Sunday, April 29, 2012

Hollywood Results

FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $30,000; clm($50,000); 3up

4

Wrrn's M Mny (Qnnz)

9.40

5.40

4.40

3

Tiz Final (Blanc)

36.60

12.00

7

Swiss Charm (Rosario)

5.80

Scr: Sting N Stella.

* $1 Exacta (4-3) $173.90 * Quinella (3-4) $158.80 * $1 Superfecta (4-3-7-6) $2,165.40 * $1 Trifecta (4-3-7) $1,023.60

SECOND-7 fur; $70,000; 3up(f)

Warren's Thoroughbreds Stakes

7

Sprklng Styl (Tlm)

6.80

4.20

3.60

2

Carrie Rose (Rosario)

6.20

4.00

4

River Kiss (Vergara)

3.40

* Daily Double (4-7) $29.60 * $1 Exacta (7-2) $21.20 * Quinella (2-7) $22.00 * $1 Superfecta (7-2-4-3) $330.40 * $1 Trifecta (7-2-4) $90.60

Winner picked by Vic C

THIRD-7 1/2 fur; $125,000; 4up(f)

B Thoughtful Stakes

4

Wrrn's Jttrbg (Bjrn)

25.00

11.20

7.00

2

Going for a Spin (Flores)

8.40

5.20

5

Sister Kate (Krigger)

6.00

Scr: Bench Glory.

* $1 Pick 3 (4-7-4) 3 Correct $212.50 * Daily Double (7-4) $58.40 * $1 Exacta (4-2) $79.90 * Quinella (2-4) $74.00 * $1 Superfecta (4-2-5-1) $1,989.90 * $1 Trifecta (4-2-5) $703.70

FOURTH-6 1/2 fur; $60,000; 3up(f)

Alphabet Kisses Stakes

10

Wrrn's Intrnt (Pdrz)

15.00

6.20

4.20

9

Ths Means War (Talamo)

4.00

3.20

3

Tiz a Daisy (Bejarano)

5.40

Scr: Sudden Sunday.

* $1 Pick 3 (7-4-10) 3 Correct $407.70 * Daily Double (4-10) $213.60 * $1 Ext. (10-9) $32.50 * Quinella (9-10) $24.40 * $1 Superfecta (10-9-3-1) $602.60 * $1 Tri. (10-9-3) $294.60

FIFTH-7f; $70,000; 3up

Grey Memo Stakes

8

Gthertthltr (Bjrno)

19.60

8.80

6.20

9

Relentless Heat (Talmo)

10.60

8.80

1

Summer Hit (Krigger)

16.40

* $0.5 Pick 5 (4-7-4-10-8) 5 Correct $25,453.80 * $0.5 Pick 4 (7-4-10-8) 4 Correct $2,780.75 * $1 Pick 3 (4-10-8) 3 Correct $1,211.20 * $1 Superfecta (8-9-1-13) $13,513.90 * $1 Trifecta (8-9-1) $2,477.30 * Daily Double (10-8) $254.00 * $1 Exacta (8-9) $89.60 * Quinella (8-9) $84.00

SIXTH-1 1/8mile; $300,000; 3YO

Melair Stakes

4

Wll B Awsm (Pdrz)

4.20

2.40

2.10

2

Starry Skies (Rosario)

3.20

2.20

5

Starlight Magic (Bejarano)

2.40

Scr: Unusual Hottie.

* $1 Pick 3 (10-8-4) 3 Correct $219.90 * Daily Double (8-4) $46.60 * $1 Exacta (4-2) $7.60 * Quinella (2-4) $9.40 * $1 Superfecta (4-2-5-1) $25.70 * $1 Trifecta (4-2-5) $13.50

Winner picked by Vic C

SEVENTH-6f; $36,000; cl; 3up

3

Strkn' Mhcn (Bjrn)

5.40

3.40

2.60

2

My Summer Slew (Tlmo)

3.80

2.80

1

Bertran Hill (Blanc)

3.60

* $1 Pick 3 (8-4-3) 3 Correct $65.50 * Daily Double (4-3) $9.60 * $1 Exacta (3-2) $7.60 * Quinella (2-3) $9.20 * $1 Superfecta (3-2-1-7) $115.10 * $1 Trifecta (3-2-1) $33.20

Trifecta picked by Vic C

EIGHTH-1 1/8mile; $300,000; 3YO;

Snow Chief Stakes

3

Unusl Htwv (Bjrn)

7.40

3.60

2.80

10

Stoney Fleece (Rosario)

3.40

3.20

8

Dylan Donnelly (Talamo)

4.20

* $1 Pick 3 (4-3-3) 3 Correct $24.20 * Daily Double (3-3) $21.20 * $1 Exacta (3-10) $11.60 * Quinella (3-10) $12.00 * $1 Superfecta (3-10-8-1) $244.60 * $1 Trifecta (3-10-8) $54.70

NINTH-7 1/2f; $125,000; 4up

Tiznow Stakes

1

Moblzed (Bejarno)

7.80

3.40

2.80

5

Italian Rules (Rosario)

3.60

2.40

4

Kingpin Ryno (Valdivia,Jr.)

7.20

Scr: Sammy's a Runnin'.

* $1 Pick 3 (3-3-1) 3 Correct $53.80 * Daily Double (3-1) $36.80 * $1 Exacta (1-5) $11.40 * Quinella (1-5) $11.40 * $1 Superfecta (1-5-4-3) $443.50 * $1 Trifecta (1-5-4) $93.30

TENTH- 6 1/2f; $60,000; 3up

NTRA Stakes

3

Vlntn By (Sthrlnd)

15.20

7.20

5.80

5

Sizzlin' Joe (Bejarano)

8.00

6.00

10

Sixty Stars (Flores)

13.00

Scr: Priddis Wildcat, Mel's Game, Brave White Knight.

* Pick 6 (8-4-3-3-1-3) 6 Correct $12,826.60, 5 Correct $135.60 * $0.5 Pick 4 (3-3-1-3) 4 Correct $221.55 * $1 Pick 3 (3-1-3) 3 Correct $132.30 * $1 Trifecta (3-5-10) $1,222.00 * Daily Double (1-3) $60.80 * $1 Exacta (3-5) $51.40 * Quinella (3-5) $59.00 * $1 Superfecta (3-5-10-13) $8,696.20

Attendance: unavailable

Daily Double, Trifecta

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Jets trade up for WR Hill

Mark Sanchez has a new target.

the Jets moved up four picks in the second round of the NFL Draft in a trade with the Seahawks to select wide receiver Stephen Hill out of Georgia Tech last night.

Hill fills a huge hole for the Jets, who needed a No. 2 wide receiver to replace Plaxico Burress. Hill can now play opposite Santonio Holmes in the offense and give Sanchez a strong target.

At Georgia Tech, Hill averaged 29.3 yards per catch last year as a junior. He only caught 28 passes and had five touchdowns in the Yellow Jackets’ triple-option attack.

“I’m loving it,” Hill said on the NFL Network. “I’m ready to give the Jets fans something to scream about.”

According to Pro Football Weekly, Hill is a “raw, athletic, inconsistent, outside-the-numbers deep threat with intriguing rare measurable and playmaking ability. Boom-or-bust candidate who will require patience, but has moldable physical ability and a high ceiling.”

The Jets gave up a fifth- and seventh-round pick to move up from the 47th overall pick to the 43rd. The Jets desperately needed a wide receiver in this draft after getting little production from the position last season.

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Hill is a deep threat with 4.33 speed. He is considered to be a good blocker after playing in the run-heavy Georgia Tech offense. That will be a plus for the Jets, who are planning on getting back to being a run-first team with Tim Tebow and Co.

A source said yesterday the Jets were planning on targeting a receiver in the second round despite needs at several positions. By trading up, they showed they clearly did not want to miss out on Hill.

The negatives on Hill are his limited experience running a conventional offense. He did not run a full route tree at Georgia Tech and will now need to learn an NFL offense.

The Jets let Burress walk in free agency and signed only Chaz Schillens in free agency. Hill figures to be the No. 2 receiver when he walks in the building.

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Seize the moment, beat Heat

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MIAMI — The Knicks need to heed and paraphrase the mantra Frank Galvin would repeat to himself in “The Verdict,” in the tense moments of that movie when you almost believed Paul Newman wouldn’t have the happy ending written for him.

“There are no other cases. This is the case,” Galvin, the brilliant, troubled, alcoholic lawyer said to himself, his eyes closed, his fist tapping his head. “There are no other cases. This is the case.”

It wasn’t a perfect case for Galvin. He was fighting James Mason and his fancy white-shoe firm, the overwhelming favorites.

Galvin won anyway. It was Newman. It was Hollywood.

