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  • Steel yourselves, ladies. It's open season on the women lefties love to hurt. Michele Bachmann is a tax lawyer. She ran for, and won, a seat in...  

  • About an hour before the saddest event ever in Bor ough Park, the sky dark ened to a deep shade of purple and filled the streets with rain....  

  • I am a little confused by all this budget talk coming out of Washington. OK, I'm a lot confused. So I'll assume some of my readers must also be...  

  • Jennifer Gould Keil

    Jennifer Gould Keil

    Baryshnikov jumps

    It looks like there will be no more white nights on the Hudson in posh Snedens Landing, NY, for ballet superstar and former “Sex and the City” love...  

  • Trading Francisco Rodriguez was the deal Sandy Alderson had to make if the Mets are to have any shot at re-signing Jose Reyes, which is the key to...  

  • SANDWICH, England — Is it too much to ask for a “proper” champion to win this week’s British Open? This is what the golf world is clamoring for at...  

  • Michael Starr

    Michael Starr

    Starr report

    Chalk this one up to "life imitating art," in a TV kind of way. TNT has just begun filming its upcoming TV movie, "Deck the Halls," based on the...  

Leiby Kletzky  left 'marks' on alleged killer Levi Aron's body: cops

Leiby Kletzky left 'marks' on alleged killer Levi Aron's body: cops

Little Leiby Kletzky fought for his life as psycho Levi Aron allegedly smothered the boy before chopping him up into pieces, police said today. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said suspect Levi Aron,...  Read Full Story

Mistrial declared in former pitcher's federal perjury case

Mistrial declared in former pitcher's federal perjury case

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Roger Clemens' perjury case declared a mistrial today after noticing that the prosecution entered evidence he had said was inadmissible. The ruling by US District...  Read Full Story

Strangers send cash gifts to Anthony's jailhouse account: report

Strangers send cash gifts to Anthony's jailhouse account: report

For someone who was once accused of killing her child, Casey Anthony sure does have a lot of admirers. Anthony may be getting death threats following her acquittal, but she is also reportedly...  Read Full Story

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  • Undercover cop shoots drug dealer dead in the Bronx

    An undercover cop shot dead a suspected drug dealer today in the Bronx after he tried to rob the officer, authorities said. The suspect, who has not...   1:56 PM

  • Man who allegedly murdered B'klyn kid gave neighbors the creeps

    Man who allegedly murdered B'klyn kid gave neighbors the creeps

    Brooklyn loner Levi Aron gave people the creeps long before he was charged with slaughtering an innocent child. The 35-year-old plumbing-supply store stockboy made his neighbors' skin crawl with the rides he gave neighborhood kids in his clunker...   11:22 AM

  • Questions raised over vote for new coliseum in LI

    MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York prosecutor is reviewing allegations that county employees were promoting the passage of an upcoming voter referendum to...   2:05 PM

  • Hunt for Leiby ends in horror; creep confesses

    Hunt for Leiby ends in horror; creep confesses

    Monsters are real. An innocent, naive young child, lost and searching for his parents, stumbled into the path of a neighborhood predator who took the kid to his lair and pretended to be his friend before he killed him and chopped his body into...   9:32 AM

  • Coast Guard rescues 5 boaters in Long Island Sound

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Coast Guard rescued five people from a power boat that was sinking in rough waters in Long Island Sound, officials said Thursday...   1:56 PM

  • Paz de la Huerta's plea deal put off until next court date

    Paz de la Huerta's plea deal put off until next court date

    Paz de la Huerta was all set for a big morning today -- the HBO show in which she bares all, "Boardwalk Empire," was nominated for 18 Emmy's, and hours later she was to plead guilty to second degree harassment for a boozy March scuffle at a hotel...   12:58 PM

  • NY pension fund reports annual returns of 14.6 pct

    ALBANY, N.Y. — The state’s pension fund for public workers on Thursday reported 14.6 percent earnings returns for the fiscal year that ended in March,...   2:05 PM

  • Feds bust 4 in Brooklyn-based Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring

