Chicago
One down, two to go. The Nets took the first step toward trying to escape from a 3-1 deficit in their first-round series against the Bulls with a 110-91 victory...
Lopez, Williams won’t let Nets season die
Sixteen seconds into the fourth quarter, the hush that settled on Barclays Center was palpable. Jimmy Butler had just knocked down a 3-point shot, and the Chicago Bulls were within...
Collins comes out: 'I’ll lead by example and show that gay players are no different from straight ones'
BOSTON — In a ground-breaking announcement, Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran who began his career with the Nets, has come out as the first openly gay active male athlete...
Sports world slowly pivots toward tolerance as norm
This was more than 10 years ago, just as the Nets were evolving into the team that would play in back-to-back NBA Finals, just as they were blossoming into a...
Terrible Tebow quotes Scripture after finally getting cut by Jets
Tim Tebow showed up at the Jets training center in Florham Park yesterday morning, just after dawn as usual. But as the polarizing quarterback was getting changed into his workout...
Jets' blessed mess ultimately costs Ryan, Tannenbaum & two QBs
The release of Tim Tebow yesterday comes too late for Mike Tannenbaum, too late for Rex Ryan, too late for Mark Sanchez, and too late for Tebow. The Yankees had...
Business briefs
S&P record Technology companies led the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to an all-time closing high yesterday. The stock market has recovered all the ground it lost over the previous...
TV in a bad ‘spot’: Fragmented audience is threatening ad sales
Must-watch TV is looking more like must-wait TV. The rapid rise of time-shifted viewing — driven by DVRs, video-on-demand options and mobile devices — decimated TV ratings in the first...
Uh-O! Editor Casey out at Oprah magazine
The masthead of Oprah’s magazine is getting a makeover. Susan Casey, an ocean-adventure author who has held the top job for nearly four years, is leaving and will be replaced...
Labor pains continue despite soaring profits
This Friday, at precisely 8:30 a.m., everyone will be asking the same question: Why aren’t companies hiring more workers? That’s the same question America has been asking for the past...
$1.75B loan to JCP
JCPenney yesterday confirmed that Goldman Sachs will provide it with $1.75 billion in financing. Rumors about the financing had begun to circulate Friday. The five-year senior secured term loan can...
Blankfein owns being ‘outsider’
Meet Lloyd Blankfein, the outsider. The prominent investment bank CEO told attendees at a gay-advocacy leadership conference, “Out on The Street,” at Goldman’s headquarters yesterday that he understood what it...
Feeling pumped: Herbalife ups forecast after strong Q1
Embattled Herbalife posted a 25 percent gain in first-quarter profits, topping Wall Street expectations. The distributor of nutritional and weight-loss products, at the center of a huge smackdown between hedge...
Galaxy’s big ‘break’
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is bigger, lighter and faster than its predecessor. It’s also easier to break, a phone-insurance firm has concluded. Samsung’s flagship phone also scored worse than Apple’s...
‘It’s on!’ ‘New’ AOL slogan steaming Sony
AOL has gotten Sony all worked up over a new slogan it used for its presentation at this week’s New Fronts. Tim Armstrong’s media company splashed “It’s On!” on trade...
Diller: mag buy foolish
Buying Newsweek was a big mistake, Barry Diller admitted yesterday. “I wish I had not bought Newsweek. It was a mistake,” Diller, the CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, told Bloomberg TV. The...
ESB REIT plan climbs on despite opposition
The Empire State Building’s big gorilla — Anthony Malkin — appears likely to crush opposition to his plan to create a publicly traded REIT around the iconic tower. A Manhattan...
Banks adding DC heft
If you can’t beat them, hire them. Morgan Stanley tapped Beltway insider Michele Davis to head its communications department, joining the ranks of big banks that have added a DC...
Miracle on 54th street
In an unusual case of close cooperation between the owners of land and leasehold, Waterman Interests has signed a new, 75-year master lease at 400 Park Ave., at 54th Street....
Charter rent war
A bid to force charter schools to pay rent for the use of public-school building space has been derailed — for now. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe ruled that...