Maybe what the Knicks need is a screenwriter. Or maybe they simply can embrace the possibilities that lay before them starting today, when they renew their longtime rivalry with the Heat and try to channel some of the heat and the heartbreak their forebears brought unto this city years ago.

“We have a keen sense of what we have to do to win this series,” Amar’e Stoudemire said yesterday. “But we also know that our goal is to win 16 more games.”

Are the Knicks an absurd long shot to do that? Of course they are. But the more you look at who the Knicks are as a team right now, and what they may be in the years to come, it makes you wonder if maybe Frank Galvin shouldn’t be giving the pregame pep talk.

There are no other seasons. THIS is the season.

“Enjoy the moment, seize the moment,” interim coach Mike Woodson said, echoing the message he has sent his team. “Because you may not ever get there again.”

For the Knicks that is an especially salient point. The Big Three aren’t going anywhere. Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler — under the weather yesterday with flu-like symptoms — will be the franchise foundation for at least three more years. But beyond that core, it is hard to imagine the Knicks being able to replicate what has become a solid supporting corps.

Forgetting Jeremy Lin for a second — whom the Knicks almost surely will move heaven and earth to resign in the offseason, because of the marketing windfall just uttering his name still brings, even in his injury exile — the Knicks will have some serious realities staring them in the face once this season ends.

It will be impossible to keep both J.R. Smith and Steve Novak, for instance, assuming neither player has an epiphany in the offseason and decides to stay with the Knicks either for the love of the game or the proximity to Broadway and Carnegie Hall and Radio City. In a lot of ways, the Lin-Novak-Smith trifecta was as brilliant a parlay as any NBA executive pulled off this year, and for that alone Glen Grunwald deserves to keep his job.

It may well be a fleeting triumph. It is hard to imagine the Knicks being quite as good at the start of next year as they are at the end of this one. And yes: All this year yielded was a seventh seed and a perilous postseason path. But it also may provide the Knicks with as golden an opportunity as they will ever have to make a serious push.

It would have been nice to finish with a higher seed, have a better regular season, set themselves up with a more comfortable place. But at some point, the Knicks still would have had to beat the Heat (or the Bulls, or the Celtics)four out of seven. They just have to do it earlier.

Can they?

Well, we have seen stretches when the full capabilities of this team have been on display, the second half of the Celtics game last week being the best example. They have one of the NBA’s premier defensive players in Chandler. And in Anthony they have a player who will draw key whistles when the Knicks need them most, and who showed in the last month why he was always considered an elite closer in Denver.

It’s why we can even have this conversation. Will the Knicks beat the Heat? You probably wouldn’t want to go to Vegas with that pick. Can they? It wouldn’t be a bad idea to start chanting to yourself in order to talk yourself into it. There are, after all, no other seasons.

This is the season.

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Barclays reports first quarter net loss due to insurance charges, debt

LONDON -- British bank Barclays reported Thursday a net loss of £337 million ($545 million) for the first quarter of 2012, hit by additional provisions on payment protection insurance and an accounting loss related to its own debt.

Barclays said total revenue fell 25 percent to £5.52 billion from £7.34 billion a year before. In the year-ago period, the group recorded a net profit of £1.24 billion.

The group took an additional provision of £300 million for compensation related to the mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI), a hit other UK banks have also been taking in recent quarters.

The quarter also included a charge of £2.62 billion on the value of its outstanding debt. The accounting charge reflects the rising value of the bank's debt in the market, as it theoretically would cost more for it to buy back that debt.

Excluding the loss on its own credit and the effects of the PPI provision, Barclays said that its profit before tax was up 22 percent to £2.45 billion.

"We achieved an adjusted return on equity that exceeded 12 percent, driven by strong results in UK RBB, Barclaycard, and Wealth and Investment Management and improved performances in Corporate and Investment Banking," CEO Bob Diamond said in a statement.

Diamond highlighted the strong performance of Barclays' growth engine, with investment bank revenue at £3.46 billion, up three percent from the first quarter of 2011. Impairment charges slipped 16 percent to £778 million for the quarter.

The results come as Barclays looks to quell growing shareholder dissatisfaction over the company's profitability and executive pay packets. At its full year results Barclays delayed its target of hitting a return on equity of 13 percent. The lender said it aims to cut £2 billion in costs by 2013.

Shares in Barclays rose nearly one percent in early trade.

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It’s take two at Lionsgate

The battle to become Lionsgate’s chief marketing officer following the takeover of studio rival Summit Entertainment ended yesterday without any bloodshed.

In a high-class problem, the merger left Lionsgate with one talented exec too many. Lionsgate’s longtime marketing boss Tim Palen won kudos for helping turn “The Hunger Games” into a blockbuster.

After its $412 million deal for Summit, the studio inherited vet Nancy Fitzpatrick, who helped make “Twilight” a huge success.

Lionsgate announced it would keep both of them and that they will work on separate film slates. Palen will retain his title as chief marketing officer and roll out the next “Hunger Games” movie, “Catching Fire.”

Fitzpatrick has agreed to stay on as Summit’s marketing head, in charge of the “Twilight” franchise finale, “Breaking Dawn: Part 2.”

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JCPenney sued for breaking 'Fair and Square' contract

Looking for a square deal at JCPenney? See you in court!

A New York design firm has sued the department store for $40 million, claiming CEO Ron Johnson’s executive team broke a big contract for it to supply square-shaped store fixtures to promote the retailer’s new “Fair and Square” pricing strategy.

TriBeCa-based Hudson + Broad, whose clients include Macy’s, Nine West and Ralph Lauren, charges that Penney took the firm’s idea to anchor store displays with giant, brightly lit squares that cost nearly $10,000 each — then looked for another supplier to do the job on the cheap.

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The effort by JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson (above) to shake up the retailer’s image took a hit yesterday when a Manhattan design firm sued it for $40 million—claiming Penney is trying to rip off its new Fair and Square icon.

“JCPenney’s Fair and Square campaign is nothing but a sham,” Hudson + Broad president James Maharg fumed in an interview yesterday with The Post. “This was a proprietary product — designed, developed and engineered solely by us.”

The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, is the latest headache for Johnson, a former Apple exec who took up Penney’s reins in November.

In January, Macy’s sued to block a 10-year, $200 million licensing pact that Johnson had signed in December with Martha Stewart, charging the deal violated her contract with Macy’s.

“We don’t comment on pending litigation,” a Penney rep said yesterday.

In a twist, the lawsuit over the squares cites a string of alleged e-mails between Penney execs, in which they floated the idea of paying the New York firm a fee to keep the episode quiet.

“[I am] concerned given all our ‘fair and square’ positioning that the media could pick something like this up should James (Maharg) opt to air their issues publicly,” Penney senior vice president Greg Clark wrote April 4.

“Legal will review and advise,” wrote Steven Wysong, Penney’s procurement director. “Please cease any further communication with them at this point.”

Indeed, Maharg confirmed there’s been silence from Penney since then — despite months of prior meetings and discussions to develop the project, and the installation of a pair of the glowing, 79-inch squares outside Johnson’s office at the retailer’s Texas headquarters.

On Jan. 25, after a splashy New York City presentation by Johnson on Penney’s new pricing strategy, the lawsuit alleges that James Francois, Penney’s vice president for visual marketing, gushed about the squares over lunch.

“During the meal, Francois said to Maharg, ‘It’s a new day for JCP,’” according to the suit. “And putting his hand on Maharg’s shoulder, Francois looked him in the eye and said earnestly, ‘It’s all about integrity.’ ”

Maharg alleges that Francois told him a week later that the deal, valued at more than $25 million, had personally been approved by operating chief Mike Kramer — a former Apple exec recently hired by Johnson.

In late February, however, Maharg’s staff was told by his supplier for the squares “that other vendors had approached him for a large order with JCPenney and that the product was a square.”

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

US durable goods sink 4.2% in March, worse than forecast

WASHINGTON -- Orders for long-lasting US goods sank 4.2 percent in March, largely because of fewer bookings for commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected orders to fall by 2.9 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis.

Orders for transportation equipment slumped 12.5 percent -- the biggest drop since November 2010 -- as bookings plunged 47.6 percent for commercial aircraft. Yet orders also fell in most other categories, with the notable exceptions of autos, appliances and electrical equipment.

Orders for autos and parts rose a scant 0.1 percent after a two percent gain in February. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders declined 1.1 percent in March.

Orders for core capital goods, which exclude defense and transportation, fell 0.8 percent last month. Shipments of core capital goods, a number used to help calculate gross domestic product, rose 2.6 percent in March to mark the second straight rise.

The increase in durable-goods orders for February, meanwhile, was revised down to 1.9 percent from 2.4 percent.

To read more, go to MarketWatch

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Apple profit surges on strong iPhone, iPad sales

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 94 percent as the consumer electronics giant reported strong sales of its iPhone and iPad products.

