November 12, 2010
No. 14 St. John's tops Marist in opener
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Da’Shena Stevens put up a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 14 St. John’s past Marist 64-50 Friday afternoon in the Commerce Bank...
Long Island man convicted in DWI crash that killed brothers
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Long Island man has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide and drunken driving in a 2009 crash that killed two brothers crossing a busy highway. James...
Comcast to unveil NBCU reorganization
Comcast's Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke plans to announce a major reorganization of NBC Universal as early as next week, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The new, "flatter" structure...
Warrant issued for Staten Island man who streaked at Obama rally
A warrant was issued Friday for the man who streaked in front of President Obama during a campaign event in Philadelphia, WPVI-TV reported. Presidential streaker Juan Rodriguez, of Staten Island,...
Brooklyn fire rips through supermarket and apartment building
An inferno in a Park Slope building gutted a supermarket and has left scores of people homeless. The massive three-alarm blaze broke out inside a building on Fifth Avenue near...
Jones says Super Bowl-winning coaches interested in Cowboys job
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Friday he has been contacted by multiple Super Bowl-winning coaches about becoming his next head coach, FoxSportsSouthwest.com reported. “I will say that before I...
Facebook to unveil email service to compete with Gmail
Facebook will unveil next week a new internet-based email service designed to compete directly against Google's Gmail product, according to a new report. The social networking giant will showcase the...
Heat know critics loving slow start
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade has been part of a Miami Heat team that stumbled at the start of a season, and been part of a Heat team that began the...
Iverson postpones Turkish debut
NKARA, Turkey -- Former NBA All-Star Allen Iverson's debut with Turkish basketball league team Besiktas has been postponed. Team manager Murat Murtezaoglu told The Associated Press the 11-time NBA All-Star...
Jets' Scott fined $20K for uniform violation
Jets linebacker Bart Scott and Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco have each been fined $20,000 by the NFL for violating the league's uniform policy. Scott was fined Friday for playing...
RBNY notes: Four targets, no new DPs, Nielsen returning, Marquez moving (?)
After a year of managing expectations, downplaying their chances and pointing toward 2011, Red Bull coach Hans Backe has finally had a chance to sit back, decompress and think about...
Warriors' Lee out two weeks with injury suffered against Knicks: report
David Lee’s successful return to Madison Square Garden will come at a price. Fox Sports reports that the Warriors forward will miss two weeks from an elbow infection that came...
Japanese eating champ going for pizza record
Hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi - of New York City's Nathan's Fourth of July fame - is ready to take some lightning-fast bites out of a pizza to try...
CHSAA boys soccer championship doubleheader live blog recap
The CHSAA boys soccer season comes to a climactic conclusion Saturday at Belson Stadium with a special championship doubleheader. First up is the battle for Class B supremacy as St....
'Black Ops' shoots to No. 1
Take that, Harry Potter!Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops” generated a whopping $360 million in first-day sales, the highest take ever for a video game, the company said yesterday.That’s...
Vets outraged by fallen war memorial in Brooklyn Heights
Armed with a priest and a fist full of American flags, four aging warriors honored the more than 7,000 Brooklynites who died in World War II on a different type...
Giants' O’Hara could be out even longer
Center Shaun O’Hara will miss his second consecutive game Sunday with a right mid-foot sprain suffered Oct. 25 in Dallas and it doesn’t sound as if he’ll be ready to...
Big fire going on right now in the Slope!
A raging fire ripped through a Park Slope Associated Supermarket on Friday afternoon, closing off Fifth Avenue between 17th and 18th streets in all directions for several hours.Firefighters were called...
Christmas tree arrives at Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center welcomed the official harbinger of the holiday season today — a Norway Spruce which will serve as this year’s Christmas tree. Standing 74-feet in height, 40-feet in diameter...
Struggling Tiger nine strokes back in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia -- In wind strong enough to blow sand out of the bunkers and kick up dust along the sandy terrain, Tiger Woods squeezed his eyes shut as he...
Man files complaint against city after being injured in Harlem shootout
An innocent bystander hit by a stray bullet during a frenzied Harlem shootout last August is suing the city for $20 million, claiming cops ineptly opened fire on two armed...
Syracuse eyes bowl berth against Rutgers
Syracuse suddenly is playing for more than its first bowl since 2004. With Pittsburgh's loss to Connecticut on Thursday night, Doug Marrone and his Orange (6-3, 3-2 Big East) are...
PSAL City Championship football first-round preview
NYPost.com’s PSAL football beat writers Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi take an in-depth look at the first round, which kicks off Saturday. SCHEDULE (All games begin at 12 p.m.) No....
Jets special teamer Cole won't play vs. Browns
Jets backup defensive back Marquice Cole will miss the team's game at Cleveland because of a strained left hamstring. The special-teams ace was injured during the Jets' 23-20 overtime win...
Manhattan lesbian school administrators may be fired over on-the-job fling
A Manhattan high school principal and assistant principal face possible firing for carrying on a lesbian fling — while on the job, officials said today. The forbidden romance between Academy...
Knicks coach knows it will take Heat time to come together
MINNEAPOLIS – At least the Heat are struggling too.Naturally, Mike D'Antoni would love to have LeCon James on his side, but understands the chemistry issues the 5-4 Heat are going...