    Federal authorities have charged four people with illegally trafficking in rare Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquities - including a sarcophagus. Mousa...   1:09 PM

  • Poll: 83% of NY'ers don't think Cuomo should do 2016 White House run

    Poll: 83% of NY'ers don't think Cuomo should do 2016 White House run

    ALBANY – While New Yorkers continue to strongly approve of the job Gov. Cuomo is doing, they’re sending him a big “not so fast’’ message when it comes to growing speculation that he’ll run for President in 2016, a new poll this morning shows. The...   12:30 PM

  • Second man vandalizes Ed Sullivan Theater

    Second man vandalizes Ed Sullivan Theater

    A copycat starred early today in Act II of "Vandalism at Dave Letterman's Theater." Only four days after struggling actor James Whittemore managed to break into the Ed Sullivan Theater at Broadway and 53rd Street, another man, Alvin Moore, 42,...   11:23 AM

  • NY reports slight increase in hate crimes in 2010

    ALBANY, N.Y. — New York officials say there were 699 hate crimes statewide last year, up 2 percent from a year earlier. They were mainly incidents of...   12:16 PM

  • Atlantic City ranked as nation’s best boardwalk

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — America’s first boardwalk is also its best. That’s the word from National Geographic, which has named Atlantic City’s boardwalk...   12:03 PM

  • Bloomberg gives mayors nationwide $24M in grants for innovation

    Bloomberg gives mayors nationwide $24M in grants for innovation

    ATLANTA — In his inauguration speech, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed pledged to improve his city’s approach to customer service and to help all its residents. He was sidetracked by the urgent need to balance the budget and tackle pension reform, but now...   10:13 AM

  • US announces charges vs antiquities dealers

    Authorities say antiquities dealers and collectors from Michigan, New York, Virginia and the United Arab Emirates have been charged with a scheme to...   12:03 PM

  • Heated argument ends in murder-suicide in Queens

    Heated argument ends in murder-suicide in Queens

    A man fatally shot an acquaintance in front of her Queens home yesterday before turning the gun on himself, cops said. David Chea, 55, allegedly got into a heated dispute with Lori Eng, 51, when he whipped out a gun and began firing. He struck...   12:53 PM

  • Quick pickup of lotto 'thieves'

    A Long Island couple thought they hit the jackpot last Thursday after stealing 177 scratch-off lottery tickets from a Southampton store -- but their...   9:30 AM

  • Mike hail$ gay-nup GOPers

    Mike hail$ gay-nup GOPers

    Four Republican legislators who broke ranks with their colleagues to enact gay marriage in New York have each received $10,300 campaign contributions from Mayor Bloomberg. Mayoral aides confirmed the donations after filings were released...   9:31 AM

  • Libya rebels pull back from assault on Tripoli gateway

    Libya rebels pull back from assault on Tripoli gateway

    GUALISH, Libya -- Libyan rebels on Thursday pulled back most of their fighters from an assault on a gateway to Tripoli and set their sights on the oil city of Brega in the east. At the same time, Russia's special envoy to Libya was quoted as saying...   1:10 PM

  • Judge declares mistrial in Clemens perjury case

    Judge declares mistrial in Clemens perjury case

    WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Roger Clemens' perjury case declared a mistrial today after noticing that the prosecution entered evidence he had said was inadmissible. The ruling by US District Judge Reggie Walton could mean that the former...   1:54 PM

  • Betty Ford to be buried next to husband in Mich.

    Betty Ford to be buried next to husband in Mich.

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Hundreds of people who admired former first lady Betty Ford are expected to gather Thursday along the route from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum to the Episcopal church where she was to be memorialized for a final time....   10:30 AM

  • 'Whitey' Bulger hid guns, cash in makeshift safes in apartment

    'Whitey' Bulger hid guns, cash in makeshift safes in apartment

    The mirror hid their darkest secrets. The feds yesterday released this startling photo of a makeshift safe concealed behind a mirror in the Santa Monica, Calif., apartment where Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and his moll, Catherine Greig,...   9:34 AM

  • Explosive device found on Rome-Naples train line

    FROSINONE, Italy -- Italian police were investigating Thursday after an explosive device was found on train tracks in the southern town of Frosinone,...   10:16 AM