The computer giant's shares jumped nearly eight percent in after-hours trading as results topped analysts' expectations.

The latest results come after Apple reported a blockbuster first-quarter, hitting new sales and profit records, thanks to the surging popularity of its smartphone and tablet computer.

For the quarter ended March 31, Apple reported a profit of $11.62 billion, or $12.30 a share, up from $5.98 billion, or $6.40 a share, a year earlier. Revenue increased 59 percent to $39.19 billion, with 64 percent of the top line coming from international sales.

In January, the company projected earnings of about $8.50 a share on revenue of about $32.5 billion, above Wall Street's estimates at the time. Analysts had most recently forecast a per-share profit of $10.04 and revenue of $36.81 billion. Gross margin widened to 47.4 percent from 41.4 percent.

The company's iPhone continued to be a key driver of growth in the latest period, as Apple sold 35.1 million iPhone units last quarter, up 88 percent from the prior year's total.

Apple sold 11.8 million iPad units in the most recent period, more than double from a year earlier. Apple began selling the third-generation iPad last month, the first major product launch for Apple since the latest iPhone went on sale in October. Apple had said it sold a record three million iPads in the product's first weekend of sales.

The maker of computers and electronics devices, known for traditionally giving conservative guidance, said it expects third-quarter earnings of about $8.68 a share on revenue of about $34 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters forecast a profit of $9.93 a share on $37.45 billion in revenue.

Last month, Apple unveiled plans to return some of its cash hoard to shareholders by declaring a long-awaited quarterly dividend, its first in more than a decade, and authorized a $10 billion share repurchase program to begin in the quarter starting Sept. 30.

Apple sold 7.7 million iPod media players, a 15 percent decline. Apple has reported declining sales for the iPod in recent quarters although the unit has likely benefited from higher average selling prices, as more consumers gravitate toward the iPod Touch.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Yonkers Results

FIRST-1 mile; pace; $14,000; cond.

5

Sapphire City(DDube)

4.70

2.30

2.10

1

Jettin Justin (B Sears)

2.40

2.30

6

Taylorlane Cruiser (S Bouchard)

5.10

* Exacta (5-1) $7.80 * Triple (5-1-6) $127.00

Exacta picked by Smith
SECOND-1 mile; trot; $8,500; cond.

2

CurrntClosr(JDohrty)

5.80

3.10

2.50

1

Pointe Of Honour (S Smith)

2.80

2.70

7

Justanotherspur (S Bouchard)

8.50

* Exacta (2-1) $10.60 * Triple (2-1-7) $103.50 * Daily double (5/2) $17.40

THIRD-1 mile; trot; $8,500; cl.

2

Photo Rules (S Smith)

10.60

3.90

2.60

4

SunsetGentelmn(JGregory)

4.90

3.00

1

Jeremiah Trotter (B Sears)

2.20

* Exacta (2-4) $47.40 * Triple (2-4-1) $188.00 * Superfecta (2-4-1-5) $356.00

FOURTH-1 mile; pace; $14,000; cond.

1

SalngCruse(LStlbum)

7.20

3.80

2.20

5

K Slater (J Bartlett)

6.30

3.20

3

China King (G Brennan)

2.30

* Exacta (1-5) $58.50 * Triple (1-5-3) $154.50 * Pick 3 (2-2-1) $86.50

FIFTH-1 mile; pace; $14,000; cond.;

4

Dear Mac (C Manzi)

7.20

4.10

2.80

5

Cosmicpedia (J Bartlett)

5.70

4.30

1

Showtime Shark (B Sears)

3.20

* Exacta (4-5) $31.20 * Triple (4-5-1) $153.00 * Superfecta (4-5-1-2) $403.50

SIXTH-1 mile; pace; $18,000; cond.

4

Sparky (B Sears)

2.70

2.10

2.10

7

Pembroke Nick (GBrennan)

7.60

4.30

5

Expensive Toy (B Holland)

6.60

* Exacta (4-7) $23.80 * Triple (4-7-5) $168.00 * Pick 4 (2/1/4/4) $243.50
Winner picked by Smith
SEVENTH-1 mile; pace; $8,500; cond.

5

TTllThTrth(MMcDnld)

5.60

3.50

2.50

4

Hepburn Blue Chip(BSears)

4.30

3.00

6

Carolsideal (J Dauplaise)

4.20

* Exacta (5-4) $27.20 * Triple (5-4-6) $109.00 * Pick 3 (4/4/5) $15.80

Exacta picked by Smith
EIGHTH-1 mile; pace; $11,000; cl.

4

BeauRvageN(JBrtlett)

10.60

3.90

2.80

2

The Encounter (G Brennan)

2.60

2.10

5

Magnus Deo (B Sears)

2.50

* Exacta (4-2) $25.20 * Triple (4-2-5) $86.50 * Superfecta (4-2-5-6) $587.00
Winner picked by Smith

NINTH-1 mile; pace; $11,000; cond.

1

SthwndLvnd(SBchrd)

3.80

2.40

2.40

6

Cape Marj (B Sears)

5.20

3.50

7

Kitty's Pro Girl (G Brennan)

4.20

* Exacta (1-6) $12.40 * Triple (1-6-7) $63.00Scr: Angelo's Dream.
Winner picked by Smith

TENTH-1 mile; pace; $16,000; cl.

3

AvogdrHnvr(GBrnnn)

5.20

3.10

2.70

5

WynsumMagic(LStalbaum)

9.20

5.30

2

Colonial Road (J Bartlett)

5.10

* Exacta (3-5) $47.00 * Triple (3-5-2) $335.00 * Superfecta (3-5-2-6) $1,092.00 * Pick 3 (4/1,8/3) $52.50 * Pick 4 (5/4/1,8/3) $180.50

Winner and Pick 4 picked by Smith

ELEVENTH-1 mile; pace; $8,500; cl.

1

Mcardle Park(DDube)

4.40

2.40

2.10

5

Mobile (B Sears)

2.80

2.40

4

Mattjestic Art (J Bartlett)

2.50

* Exacta (1-5) $7.90 * Triple (1-5-4) $30.00 * Superfecta (1-5-4-8) $162.00 * Late double (3/1) $8.50
Exacta picked by Smith
Attendance: Unavailable; Total Handle: $796,784

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NYPost.com Poll: Who is the city's top boys lacrosse player?

Boys lacrosse is a growing sport in New York City and so is the talent level.

While the Ivy League is believed to have the top squads in the five boroughs, there are talented players across all three leagues.

So who is the best of the bunch? Is it the reigning Post Player of the Year Ben Andreycak, Poly Prep’s Hugo Francis or New Dorp goalie Chris Fiore? We let you decide. Vote early and often until the poll ends 11:59 p.m. Monday:

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Endless-Summer Baked Blue Crab

[WEBmmcrab] Justin Walker for The Wall Street Journal, Food Styling by Brett Kurzweil, Prop Styling by DSM

CHOICE CRUSTACEAN | Blue crabs have rich, sweet meat that takes well to light seasoning. Dungeness crab can also be used in this recipe.

BLUE CRAB SEASON IS UNDER WAY and I couldn't be more excited. I grew up on Long Island, a few miles from the ocean. From April through September, my mother and I had a tradition of weekend crabbing outings. We would wake up early—something I never thought to do on a school day—and head to a local pier such as Babylon Town Dock or Bergen Point. On occasion, my younger sister would join us, but she was usually more interested in playing with friends. I was all about business. On the short ride over, my mother and I would plan our attack, recapping the successful crab spots from our last outing.

The docks served as a spot for older folks in the neighborhood to relax. Some would fish or crab, while others just basked in the sea breeze. I'd come bursting out of the car and get right to work prepping the traps with unappetizing scraps like raw chicken backs and necks, fish heads and bones. I learned to secure the bait tightly in the traps; otherwise the crabs would scamper away with their haul. As for the traps themselves, there were all sorts: triangular ones, box ones and, my favorite, basket-style traps. In addition to being most effective, they were the easiest to prep and pull out of the water.

My mother and I would lay down four to six traps and wait. I was probably the most active person on the dock, pacing back and forth and checking to see which trap would need to be pulled first. I'd say hello to the folks I recognized, fishing net in tow just in case I spotted a wandering crab. These were long days, usually lasting from early in the morning until late in the afternoon. The bounty, small or large, always made it worth it.