Brodeur in, Langenbrunner out for Devils on Friday: report
Martin Brodeur will be back between the pipes for the Devils on Friday night when they go for their first home win of the season against the Oilers. Brodeur has...
Dutch teen resumes solo round world sailing bid
Dutch teenage solo sailor Laura Dekker was Friday sailing toward the Cape Verde Islands having resumed her round-the-world record bid after two months in port dodging the hurricane season. Her...
Pee-wee's cool merch
Let's face it, merchandise at shows is often completely lame. You have your T-shirt and then ... maybe some other T-shirt. And a mug, let's not forget the mug. So...
Brooklyn kids sickened by noxious odor of cough-medicine brew
Over a dozen children at a Brooklyn middle school were sickened yesterday after a classmate opened a bottle containing a noxious brew of cough medicine, authorities said. A 13-year-old boy...
White House picks overseer of Fannie, Freddie regulator
The White House said Friday it is tapping North Carolina Banking Commissioner Joseph A. Smith Jr. to head the regulatory agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
PS 52 kids put best foot forward for diabates
Public School 52 students are officially Good Samaritans for putting their feet where their mouths are and raising big moolah for the American Diabetes Association during the school’s third annual...
Kanye's 'Today' show tantrum continues as rapper cancels Nov. 26 performance
Kanye West canceled a November 26th performance on the "Today" show Friday, after expressing frustration at being "set up" during an interview with host Matt Lauer earlier this week. Writing...
No prosecution for Colts punter after drunken swim in canal: report
Colts punter Pat McAfee signed an agreement that will allow him to avoid prosecution following his arrest for swimming drunk in a downtown Indianapolis canal, the Indy Star reported Friday....
BACK PAGE: Are the Heat in trouble already?
The Heat have dropped three of their past four games and there are some ominous signs for the "Three Kings" and the rest of the Heat.Considering most pegged the Heat...
Sarah Palin email hacker sentenced to one year and one day
The former University of Tennessee student who hacked Sarah Palin's email account during her 2008 run for Vice President was sentenced Friday to be locked up for one year and...
Aussie teacher accused of taping students' mouths shut
An Australian teacher was suspended following claims the mouths of several elementary school students were taped shut, PerthNow reported Friday. The incident, believed to involve nine students, is understood to...
TWU head sues to unmask blogger
The head of the Transport Workers union sued Google today in hopes of unmasking a very pesky blogger. TWU Local 100's John Samuelsen complains in his suit that anonymous bloggers...
Anheuser-Busch sues MLB over sponsorship deal
This suit's for you! The brewers of Budweiser sued Major League Baseball today for refusing to renew their 30-year deal as "the exclusive beer sponsor of America's pastime." Anheuser-Busch claims...
A pizza place across from Motorino — and better?!
There’s beer and pizza, and then there’s Peroni, Italian hospitality and the best damn pizza in Williamsburg.We only say it when we mean it folks, and Trattoria 312 on Graham...
Bloomberg: Long search for chancellor was wrong idea
Mayor Bloomberg today said a long search process to find a new schools chancellor made little sense. "To go through a lengthy process in the middle of a school year...
Giants' Smith out at least next two games
It was no great mystery that Steve Smith wasn’t going to play Sunday against the Cowboys, not after he was forced out of Thursday’s practice with a pectoral injury. Tom...
‘Livid’ Lions coach: Jets dirty, not us
The Lions have not taken Bart Scott’s “dirtiest team” accusation lightly. Days after Detroit head coach said, “consider the source” when asked about the comments by the Jets linebacker, defensive...
Newsweek CEO First Casualty of Deal with Daily Beast
No sooner did the ink dry on the Newsweek-Daily Beast merger, than it claimed its first casualty in what could be a tumultuous marriage between print and the Web. Newsweek...
Crazed man attacks cyclist on Queensboro bridge
A half-naked, psychotic senior citizen attacked a cyclist on the Queensboro Bridge early this morning, sources said. The 65-year-old lunatic ran across the bike path on the span’s lower level...
Medvedev to Russia's spy agency: Get your act together
SEOUL — President Dmitry Medvedev told Russia's once mighty spy agency on Friday to put its house in order after a senior spymaster betrayed a network of agents to the...
G-20 leaders fail to back Obama on calling out China to boost currency value
SEOUL, South Korea -- Leaders of 20 major economies on Friday refused to back a U.S. push to make China boost its currency's value, keeping alive a dispute that raises...
French mosque gets threatening letter, powder
A mosque in eastern France on Friday received a threatening letter containing a suspicious white powder that police said turned out to be harmless. Leaders at the Eyyub Sultan mosque...
Post office is a budget sinkhole
The US Postal Service is just a budget sinkhole these days. They have cut jobs and other services and still had an $8.5 billion budget deficit last year, which was...
'Unstoppable' is the train movie of the year
I didn't have time to write a review of Tony Scott's "Unstoppable'' because I needed to full-throttle our 12th Annual Movie Turkey Awards (out Nov. 25) and a bunch of other stuff. But as a huge...
Bill Clinton calls George Bush's book well-written, interesting
George W. Bush's new book got a big thumbs up today from one of the nation's top Democrats, Bill Clinton. "'Decision Points' is well-written, and interesting from start to finish....