Cabby can’t hack it, wilts on crash DA’s grill
He crashed again — this time on the witness stand. A cabby accused of ramming his taxi into two men rather than drive them from Midtown to The Bronx turned...
‘Death’ promoters: Jacko’s kin rip concert company
Greedy concert promoters turned a blind eye to Michael Jackson’s pill popping and hired him an unscrupulous Doctor Feelgood, lawyers for Jacko’s family said yesterday in the opening statements of...
Gambling-ring partner linked to murder-suicide: feds
A suspected partner in Manhattan art-scion Helly Nahmad’s alleged illegal gambling ring has ties to a 2012 city murder-suicide, federal prosecutors said yesterday. A company connected to suspect Anatoly Golubchik...
NY spots win ‘best in chow’
Six US restaurants, including four in Manhattan, made the list of the world’s top restaurants. But only one broke into the top 10 — Daniel Humm’s Eleven Madison Park in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A crook was caught on surveillance robbing a 7-Eleven at gunpoint, sticking up one clerk while another worker continued to restock the shelves behind him, unaware anything was...
Mom’s $2M nag: woman sues over ill horse
A fuming Upper East Side mom slapped a Westchester horse farm with a $2 million lawsuit yesterday for knowingly selling her distraught daughter a defective show pony, according to court...
Rudy: Joe terror bane
Invoking both the Boston terror attack and 9/11, Rudy Giuliani last night said his former deputy, Joe Lhota, will be the best terror fighter of all the city mayoral candidates....
Bullets fly in Brooklyn shootout
A gun-toting bicyclist opened fire in Crown Heights last night, wounding two teenagers, police sources said. A 13-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks, and a 19-year-old was hit in...
Fiend’s chops busted: life for hacking up roommate
A Brooklyn carpenter convicted of murdering his roommate and chopping the body into thousands of pieces was hit with the maximum sentence of 25 years to life behind bars yesterday....
Red, white and ‘ooh!’ for Sofia
Sofia Vergara flaunts her dangerous curves in a sizzling shoot for Cosmopolitan. Dishing to the mag’s June issue, the 40-year-old “Modern Family” star is up “front” about her changing style....
Met goes halfsies on historic Torah
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century handwritten and illuminated Torah, they announced yesterday. The two institutions said they would share...
‘Ricin’ man put on ice
OXFORD, Miss.— Calm, polite but shackled to the waist, a Mississippi man charged with sending a ricin-laced letter to President Obama was ordered held without bail yesterday in his first...
Tears at subway saw trial
An elderly Manhattan man broke into loud sobs yesterday as a jury heard the harrowing tale of his encounter with a power-saw-wielding madman on a subway platform in 2006. “I...
Supervisor slams frisk-foe officer
An NYPD whistleblower who’s been a key witness in the trial of the department’s stop-and-frisk policy is a lousy cop, his supervisor testified yesterday Officer Pedro Serrano’s “activity does not...
Chris: O still dandy on Sandy
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie praised President Obama yesterday for the federal response to Hurricane Sandy — saying he’s “kept every promise he’s made.” “I’d give the president high marks....
GE’s Hudson-cleanup suit
FORT EDWARD, NY — General Electric is suing National Grid in hope of getting the utility to help pay for the $1 billion-plus Superfund cleanup of contaminated sediment from the...
Gov’s Con Ed $hock: Demands probe of hurricane bonuses
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has ordered an investigation into fat bonuses Con Ed executives hauled in as a reward for the their handling of Hurricane Sandy — a storm response...
Technically, Brooklyn’s booming
Downtown Brooklyn has gone from a 99-cent-store haven to a residential hub — and now a techie hot spot. With nearby DUMBO and the Brooklyn Navy Yard so packed with...
Baring arms! Gals opt for surgery to look like Michelle
Women are embracing with open arms the chance to look like Michelle Obama in a sleeveless dress. Upper-arm lift procedures have shot up 4,378 percent over the past decade, the...
2 1/2-hour-longer school day will teach kids a lesson
The dismissal bell has never sounded sweeter than it soon will for thousands of city public-school kids. The academic day is about to get 2 1/2 hours longer for roughly...
