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DiNapoli yanks his site's 'cheat' sheet

DiNapoli yanks his site's 'cheat' sheet

ALBANY -- A red-faced state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli -- who has been warning against rising pension costs -- yesterday removed from his Web site information about how state workers can game the pension system. Until yesterday, a...  Read Full Story

Manhattan

  • 104-year-old heiress' kin make legal bid to free her from duo's clutches

    104-year-old heiress' kin make legal bid to free her from duo's clutches

    Relatives of a reclusive 104-year-old copper heiress yesterday asked a court to bar her lawyer and an accountant -- who are being criminally investigated for their actions -- from managing her $500 million fortune. "The Clark family is...  

  • Tunesmith's $2M 'rape' slap

    The Oscar-winning songwriter prosecutors say is a serial sexual predator has been ordered to pay $2 million to a Washington woman who says he raped her....  

Brooklyn

  • Mother of dead 15-pound, 4-year-old girl hit with assault charges

    Mother of dead 15-pound, 4-year-old girl hit with assault charges

    A Brooklyn woman whose malnourished 4-year-old daughter was found dead in their apartment was slapped with assault charges yesterday after bruises covering the girl's body were found to contradict her claim that the child had suffered them in a...  

  • Cigar smoker: I got 'nailed'

    What's he smoking? A Brooklyn man claims he cut his mouth on a nail lodged inside a cigar. Stogie smoker Anthony Raimondi says that two years ago, he...  

Queens

  • Game, set, smooch

    Game, set, smooch

    What a love match! Chelsea Clinton and her new hubby Marc Mezvinsky were caught smooching last night at the US Open. The pair took their romantic time-out while watching Venus Williams beat Mandy Minella of Luxembourg in straight sets....  

  • US Open's brawlers banned for two years

    US Open's brawlers banned for two years

    He had a lot of cash on the line. The tough talker who sparked an upper-deck brawl Thursday night at the US Open was gambling on the match and became enraged when he was told by an elderly fan and his daughter to shut up, a bird's-eye video...  

Bronx

  • Nurse's patient is long lost pa

    Nurse's patient is long lost pa

    In a one-in-a-million twist of fate, a Bronx nurse welcoming a terminal-cancer patient to her unit discovered he was her long lost father, who had vanished when she was just months old. "It was fate and hope and a miracle. It was like God...  

  • The Bronx is burning in 5-hr. blaze

    The Bronx is burning in 5-hr. blaze

    This terrifying Bronx inferno raged for more than five hours -- and destroyed a row of businesses -- before New York's Bravest could get it under control. The six-alarm blaze appeared to begin at Spice Island music, 4225 White Plains Road...  

Staten Island

  • Bubba nod to SI candidate a shot across Bam's bow

    Bubba nod to SI candidate a shot across Bam's bow

    Bill Clinton strongly endorsed "independent" Staten Island Democrat Rep. Mike McMahon's re-election bid yesterday -- even saying it was OK for the incumbent to buck President Obama by voting against health-care reform. "The one thing you...  

  • DA's aide nabbed for 'DWI'

    A Staten Island prosecutor was nabbed for drunken driving in Hell's Kitchen early yesterday, according to a published report. Craig Trainor, an assistant...  

Sports

  • The Post's high-school football previews

    Here’s a list of the high-school football previews done to date, listed by league: CHSFL Holy Cross Mount St. Michael St. Joseph by the Sea...   7:45 AM

  • New Utrecht pins hopes on potentially potent attack

    New Utrecht pins hopes on potentially potent attack

    Alan Balkan can imagine the possibilities. He can see his quarterback Jordan Paul enjoying a memorable senior season, shredding defenses apart. He can picture his top wideout, 6-foot-4 Terrence Chillious, bettering the eight touchdown passes he...   7:45 AM

  • Beefed up St. Peter's wants to build off CHSFL 'A' crown

    Beefed up St. Peter's wants to build off CHSFL 'A' crown

    St. Peter’s coach Mike Cosentino took joy in pointing out each one of his offensive lineman, one bigger than the next. The defending CHSFL Class A champions lost skill players at quarterback, receiver, running back and tight end, but feel the pieces...  

  • Brooklyn A West boys soccer preview

    Rich Tighe stopped short of making any predictions, but the Sheepshead Bay boys soccer coach fully expects this year to be different. Last season’s...  