Judge refuses to release 911 calls, other evidence to parents of Danroy Henry
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A judge has refused to release 911 calls and other evidence to the parents of a college football player who was shot and killed by police,...
Garfield creator apologizes for ill-timed strip
INDIANAPOLIS — Cartoonist Jim Davis apologized Thursday for a Garfield strip that some veterans may have found offensive. The strip ran on Veterans Day in newspapers across the country. It...
3UP: Jeter, Hurdle, Beltran
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about the ongoing Derek Jeter/Yankees negotiation. I suggested that once the Yankees are done overpaying Jeter for who he was – not...
Drama Mama: Up With 'Chuck'
The mark of a good show is when sweeps come to town: Does the series step it up with exciting guest stars who add charming touches to a solid story,...
Amtrak has no interest in Hudson River Transit tunnel
NEWARK, N.J. — Amtrak and New Jersey Transit are no longer talking about a commuter rail tunnel. Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham told The Record newspaper the national railroad is not...
New York school bus effort aids needy kids with no PJs
A yellow school bus decorated with 50 pairs of pajamas has been rolling around Westchester County this week. Instead of kids, the bus is being filled with even more pajamas....
Kobe knows Carmelo's frustration
DENVER—No longer unbeaten after eight straight wins, Kobe Bryant, wearing a black No. 24 robe and glaciers wrapped around both knees, relaxed in front of his Pepsi Center locker and...
Metro-North ridership steams by LIRR's
The tables have dramatically turned in a long-standing rivalry — not between two superheroes, but between two railroads. Metro-North officially edged out the LIRR in ridership for the first time...
Good news from Burma
No, it isn't about the elections. Those were the first in 20 years for Burma and by all accounts the vote was neither free nor fair. No, the good news...
Hermione’s bewitching beauty
Sporting a short cut — and even shorter dress — Emma Watson arrives at the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” in London last night. Emma,...
Daily Beast merging with Newsweek
The Daily Beast says it has reached a deal to join with Newsweek. In a posting on its website Thursday, The Daily Beast's editor-in-chief Tina Brown says the two outlets...
Man vs. machine: Fordham Prep up for St. Anthony's challenge
There’s a certain mystique about St. Anthony’s football, an aura as Fordham Prep coach Pete Gorynski calls it. In a league of football teams, the Friars are a program, “a...
The Butler Did It: A refreshing recruiting tale
Chuck Martin walked into the gym at Xaverian High School last year with the intention of watching explosive scorer Justin Exum. The Marist coach left asking about Manny Thomas, especially...
Cowboys fired up
Wade Phillips probably had a lot of nicknames in Dallas, and one that would have been appropriate is “The Big Excuse.” Not because he made a lot of them for...
Hondo's the best of the best bettors
Hondo, the presumptive Bettor’s Guide champ, continued his relentless march to the top last week with a strong 8-4-1 record that moved him into second place, a scant two lengths...
Oh Danny boy: Bedoya leads Lewis to PSAL title game
Roger Sarmuksnis has been fortunate to coach several special players during his tenure as Francis Lewis boys soccer coach, from John Koutsounadis to Sebastian Guenzatti. Danny Bedoya is part of...
Roethlisberger deluxe
Whatifsports.com’s NFL simulation engine bases its weekly predictions on the statistical inputs of thousands of NFL games. Those inputs are based on rigorous analysis of each team’s roster, depth chart...
PSAL Class A girls volleyball playoff preview
All the talk about jockeying for seeds is over. In order to go far in the PSAL Class A girls volleyball playoffs, a team has to perform on the court...
O/U Rico!
Rico went 5-8 (2-1 Best Bets) on the over/unders last week. The season record slipped under .500 to 63-66-1 (16-11). The selections for Week 10: OVER: Falcons / Ravens; Giants...
Jones quest for money, glory cause for Cowboys collapse
Blame it on the money chase. The only team Daryl Johnston ever played for is 1-7 and the joke of the NFL, and the former Cowboys fullback has identified the...
Sign him, but Yankees can't put Jeter ahead of winning
The Yankees have acknowledged they are going to pay Derek Jeter more and for longer than what a 36-year-old coming off his worst season should receive. Fine. No one needs...
Yankees GM likes chances of landing Lee
Brian Cashman hopes he got a jump in the Cliff Lee Sweepstakes by flying to Little Rock, Ark., this week to meet with the 32-year-old free agent pitcher. “Little Rock...
Jeter clueless about free agency
Derek Jeter’s grandmother pointed something out to him yesterday. “My grandmother said I have no job,” Jeter said last night at Joe Torre’s Safe at Home dinner at Chelsea Piers....
Getting with the program: Coach wants to change South Shore's reputation
Anwar Gladden wants to change the culture of South Shore girls basketball. If the Vikings don’t accomplish anything else this year, the coach wants to alter his team’s reputation. Simply,...
Biordi, Terriers bounce back at Belson, beat Canisius
After a crushing and stunning loss to Iona Prep in the CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals a week ago at Belson Stadium, St. Francis Prep coach Franco Purificato gave his...
Vitale: Lavin right man for St. John's
College basketball has been missing something in recent seasons, says Dick Vitale. “The Garden has been dead. It’s been dead,” the longtime ESPN analyst repeated for emphasis. “[St. John’s] coach...