Lhota: Weiner ‘undisciplined’
Gop mayoral candidate Joe Lhota yesterday rapped Democrat Anthony Weiner as “undisciplined” in his personal life and said the ex-congressman won’t get elected if he runs for City Hall. “He...
A rack & a hard place: W. Village suit over rental bikes
A group of West Village residents wants to slam the brakes on the city’s bike-sharing program, claiming in the first suit filed over the new rental racks that they’re an...
Pro-gun senators take heat
WASHINGTON — A new poll shows serious political backlash against five senators who recently voted against expanding gun-background checks. Public Policy Polling found voters less likely to support the senators...
A guilt trip for illegals
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have dreamed up another hoop for America’s 11 million illegal immigrants to jump through to become citizens — and it includes a slap on the wrist...
New SST avoids sound & fury
Remember the Concorde? The supersonic transport plane that could get to Europe from Kennedy Airport in a mere 3 1/2 hours — but left an ear-shattering sonic boom in its...
Cat killer caged
A Staten Island man was sentenced yesterday to four months in jail for throwing his ex-girlfriend’s cat from an eighth-floor apartment balcony. Burriel Jones pleaded guilty earlier this month to...
No jail for perv ‘Teach of Year’
A former New Jersey “Teacher of the Year” who admitted having sex with a 15-year-old student was spared prison time yesterday. Erica DePalo, 33, who won the Essex County honor,...
Boston blaze kills Brooklyn gal
A promising graduate of Brooklyn Tech HS was killed in a house fire near Boston University over the weekend, authorities said. Binland Lee, 22 — who had been voted “most...
9/11 gear theory flies with cops
Cops believe the newly discovered piece of WTC plane wreckage found near the Ground Zero mosque wasn’t intentionally placed there — but instead blasted into the tiny alley on 9/11....
What’s he smokin’?!
Mayor Bloomberg’s former jails commissioner yesterday endorsed legalization of illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine — and even heroin. “I would legalize drugs across the board,” said Martin Horn, who...
Saturn’s giant ’cane
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn’s North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across...
‘Lying’ narc: Blame beer
A veteran NYPD narcotics detective accused of perjury is claiming that her nightly habit of downing more than a dozen beers until she “passes out” impaired her memory when she...
Quinn gives heathen Halloran hell
A furious Christine Quinn yesterday said she has “zero tolerance” for City Councilman Dan Halloran’s flings with young staffers, as an ethics panel prepares to grill the proudly practicing pagan...
Martha Stewart in meet market on Match.com
Martha Stewart yesterday revealed that she’s a Diva of Desire looking for a good time between the 700-thread-count sheets — and is hunting for a bedmate on Match.com. “I’d like...
Praying for cat’s return
A cat who has been a fixture for years in the window of a Buddhist temple in Chinatown has mysteriously disappeared, prompting worry and prayers from hundreds of devoted fans....
Ex-jail boss is in a ‘fix’
A former honcho at the Correction Department has been slapped with a $6,000 fine for having a subordinate fix his private vehicle, officials said yesterday. Larry Davis Sr., who was...
The rent is about to get too damn higher
Rent-stabilized tenants better get ready for rent hikes that will be even higher than last year’s. The Rent Guidelines Board is scheduled to meet tonight in lower Manhattan to set...
Stuy-cation plans
Greetings from Hotel Stuy Town! A trendy travel outfit is trying to lure tenants at Manhattan’s sprawling Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village with a deal that would convert their...
Addressing co-op bias
A controversial City Council bill aiming to do away with discrimination by co-op boards will finally get a hearing today after being stalled for three years. The legislation requires that...
‘Whites only’ at Brooklyn building
An advocacy group filed suit yesterday against the operators of a Brooklyn apartment building it says turned away black applicants in favor of prospective white ones. The federal civil-rights lawsuit...
Ex: Boston bomber tried to 'brainwash' me to hate America
“He wanted me to hate America like he did.” An ex-girlfriend of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev said the man she started dating in 2006 transformed from a pot-smoking party...
