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Gov. Paterson is a wanted man. Dozens of Native Americans -- including one brandishing a sign showing Paterson, a handgun and the words "I'm Hunting Indians. You See Any?" -- rallied on the side of the Thruway yesterday to protest the...  Read Full Story

Manhattan

  • Heiress' shady visitor

    Heiress' shady visitor

    An accountant being investigated for his handling of 104-year-old Huguette Clark's vast fortune has visited the hospitalized heiress in the past several days trying to get her to sign legal documents, The Post has learned. Sources said they...  

  • Dodge Charger owner upset vehicle crushed by suicidal fall

    Dodge Charger owner upset vehicle crushed by suicidal fall

    Her car was crushed -- and so is she. A New Jersey woman is devastated that her precious sports car -- just repaired and fully gassed up -- was wrecked by a suicidal man's 40-story attempted death leap on the Upper West Side. "I miss it...  

Brooklyn

  • Asthma anguish

    Asthma anguish

    The Brooklyn girl whose life was tragically cut short when a cop allegedly ignored her frantic mom's pleas for help was laid to rest yesterday at a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners -- all dressed in white. Briana Ojeda, 11, had...  

  • 4-year-old Brooklyn girl weighing only 15 pounds found dead

    A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl who weighed only a shocking 15 pounds was found dead this morning in her mother's bed, The Post has learned Cops tonight charged...  

Queens

  • Collapse in heat shocks US Open

    Collapse in heat shocks US Open

    This is not the kind of hot tennis action US Open fans were looking for. A top-ranked women's player collapsed in triple-digit heat on the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium after suffering a concussion during a warmup yesterday, sources said....  

  • Transit kook arraigned on charges he stole not one -- but two buses

    Transit kook arraigned on charges he stole not one -- but two buses

    The mass-transit madman who yanked a bus from a Hoboken depot yesterday appears to have stolen yet another bus 21 days ago from the same spot and driven it to Washington D.C., police sources said. Darius McCollum, 45, told officers after his...  

Bronx

  • Six-alarm fire in Bronx injures 12 firefighters, disrupts subway service

    Six-alarm fire in Bronx injures 12 firefighters, disrupts subway service

    A six-alarm fire that spread through a row of businesses in the Bronx has been brought under control. The FDNY says firefighters fought the blaze for nearly six hours before bringing it under control around 6 a.m. Thursday. It says 12...  

  • Alleged Riverdale bomb plotter James Cromitie not willing to die for cause: recording

    Alleged Riverdale bomb plotter James Cromitie not willing to die for cause: recording

    Alleged bomb plotter James Cromitie may have wanted to kill a "whole synagogue of men," but he wasn't willing to die for his cause, according to a secret recording played in court today. "I'm not worried about nothing. What I'm worried about...  

Staten Island

  • Sex-ed slang teacher settles vulgar suit for 45G

    Sex-ed slang teacher settles vulgar suit for 45G

    A Staten Island sex-education teacher who sued the city after being suspended for allowing students to use vulgar slang in class has settled her claim for $45,000, officials said yesterday. Faith Kramer, 48, had sued the Department of...  

  • Two party pals killed in SI car crash

    Two party pals killed in SI car crash

    Six young men who had spent Saturday night drinking at a Staten Island bar sped off in a car -- and wrapped it around a light pole in a grisly crashed that killed two of them, police and witnesses said. The Nissan Altima crashed with such...  

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...   1:36 AM

  • 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...   1:14 AM

  • '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...   12:03 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...  

  • Jack to the RAC: Former Rice star picks Rutgers

    Jack to the RAC: Former Rice star picks Rutgers

    Rutgers’ future got brighter 6 p.m. Tuesday night – by six feet, nine inches. That’s when Kadeem Jack, the former Rice standout, chose the Scarlet Knights over West Virginia, Arkansas, and Miami, becoming the second New York City player in five...  

  • Talented Tottenville looking for leadership

    Talented Tottenville looking for leadership

    Tottenville lost to Curtis in last year’s PSAL city championship game, 16-10. And Pirates coach Jim Munson is bent on not letting his players forget that margin. The goal for this season is to make up those six points. “Throughout the year after...  

  • Getting defensive: Fordham Prep expects vast improvement

    Getting defensive: Fordham Prep expects vast improvement

    Looking for an evaluation of the Fordham Prep football team from its head coach? Pete Gorynski’s answer varies depending on when you ask the question. “My assessment of this team has been schizophrenic,” he said. “From minute to minute it changes....  

  • Pistons in gear for first season in Bowl division

    Pistons in gear for first season in Bowl division

    Automotive’s first varsity season could have easily been its last. Four years ago, the Pistons went 0-10 in their debut and scored a total of one touchdown the entire season. Coach Haseeb Khawaja, the program’s architect, had more than a few doubts....  

  • Strong defense, varied attack leads St. Peter's

    As he was preparing to take on the defending CHSAA champions a year ago in the Class A intersectional quarterfinals, John Liantonio didn’t know what to...  

  • Rebuilt Lincoln has division title aspirations

    Rebuilt Lincoln has division title aspirations

    When Chris Vega took over as the Lincoln boys soccer coach three years ago, he had to start recruiting – within the Coney Island school. “There were a lot of players in the school, but not a lot came out for the team,” he said. Aided by his...  

  • 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...  

  • 5 questions for ... Gary Danielson

    Gary Danielson has been calling SEC games with Verne Lundqvist since 2006 as part of CBS's No. 1 college football broadcast team. He spoke with The...  

  • Big East basketball keeps double bye

    The Big East Conference decided not to change the format of its postseason tournament, The Post has learned, despite some criticism from coaches who...  

  • Bowden: Take title from USC

    Bobby Bowden is a man of faith, a man of forgiveness, a man who took the head coach job at Florida State 35 years ago when almost everyone said he was...  

  • Rutgers basketball adds New Mexico grad student

    Rutgers coach Mike Rice says former New Mexico State forward Robert Lumpkins is enrolling as a graduate student and will play his final collegiate...  

  • Good Tide-ings: 'Bama at No. 1

    Alabama will start this season where it ended last season -- on top. Coach Nick Saban has the Crimson Tide rolling the way Bear Bryant did in his...  

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