Chaminade edges Iona Prep in CHSAA state semis
Tommy Roulis has a flair for the dramatic. On Saturday, the Chaminade senior scored the late winner against archrival St. Anthony’s and on Thursday the Dartmouth-bound standout made a remarkable...
Mboungou's first two playoff goals send Monroe to 'B' final
As each round of the playoffs passed, the opposition paid more attention to Erick Hungria, James Monroe’s talented striker. After he was held without a goal or an assist in...
Vets restore memorial to beloved Greenpoint war priest
Nearly 70 Catholic war veterans from the Father Edward Giorgio Post on Lorimer Street honored the post’s namesake in a Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday that restored a plaque that...
Our columnist's last drug deal
The days of my lunch break drug deal may now be over.The drug I’m talking about, of course, is tobacco, and the deal is $7 a pack in a city...
Would-be Allen
Lena Dunham, the 24-year-old director of "Tiny Furniture," admits a fondness for Woody Allen movies. That fact helps explain why her hot-buzz indie comedy has the same energy as Allen's...
Gores global-warming geeks
'Cool It," a documentary about a mild-mannered Dane proposing solutions to global warming, carries a message likely to provoke, agitate and even infuriate. The message? The world is not going...
Beat goes on to end Cold War
Now it can be told. The erotic film "Emmanuelle" helped end the Cold War. That's one tasty tidbit from "Disco and Atomic War," a subversively funny documentary directed by Jaak...
Homer run
Woo hoo! "The Simpsons" will re turn for a 23rd season -- taking the legendary animated sitcom through at least 2012 and a mind-boggling 515 episodes in total. Fox made...
Kate's kids expelled
Two of the 6-year-old Gosselin sextuplets are said to be having a rough time in their new school. According to reports from In Touch, Collin and Alexis have been expelled...
Tracy goes off-color
Put the kids away -- Tracy Morgan is in the house. Morgan, who is hilarious in both "Scare Tactics" and "30 Rock," shows up tomorrow night in a stand-up special...
Star's enraged -- and we're so engaged
You might want to avoid "Notes From Underground" if you're feeling out of sorts -- because this blistering adaptation of Dostoevsky's 1864 novella could send you over the edge. Adapted...
'Rubicon' crossed out
Well, that didn't last long. AMC has canned "Rubicon" after only one season. The spy-intrigue series, starring James Badge Dale, Lauren Hodges and Arliss Howard, averaged 1.6 million viewers --...
He holds his own
Before taking off for fantasyland, you're often told to close your eyes. At "The Pee-wee Herman Show," now on Broadway, you need to open them wide. As soon as you...
Trip down the idle
There's a whole lotta talkin' going on in the indie "Helena From the Wedding," written and directed by Joseph Infantolino. A 30-something yuppie couple invites a group of friends to...
Disney finds a new star
Disney Channel might have found its latest tween star. Twelve-year-old Chyna McClain has been cast in Disney Channel's "Ant Farm," a new live-action comedy series, according to The Hollywood Reporter....
Kourtney lands first acting gig
Kourtney Kardashian is flexing her acting chops. The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star has been cast in a guest-starring role on "One Life to Live," reports E! Online. She...
'Spidey' stuck in safety net
At the risk of turning this column into the Green Goblin Gazette, let's have an other go at "Spider- Man, Please Sign My Cast." I've got my foot on its...
Starr report
Tuesday night's episodes of HBO's "In Treatment" averaged a minuscule 238,000 viewers, which is really low, even for the bottom end of HBO's ratings scale. That number is likely to...
The Lyon king
There was no shortage of Chanel bags and perfectly coiffed hair on Tuesday night at Lyon, the just-opened West Village restaurant from François Latapie, a former partner at Madison Avenue’s...
Train reaction
When I heard “Unstoppable” featured an object going 70 mph the wrong way, I assumed it was about the US economy. But this meaty, manly, metallurgical actioner — forged in...
Party educator busted
A New Jersey teacher is in hot water for letting underage kids drink and party at his house, according to reports. Frank Melchiorre, 26, who teaches science at a Berkeley...
Special new cigs for W'burg hump chumps
What buttheads! A day after the feds unveiled graphic warning labels designed to deter smokers, it was revealed that Camel is launching a new campaign targeting Williamsburg hipsters. R.J. Reynolds...
Guarding the homeland: NY's king reigns
THE ISSUE: Rep. Peter King's new position as House Homeland Security Committee chairman. *** Rep. Peter King is a great American ("Getting Homeland Security on Track," Peter King, PostOpinion, Nov....
Broadway snowstopper
Mamma Mia! Narcotics cops have seized 28 pounds of dope from a Theater District heroin mill -- a stash worth a Wicked $6.5 million. The drugs were found at 417...
Arthur book to cost-a-lot
LONDON -- A 14th century hand-illustrated book with all the tales of King Arthur's legendary court, is expected to earn more than $3 million at a Sotheby's auction in London...
Comatose Ariel goes home
JERUSALEM -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, comatose for more than four years after suffering a series of strokes, is going home, an aide said yesterday. One of Israel's...
Commending the Corps
THE ISSUE: The US Marines' future in the face of budget cutbacks and new war tactics. *** It is impossible for me to believe that the higher-ups are not recognizing...