“We'd toast a loaf of Pullman bread—Wonder Bread back then, a fresh loaf today—to soak up the crab shells' juices. ”

A big catch led to a large family meal, almost always prepared by my mother, with all of our nearby relatives, highlighted by pasta with crab gravy. "Gravy" in this case refers to tomato sauce. If my grandparents joined, we would keep the top shells on because they loved eating crab roe—something that I was disgusted by at the time, but am now fond of. The crab gravy would be served with an undressed pasta, usually spaghetti, though I always asked for angel hair. Finished with a showering of fresh basil and Pecorino cheese, the pasta was, and still is, perfection. We'd flank the dish with sides of corn on the cob, a garlic-studded green such as escarole, a balsamic-slicked watercress salad and even some barbecued meat for the non-crab lovers of the family.

If the catch was on the small side, we would opt for an equally delicious main course of garlic-baked blue crabs. We would remove the shells and inedible innards, then briefly oven-bake the crustaceans in a bath of garlic, oregano, olive oil, butter and white wine. The sweet, tender and mildly briny crab meat turned opaque, and the scent of garlic and herbs filled the air. Next to the fresh crabs, we'd toast a loaf of Pullman bread—Wonder Bread back then, a fresh loaf today—to soak up the juices from the crab shells.

At my restaurants, I offer crab dishes that connect to my childhood, but I also like to showcase the versatility of all types of crabs. At Perilla, where the cuisine tends to skew toward Italian-American and Eastern European influences, I serve a spaghettini with crab gravy studded with crushed red chili flakes, fennel seed and Thai basil. It's a variation on what I grew up with, but it has more aggressive seasoning. I'll use peekytoe crab meat instead of blue crabs and I'll create a crab stock with green crabs to enhance the flavor and add more depth—it helps with the umami of the dish.

At my restaurant Kin Shop, which focuses on contemporary Thai food, I've started a Monday night crab dinner series, highlighting at least three different species of crab spread over four courses. We've made stuffed blue crabs with pork, fried Jonah crab claws and spicy crab noodles with king or Dungeness crab. When soft-shell crab is in season, we've served a whole fried one with Thai influences.

When traveling, I'm always drawn to crab dishes I see on a menu. Or better yet, when I am out of town and staying at the home of a friend or family member, I ask the locals where I can get fresh crabs since I enjoy cooking when on vacation.

The absolute key when selecting crab is freshness. If the crabs are lifeless, don't buy them. You want crabs with at least a little movement left in them, preferably more. And never buy crabs from a fishmonger or store you don't trust.

To this day, my mother and I still plan crabbing trips when I go back to my hometown. Perhaps our roles have changed slightly, with me taking the reins in the kitchen, but the joy I get from the process sends me right back to my days as a child pacing the dock. I still work with the flavors I grew up with, and can't wait to get my hands on the tender crab meat as soon as it emerges from the oven. My mother would add the raw ingredients and liquid directly to the top of the cleaned crabs before baking them, whereas I sauté the ingredients to bring out all the flavor and then pour them onto the crabs, but either way works.

—Harold Dieterle was the winner of the first season of "Top Chef." He is chef and owner of the restaurants Perilla and Kin Shop, both in New York.

Garlic-Baked Blue Crabs With Oregano, Basil and Pullman Loaf

Total Time: 30 minutes Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

4 tablespoons garlic, minced

1 cup dry white wine

1 tablespoon fresh oregano

Salt, to taste

Black pepper, to taste

24 blue crabs, cleaned

8 slices Pullman loaf

¼ cup fresh basil, roughly chopped

What To Do

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. To a saucepan on medium heat, add butter and olive oil. Add garlic and sauté until lightly browned, 2-3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add wine, oregano and salt and pepper, to taste. Return pan to heat and sauté contents for another 1-2 minutes. If you happen to have saved the roe from the crabs, add it to the hot pan, mixing it in evenly with the contents.

2. Place cleaned crabs on a baking sheet, belly-up. Spoon contents of garlic and oil mixture evenly onto each crab. Place baking sheet in oven and bake until meat becomes bright white and claws turn red in color, about 20 minutes.

3. When crabs are nearly cooked, toast bread slices in the toaster oven until they are a light golden brown, about 3 minutes.

4. When crabs are ready, transfer them to a platter. Top generously with chopped basil. Serve with toasted bread on the side for dipping. Be sure to give your guests bowls for discarded crab shells.

Chef's tip: When preparing crabs, be sure to stun them, either with a blast of hot water or by soaking them in ice-cold water. It'll make them easier to deal with. They can be fast and their claws aren't that forgiving.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Post's All-City girls basketball honors

It was a year of tragedy and heartache in New York City girls basketball.

Two of the community’s most beloved figures, Nazareth coach Apache Paschall and Murry Bergtraum guard Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy, succumbed to untimely deaths. Murphy was shot and killed in September in a dispute between rival housing projects in Harlem. Paschall died of cardiac arrest Jan. 3 after battling skin cancer for four months.

Their teams, though, were inspired by their great lives. Nazareth won a second straight CHSAA Class AA state title, Bergtraum took home a 14th straight PSAL city championship and Bishop Loughlin, where Murphy started her career, won the New York State Federation Class A crown.

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Murry Bergtraum's Shequana Harris is The Post's All-City girls basketball Player of the Year.

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Murry Bergtraum's Ed Grezinsky (l.), here with Taylon Murphy, Tayshana Murphy's father, is The Post's All-City girls basketball Coach of the Year.

All-City girls basketball Player of the Year: Shequana Harris, Murry Bergtraum

Before every free throw Shequana Harris took in the PSAL Class AA city championship game at Madison Square Garden, she looked over to the scorer’s table near her team’s bench. Propped up there was a large framed picture of her close friend and former teammate Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy, who was tragically murdered in September.

“Winning this one was so special,” the Murry Bergtraum senior said after Bergtraum beat McKee/Staten Island Tech for its 14th straight title. “I knew she was there with me.”

The UNC Charlotte-bound Harris had eight of her 22 points in the pivotal fourth quarter at the Garden, putting the Lady Blazers on her back and making one big play after another.

“She just keeps coming at you and coming at you,” MSIT coach Peter LaMarca said. “She’s such a great athlete. I really appreciated watching her today as much as she made me sick. Some shots she hit, I was just like wow.”

Added Bergtraum coach Ed Grezinsky: “[She played like] an all-city player. Like an MVP.”

The 5-foot-7 Harris did it all year for Bergtraum. She thought she’d come into her senior season sharing leadership and scoring duties with Murphy. Instead, she carried the burden of trying to help the Lady Blazers extend their championship streak to 14 largely on her own shoulders – all while still grieving her friend’s death.

Not once did she falter or show her teammates any weakness. They followed her to a championship – and then on a victory lap around the Garden floor with Murphy’s picture en tow.

“She’s been the leader, she’s our big scorer and she’s also our big defensive player,” Grezinsky added of Harris. “She’s the straw that stirs the drink.”

All-City girls basketball Coach of the Year: Ed Grezinsky, Murry Bergtraum

Before the last two years, Grezinsky was already the most successful girls basketball coach in the history of the PSAL. His legacy has reached stratospheric heights now.

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Hall of a story: Once-homeless Jeff star commits to South Carolina

Thaddeus Hall, the supremely talented but at times troubled Thomas Jefferson senior who has dealt with academic woes and living in a homeless shelter, capped a whirlwind four-month ride of success with a decision that made him happier than one of his 30-point outbursts.

The 6-foot-5 southpaw wing, known for his sweet perimeter jumper and outward displays of confidence, verbally committed to South Carolina and new coach Frank Martin on Thursday night. Hall picked the Gamecocks over St. John’s, Maryland and Hofstra, among others.

“They came to my school, they kept in contact with me, they talked to my mom – they did everything it took to get me,” he said of his commitment, which was first reported by The Post. “It feels great. I’m going to play SEC basketball and that’s one of the top conferences in the country.”

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Thomas Jefferson's Thaddeus Hall committed to South Carolina Thursday night.

Really, Hall chose Martin, the fiery coach he said reminded him of Jefferson’s Lawrence (Bud) Pollard for his penchant to get into his players’ faces and drag the best out of them. He wanted a coach who would push him and felt a bond with Martin after spending time with him at Jefferson.

“Once Coach Martin got the job at South Carolina, he kept coming at me,” Hall said. “He wanted me very bad; he was just telling me if I trust him and come to South Carolina I’m going to have a bright future.”

He added: “There was something about Frank Martin I felt comfortable with. He was everything I was looking for in a coach.”

Martin won over April Hall, Thaddeus’ mother, by promising her son would return to Brooklyn a responsible adult and recounting his own struggles as an adolescent. Like Hall, Martin came from a one-parent household.

“That pretty much put the icing on the cake for me,” she said of Martin, who built a consistent winner at Kansas State. “He knows what it is to come from a one-parent home. He wasn’t the best kid, either. He pretty much identified himself with Thaddeus.”