  • Rare Jane Austen manuscript sells for £993,250 at auction

    LONDON -- An unfinished early Jane Austen manuscript sold at auction in London on Thursday for £993,250 ($1.6 million) -- three times more than its pre...   9:35 AM

  • Mila Kunis wants to skip date with Marine: report

    Mila Kunis wants to skip date with Marine: report

    Mila Kunis, don't let your country down! The sexy "Friends with Benefits" star wants to skip on her date with Sgt. Scott Moore to the Marine Corps Ball, "Access Hollywood" reported. Kunis apparently has a full plate and is filming two flicks...   12:31 PM

  • Phillip and Nancy Garrido’s horrific home movies

    California prosecutors unsealed chilling home movies shot by sex fiends Phillip and Nancy Garrido, showing them parading a parole officer around their...   9:13 AM

  • Angry Obama walks out on debt-limit talks

    WASHINGTON -- A testy President Obama yesterday abruptly walked out of debt-limit talks at the White House, with no deal in sight as the Aug. 2...   6:48 AM

  • O's $86M war chest

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama has hauled in $86 million for his re-election -- more than double the amount raised by the entire Republican field,...   6:48 AM

  • Decorator gets prison stripes

    WASHINGTON -- Darlene Mathis-Gardner, the DC interior designer who admitted to ripping off the government -- and who got a $5.4 million contract to...   6:48 AM

  • Katie's secrets

    Katie's secrets

    So what if he jumped on Oprah's couch? Tom Cruise is actually a "manly romantic," says his wife, Katie Holmes -- looking gam-orous in the August issue of InStyle. Holmes reveals details of the reclusive duo's relationship to the magazine, saying...   9:13 AM

  • Chrysler is recalling Rams

    DETROIT -- Chrysler is recalling more than 242,000 Ram trucks because of a problem in the steering system. The recall affects certain Rams from...   12:53 AM

  • Feds pin 'steroid' syringe on Clemens

    Feds pin 'steroid' syringe on Clemens

    Roger Clemens' perjury trial kicked off yesterday with the feds promising that DNA evidence will be the payoff pitch that proves the former Yankee hurler lied to Congress when he defiantly denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Prosecutor...   6:48 AM

  • Terror blasts kill 17 in Mumbai

    Terror blasts kill 17 in Mumbai

    MUMBAI, India -- Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India's busy financial capital during rush hour yesterday, killing at least 17 people in the worst terror attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai siege. The attacks came...   6:48 AM

  • Saluting Jeter reaching 3,000

    Saluting Jeter reaching 3,000

    The Post and stars from around baseball salute Derek Jeter after the Yankees captain reached 3,000 hits Saturday. Jeter got his 3,000th hit with a home run against the Rays as part of a 5-for-5 performance. Alex Rodriguez, Don Mattingly and Joe...  

  • FOLLOW LIVE: British Open leaderboard

    FOLLOW LIVE: British Open leaderboard

    Follow live from Royal St. George's as Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and the rest of the field battle for the British Open title....   9:13 AM

  • K-Rod trade clears cash for Mets to chase Reyes

    K-Rod trade clears cash for Mets to chase Reyes

    Perhaps Sandy Alderson’s most important move of next year’s offseason came in the top of the ninth of Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. That’s when the general manager put the finishing touches on the Mets’ trade that sent closer Francisco Rodriguez,...   12:32 PM

  • Mets GM says team not giving up on this year

    Next up, Carlos Beltran? Not so fast, says Sandy Alderson. Even with Francisco Rodriguez on his way to Milwaukee and Atlanta showing no signs of...   8:10 AM

  • Yankees GM not seeking mid-season extension

    Yankees GM not seeking mid-season extension

    Is Brian Cashman in the final 12 weeks as the Yankees' general manager? Cashman's three-year deal worth $6 million expires at the end of the season and after 14 years he could decide that's enough. Or Hal Steinbrenner could opt to bring...   12:34 PM