  • Clinton aims to take success to next level

    Clinton aims to take success to next level

    As the rest of The Bronx has struggled, DeWitt Clinton has emerged. John F. Kennedy and Lehman are rebuilding under new coaches – for Lehman, Michael Saunds is its third coach in four years – and Columbus has moved down to the Bowl Division....  

  • 'Roos ready to kick disappointing 2009

    'Roos ready to kick disappointing 2009

    There is a buzz about Boys & Girls this preseason. The Kangaroos are expected to be greatly improved, returning the core of a team that went just 2-7 last season. But coach Barry O’Connor is more cautious. “People have said good things before and...  

  • Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

    Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

    There are no radical changes at Xavier, no need for a complete overhaul of the offensive scheme. Chris Stevens is a disciple of the single-wing and the Knights are going to run it until he decides to leave the school. So there’s no surprise that...  

  • Young yet confident Sharks find themselves in deep end

    Young yet confident Sharks find themselves in deep end

    Everywhere he looks, Rashid Armand sees new faces – on offense, defense and special teams. Before training camp, he needed a media guide to get to know his new teammates. But Armand doesn’t want any sympathy, even if he is the lone returning...  

  • Inexperienced Phoenix rise to Bowl division

    Inexperienced Phoenix rise to Bowl division

    Jose Cosme looked at his roster, all the graduating seniors, and started an internal debate. Was moving up to the Bowl division a wise decision, he pondered, after winning the Cup crown last November? Then he thought back to a conversation he had...  

  • Christ the King hoping for 'A' successful season

    Christ the King hoping for 'A' successful season

    Some teams set a goal of winning a championship, others aim to get to Belson Stadium, the site of the CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals. Christ the King’s goals are a bit different. “Our only pressure is to prove we can compete,” Royals...  

  • 'Red-headed step child' no more: FDR moves up to top division

    Paul Klyap didn’t want to move Franklin D. Roosevelt up to the City Championship division because of what the Cougars did last year, their first in the...  

  • New coach, same goals for Tech

    New coach, same goals for Tech

    School has come early in a sense for Peter Schmidt-Nowara and his Brooklyn Tech girls soccer team. It is the former Manhattan Center boys coach's first season at the helm, taking over for Thomas Nguyen. There has been a learning curve for both...  

  • PSAL Queens A-V girls soccer preview

    PSAL Queens A-V girls soccer preview

    There are few holdovers from a Long Island City team that went unbeaten during the regular season and claimed its first Queens A-V division title. Even after losing eight seniors, the goals haven't changed. “I always have high expectations for...   12:57 AM

  • Low numbers hamper Wagner for second straight year

    Low numbers hamper Wagner for second straight year

    Susan Wagner, one of the most storied programs in PSAL history, had some of its lowest numbers last season. It got so difficult that legendary coach Al Paturzo had to use a quarterback, in this case Jordan Rodriguez, on defense for the first time in...  

  • Restore the paw: Lehman looks to get back to winning ways

    Restore the paw: Lehman looks to get back to winning ways

    It was risky, but Michael Saunds thought it had to be done. One of the new coach’s first orders of duty at Lehman was to oust the returning seniors who weren’t committed to the team philosophy. The Lions didn’t have huge numbers in the first place...  

  • Young Terriers relish underdog role

    Young Terriers relish underdog role

    Brendan Stackpole split time at quarterback last year, but he was under center when St. Francis Prep turned its season around a year ago, when the Terriers shook off a miserable start to advance to the CHSFL Class AA semifinals before losing a...  

  • No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    The annual three-team race in the New York Archdiocesan now has a fourth contender. Fordham Prep, Regis and Iona Prep all regularly compete for the CHSAA Class A division title, but with Joe Balsamo moving up to coach the varsity team after back...  

  • Recovered Koutsounadis ready to lead refocused Lewis

    Recovered Koutsounadis ready to lead refocused Lewis

    Gena Koutsounadis waited nearly seven months for the last two weeks. The Francis Lewis star midfielder tore her left ACL in January playing for her FCNY United club soccer team and had surgery to repair it in February. She was able to get back on...  