Martin made Hall a priority shortly after taking the job at South Carolina. He offered Hall while he was still at Kansas State and Hall was the first player he personally visited, the Tuesday after the Final Four. South Carolina assistants came to Jefferson on two other occasions as well and told Hall he would get a chance to contribute immediately as Martin looks to rebuild the program, which went 2-14 in the SEC last season.

“Coach Martin said he needs some players who can beat Kentucky and Thaddeus is one of those guys who can go in there and do that,” Pollard said. “When Coach Martin told Thaddeus he needed him to beat Kentucky and protect their house down in South Carolina that was a challenge he was willing to take.”

Hall enjoyed a storybook senior season after missing the first five weeks because of a back injury and academic woes. He led Jefferson to its first Brooklyn AA and Brooklyn borough crowns and guided the Orange Wave to the PSAL Class AA final, averaging 25 points per game in the city playoffs.

During Jefferson’s run, Division I schools started to take notice. St. John’s, Texas Tech, Maryland, Hofstra, Fordham and Dayton all offered him a scholarship. So did South Carolina, first under former coach Darrin Horn and later Martin.

“He has a chance to be pretty good,” one Division I coach familiar with Hall said. “How good, it depends on how much work he puts in. He can shoot the ball and when you can shoot the ball like he does, you have a chance to be good.”

The offers came with a caveat: can he qualify? In part due to his tumultuous living situation – for two years during high school he lived in a homeless shelter followed by staying on Staten Island, which was a 2 1/2-hour commute to Jefferson – Hall struggled off and on academically. But April found a place near Jefferson, Hall stabilized and his grades have improved, Pollard and April say, up to slightly above a ‘C’ average.

He’s taking a heavy course load, meeting with tutors and putting in extra time on his own. He is taking the SATs on May 5, and if all goes well, Hall will be ready to contribute at South Carolina next season.

“I'm looking forward to seeing him bring the house down at South Carolina," Pollard said. "I'm betting on him. The kid's a winner. He has a habit of falling behind, but always finishing strong."

The last four months are a perfect example.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Atty: 3rd Raj tipper

A third Goldman Sachs employee is under investigation for passing illegal tips to Galleon Group co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, a lawyer for former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta said in court yesterday.

Gupta, the one-time McKinsey & Co. leader, faces trial for allegedly leaking info to Rajaratnam.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Buffett backers buck Goldman board member Johnson

What started out as a shareholder spring is turning into a more widespread uprising on Wall Street.

The latest target of disaffected shareholders is Goldman Sachs, where an investor group that is a protege of Warren Buffett is pushing back against the firm’s longest-serving board member, James Johnson.

As if Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein needed another headache.

The Buffett fans, which run the $5.7 billion Sequoia Fund, led by co-managers Robert Goldfarb and David Poppe, are arguing that Johnson’s alleged lack of leadership as a board member on Fannie Mae and other companies should disqualify him as a director at Goldman.

“We respectfully ask that you vote your Goldman Sachs proxy against him,” the duo wrote in a letter to clients.

“Rather than act conservatively to protect taxpayers, during Johnson’s tenure Fannie ramped up its growth by buying lower-quality mortgages,” the April 18 letter reads.

“This bloated Fannie’s balance sheet, increased its profit and magnified the risk to taxpayers,” the Sequoia managers continued.

Sequoia’s cage-rattling against Johnson’s directorship comes on the heels of the investment bank being forced to compromise with activist union shareholder, the American Federation of Municipal and State Employees, which tried unsuccessfully to have Goldman split the role of chairman and CEO.

It also comes after Citigroup shareholders — in a rare move on Wall Street — voted down a $15 million pay increase for CEO Vikram Pandit on Tuesday at the annual shareholder meeting in Dallas

Goldman Sachs’ shareholder meeting is scheduled for May 24.

The 68-year-old Johnson has served on the bank’s board for 13 years.

Goldman is asking that shareholders vote in favor or re-electing Johnson, according a Goldman spokesman.

“He has served [Goldman shareholders] well since 1999 and will continue to do so,” the spokesman said.

Sequoia owns about 435,000 shares of Goldman.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Wright gets even with Straw

ATLANTA — David Wright wasn’t about to celebrate a personal milestone on a day his team played so badly.

But the Mets third baseman yesterday acknowledged tying Darryl Strawberry for the franchise’s all-time lead in RBIs was special. Wright knocked in three runs in the Mets’ 14-6 loss to the Braves, tying him with Strawberry, who had 733 career RBIs with the club.

The tying RBI came in the fifth on a single against Jair Jurrjens.

“When you’re classified with a guy like Straw, a guy that I grew up idolizing and trying to mimic his swing, I think it’s an honor to be in that group,” Wright said. “I guess you will enjoy it more when you’re done. But right now it doesn’t mean all that much because we just got our tails beat up pretty bad.”

Wright said as a youngster he used to emulate Strawberry’s leg kick at the plate.

The way Wright’s season is going, the franchise’s all-time RBI mark might be just the start of something special. He is batting .500 after going 2-for-5 yesterday.

“Right now he reminds me of what I saw of Jeff Bagwell in 1994 when he was the MVP of the National League,” said Terry Collins, who managed the Astros from 1994-96. “He doesn’t waste an at-bat — there was not an at-bat [Bagwell] gave away, and David is on one of those kind of streaks right now.”

Wright is the first Mets player since Mike Cameron in 2002 to reach base at least twice in his first nine games of the season.

With Ruben Tejada on the bench for a rest, Kirk Nieuwenhuis batted leadoff for the first time in the majors, finishing 3-for-4 with a stolen base and RBI.

“I’ve done it before,” Nieuwenhuis said, referring to batting leadoff in the minor leagues. “It’s not really too big an adjustment for me, I guess. I’m just trying to get on base for the big boys — that is what it’s all about.”

Nieuwenhuis has a six-game hitting streak, during which he is 9-for-20 (.450).

Collins said he will look for opportunities to get Mike Baxter and Justin Turner into the lineup in the coming days.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Facebook-Instagram deal was all Mark Zuckerberg's idea: report

On the morning of Sunday, April 8, Facebook Inc.'s youthful chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, alerted his board of directors that he intended to buy Instagram, the hot photo-sharing service.

It was the first the board heard of what, later that day, would become Facebook's largest acquisition ever, according to several people familiar with the matter. Mr. Zuckerberg and his counterpart at Instagram, Kevin Systrom, had already been talking over the deal for three days, these people said.

Negotiating mostly on his own, Mr. Zuckerberg had fielded Mr. Systrom's opening number, $2 billion, and whittled it down over several meetings at Mr. Zuckerberg's $7 million five-bedroom home in Palo Alto. Later that Sunday, the two 20-somethings would agree on a sale valued at $1 billion.

To read more, go to The Wall Street Journal

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

‘Tax battlers’ fighting — for your cash

They’re the surest thing after death and taxes — those pesky ads from tax lawyers and accountants that flood TV and radio every year at this time.

You know the ones. They claim to offer unique services to battle the IRS and to be able to cut your out-sized tax bill by tens of thousands of dollars.

Well, you should avoid them like a third piece of pie. They are a waste of money, local accountants claim.

“I believe that those who advertise that they can get you a special deal with the IRS are misleading their prospective clients and fraudulently advertising their services,” said Kenneth Morris, a Long Island CPA, who claims these professionals offer no special powers.

“These lawyers can’t get you any special deals with the IRS. They often take your money and you still have the problem,” warns Bernard Kiely, a CPA in Morristown, NJ.

Kiely cites Roni Deutsch, the so-called “Tax Lady” of late night television who offered to “get in between you and the IRS.” Her California law firm declared bankruptcy last year after state authorities charged she resolved only 10 percent of her clients’ tax problems.

“The facts of each particular situation are the facts, and no lawyer or others can change or dance around the facts,” Morris says.

Kiely’s advice for those who believe they have tax woes: Help yourself and avoid the lawyer’s steep fees. Deal directly and honestly with the IRS. It will save you money.

No, really.

“The IRS has the power to waive penalties, and I have seen them do it,” Kiely says. Morris agrees with Kiely that the taxing authorities will negotiate.

“Believe it or not, the IRS, or Treasury Department, is run like a business and is willing to make compromises on tax liabilities due from taxpayers. It will do whatever it takes at the least amount of cost to them to collect as much of the tax liability due from a taxpayer in the least amount of time,” Morris says.

But if you or your spouse have neglected to file taxes in years, make peace with the IRS, Kiely says. Don’t let the IRS come looking for you.

Edward Karl, vice president with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), says taxpayers should take several steps before contacting the IRS — including, perhaps, hiring legal counsel or a financial adviser.

“Don’t choose based on emotion. See if you can find someone who has a reputation as a trusted adviser and maybe is recommended by a friend or relative,” Karl says. Then examine the person’s record. Ensure that the adviser does have years of experience in resolving disputes with the IRS.