  • Yankees hope injured Soriano can come up big in second half

    Yankees hope injured Soriano can come up big in second half

    The following statement is going to freeze the marrow of even the most casual member of Yankees Universe: Reliever Rafael Soriano will play a large part in the Yankees reaching the postseason or going home early for the second time in four years....   10:11 AM

  • After rocky times in minors, Yankees' Nunez on 'right' path

    Eduardo Nunez didn't always believe he was going to be the Yankees player who filled in so well for Derek Jeter and is being asked to do the same for...   10:11 AM

  • Fan who caught Jeter ball to get own baseball card

    Fan who caught Jeter ball to get own baseball card

    The fan who returned Derek Jeter’s ball from his 3,000th hit will get a bit of memorabilia to keep — his own baseball card. Topps says it will produce a trading card featuring Christian Lopez that will be included in sets later this year. The...   10:02 AM

  • Jets' Holmes, Giants' Cofield interest Redskins: report

    The Redskins, rarely shy when it comes to spending big bucks to get what they want, could be targeting key players from the Giants and Jets in free...   12:02 PM

  • Nets' Vujacic eyes Turkey club

    Nets' Vujacic eyes Turkey club

    Sasha Vujacic may take any decision about re-signing him out of the Nets' hands. According to the Turkish website and newspaper, Milliyet -- which also ran a bunch of Lindsay Lohan pictures yesterday -- Vujacic is close to signing a deal with...   8:09 AM

  • Rangers' Gaborik excited to team with Richards

    When you are paid $7.5 million a year as one of the most gifted goal-scorers extant, you play in a No Excuses League, which, to Marian Gaborik's...   12:34 PM

  • Devils rookie camp rocked by injuries

    The cream of the Devils' latest draft class is off to an inauspicious, injured start. In less than 24 hours, prize first-rounder Adam Larsson joined...   7:37 AM

  • In second year, Nino plans to stick with Islanders

    In second year, Nino plans to stick with Islanders

    His shoulders are broader, his head is held higher, and as young winger Nino Niederreiter stood in front of his locker yesterday after the first skating day of the Islanders' mini-camp at Nassau Coliseum, he looked the part that he's hoping to play...   12:34 PM

  • U.S. beats France; in World Cup final vs. Japan

    U.S. beats France; in World Cup final vs. Japan

    MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany -- Somehow, the Americans seem to find a way to win. And more often than not, Abby Wambach has something to do with it. With time running out and France giving the United States all it could handle and then some, Wambach...   9:19 AM

  • Curtis, caddie paired again — sort of

    Curtis, caddie paired again — sort of

    SANDWICH, England — It started as a blind date and turned into one of the most memorable and improbable player-caddie relationship stories in golf history. Ben Curtis needed a caddie for the 2003 British Open and Andy Sutton needed a bag. Sutton,...   6:19 AM

  • Battle of the butts

    Battle of the butts

    For many New Yorkers, owning a 1,000-square-foot one-bedroom condo in a posh Upper East Side doorman building is a dream come true. But they don’t live next door to Jane’s chain-smoking next-door neighbor from hell, whose incessant nicotine habit...   11:48 AM

  • 'Mad Men,' 'Mildred Pierce' get top Emmy nods

    'Mad Men,' 'Mildred Pierce' get top Emmy nods

    LOS ANGELES — "Mad Men," the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations Thursday to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries "Mildred Pierce" starring Kate Winslet grabbing a top 21 bids. "Mad Men...   11:48 AM

  • Shaquille O'Neal agrees to deal with TNT to work as NBA analyst

    ATLANTA -- Fresh off his retirement from the NBA, future Hall of Fame center Shaquille O'Neal agreed to a deal Thursday to become an in-studio analyst...   12:24 PM

  • List of Emmy Award nominations in major categories

    Nominees in major categories for the 2011 Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Drama Series: "Boardwalk Empire...   10:08 AM

  • Murder, lies and videotape

    Murder, lies and videotape

    NBC has emerged as the front-runner in the scramble for the first interview with Casey Anthony. Anthony's lawyer Jose Baez -- who was in New York for several days this week quietly meeting with network reps -- is saying any TV appearance is at...   11:48 AM

