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State pulls plug on racino deal

State pulls plug on racino deal

State officials today scratched AEG’s plan to operate 4,500 slots at Aqueduct race track following accusations of a corrupt bidding process. "The Division of the Lottery has concluded that it cannot...  Read Full Story

Accused of shooting his way out of Yemen hospital

Accused of shooting his way out of Yemen hospital

BUENA, N.J. — The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. FBI spokesman Rich Wolf in...  Read Full Story

Ex Bush aide Ari Fleischer to help repair Woods' image

Ex Bush aide Ari Fleischer to help repair Woods' image

MIAMI — Tiger Woods has summoned someone even more significant than swing coach Hank Haney to help facilitate his wildly anticipated comeback. Two sources in the golf community have told The Post...  Read Full Story

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  • Aftershocks rock Chile as new president sworn in

    SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt...   11:38 AM

  • 2 cops with Roethlisberger say nothing happened in sex assault case

    2 cops with Roethlisberger say nothing happened in sex assault case

    PITTSBURGH — Two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual assault, and the two men didn't see anything inappropriate, an...   10:00 AM

  • HS cancels prom after lesbian asks to bring female date, wear tuxedo

    JACKSON, Miss. — A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend...   10:00 AM

  • Security camera catches drunk woman intentionally mowing down man at service station

    A security camera captured the moment a drunk woman intentionally drove into a man at a service station - flipping him over her car's bonnet and into...   7:40 AM

  • Florida Highway Patrol slammed for handling of Tiger's crash

    ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger...   6:48 AM

  • Aria Nicole Smith

    Anna Nicole Smith's life played out with tragic chords -- and now the late Playmate's story will be turned into an opera. The Royal Opera in London...   6:16 AM

  • JihadJane & her mad scheme to 'frighten the world'

    JihadJane & her mad scheme to 'frighten the world'

    Memo to would-be terrorists: Don't list Osama bin Laden as your hero on your MySpace page. That was the first blunder on the pothole-filled road to hoped-for martyrdom by Colleen LaRose, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania divorcée also known as...   6:16 AM

  • Corey drug doom

    Corey drug doom

    Corey Haim -- half of the famous "Two Coreys" duo of 1980s teen heartthrobs -- died of an apparent overdose yesterday near Los Angeles at 38, officials said. Haim collapsed at his mother's San Fernando Valley apartment and was pronounced dead at...   12:11 PM

  • O's 'fraud' rip at health industry

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday continued his campaign against insurance companies in his feverish push for health reform, accusing them of...   6:16 AM

  • O: We'll stick by you, Haiti

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday conditions in quake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable...   9:49 AM

  • Un-settling Biden trip

    RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel yesterday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it undermines peace efforts....   6:16 AM

  • Early out in Afghan

    PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility yesterday that some of the forces involved in the Afghanistan surge...   6:16 AM

  • Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown inks book deal

    BOSTON -- Scott Brown, the Republican whose surprise victory in the US Senate race in Massachusetts rocked the political landscape, has signed a deal...   7:21 AM

  • Raising 'cane fear

    Five hurricanes, two or three of them major, are expected to strike the East Coast in what could be an above-average 2010 Atlantic hurricane season,...   6:16 AM

  • Reyes' agent says Mets shortstop sidelined 2-8 weeks

    Mets shortstop Jose Reyes has been told to rest and refrain from athletic activity until his thyroid levels normalize. Reyes was taken out of the...   1:00 PM

  • Report: LT could visit Jets on Friday

    Free agent running back Ladainian Tomlinson will visit the Jets on Friday, according to ESPN.com. The report says Tomlinson is visiting the Vikings on...   12:41 PM

  • Tiger hires Ari Fleischer as PR flack

    Tiger hires Ari Fleischer as PR flack

    MIAMI — Tiger Woods has summoned someone even more significant than swing coach Hank Haney to help facilitate his wildly anticipated comeback. Two sources in the golf community have told The Post that Ari Fleischer, the former presidential advisor...   12:46 PM

  • Sources: Roberts will be out at St. John’s

    Sources: Roberts will be out at St. John’s

    Norm Roberts is one of the lucky guys, and given enough time, the pain of professional disappointment will subside and he’ll remember that most people never achieve their dream job. Roberts did. For six years he lived his dream, coaching in the...   9:44 AM