Jackman ‘stalker’ burglary charge
She’s a burglar, not just a stalker, a Manhattan grand jury has decided of Hugh Jackman’s accused razor-flinging admirer. Prosecutors have dropped a weapons charge but added a felony burglary...
Female DNA on Boston blast pieces
Investigators discovered female DNA on the remnants of the bombs used in the Boston Marathon attack, according to a report. The discovery does not mean a woman helped the bombers,...
Tisch’s tangled ties
The most powerful New Yorker in public education has just sent a message to the United Federation of Teachers: Back Bill Thompson for mayor in 2013. How else to interpret...
Uncle Sam’s Mad ‘Farmer’ Giveaway
Abraham Carpenter Jr., a farmer in Grady, Ark., has more insight into human nature than the average sociologist. “Anytime you are going to throw money up in the air,” he...
Smoking smackdown: Mike butts in — again
The Issue: Whether raising the legal age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21 would be a wise policy. *** Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to prohibit selling tobacco to anyone under...
Towering over terror
If the weather holds, today will witness a landmark event in New York City life: the capping of the 408-foot spire atop One World Trade Center. The spire’s completion will...
Americans in distress
When Hollywood director Oliver Stone goes to Venezuela, the ruling regime rolls out the red carpet. Fellow filmmaker Timothy Tracy isn’t so lucky. He was thrown in a Caracas jail...
A tale of two Columbia profs
Kathy Boudin is a former terrorist with the Weather Underground who went to prison for her role in the 1981 Brink’s robbery, in which one security guard and two police...
Forget about ‘motive’
Pundits continue to agonize over the Boston bombers’ motive, yet no pursuit could be more futile. For jihadists, it’s not the motive, it’s the narrative. From Chechnya or Chattanooga, the...
Suddenly denying Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial? It wasn’t me! This is the new political game played by Iran’s leaders on the eve of a problematic presidential election. Almost eight years ago, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Juilliard Opera’s young singers deliver a spirited take on Janacek’s ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’
In Leos Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen,” the heroine is shot and skinned for her fur. A disturbing conclusion, yes, but also a happy ending, as the exultant music of...
New music from Kenny Chesney, Iggy & The Stooges and more
Albums of the Week Kenny Chesney “Life on a Rock” ★ THIS country superstar likes the Caribbean islands so much, he’s dedicated his latest album to them. These margarine-smooth songs,...
Purim tale told under the big top in Folksbiene’s ‘The Megile of Itzik Manger’
Purim came and went, but the National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene is celebrating it now with “The Megile of Itzik Manger,” a freewheeling musical adaptation of the Book of Esther that’s as...
The hardest working woman in TV news
When Tamron Hall was a kid growing up in Luling, Texas, her idol was Johnny Carson. She would put on talent shows with her cousins for their neighborhood. They would...
Yankees continue to blast off despite missing biggest bats
Remember all those homers the Yankees lost? Well, they’ve been found. The names have changed, but not the game. Like Saturday Night Live, the cast is constantly turned over, not...
Deron: Nets didn't need motivation
During the halftime show on the local broadcast of Saturday’s 142-134 triple-overtime loss in Game 4, a Bulls beat writer said that privately the Bulls thought the Nets were “heartless”...
Sports Shorts
NBA: Rockets stay alive vs. Thunder Chandler Parsons scored 27 points as the Rockets avoided a four-game sweep with a 105-103 win over the Thunder last night in Houston. Patrick...
Knicks mourn death of Jimmy Wergeles
Jimmy Wergeles, the Knicks’ first and longtime public relations boss, MSG Network’s first p.r. director and a Marine veteran of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, died, Friday, at 90....
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6f(T); $72,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Odea(L),122 J Ortiz 1-1-2 J Jerkens 5-2 2 Wharton(L),122 JCastellan...
Finger Lakes Charts
April 29th, 2013 Clear And Fast. ©2013 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-4 1/2f; $12,600; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m) Off: 1:11. Good. driving Time: 22.85, 46.1, 52.6. Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart Winner: B...