  • Pole vault

    Pole vault

    A male pole dancer has sparked a falling out between “America’s Got Talent” judges Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne. Morgan — who has often had a soft spot for attractive female contestants — told The Post he was unlikely to vote for New Yorker...   12:55 AM

  • Midler out of Spector flick

    Midler out of Spector flick

    HBO's upcoming Phil Spector biopic has hit a major snag. Bette Midler has been forced to drop out of the project, which is currently being filmed, after suffering a herniated disc. Midler had been cast to play Linda Kenney Baden, one of the...   11:48 AM

  • Hip, hippie hurray for the ever-hot 'Hair'

    Hip, hippie hurray for the ever-hot 'Hair'

    What "The Nutcracker" is to December, "Hair" is to July. Not only does the musical take place during the Summer of Love, but its "turn on, tune in, drop out" message feels particularly right when the temperature hits the 90s and everybody mellows....   11:48 AM

  • Starr report

    Starr report

    Chalk this one up to "life imitating art," in a TV kind of way. TNT has just begun filming its upcoming TV movie, "Deck the Halls," based on the collaborative mystery/thriller co-written by best-selling mother/daughter authors Mary Higgins Clark...   4:28 AM

  • Drama mama

    In honor of the Emmy nomi nation announcement this morning, Mama presents her favorite leading fellas of summer -- some are Emmy worthy, some are just...   1:01 AM

Page Six

Kim's big day

Kim's big day

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have chosen a date. Sources say...   9:13 AM

Foxy wants moon from city

Foxy wants moon from city

After a judge threw out charges against Foxy Brown for allegedly...   3:32 AM

Cindy Adams

'Countdown' contains itself

Keith Olbermann's Mouth That Roared is open again. Although he...   3:34 AM

Sports

Yankees GM not seeking mid-season extension

Yankees GM not seeking mid-season extension

Is Brian Cashman in the final 12 weeks as the Yankees' general...   12:34 PM

K-Rod trade clears cash for Mets to chase Reyes

K-Rod trade clears cash for Mets to chase Reyes

Perhaps Sandy Alderson’s most important move of next year’s...   12:32 PM

Kevin Kernan Kevin Kernan

It’s OK for Mets to wave white flag this year

Trading Francisco Rodriguez was the deal Sandy Alderson had to...   9:14 AM

Entertainment

Battle of the butts

Battle of the butts

For many New Yorkers, owning a 1,000-square-foot one-bedroom...   11:48 AM

Murder, lies and videotape

Murder, lies and videotape

NBC has emerged as the front-runner in the scramble for the...   11:48 AM

Michael Starr Michael Starr

Starr report

Chalk this one up to "life imitating art," in a TV kind of way....   4:28 AM

Business

It's Ben to the rescue

It's Ben to the rescue

Helicopter Ben may be restarting the engine. Federal Reserve...   3:46 AM

Digital shack-up

Digital shack-up

Now let's see what they cook up. Scripps Networks Interactive...   3:46 AM

John Crudele John Crudele

If things don't improve, Obama may lose his job

I am a little confused by all this budget talk coming out of...   3:46 AM

Real Estate

Edge of glory

Edge of glory

Karen Goodwin and her boyfriend, Jean Claude Cancedda, are...   9:10 AM

Dream homes

Dream homes

...   4:12 AM

Jennifer Gould Keil Jennifer Gould Keil

Baryshnikov jumps

It looks like there will be no more white nights on the Hudson in...   3:46 AM

Opinion

An injudicious raise

An injudicious raise

Pretty much everyone concedes that New York state's judges...   3:58 AM

Andrew's pension smackdown

Andrew's pension smackdown

New York taxpayers caught a huge break yesterday, when Gov....   3:36 AM

In Today's Paper

City drivers taking bridge to free-dom

City drivers taking bridge to free-dom

Facing an economic downturn and soaring tolls, thousands of...   7:14 AM

Qns. slay-suicide

Qns. slay-suicide

A man fatally shot an acquaintance in front of her Queens home...   9:34 AM

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