Also, establish at the outset the range of the adviser’s fees. “It doesn’t make sense to pay $10,000 to someone when you already have a $10,000 bill to the IRS,” Karl says.

Kenneth Morris, Bernard Kiely, Roni Deutsch, tax lawyers, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Kiely

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Home Team Lineups

TODAY
Apr. 12

FRI
Apr. 13

SAT
Apr. 14

SUN
Apr. 15

MON
Apr. 16

TUE
Apr. 17

WED
Apr. 18

Yankees

NO
GAME

L.A.A.
1:05
YES
WCBS

L.A.A.
1:05
FOX
WCBS

L.A.A.
8:05
ESPN
WCBS

Minn.
7:05
YES
WCBS

Minn.
7:05
YES
WCBS

Minn.
7:05
YES
WCBS

Mets

NO
GAME

Phi.
7:05
SNY
WFAN

Phi.
4:05
SNY
WFAN

Phi.
1:35
SNY
WFAN

Atl.
7:10
SNY
WFAN

Atl.
7:10
SNY
WFAN

Atl.
12:10
SNY
WFAN

Knicks

NO GAME

Wash. 7:30 MSG ESPN

NO GAME

Mia.
1:00
ABC
ESPN

NO GAME

Bos.
8:00
TNT
ESPN

Nets 7:30 MSG ESPN

Nets

NO
GAME

Phil. 7:00 YES WBBR

Bos. 7:30 YES WBBR

NO GAME

Mia. 7:30 YES2 WBBR

NO GAME

Knicks 7:30 YES
WFAN

Rangers

Ottawa
7:00
MSG Network
ESPN 1050 AM

NO
GAME

Ott.
7:00
MSG
ESPN

NO
GAME

Ott.
7:30
MSG
ESPN

NO
GAME

Ott.
7:30
MSG+2
WNYM

Devils

NO
GAME

Fla.
7:00
MSG+
WNYM

NO
GAME

Fla.
7:30
MSG+
WFAN

NO
GAME

Fla.
7:00
MSG+
WBBR

NO
GAME

Red Bulls

NO
GAME

NO
GAME

S.J.
7:00
MSG+
WLIB

NO
GAME

NO
GAME

NO
GAME

NO
GAME

HOME

AWAY
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Sanchez & Holmes are working it out

The Jets are in Disney World, not to celebrate a Super Bowl championship, but in hopes of taking the first steps toward one.

Quarterback Mark Sanchez, wide receiver Santonio Holmes and other teammates are working out together in Orlando and spending time at the theme park, according to an NJ.com report.

Florida is where Holmes spends his offseason with trainer Tom Shaw and he extended an invite to some of his teammates.

“I know for a fact Santonio Holmes and Mark Sanchez are close,” Shaw told the web site.

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That could not have been further from the truth when the two ended last season with a tense relationship amid a fractured locker room. But the two have taken strides this offseason to repairing their bond with Sanchez meeting Holmes in Florida earlier this year and Holmes congratulating Sanchez on his contract extension on Twitter.

Tight end Dustin Keller and receiver Patrick Turner are working out, and may be joined by running back Joe McKnight later this week. The workouts began Monday and they will work together through the week until the Jets gather for the first time as a team on April 16 in Florham Park.

“Mark was in charge, everyone was listening to his instructions,” Shaw said. “Guys from other teams, too. [Titans running back] Chris Johnson, Larry Taylor, who used to be with the Jets. Once we finished the workout for the day, Sanchez took over. He was in charge of the whole offensive part. He is working hard, and he’s doing everything he can to get better.”

* Former Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery re-signed with the Steelers yesterday, agreeing to a two-year deal, ESPN.com reported last night.

As a free agent, Cotchery also drew interest from the Rams and Chiefs.

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600B Apple

Continued enthusiasm for Apple Inc.’s lofty shares temporarily pushed the tech giant’s market capitalization over the $600 billion mark.

Apples shares jumped as high as $644 yesterday, an all-time high, before falling back to $628.44, down $7.79 or 1.2 percent.

The stock needs to finish above $643.52 to hit $600 billion in market value.

Apple Inc., market capitalization

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Buying time for Tim

AOL shareholders should check their mail, because a check is on the way after The company sold 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.1 billion.

The deal, which sent shares of the New York company soaring 43 percent yesterday, will lead to either a dividend or stock buyback, likely by the end of the year.

AOL will return the bulk of the $1.1 billion to investors, CEO Tim Armstrong told The Post yesterday.

“We have a real plan to get a significant portion to shareholders by the end of the year,” Armstrong said.

AOL has been facing pressure from shareholders and activist investors to come up with a plan to lift the company’s shares, which were down 8 percent over the 52 weeks through last week.

Hedge fund Starboard Value has been angling for control of five board seats and lobbied for a number of strategic changes, including killing Patch, a network of hyperlocal news sites.

The $1 billion fund, through a spokesman, declined comment on the move, but people close to the matter said a statement could be issued as soon as today calling the sale a first good step.

The fund believes more needs to be done to improve AOL’s bottom line, these people said.

“In many ways this was the easy thing for them to do,” said a person familiar with Starboard CEO Jeff Smith’s thinking, speaking of the patent sale. “Shareholders need to make sure the [AOL] board is held accountable for the hard stuff.”

That being said, Smith may want to cover his ears.

Armstrong said yesterday that AOL would continue to invest in Patch, and said revenue and traffic at the sites were growing this year.

“You shouldn’t expect the plug pulled anytime soon,” said one Wall Street insider close to AOL. “Armstrong is going to have a pretty big halo for a while now, and Patch is a pet project of his.”

The sale price includes a licensing fee of $100 million. The company could strike similar licensing deals with companies like Google, the source said.

Patents have been hot properties as tech companies take to court to pound each other into submission or wring each other for royalties. Google spent $12.5 billion to buy Motorola Mobility and its patent portfolio last year, and such deals have sparked an intellectual-property boom.

“We happen to be in a market where patent values have gone up,” Armstrong said. “Smartly, we have bought and sold assets at good market times, and now is a strong time.”

gsloane@nypost.com

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Report: Cable $200 a month by 2020

Move over, $5 a gallon gas — America’s new household budget buster may soon be the $200 a month cable bill.

While wages for US workers have remained stagnant, cable bills have quietly climbed 6 percent a year and will pass $200 a month by 2020, according to an alarming industry forecast released yesterday.

“As pay-TV costs rise and consumers’ spending power stays flat, the traditional affiliate-fee business model for pay-TV companies appears to be unsustainable,” said Keith Nissen, research director at research firm NPD Group, which issued the forecast.

NPD blamed the TV price-spiral on a perennial tug-of-war between cable operators and creators of programming over who gets the bigger share of ever-rising cable payments.

Steadily rising cable bills, the report said, are spawning a new backlash and outright revolt by tens of thousands of consumers who’ve already cut the cable cord.

About 9 percent of TV homes cut cable from their household budget in 2011 — opting to watch shows online, while another 11 percent planned to do so, said a report from Deloitte in January.

“Cable faces big challenges on how to stay relevant,” said NPD analyst Russ Crupnick.

“One way or another, people will be spending much more in the future on entertainment,” he said.

Currently, households spend an average $86 monthly for basic and premium cable offerings — not counting Internet or phone service, said the NPD report.

That’s expected to climb to $123 by 2015 — and then hit $200 a month by 2020, the report said.

Rivals offering broadband and online options for providing video to homes include Netflix, Amazon video and iTunes, among many others.

“Other options aren’t going to be free, either,” said Crupnick.

NPD Group, Keith Nissen, cable bills, cable operators, household budget, premium cable

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With Jeter around, no reason for Yankees to panic

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BALTIMORE — If it was someone else, you’d accuse him of acting. But Derek Jeter wore the sly grin yesterday afternoon in the Camden Yards visitors’ clubhouse, putting on his socks one at a time like the rest of us and completely impervious to the tension surrounding his team.

And in the least shocking development since the Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries divorce, Jeter led the way with four hits in the Yankees’ first victory of the season, 6-2 over the Orioles last night. The captain contributed three singles, a double and a sacrifice bunt and started two double plays in the field.

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DO-IT-ALL DEREK: Derek Jeter lays down a sacrifice bunt, part of his 4-for-4 night, which also included starting two double plays.

“A lot of times, the first of anything can be the most difficult,” Jeter said after the game. “You try to get the first out of the way. You don’t want to think about it too much.”

Some baseball deficiencies are real and difficult. Lefty pitcher can’t get out righty hitters? You might have a LOOGY (Lefty One-Out GuY) on your hands. Speedy fellow can’t hit? Make him a defensive replacement/pinch-runner.

Some liabilities can be overcome with more ease. It’s a must. A team or a player is not “clutch”? Once the maligned party delivers in a big spot, that label dissipates quickly.