Affrunti at Finger Lakes Graded Entries
FIRST-1m&40y; $9,000; mdn cl($4,500); 3up 2-Wrath of Cong 9-5 3-SandsofDamscs 8-1 1-El Mojeto 9-2 4-Go’wayI’mBusy 6-1 5-Shadon 7-5 6-Candomble 10-1 SECOND-4 1/2f; $9,000; cl($4,500); 3up 6-Boston Chief 9-5 3-I’ll Make...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 30 WEDMay. 1 THUMay 2 FRIMay 3 SATMay 4 SUNMay 5 MONMay 6 Yankees Houston7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AM Hou.7:05YESWCBS NO GAME Oak.7:05YESWCBS Oak.1:05YESWCBS Oak.1:05YESWCBS NOGAME Mets Miami7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660...
The Post Line
NBA Playoffs Tonight Favorite Line Underdog NUGGETS 7 1/2 Warriors CLIPPERS 5 Grizzlies Tomorrow KNICKS 8 Celtics NHL Playoffs Tonight Favorite Line Underdog BLACKHAWKS $200-240 Wild BLUES $110-130 Kings MIGHTY...
Today's Sports on the Air
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'The best test of golf in the world:' Merion will be beast for U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa. — Tiger Woods might end his five-year major championship drought when the 113th U.S. Open comes to historic Merion Golf Club outside of Philadelphia next month. Or Phil...
Hondo takes his Q
Hondo took a double beating last night, losing first with overrated Strasburg and the Nats then with the thoroughly inept Metamucils, whose extra-brutal defeat raised the NRN (nasty red number)...
After great workout, Orb could become favorite at Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE — Verrazano, undefeated in four starts, will likely be the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 139th Kentucky Derby when post positions are drawn tomorrow (NBC Sports Network, 5 p.m.). But...
‘Kitten’ in, Code West, Govenor Charlie out of Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE — Estimates that it would take 40 points under Churchill Downs’ new system for determining which 3-year-olds qualify for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby proved to be way off the mark,...
Celtics’ Bass earning his stripes against Knicks
BOSTON — As they hit the floor against the Knicks for their first Game 7 which was disguised as Game 4, the Celtics came out with the starting lineup that...
Execs: Tebow will not find team to sign him as quarterback
Unless Tim Tebow is willing to change positions, his next NFL job appears likely to be team chaplain. That was the assessment from multiple executives — both named and unnamed...
Clippers keyed up for Grizz
LOS ANGELES — Now that they’ve had a couple of days to digest those back-to-back losses the suddenly rejuvenated Grizzlies shoved down their throats in Memphis, the Clippers are back...
Islanders' Moulson learned from Stanley Cup winning brother-in-law
It would have been a logical question to a brother-in-law, asking him what it was like to win the Stanley Cup, and about the moment he finally got to lift...
Lundqvist, Rangers rest for Capitals
It’s Operation Recharge and Recuperate for the Rangers, who yesterday went through the first of three days of prep work for their first-round playoff series against the Capitals that will...
Marlins rally in 15th to sink Mets
MIAMI — Now that was ugly. But memorable and ugly sure beats just another night at the ballpark when baseball is set back a century or so. Nick Green’s towering...
Mets' Hefner has top success vs. Marlins
MIAMI — Jeremy Hefner does a better job of owning the Marlins than Jeffrey Loria. The Mets right-hander doesn’t consider it a fluke. Sometimes, he says, a pitcher just matches...
Yankees' Pettitte roughed up by Astros
Austin Romine was confident he and Andy Pettitte wouldn’t have any problems working together in the catcher’s first game in the majors since 2011. “It’s definitely easy to catch Andy,”...
MRI negative for Yankees' Youkilis, but DL possible
Joe Girardi never said Kevin Youkilis is definitely going on the disabled list, but the Yankees manager said a decision was going to be made last night before Youkilis has...
Lowly Astros pummel Pettitte, injury-riddled Yankees
Pass the Imodium. Start with Andy Pettitte, move to Adam Warren and then liberally distribute throughout the Yankees’ lineup that was handcuffed by Lucas Harrell. “We have been playing well...
Yankees' makeshift lineup nearly as holey as Houston’s
The Yankees have defied the general principles of sports this year by playing better and better in conjunction with losing more and more players. They have been the Bizarro Yankees....