  • Knicks set franchise mark for futility

    Knicks set franchise mark for futility

    SAN ANTONIO - Knicks team president Donnie Walsh flew all the way to San Antonio to watch Eddy Curry's return last night. And all Walsh saw was Curry's return to the pregame layup line. Curry's ballyhooed comeback from left knee surgery in...   5:51 AM

  • Damon enjoying life with Tigers

    Damon enjoying life with Tigers

    LAKELAND, Fla. -- Johnny Damon did a round of hugs with former Yankees teammates yesterday by the batting cage at Joker Marchant Stadium. Asked later about it, he said, "Secretly, they all miss me." He then smiled and said, "Openly they all hate...   9:35 AM

  • Chamberlain falls further behind in race for Yankees' No. 5 spot

    Chamberlain falls further behind in race for Yankees' No. 5 spot

    LAKELAND, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain says he knows the deal when it comes to the fifth starter’s spot in Joe Girardi’s rotation. Now he has to start pitching like it. “I understand what’s at stake,” Chamberlain said after getting spanked by the...   12:04 PM

  • Yankees favorite among five teams for Cuban shortstop

    According to sources, the Yankees remain the favorites to sign Cuban shortstop Adeinis Hechavarria. However, they have company in chasing the 21-year...  

  • Reyes' agent: Mets overplayed thyroid issue

    Reyes' agent: Mets overplayed thyroid issue

    KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Jose Reyes could be the subject of a sequel to "The Blind Side." The shortstop's agent told The Post yesterday that Reyes and his camp were "blindsided" by a press release the Mets issued Tuesday night that made it seem as if...   9:35 AM

  • Communications confusion typical for the Mets

    Communications confusion typical for the Mets

    KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- There is no such thing as a simple news cycle around the Mets, the home office for Velcro and glue and duct tape, where every story always feels like Freddie Biletnikoff's fingertips, all of the dysfunction Stick-ummed together....   9:42 AM

  • Devils knock out Rangers, Lundqvist

    Devils knock out Rangers, Lundqvist

    When the dust finally settles next month, this one could well prove a turning point for both the Devils and Rangers, all the more significant because of each team's struggles. The Devils' first regular season chasing of Henrik Lundqvist looms that...   9:05 AM

  • Kidd, Mavericks rally past Nets

    Kidd, Mavericks rally past Nets

    DALLAS -- The Mavericks last night ran their winning streak to 13 games. The Nets and their 7-57 record were run out of town. Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, hitting 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and the Mavericks recovered from a...   5:27 AM

  • Report: Sharper likes what Jets are doing

    Free agent safety Darren Sharper sure sounds like someone who wants to play for the Jets. "I have the utmost respect for Rex Ryan, seeing what he did...   12:03 PM

  • Isiah finishes first season at FIU 7-25

    SAN ANTONIO – On a night the Knicks officially secured their ninth straight losing season, a franchise record, in losing to the Spurs, it is...   8:52 AM

  • Conan O'Brien's comeback begins with 2-month comedy tour

    Conan O'Brien's comeback begins with 2-month comedy tour

    Axed talk show host Conan O’Brien announced Thursday he is kicking off a comeback with a 30-city tour of the U.S. and Canada. “I'm headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour,” O’Brien wrote in a Twitter message. “I repeat: It's half...   12:09 PM

  • First Look at Bryce Dallas Howard in 'Eclipse'

    First Look at Bryce Dallas Howard in 'Eclipse'

    The recasting of Rachelle Lefevre as "Twilight" villain Victoria was the cause of much fan outcry back in July. But after getting a glimpse at new baddie Bryce Dallas Howard in the just released "Eclipse" trailer, I don't think anyone will...   11:19 AM

  • Corey drug doom

    Corey drug doom

    Corey Haim -- half of the famous "Two Coreys" duo of 1980s teen heartthrobs -- died of an apparent overdose yesterday near Los Angeles at 38, officials said. Haim collapsed at his mother's San Fernando Valley apartment and was pronounced dead at...   12:11 PM

  • There's finally a date!

    There's finally a date!

