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Rogue peacock flies back home

Rogue peacock flies back home

It was a jungle in there -- so a peacock at the Central Park Zoo hopped the fence to trade in his dirt-floor digs for a tony Fifth Avenue perch yesterday before returning home this morning. The beautiful escapee left a fifth-floor window...  Read Full Story

Manhattan

  • Wife's shrieking howl at DSK bust

    Wife's shrieking howl at DSK bust

    Dominque Strauss-Kahn's wife stood behind him after the former IMF chief was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid -- but that doesn't mean she took the news well. Anne Sinclair "howled in pain" like an "animal" when she learned...  

  • Three people injured in Upper West Side bus-taxi accident

    Three people injured in Upper West Side bus-taxi accident

    Three people were injured today on the Upper West Side following a crash between a taxi and an MTA bus, authorities said. The incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. along Broadway near West 66th Street after an M5 bus travelling northbound on...  

Brooklyn

  • B'klyn's leaning tower of pizza

    B'klyn's leaning tower of pizza

    Brooklyn pizza is best without any topplings, buildings inspectors said yesterday, explaining their decision to shutter Williamsburg's acclaimed Motorino. The wildly popular eatery, located since 2008 in the four-story, far-from-90-degree...  

  • Fiend robs old gal in w'chair

    Fiend robs old gal in w'chair

    He's a wheel jerk. A heartless thief was caught on video snatching a wheelchair-bound granny's purse and fleeing down a Brooklyn block, police said yesterday. The mugger casually walked up to the 78-year-old victim and ripped the bag...  

Queens

  • The Weiner bulge

    The Weiner bulge

    Huma Abedin is glowering -- and glowing! With her baby bump visible -- and with the mom-to-be clearly unhappy with the fotog's attention -- she and disgraced husband Anthony Weiner were spotted strolling near their Forest Hills home Monday....  

  • Ex-Net bonk shot

    Ex-Net bonk shot

    Troubled ex-New Jersey Nets player Rafer Alston fouled out at a strip joint -- bashing another man on the head with a beer bottle during a booze-fueled brawl, a new lawsuit charges. The former NBA athlete, 35, who's originally from...  

Bronx

  • 'Catch' of the day

    'Catch' of the day

    Hello, 911? Hey, I got your thief right here! Bronx auto-store clerk Nelson Lozanda made the call of duty yesterday, chasing and tackling a suspected shoplifter, then holding him down with one hand while phoning cops with the other. "There are...  

  • Bronx teen who had been missing for nearly two weeks is found safe

    Bronx teen who had been missing for nearly two weeks is found safe

    A Bronx teen who had been missing for nearly two weeks is safe at home, authorities said this morning. Anabell Vargas, 13, had last been seen by her grandmother on July 22 at the corner of Westchester and Jackson Avenues in the Bronx. The...  

Staten Island

  • Sweltering heat at SI school sends kid to hosp

    Sweltering heat at SI school sends kid to hosp

    A 12-year-old attending a Staten Island school for students with disabilities was hospitalized after turning blue from overheating yesterday -- enraging parents who said they've been complaining for years about malfunctioning air conditioners...  

  • SI psych facility boss charged with strangling autistic patient to death

    A supervisor for disabled adults at a Staten Island mental health facility was charged today with criminally negligent homicide after his wrongful restraint of...  

Sports

  • VIDEO: Durant drops 66 points at Rucker Park

    VIDEO: Durant drops 66 points at Rucker Park

    Kevin Durant’s performance created an evening for the ages at Rucker Park. “Some nights are very special,” DC Power guard Randy (White Chocolate) Gill said. “This is going down as one of those special nights.” The Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star...  

  • NBA's Lucas, Durant duel in front of standing-room only crowd at Pro City

    NBA's Lucas, Durant duel in front of standing-room only crowd at Pro City

    While New York City couldn’t get enough of Kevin Durant’s Rucker Park highlights on Tuesday, John Lucas III seethed. He was in too many of them, one of the players the NBA superstar effortlessly hung 66 on in the memorable scoring display. “I...   3:04 AM

  • Marlon Guild Diary No. 5: Heading home after hectic July

    Marlon Guild Diary No. 5: Heading home after hectic July

    Over the past month, The Post has brought you into the world of St. Peter's College men's basketball assistant coach Marlon Guild as he traveled from one location to another during the live recruiting period. This is the final entry of his July...   1:22 AM

  • Raimondi: A road warrior glad to be home

    Route 222. North 5th Street Highway. Papermill Road. Broadcasting Square. Albright College. For many of you reading this, those names mean nothing....   1:29 AM

  • Lightning Dingle finishes productive July with title

    Lightning Dingle finishes productive July with title

    Long Island Lightning Dingle finished the July live recruiting period with a flourish, not only winning the Big Shots DC Slam orange division 17U tournament in the nation’s capital, but many of the team’s top players saw their recruitment shoot up...  

  • Lightning McNeil wins Big Shots DC Slam blue title

    As good as Shandue McNeil’s Long Island Lightning team is, many of his best players were glued to the bench during the last high-school season. Jason...  