Anthony, Knicks confident they'll finish off Celtics tomorrow
No sweep. No problem. The Knicks get J.R. Smith back tomorrow for Game 5 at the Garden and the Knicks believe they will close out the Celtics in five games...
Knicks' Shumpert thrives year after ACL surgery
Sunday was quite a way for Iman Shumpert to celebrate the one-year anniversary of tearing his ACL. The Georgia Tech product has been looking a lot like his rookie self,...
Volatile Smith proving to be indispensable piece to Knicks' puzzle
J.R. Smith’s tweet following Game 1 against Boston 10 days ago said, “#Happy4/20.” April 20 is the unofficial holiday for pot-smokers. As father of a high-school junior and a college...
Little Nate can’t come up big again for Bulls
There would be no late-game heroics for Nate the Great on this night. Just two days after he seemingly willed his team back from a huge deficit late in regulation,...
Wallace: Nets show they have guts, heart
Gerald Wallace isn’t shy about saying it and he doesn’t mind if the Bulls hear it. “We’re the better team,” he said last night, following the Nets’ 110-91 live-another-day first-round...
Fantasia loses $1-million NC house to bank
‘American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino is singing a very sad song these days. The Daily Mail reports that she has been forced to hand over the keys to her 6,600-square-foot...
Talk show guests
TUESDAY ROBERT DOWNEY JR., CARL EDWARDS, KATHY GREEN – LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 CARMINDY – The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 4...
Killing Bin Laden never gets tired
Prediction: By this time next year, everyone from the gardener to the cleaning lady at the bin Laden compound will have a movie and book deal telling their side of...
Fans review Day 1 of online ‘AMC’ & ‘OLTL’
Just before dawn yesterday, a small piece of TV history was made — two old-line soap operas, “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” came back to life. On...
This is real: Celebrities sing in drag
Madonna, Adele and Justin Bieber will go head-to-head in a new singing competition. Sort of. ABC is prepping a reality series called “Sing Your Face Off,” which features five celebrities...
Red carpet lending nightmares
Lady Gaga may be a clotheshorse, but that hasn’t stopped her from returning borrowed four-figure frocks shredded and stained. That’s what happened when the star was lent a Thierry Mugler...
Bermuda bound
Pink-sand beaches, sparkling turquoise waters, a lush green landscape dotted with bright flowers — you can be surrounded by all this beauty in less than two hours, thanks to direct...
The charms of Charlevoix
Thank a catastrophic meteorite crash, 350 million years ago, for giving us Canada’s Charlevoix — a spellbinding, 35-mile-wide inhabited crater that is unlike any landscape I’ve seen in the lower...
Just back: Barbie cruise
Before Mattel’s Barbie took on a variety of challenging and progressive careers in the ’80s and ’90s, she was the Barbie of my ’70s childhood. Think Sun Lovin’ Malibu Barbie,...
Summer stock
Holy cow! Celebrate family farms and local food in Vermont this summer. The “Strolling of the Heifers Weekend” will take place in Brattleboro June 7-9. Expect three days of family-friendly...
Where there’s a Wilmington, there’s a way
You can get to Wilmington, Del., on Amtrak in under two hours — for less than what it costs to take a cab to the airport (as little as $41...
Weird but true
This judge should write Anthony Weiner headlines. Federal Judge Fred Biery filled a legal opinion with puerile puns in a lawsuit filed by strip clubs against San Antonio, Texas. “Should...
Lowly Astros pummel Andy, injury-riddled Yanks
Yes, the Astros are in the big leagues. Yes, anything can happen in baseball. Don’t bet against world peace. Still, what went down tonight at a half-empty Yankee Stadium was...
Nets blast Bulls, force Game 6
One down, two to go. The Nets took their first step toward trying to escape from their 3-1 deficit in their first-round NBA playoff series against the Bulls with a...
Stab victim dodges another attack in 'Dog and Beth'
A victim of last weekend’s violent church stabbing in New Mexico narrowly escaped another knife attack while taking part in an upcoming reality show. Gerald Madrid, a popular Albuquerque bail...