Death by living wage
What, exactly, do Manhat tan Borough President Scott Stringer, city Comp troller John Liu, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz and 28 City Council members have against poor, young immigrants and blacks?...
Give aliens jail 'break'
Immigrants and their advocates say the city's letting federal immigration authorities have too much leeway in its jails. Immigrants in custody in Rikers Island on criminal charges can be held...
Chandra still haunts Condit
The son of former Congressman Gary Condit says the Chandra Levy case continues to weigh on his father and his family. Chad Condit said yesterday on "Good Morning America" that...
Scared to death
GASTONIA, NC -- A bank-robbery suspect who was accused of scaring an elderly woman to death after hiding in her home was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. Prosecutors said...
Good buy to Apple: shoppers
City shoppers are voting with their wallets. Big Apple residents spent $165 million last year to buy low-cost products at Walmart's suburban stores because there aren't any outlets in the...
Bam aide tries to do tax backtrack
WASHINGTON -- The White House yesterday bumbled into a quasi-admission that President Obama would cave on his long-promised demand that taxes on the wealthy be raised -- but then tried...
Bravest's tree 'Rocks'
A Ground Zero hero's huge Norway spruce will become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree today. A crowd of about 100 neighbors cheered yesterday in upstate Mahopac, as a crane carefully...
Splat! That's a record
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- It was pie-in-the-sky time at a New Jersey prep school yesterday. More than 400 students and staff at The Lawrenceville School tried to break the Guinness world...
How not to go broke
Nancy Pelosi is remarkably consistent. During the elec tion campaign, she at tacked Republicans for proposals to tackle the nation's fiscal problems. After the election, she is attacking the co-chairmen...
No Khalid trial in NYC: Cuomo
ALBANY -- Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo yesterday declared unequivocal opposition to any New York trial for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, as a decision nears on long-awaited plans to prosecute the Sept. 11...
Christie's wife didn't dig tunnel
New Jersey's first lady helped kill the Hudson River rail tunnel, according to her hubby. Gov. Chris Christie says wife Mary Pat was an outspoken opponent of the controversial project,...
Car fully loaded
Cops searching a car double-parked in front of a Washington Heights hydrant found a secret compartment packed with $30,000 in cash, 4 grams of coke and a loaded .9mm handgun....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A bonehead playing with a gun in a Jamaica home accidentally shot herself in the foot, sources said. Jennifer Carr, 22, allegedly fired the .25-caliber pistol in a pal's...
Search for stylish sicko
A well-dressed fiend who sexually assaulted a Greenwich Village woman last week was caught on a surveillance camera minutes before the attack. The creep is seen wearing a black coat,...
NYC salutes nation's veterans
New York City played host to the country's largest Veterans Day Parade yesterday -- with thousands of marchers walking up the concrete canyons of Fifth Avenue in tribute to the...
Game over: Viacom to sell 'Rock Band'
For Viacom Inc., yesterday the music died. Or at least the catchy pop tunes emanating from its "Rock Band" videogames. Viacom said the money-losing business unit that developed "Rock Band"...
Business briefs
GE Volted General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said GE will buy 12,000 GM electric vehicles starting next year, beginning with the Volt.Cisco hit Technology bellwether Cisco Systems shares tumbled more...
Russian spy chief betrayed Anna Chapman, other agents in defection deal
Sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman's boss was working for us. The head of Russia's spy operations in America defected just before he betrayed Chapman and her nine fellow sleeper agents...
Tongue action the cat's meow
WASHINGTON -- A cat's tongue does not scoop up water, but rather uses inertia to create a backward waterfall, researchers reported yesterday. The study by MIT, Princeton and Virginia Tech...
Patdowns don't fly with travelers
WASHINGTON -- Stepped-up security screening at US airports in the wake of foiled terrorism plots has pilots and travelers fuming -- especially parents who call the searches overly intrusive on...
AC: Don't bet on CO2 plan
ATLANTIC CITY -- Atlantic City has come out against a plan to capture carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power plant in northern New Jersey and dispose of it under the...
'N Sync's JC Chasez foils burglar
Former 'N Sync hunk JC Chasez chased off a burglar trying to break into his Hollywood mansion, TMZ reported yesterday. The former boy-band singer found the intruder when he went...
'Eddie' checks into rehab
Butch Patrick -- who played Eddie Munster on the '60s TV show "The Munsters" -- checked into a New Jersey rehab center to get help for an addiction to cocaine,...
Team Andy includes El-razer
ALBANY -- Democratic Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo announced the first members of his transition team yesterday, a list featuring more Republicans than labor leaders and at least one nemesis of ex-Gov....
'Candy killer' twist
The suspected candy-bar killer who gunned down a Bronx gas-station attendant after grabbing a Snickers brazenly returned to the crime scene two days later -- only to flee after spotting...
City restores $12M to Vito's nonprofit
The city has quietly restored more than $12.5 million in contracts to the embattled social-services agency founded by Brooklyn Democratic leader Vito Lopez that had been held up for weeks...
Cop football star killed
An off-duty cop -- the star punter for the NYPD football team -- was killed yesterday in a horrific Long Island car crash. Six-year veteran Fred Barraza, 31, was in...
Met-North ridership steams by LIRR's
After years of chugging along adding a passenger here, a passenger there, Metro-North has officially edged out the LIRR in ridership for the first time in nearly three decades --...