When you have a player such as Jeter, who has made a career out of challenging geeks like me that assert that the whole notion of “clutch” is overrated, you can change your team profile in a hurry.

The sweep at Tampa Bay, at the hands of the mighty Rays, left Joe Girardi concerned enough to call a team meeting after Sunday’s 3-0 finale.

“No panic,” the manager urged, a simple message that can feel challenging for a team with this payroll and these expectations.

The change in venue helped, as the Rays are excellent and the Orioles, despite entering the game 3-0, aren’t very good. The change in pitchers helped, too, as Ivan Nova shook off concerns about a rough spring training by scattering 10 hits over seven innings, striking out seven, walking none and picking up another seven outs on the ground.

However many times Jeter has kicked off an important game with a hit, add another to his ledger. His leadoff single against Baltimore starter Brian Matusz turned into a run as Jeter advanced to second on Robinson Cano’s groundout to second and, following an Alex Rodriguez walk, scored on Mark Teixeira’s single to right.

With the game still tied at 1-1 and Orioles on first and second in the bottom of the third, it was Jeter who fielded Nick Markakis’ grounder up the middle, stepped on second and threw to first for an inning-ending twin-killing. And after Russell Martin singled home the lead run and an Eduardo Nunez sacrifice fly plated a second run, a Jeter double to right field brought in Martin for a game-changing, three-run fourth. Jeter started an inning-ending, 6-4-3 double play in the fifth to officially put Nova in line for the victory.

Just for the heck of it, Jeter added a single to right in the eighth, as he capitalized on Nunez’s self-called steal by poking a grounder through the newly created hole. Jeter now has a .412 batting average and .444 on-base percentage in the first four games, and every indication is that he has picked up from where he left off with last year’s .327 BA and .383 OBP in the second half.

“He had great at-bats,” Girardi said.

“I just want to be comfortable,” Jeter said. “If you’re comfortable, then good things happen. … If I’m comfortable, then I’m confident the success will be there.”

Comfort and confidence rarely have been issues for Jeter. Thanks largely to his efforts, the rest of the team can follow suit tonight and beyond, now that the first win is history.

kdavidoff@nypost.com

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

GAMETRACKER: Nationals at Mets

The Mets try to continue their unbeaten start when the Nationals come to Citi Field on Monday night.

Mike Pelfrey will make his first start of the season and will be opposed by Edwin Jackson for Washington.

Edwin Jackson, the Nationals, The Mets, Pelfrey

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Deutsche Bank's Middle East region chairman steps down

DUBAI -- Deutsche Bank said Sunday that Henry Azzam, the chairman of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations -- one of the region's most senior bankers -- has stepped down.

A spokesperson for the group confirmed the news when contacted by Zawya Dow Jones. Azzam referred to the bank when called for comment.

He will remain with the bank as an adviser, the Deutsche Bank spokesman said.

Azzam became nonexecutive chairman for the German banking heavyweight for the MENA region in 2010. Before that, he was chief executive of Deutsche Bank's Middle East business since 2007.

Azzam, an economist, was a high-profile banker who represented the bank at conferences and international events.

Deutsche Bank, Henry Azzam, Zawya Dow Jones, East and North Africa, MENA, MENA region, Azzam, operations

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Gulfstream Analysis

Post Time: 1:05 p.m.

All Horses appear in post position order

1. 7 1/2 fur(T); $26,250; clm($25,000); 3up

TALE OF A CHAMPION races with Lasix and working steadily for career debut. CABEUS finished second at this distance two back. SKY MASTERSON cuts back in distance after finishing fourth in return to turf.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Interrogate Me(L),123

E Prado

6-7-11

Caple

12-1

2 Sky Masterson(L),109

M Lopez

4-6-9

Bates

8-1

3 Boyz Night(L),116

C Landeros

5-x-x

Orseno

15-1

4 Greyrunfornv(L),116

J Garcia

5-4-7

Pita

6-1

5 Franks Reward(L),116

L Saez

10-x-x

Plesa

15-1

6 My Omega Run(L),121

D Gomez

10-11-12

Tabraue

30-1

7 Whatsupnotmuch(L),113

J Villegas

2-4-7

DeSouza

4-1

8 Whisper Onthe Wind(L),116

O Bocachica

4-4-5

DiMauro

3-1

9 Stedfast Cat(L),114

Z Ore

6-10-11

Rosas-Canessa

12-1

10 Tale of a Champion(M),123

M Cruz

x-x-x

Gatis

10-1

11 Cabeus(L),116

J Bravo

6-2-3

Fawkes

5-1

12 Mr. Topia(L),116

C Penalba

9-5-8

Cascallares

30-1

2. 6 1/2 fur; $19,400; clm($12,500); 3YO

MORE THAN CRAFTY finished fourth going longer three back in last start on dirt. SALVAR chased the pace and tired in first start off the claim. CALORIE races with Lasix and working steadily in career debut.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 More Than Crafty(L),122

R Silvera

11-11-4

Collazo

4-1

2 Calorie(M),122

F Jara

x-x-x

Pletcher

3-1

3 Avaday(L),115

A Battula

5-4-5

McIntosh

20-1

4 Fleur de Louise(L),122

J Leyva

3-8-7

Salzman

20-1

5 Rebecca Mia(L),115

I Cruz

2-7-6

Cartagena

5-1

6 That Certain Look(M),122

J Garcia

x-x-x

Fawkes

8-1

7 Salvar(L),122

O Bocachica

7-9-6

Farro

10-1

8 Emmanuela(L),112

K Coa

6-x-x

Plesa

12-1

9 Phoebe Moon(L),115

M Lopez

12-8-7

Bates

8-1

10 Miss Larue(L),122

E Dominguez

7-x-x

Slivka

6-1

11 We All Bleed Red(L),122

P Monterrey, Jr

5-7-6

Warren

20-1

3. 1 1/16m(T); $29,250; clm($35,000); 3up

DEVERELL stalked the pace and finished third in all of her career starts. COMMENT cuts back in distance and faces maiden claimers for first time. SHEZI tired this level as favorite and was claimed.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Here's d'Bride(L),114

E Nunez

3-7-10

DiMauro

12-1

2 On Time Again(L),116

F Jara

3-10-7

Braddy

6-1

3 Pasadora(L),111

J Villegas

9-8-10

Medina

30-1

4 Deverell(L),121

J Bravo

3-3-3

Clement

4-1

5 Molly Morgan(L),116

R Maragh

3-5-3

Romans

3-1

6 Double Berg(L),106

K Coa

10-x-x

Orseno

20-1

7 Bernardine's Gift(L),121

J Alvarez

12-7-2

Edlkraut

20-1

8 Cozy App(L),109

D Bernardini

8-3-x

Sallusto

10-1

9 Comment(L),116

J Lezcano

5-5-x

Mott

5-1

10 Ferretera(M),111

J Rodriguez

x-x-x

Sano

12-1

11 An Absolute Ten(L),113

J Gonzales

6-6-5

Duco

12-1

12 Shezi(L),116

L Saez

11-3-x

Garoffalo

8-1

13 Wild Exchange(L),121

J Ferrer

6-7-6

Mongeon

8-1

14 Adelaide's Mink(L),123

J Leyva

3-6-6

Bates

6-1

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2

3

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Five-run sixth powers Molloy past rival St. Francis Prep

Maureen Rosenbaum wasn’t taking any chances against rival St. Francis Prep.

Her Archbishop Molloy team had two straight days off for the first time this season after its doubleheader with Kellenberg was cancelled Saturday because of rain. She had her players hitting in the cage before school at 7 a.m. Monday.

“I just wanted to feel confident,” Rosenbaum said.

The extra swings certainly paid dividends. Molloy pounded out 13 hits, all singles outside of a leadoff homer from Theresa Conway. Five of those hits came in a five-run fifth after the Terriers tied the score the inning prior. Molloy went on to win 9-5 in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens ‘AA' softball at Victory Field.

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Archbishop Molloy's Taylor Moss drove in the winning run against St. Francis Prep.

“I thought we needed it to keep everything going,” right fielder Taylor Moss said.

The best sign for the Stanners, who led 4-0 after three innings, was that the hits came throughout the order. Every player got at least one. In the decisive inning, Moss provided the go-ahead run and seeing a blast to the gap in left center run down by SFP center fielder Tara O’Rourke in the third. This time Moss was able to get the end of the bat on the ball and dunk it into right field to bring home Cassie Hickey to make it 5-4.

“It’s kind of funny how it works out,” Taylor Moss said. “I kind of liked that hit [in the third], felt better off the bat, but didn’t get the job done.”