  • Braziller: City's best of the live recruiting period

    Braziller: City's best of the live recruiting period

    When the high school basketball season ends, we here at NYPost.com compile an all-city list based on the best players. So, I figured, after a never-ending month of action, why not create something similar for the live recruiting period. Bear in...  

  • Terrence Samuel Diary No. 5: Ready to rest after grueling month

    Terrence Samuel Diary No. 5: Ready to rest after grueling month

    Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of South Shore/New Heights point guard Terrence Samuel as he travels from Indiana to Reading, Pa., to King of Prussia, Pa., Las Vegas and back to Reading during the live recruiting period....  

  • Double chipping: Exodus NYC wins two titles in same day

    Double chipping: Exodus NYC wins two titles in same day

    Apache Paschall decided to raise the level of difficulty on his Exodus NYC travel team. The head man, known for his outside-the-box methods, registered them in two separate tournaments at the same time in Georgia last weekend. Exodus, one of the...  

  • Reana Mohamed Diary No. 5: Visits scheduled after eventful summer

    Reana Mohamed Diary No. 5: Visits scheduled after eventful summer

    This summer, The Post has brought you into the world of Mary Louis and Positive Direction rising senior guard Reana Mohamed as she plays through the final stage of her college search in front of hundreds of coaches during the live recruiting period....  

  • Forward Gathers commits to St. John's for 2012

    When Ricardo Gathers, the star recruit who gave St. John's a verbal commitment yesterday, was told his AAU coach described him as a cross between Karl...  

  • Former coach Roberts put St. John's on right track

    Former coach Roberts put St. John's on right track

    KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Norm Roberts deserves some of the credit for the success Steve Lavin and his staff have enjoyed in a little over a year at St. John's, the newly hired Florida assistant coach told The Post during the AAU Super Showcase at the ESPN...  

  • Coaches dish on recruiting misadventures

    Coaches dish on recruiting misadventures

    So you want to be a big-time college basketball coach, want to wear an Italian designer suit, want to hear Jay Bilas, Fran Fraschilla and Bill Raftery anoint you a genius for calling that out-of-bounds play out of the timeout -- heady stuff. Maybe...  

  • St. John's star frosh cleared

    St. John's star freshman recruit Maurice Harkless has been cleared by the NCAA to play for the Johnnies this season, The Post has learned....  

  • NCAA clears Harkless to play for St. John's

    NCAA clears Harkless to play for St. John's

    St. John’s star freshman recruit Maurice Harkless has been cleared by the NCAA to play for the Red Storm this season, The Post has learned. Harkless is arguably the most important recruit in Steve Lavin’s highly ranked recruiting class because he...  

  • Manhattan to play Syracuse in NIT opener

    Steve Masiello did not run out to the nearest Duane Reade to buy out the store's supply of antacid after being informed by The Post that his road...  

  • 'Pops' showing St. John's ropes

    'Pops' showing St. John's ropes

    Malik Stith turned 22 this week but his newbie St. John's teammates have been calling him "Pops" all summer. Stith finds himself in the most remarkable of positions. He has gone from being a player that wasn't wanted to being the player St. John's...  

  • Paralyzed Rutgers player stands in therapy

    Tweet by tweet, Eric LeGrand is making progress in his recovery from a fractured vertebrae suffered while making a tackle against Army on Oct. 16. On...  

  • Bitter St. John's defeat hasn't fazed Rutgers coach

    READING, Pa. -- It has been roughly four months since the Rutgers basketball team's season ended, when the Scarlet Knights were robbed by the referees...  

  • Brush with law ripened Lincoln's rising star

    Brush with law ripened Lincoln's rising star

    READING, Pa. -- Shaquille Davis was very much like the other 700 kids at Albright College for last week's Hoop Group's Elite Session 1. He was looking to catch the eye of a few college basketball coaches, gain Division I interest or a scholarship...  

  • SUNY school continues to grow

    SUNY school continues to grow

    Consider this the first Robbins Nest quiz: Which New York university will send its basketball team to Europe this summer for a five-game exhibition tour to prepare for the 2011-12 season, when it will play one game in the Garden? St. John's?...  

  • Crash survivor has the Wolverines to lean on

    Crash survivor has the Wolverines to lean on

    You hope there's never before been a story like this and pray there never will be another one like it again. It's a story that makes parents walk into their child's room at night just to see the rise and fall of his or her chest. It's a story...  

  • Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after a stellar junior campaign. He started the year in coach Frank Martin’s doghouse and was...  

  • Former Seton Hall star sees bright future after difficult year

    Former Seton Hall star sees bright future after difficult year

    Jeremy Hazell is completely healthy. It’s something he hasn’t been recently. Former Seton Hall star spent last season battling injury and even a gunshot wound, while trying to be the Pirates leader. Hazell, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, broke a bone...  

  • Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    The potential for an NBA lockout isn’t getting Brian Williams down. He is more than happy taking his game outside the United States instead of waiting and hoping for a call. “They said the lockout could last over six months,” the former University...  

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