NY home prices rise, mortgages fall
Home prices fell in half of US cities in the third quarter as banks stepped up repossessions of properties in default. However, the median price of a single-family home in...
The right way to stop superbugs
The era of modern medicine begins in the winter of 1941, when an English policeman named Albert Alexander lay in a hospital, dying of a skin infection. Before antibiotics, death...
Jenn Sterger meets with NFL in Brett Favre probe
Sexy ex-Jets sideline reporter Jenn Sterger finally met with NFL investigators yesterday to discuss how superstar quarterback Brett Favre tried to land her in the sack with sleazy voice mails...
Mayor Bloomberg's favorite cafe gets lousy score from Health Department
Mayor Bloomberg's favorite diner didn't cut the mustard with the city's Health Department. Viand Cafe -- the Upper East Side eatery where Hizzoner regularly noshes an extra-salty bagel or a...
Disney's big downer
Disney, citing weakness in its broadcast and cable operations, reported a 6.7 percent decline in quarterly profits yesterday -- and said it was investigating how its results were released 30...
I gotcha, baby!
Firefighters yesterday rescued a baby from an East Village apartment blaze that sent dozens of people to the street fearing for their lives. Tiny Marilyn Gruber was brought down a...
Insiders out: Bezos, others cash in chips
Amazon.com Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos joined a growing conga line of US corporate insiders earlier this month when he sold 932,811 of his 89 million company shares -- pocketing...
Chase sued over slurs
A bank teller fired after griping about alleged ethnic taunts is suing J.P. Morgan Chase and her former boss -- and says she was a victim of longstanding tensions in...
State inspector general pushes for government watchdog
Corrupt Albany politicians may have finally met their match. State Inspector General Joseph Fisch yesterday proposed the creation of a crimebusting office with sweeping powers to investigate all branches of...
Revolving doors
The man behind a security-door scandal that cost the city nearly $1 million and tarnished top cop Bernie Kerik is back in business peddling the same product under a new...
Dynegy deal opposed
Shareholders opposed to Blackstone's buyout of Texas energy concern Dynegy are stepping up their efforts to block the deal. Seneca Capital, which owns 9 percent of the stock, said yesterday...
From con to condo
Disgraced former Bronx political boss Stanley Friedman -- who served four years behind bars during the city's infamous corruption scandals in the 1980s -- now wants to help run a...
Andrew's sad symbol
Never take gubernatorial transition teams at face value. They are about symbolism, not substance. The two teams announced by Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo yesterday are exquisitely balanced exercises in political correctness...
Axelrod & other amateurs
Meanwhile, in the White House, the left hand seems not to know what the far left hand is doing. Within hours yesterday, senior adviser David Axelrod gave contradictory statements on...
Exiting the pullout plan
Key Obama administration officials are backing away from the president's ill-advised pledge to start pulling troops from Afghanistan in 2011. That promise was a huge mistake. Deadlines cut both ways,...
Alan picks a fight
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and former Federal Reserve boss Alan Greenspan are in a smackdown over the strength of the US dollar. Yesterday, Greenspan accused the US government of driving...
Flight frights
Forget complaining about airline food -- some pilots don't get to eat at all. A new report that polled 17 airline pilots found that some airlines aren't giving their staff...
Google used in gaggle of cases
First, there was Google Maps. Then there was Google Earth. Now we have Google Detective. Drug-busting police squads have been using the Internet giant's high-tech surveillance software to spy on...
Late NFLer pension handed off to ex
PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania woman should get the NFL pension of the late Philadelphia Eagle Tom Sullivan because he never divorced her before marrying again, a federal judge has ruled....
EMI spins record
A bid by EMI boss Roger Faxon to dispel "crazy headlines" about the troubled British music label had the opposite effect yesterday when his internal memo to the troops was...
Shore feels great!
Passengers exhausted by a nightmare cruise disembarked to a red-carpet greeting in San Diego yesterday, after three showerless, Spam-filled days at sea. The nearly 4,500 passengers and crew aboard the...
Brown's 'NewsBeast' poised to roar into existence
A deal to combine The Daily Beast with Newsweek and put Tina Brown at the helm of the magazine and the digital newsroom has been hammered out and could be...
Trade war at the G-20
SEOUL, South Korea -- The world's economies stand on the brink of a trade war as leaders of rich and emerging nations gather in Seoul. A dispute over whether China...
Facebook clues in '84 vanish
Facebook may help finally close the book on the unsolved 1984 disappearance of a 15-year-old girl on Long Island. Police recently reopened their probe into the case of Kelly Morrissey...
H'wood great Dino is dead
ROME -- Oscar-winning Italian-born producer Dino De Laurentiis -- who brought to the big screen nearly 500 films, including "Serpico," "Three Days of the Condor" and "Barbarella" -- died Wednesday...
Mail to jail over 'coke'
His special delivery led a postman right to jail. Still wearing his crisp blue uniform slacks, a Bronx letter carrier hung his head in shame yesterday as a judge ordered...
Auctioning Apple seed computer
A rare byte of history is going under the hammer -- one of the original Apple computers that Steve Jobs shipped from his parents' garage, which could fetch nearly $240,000....
$69M Chinese vase found in attic
A British brother and sister cleaned out their late parents' dusty suburban attic and stumbled onto a fortune -- an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase that sold at auction last...