Dana Moss, who was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Julianna Tracy both provided RBI singles in the frame for Molloy (2-1). Two run scored when Kristen Ponticelli beat second baseman Kayla Ward to first on a roller up the line. Fallon McCarthy was 3-for-4 and Maria Palmeri and Victoria Goldbach each scored twice.

“Everybody contributed,” Dana Moss said.

The Terriers (1-1) finally got on the board with an Eishara Campbell solo homer in the top of the fifth. An inning later, they hit line drives against Goldbach, who lost control of her curveball. She allowed five hits and struck out nine. Jessica Menna had a two-run single and Nicole Lomangino blasted an RBI triple to left to tie the score at 4 for SFP.

It was mistakes in the field, both physical and menta,l that came back to haunt St. Francis Prep. Lomangino allowed four earned runs in 5-2/3 innings of work. Errant throws and often times throwing to the wrong base with runners on cost the Terriers runs and extra outs.

“I am baffled by my team’s performance today defensively,” SFP coach Anne Marie Rich said. “They got themselves back in the game. I’m proud of them for that. I have no clue what some of them were doing. There was no communication.”

It took a big late inning by Molloy for it to pick up its second straight league win after falling to Fontbonne Hall to start the season. The extra swings in the morning certainly kept the Stanners sharp and their momentum going.

“I think it paid off, but I think we still need to hit,” Rosenbaum said. “We need a little work in certain parts of the lineup.”

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Meadowlands Results

FIRST-1-mile; pace; $12,500; Survivor

8

BreaknTheLw(DMller)

5.20

3.00

2.60

1

A-ArtsIdealHnover(RPerce)

3.60

2.60

2

E Street Plan (J Morrill)

2.80

* Exacta (8-1) $14.80 * Trifecta (8-1-2) $29.20

SECOND-1-mile; pace; $9,500; cond

2

OhMyJoep(BSmpson)

3.80

2.60

2.20

7

Rock Three Times (DNoble)

4.60

3.00

4

Stonebridge Bonus (T Tetrick)

3.20

* Exacta (2-7) $20.40 * Trifecta (2-7-4) $81.20 * Daily double (8-2) $13.60

Winner picked by Smith

THIRD-1-mile; pace; $7,500; cond

7

Three Ten (T Tetrick)

6.00

3.80

3.00

1

Cullens Blue Jean (A Miller)

5.20

3.60

2

Mr Hallowell (R Pierce)

3.80

* Exacta (7-1) $37.20 * Trifecta (7-1-2) $135.20 * 10 Cent superfecta (7-1-2-5) $21.51Scr: Power Surge, Draft Hanover.

FOURTH-1-mile; pace; $12,500; Survivor

2

Rockndream(RPierce)

6.40

3.40

2.40

7

Astor (J Campbell)

5.20

3.40

3

Winter Night (C Callahan)

2.60

* Exacta (2-7) $32.00 * Trifecta (2-7-3) $86.40 * Pick 3 (2-7-2) $32.00

Winner picked by Smith

FIFTH-1-mile; pace; $10,625; cond

2

Tkemewthyou(DMllr)

5.40

4.00

2.60

5

CooperstownKd(EAbbtello)

12.60

5.80

4

Blue Claw (A Miller)

3.60

* Exacta (2-5) $65.00 * Trifecta (2-5-4) $299.00 * 10 Cent superfecta (2-5-4-3) $135.05 * 50 Cent pick 5 (8-2-6,7,9-2-2,7 4 of 5) $3.00 * 50 Cent pick 5 (8-2-6,7,9-2-2,7 5 of 5) $102.90Scr: Ruthless Ace.

SIXTH-1-mile; pace; $16,000; cond

6

SouthrnSport(DNobl)

15.00

6.20

3.60

9

Grams Legacy (R Pierce)

3.40

2.80

2

Four Starz Trace (D Miller)

3.00

* Exacta (6-9) $52.20 * Trifecta (6-9-2) $217.60Scr: Future Character.

SEVENTH-1-mile; pace; $18,750; clm

6

LgcyNDmonds(JMrrll)

16.20

8.60

6.20

2

Master Stroke (C Callahan)

9.20

5.60

10

Rockin Glass (D Miller)

4.60

* Exacta (6-2) $108.60 * Trifecta (6-2-10) $808.00 * 10 Cent superfecta (6-2-10-7) $364.83 * Pick 3 (2-6-6) $350.40

EIGHTH-1-mile pace; $16,000; cond

6

Cobalt Man (A Miller)

8.20

4.40

3.20

9

Picture Me (D Noble)

4.60

4.40

4

Alex Bullville (D Dube)

3.80

* Exacta (6-9) $35.00 * Trifecta (6-9-4) $165.00

NINTH-1-mile pace; $10,625; cond

5

A J Corbelli (R Pierce)

3.40

2.20

2.10

1

Buckeye InCharge(JMorrill)

2.80

2.60

3

Noble Falcon (T Tetrick)

3.20

* Exacta (5-1) $8.60 * Trifecta (5-1-3) $21.40 * 10 Cent superfecta (5-1-3-2) $2.59 * Pick 4 (6-6-6-4,5,7) $1,515.20 * Pick 6 (2-2,7-6-6-6-4,5,7 5 of 6) $83.50 * Pick 6 (2-2,7-6-6-6-4,5,7 6 of 6) $10,968.80Scr: Distinct Color, Mattoutflying.Trifecta picked by Smith

TENTH-1-mile; pace; $21,000; cond

1

FredAndGnger(RPerc)

4.40

2.60

2.40

3

Drop Red (A Miller)

3.00

2.40

7

Real Flight (T Tetrick)

3.20

* Exacta (1-3) $12.40 * Trifecta (1-3-7) $50.40 * 10 Cent superfecta (1-3-7-2) $9.61 * Pick 3 (6-5-1) $28.70

ELEVENTH-1-mile; pace; $10,625; clm

5

LagunaBech(RPerce)

4.40

3.40

2.60

6

DaVisionOfArt(JBongiorno)

10.00

5.80

3

Irish Elitist (T Tetrick)

5.40

* Exacta (5-6) $34.20 * Trifecta (5-6-3) $200.40 * 10 Cent superfecta (5-6-3-4) $97.52 * Pick 3 (5-1-5) $11.80

Winner picked by Smith

TWELFTH-1-mile; pace; $17,500; cond.

8

Jin Dandy (T Tetrick)

6.00

3.60

3.20

4

Fat Mans Alley (D Dube)

5.40

3.80

7

Ru Ready To Rock (D Miller)

5.80

* Exacta (8-4) $46.00 * Trifecta (8-4-7) $260.80 * 10 Cent superfecta (8-4-7-1) $66.86 * Pick 3 (1-5-8) $25.00

THIRTEENTH-1-mile; pace; $7,500; cond.

9

MdnghtLwyer(TTtrck)

7.00

4.00

3.20

4

Kiss My Cam (J Morrill)

4.00

3.00

6

Thunder's Fury (D Miller)

3.80

* Exacta (9-4) $33.60 * Trifecta (9-4-6) $104.00 * 10 Cent superfecta (9-4-6-3) $15.70 * Late double (8-9) $45.60 * Pick 3 (5-8-9) $56.00Scr: Triple Bars.

Attendance: 2740
Total Handle: $2,640,790

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Today's Sports on the Air

Auto Racing

12:30 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody's Fast Relief 500 FOX

Baseball

1 p.m.

Tigers at Mets WPIX, WFAN (660 AM)

1 p.m.

Yankees at Marlins YES, WCBS (880 AM)

NBA

1 p.m.

Bulls at Thunder ABC

3:30 p.m.

Heat at Celtics ABC

Golf

7 a.m.

European: Sicilian Open, final round GOLF

1 p.m.

PGA: Shell Houston Open, final round GOLF

3 p.m.

PGA: Shell Houston Open, final round NBC

Hockey

12:30 p.m.

Flyers at Penguins NBC

3 p.m.

Senators at Islanders
MSG Plus, WRHU (88.7 FM)

7 p.m.

Bruins at Rangers NBCSN

Soccer

6:25 a.m.

Women's Kirin Challenge Cup: U.S. at Japan ESPN2

9 a.m.

Italian Serie A: Genoa at Inter Milan FSC

11 a.m.

EPL: Swansea City at Tottenham FSC

2:30 p.m.

Italian Serie A: Napoli at Juventus FSC

Tennis

1 p.m.

Sony Ericsson Open: Men's Final CBS

Women's Final Four

6:30 p.m.

Baylor vs. Stanford ESPN

9 p.m.

Maryland vs. Connecticut ESPN

Horse Racing

12:50 p.m.

Aqueduct Ch. 71

1 p.m.

Gulfstream Ch. 71

4 p.m.

Santa Anita Ch. 71

88.7 FM, Shell Houston Open, final round, Swansea City, Marlins YES, Mets WPIX, Inter Milan

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