    After months of fan pleas and pages, "Saturday Night Live" has finally locked Betty White into a date. NBC News announced this morning that the "Golden Girl" will host the long-running sketch comedy show for the first time in her career on...   8:39 AM

  • 'Jersey Shore' lands in Miami

    'Jersey Shore' lands in Miami

    "Jersey Shore" is heading to South Beach. Over the objections of locals, the controversial cast of MTV's latest hit reality series is said to be gearing up to bring their Cheetos tans and fist-bumping guido 'tude to Miami, reports the Miami...   9:32 AM

  • Jack Bauer's days are numbered

    Jack Bauer's days are numbered

    The hour is drawing near for "24." The veteran real-time Fox drama starring Kiefer Sutherland as uber agent Jack Bauer is expected to call it quits after eight seasons of nail-biting suspense. Neither Fox nor the show's producer, 20th...   8:50 AM

  • Jessica Simpson: Two years is my dating limit!

    Jessica Simpson: Two years is my dating limit!

    Sexual napalm was on "The Late Show with David Letterman" last night and he went after her like a therapist trying to push their client over the edge. Talk rarely veered away from her sexual history to her new show, "The Price of Beauty,"...   9:04 AM

  • McQueen’s final bow

    McQueen’s final bow

    Before he took his own life a month ago, Alexander McQueen was working on his fall collection, which was shown Tuesday in a demure salon setting at the Paris headquarters of his parent company. The 16 pieces shown had been cut “on the stand” by...   7:58 AM

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Tinsley Mortimer dissed by sister-in-law Minnie

Tinsley Mortimer dissed by sister-in-law Minnie

Tinsley Mortimer's reality show, "High Society," debuted last...   9:30 AM

'Jersey Shore' kids tolerate each other for a buck

'Jersey Shore' kids tolerate each other for a buck

"Jersey Shore" stars Sammi Giancola and Ronnie Magro might not be...   10:41 AM

Cindy Adams

Actor to enter 'Cage'

K elsey Grammer -- and may his tribe increase because we love...   3:53 AM

Sports

Knicks set franchise mark for futility

Knicks set franchise mark for futility

SAN ANTONIO - Knicks team president Donnie Walsh flew all the way...   5:51 AM

Chamberlain falls further behind in race  for Yankees' No. 5 spot

Chamberlain falls further behind in race for Yankees' No. 5 spot

LAKELAND, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain says he knows the deal when it...   12:04 PM

Mike Vaccaro Mike Vaccaro

Vac's Thursday Whacks on the program formerly known as the Redmen

This is always the easiest part of the equation, even if it may...   12:06 PM

Entertainment

The man behind NYC's secret hangout

The man behind NYC's secret hangout

Sunlight streams through the windows as harried New Yorkers rush...   11:18 AM

McQueen’s final bow

McQueen’s final bow

Before he took his own life a month ago, Alexander McQueen was...   7:58 AM

Linda Stasi Linda Stasi

Hell in ‘The Pacific’

I spend my days with self-absorbed morons who parade their...   11:18 AM

Markets

Dow: 10546.25 21.08 Nasdaq: 2353.32 5.63

Business

Where's the beef?

Where's the beef?

Wendy's is flirting with Carl's Jr. Billionaire fast-food...   4:20 AM

Slim's the fattest cat

Slim's the fattest cat

Mexico's Carlos Slim is the world's richest man -- the first non...   4:20 AM

Real Estate

Keep it 'Real'

Keep it 'Real'

I really do have it all,” Ramona Singer says happily. “I have a...   9:51 AM

Dream homes

Dream homes

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Opinion

Borrowing trouble

Borrowing trouble

Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch is a smart guy, experienced and steeped...   8:37 AM

Israel's Biden slap

Israel's Biden slap

Timing, former Canadian Prime Minis ter Pierre Trudeau used to...   4:27 AM

Knickerbocker: The latest from The Post's NY politics blog

From the state capitol to City Hall, The Post's reporters deliver...  

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Google gives city bikers bum steer

Google gives city bikers bum steer

A helmet may not be enough to protect cyclists from Google Maps'...   10:50 AM

City takes 'Tavern' trademark

City takes 'Tavern' trademark

Talk about getting skewered. The former operators of Tavern...   6:31 AM

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