Jane Fonda had tumor removed from breast
Jane Fonda yesterday revealed that her doctor discovered a small cancerous tumor in her breast during a routine checkup a few weeks ago. The actress and fitness guru, 72, added...
'5'-alarm hero
He hasn't even grown to the 4-foot mark yet -- but Sayam Kamal was a towering hero yesterday. The 5-year-old kindergartner saved his whole family after a fire broke out...
Jersey punts dunce
A New Jersey special-education teacher was suspended after being caught on video using a racial slur -- and boasting about how hard it is for Garden State teachers to be...
Sex fiend attacks coed
A college student was sexually assaulted and then robbed by a thug who followed her into her upper Manhattan home, police sources said. The 21-year-old CCNY student was walking into...
Yahoo! says report is off
Yahoo! Inc., the largest US Web portal, said a report that the company will cut 20 percent of its staff isn't accurate. "Yahoo! is always evaluating expenses to align with...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINECHRIS SHAWSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSFALCONS 1 (43) Ravens (Falcons, 26-21)(W) Falcons(L) Ravens(L) Ravens(L) Ravens(W) FalconsJets 3 (37½) BROWNS (1:00, CBS)BrownsBrownsBrowns★ JetsJetsGIANTS 14 (45½) Cowboys...
Backup Biron gets it done for Rangers on short notice
The backup almost needed a backup. "Artie [Anisimov] hit me right in the sternum in the warmup," Marty Biron said. "It kind of choked me a little bit. "I came...
Falcons rally past Ravens late
ATLANTA -- If this was a Super Bowl preview, that's going to be quite a game in Big D. Roddy White hauled in a 33-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan...
Sports shorts
NFL: Favre won't play in 2011 In an NFL Network interview yesterday, Brett Favre reiterated that he won't play in 2011. Favre, who was held out of Wednesday's practice, participated...
Mets' Beltran prefers to stay, but open to deal, position switch
Carlos Beltran wants to play center field next year and hopes it's for the Mets, but he admitted yesterday there are no guarantees that either will be the case. Entering...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $25,000; clm($14,000); 3upGREENSPIRIT cuts back in distance and drops in class after tiring to third in local return. THAT'S RICH was a gate to wire winner versus...
Nets D-velop their own suit of Armor
Along with "the rent is too damn high," one lament heard all too frequently in NBA cities concerns the development of young players. The balancing act between playing time and...
Owner backs struggling Devils
His team dead last in the standings, Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek insists the Devils are still Stanley Cup contenders. "I think very, very highly of this team. We have the...
Knicks coach tells Fields to give Amar'e room
With Landry Fields, Mike D'Antoni explained that the rookie's instinct is to be forever cutting on the offensive end. Fields is always moving. That probably seems good. But it's not....
ESPN blows call with sympathy for 'dirty' Harrison
Ignore What You See, Believe What You're Told, Continued: Monday, during ESPN's Steelers-Bengals game, Mike Tirico brought up James Harrison's head-hunting fines. An impressionist, Tirico painted Harrison with soft, sympathetic...
Margarito in denial about Roach rant
GAYLORD, Texas -- Antonio Margarito was sitting in the ballroom of a hotel yesterday, trying yet again to explain his way out of another ugly situation. Evidently, "I'm sorry. I...
Muscle strain might bench Giants' Smith
The Cowboys are the team embroiled in turmoil this week, but yesterday, the Giants got a dose of bad news of their own Wide receiver Steve Smith strained a pectoral...
Knicks dying in land of the three
I was wrong. Mea culpa. I actually thought the main function of Amar'e Stoudemire -- besides providing the Knicks with their league-mandated apostrophe quota -- was to offer some semblance...
5 questions for... Bill Cowher
CBS analyst and former Steelers coach Bill Cowher talks Eric Mangini and Jets-Browns with The Post's Justin Terranova. He also tries to debunk the idea that he is patiently waiting...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.Formula One: AbuDhabi Grand Prix, practiceSPEED12p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, practiceSPEED2 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceESPN23:30 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, practiceSPEED5:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, qualifyingESPN28 p.m.NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series, Lucas Oil...
Giants' Nicks in hot water with former school
Hakeem Nicks, a rising star at receiver in his second year with the Giants, has been identified by his former school, the University of North Carolina, for giving improper gifts,...
Cheers! Carmelo confirms Knicks toast
Carmelo Anthony confirmed a Post report that Chris Paul made a champagne toast at Anthony's Manhattan wedding in July in which he called for himself, 'Melo and Amar'e Stoudemire to...
Jets, staff 'pushing' the limits
It started innocently enough at Wednesday's practice and now it's on the verge of morphing into a fitness craze tinged with a fascinating show of mass solidarity. Jets owner Woody...
Anisimov's OT goal propels Rangers
This time, the Rangers got the break. This time, Buffalo somehow failed to even get a shot on net off an overtime 2-on-0. This time, the one overtime shot the...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS13½14 (45½)CowboysJets 3½ 3 (37½)BROWNSCOLTS 8 7 (47) BengalsJAGUARS+1 2 (50) TexansTitans+2 1½(43) DOLPHINSVikings 1½ 1 (40½)BEARSBILLS 3 3 (43½)LionsBUCCANEERS 7½ 6½(36½)PanthersChiefs 2½ 1 (43) BRONCOS49ERS 5½ 6...