  • PSAL Queens A-IV girls soccer preview

    PSAL Queens A-IV girls soccer preview

    Is it or isn’t it? We will find out soon enough. Bayside girls soccer coach Magdalini Kassimis has called this season a rebuilding one. The Commodores lost nearly their entire starting lineup. She will have a roster filled with sophomores, juniors...  

  • Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    St. John’s is back in the city’s tangled recruiting game, and the Red Storm are there with a cool and confident kid who lives just minutes from the school’s Queens campus. Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-8 wing who starred at Forest Hills High School...  

  • Nassib takes over for Syracuse vs. Akron

    AKRON, Ohio -- When Ryan Nassib was penciled in last year as the starter at quarterback for Syracuse after spring ball, he was pleased. All the hard...  

  • Boise State’s title shot could come down to opener

    Boise State’s title shot could come down to opener

    One week into the college football season, we may have one half of the national championship game already decided. Boise State opens the season ranked No. 3 in the nation and if the Broncos can beat No. 10 Virginia Tech on Monday night, they will...  

  • Rutgers struggles in shutout of Norfolk State

    Rutgers struggles in shutout of Norfolk State

    PISCATAWAY -- Rutgers believes it has reached the level where it can buy wins against inferior opponents. Think again. The final score of 31-0 over Norfolk State was hardly indicative of how inept Rutgers was for most of last night's season opener...  

  • Seminoles start road back

    On the last page of his book, "Called to Coach," which was written this summer after the last of his 34 seasons at Florida State, Bobby Bowden recounts...  

  • Utah boots No. 15 Pitt in overtime

    Utah freshman Brian Blechen intercepted a pass on the first play of overtime, setting up Joe Phillips for a 21-yard field goal that gave the Utes a 27...  

  • Schiano has Rutgers on right track

    Schiano has Rutgers on right track

    Greg Schiano has heard the chatter. How could he not? He never should have left Miami. He should have taken the Michigan job. What the heck was he thinking announcing the day he got hired at Rutgers nine years ago that the goal was to win a...  

  • Utah has Pitt's number

    Utah has Pitt's number

    This game should have come with a warning: Do not pick if under the influence of preseason hype. Yes, Pitt has had some strong recruiting classes under coach Dave Wannstedt and the Panthers have as many as six guys who could be playing on Sundays...  

  • St. John's keeps star Harkless in city

    St. John's keeps star Harkless in city

    St. John's is back in the city's tangled recruiting game, and the Red Storm is there with a cool and confident player who lives minutes from the school's Queens campus. Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-8 wing who starred at Forest Hills HS and will...  

  • Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    St. John’s is back in the city’s tangled recruiting game, and the Red Storm are there with a cool and confident kid who lives just minutes from the school’s Queens campus. Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-8 wing who starred at Forest Hills High School...  

  • After sanctions, tough war for Trojans

    After sanctions, tough war for Trojans

    In the days after taking the job as the athletic director at Southern Cal, a posting that Gen. David Petraeus might have turned down, Pat Haden received a lot of support in the form of e-mails, texts and phone calls. One voice buoyed Haden,...  

  • Passion for SEC rivalries unmatched

    Passion for SEC rivalries unmatched

    Long before there was "Desperate Housewives" or "The Jersey Shore," which gave us real life accounts of seemingly average, red-blooded Americans going berserk and ripping out their friend's hair or getting sucker punched in bars, there was...  

  • The Post’s All-Underpublicized team

    Forget the Heisman. The honor of all honors is The Post’s 8th Annual All-Underpublicized Team. Frankly, we have no idea how long we’ve been choosing...  

  • Boise State is Post’s pick for national champion

    Boise State is Post’s pick for national champion

    It’s only fitting the best-kept secret in college football began with a best-kept secret. Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier was heading home from the 1985 NCAA convention, his thoughts consumed by a huge, looming expenditure. Bleymaier...  

  • Northwestern is ‘Wild’ card in Big Ten

    The Big Ten, what with four bowl victories last season, finally started to turn the corner, didn’t it? All of a sudden, gone were the days of being...  

  • The Post's College Football Top 25

    1. BOISE STATE 14-0, beat TCU 17-10 in Fiesta Bowl Coach: Chris Petersen, 49-4 in four seasons Stud: DT Billy Winn Showdown: Sept. 6 vs. Virginia...  

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