'Ground & pound' attack has stalled for Jets
Where's the beef, Jets? The "ground and pound" running game has turned from filet to ground chuck in recent games. It's not quite milk carton time, but the Jets vaunted...
Jets eye faster 'tempo'
With the Jets offense struggling the last three games -- except when it's in a hurry-up, two-minute mode -- Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer hinted yesterday that he might employ...
Time for Rex, Jets to get serious
The show really started this summer with HBO's "Hard Knocks." It has continued through the first half of the season and Jets coach Rex Ryan really brought down the house...
Giants' Fewell rumored to be Cowboys coaching contender
Wade Phillips has been fired and Jason Garrett installed as interim coach in Dallas, and now Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell's name is being bandied about -- both by Cris...
Rivera's agent gets jump on early talks with Yankees
While the main focus of the Yankees offseason has been on Derek Jeter and Cliff Lee, the first order of business was Mariano Rivera. Brian Cashman revealed last night that...
Ref incorrectly waves off goal by Rangers' Fedotenko
The puck was in the net, that much everyone could see. The puck was in the net without it having been frozen by Buffalo goaltender Jhonas Enroth, that much everyone...
Status quota good thing for anglers
Recreational anglers got another big break this week with the rejection of the proposed increase in the commercial striped bass quota. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) rejected the...
Islanders drop ninth straight in shootout
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Dan Boyle found a way to beat Dwayne Roloson twice. Boyle scored the tying goal on a second-period power play and added the shootout clincher in...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 12SATNov. 13SUNNov. 14MONNov. 15TUENov. 16WEDNov. 17THUNov. 18KnicksMinnesota8:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEHou.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEDen.9:00MSGESPNSac.10:00MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMEOrl.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEL.A.C.10:30YESWFANNOGAMEUtah9:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersNOGAMENOGAMEEdm.12:30MSGWNYMPitt.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEBost.7:00*MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAMEL.A.10:30MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEDevilsEdmonton7:00TV -- MSGPlus NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMENOGAMETor.7:00MSG+WFAN
Weird but true
So who'll play the Kevin Bacon character in this real-life "Footloose?" Cleveland HS, in Portland, Ore., called off the winter formal after students refused to curb provocative, bump-and-grind dance moves....
St. John's adds big man to class
The rich get richer. Fresh off Wednesday's bonanza recruiting haul, St. John's got its biggest commitment in the Steve Lavin era when prep center/power forward Norvel Pelle of Compton, Calif.,...
Bishop Loughlin's Pinkston charged in brawl at Villanova
Former Brooklyn high school basketball standout Jayvaughn Pinkston has been charged with two counts of simple assault and harassment stemming from a fight outside of a Villanova frat house early...
Fordham opens the Pecora era
Tom Pecora knew he was inheriting a major rebuilding project when he left Hofstra to take over Fordham's men's basketball program. Tonight, he'll get his first chance to see how...
'Call' shoots to No. 1
Take that, Harry Potter! Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops” generated a whopping $360 million in first-day sales, the highest take ever for a video game, the company said...
CHSFL predictions, Week 2 playoffs
Each week in the fall, New York Post sports writers Dylan Butler and Joseph Staszewski will attempt to prognosticate the coming CHSFL weekend. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 1 PLAYOFFS Butler: 75-19...
Best season in program history comes to end for Petrides
The door was open for Petrides. In the first half after Beacon tallied first, the Panthers had their chances. Star senior forward Amanda Feldstein had a header go wide left....
Latest chapter in MLK-Beacon rivalry an instant classic
The PSAL is known for its rivalries, from Boys & Girls-Lincoln in boys basketball to James Monroe-George Washington in baseball and Tottenville-Curtis in football. Boys soccer has an answer to...
Lead, winning streak escape McKee/Staten Island Tech
Goals have not come easy against the McKee/Staten Island Tech defense of late. During the Seagulls’ eight-game winning streak, opponents found the back of the net just four times, none...
Rangers win 3-2 in OT
Artem Anisimov scored his second goal of the game 1:32 into overtime to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Anisimov...
Late comeback sends Pirates to first 'A' final since 2006
Brianna Castaldo walked back to midfield with her hands in the air and her teammates draped around her waist. The Tottenville midfielder had just sent a perfectly placed free kick...
PSAL football predictions, Week 1 playoffs
Every week in the fall, NYPost.com’s Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 9 Braziller:...
North Carolina says Giants' Nicks gave gifts to players
Hakeem Nicks, a rising star at receiver in his second year with the Giants, has been identified by his former school, the University of North Carolina, as giving improper gifts,...
Former Syracuse coach takes over Dallas defense
IRVING, Texas -- The new defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys is known for his intensity. He gives orders with all the subtlety of a punch to the gut. Paul...
Jets offense gets better in hurry
The Jets were dragging on offense, unable to get anything cranking during a second straight sluggish performance. Then, desperation led to a successful spark: the hurry-up offense. “For some reason,...
Former NYC star Pinkston charged, will be held out of Villanova games
Villanova freshman forward JayVaughn Pinkston has been charged with two counts of simple assault and harassment and the former Bishop Loughlin star will be held out of games until the...