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I lived mom's adoption pain

I lived mom's adoption pain

Everyone said I would fall in love with my daughter the minute they laid her in my arms. She was beautiful, with her broad, alabaster face and deep, brown eyes. And she was a flirt: At 6 months, she could flash a dimpled smile. I was awed...  Read Full Story

Manhattan

  • Harlem violin school on the brink of closing

    Harlem violin school on the brink of closing

    A legendary Harlem music center is singing the blues. Opus 118 -- made famous in the Oscar-nominated "Music of the Heart" starring Meryl Streep -- needs $500,000 by June 30 or it won't be able to reopen after its summer break. The...  

  • A Russian oil tycoon spent $15.75M on an apartment at the Mark Hotel--now he wants his money back

    Beleaguered Russian oilman Shalva Chigirinsky wants his $4 million down payment back from the Mark Hotel. There's a cold war escalating on the Upper East...  

Brooklyn

  • Parolee killed boy over $2

    Parolee killed boy over $2

    An 8-year-old boy died over a measly $2. Robert Morales, who on Thursday night allegedly shot his parole officer for being too strict, killed the boy three decades ago in a Brooklyn fire. The Williamsburg fire was set as revenge against...  

  • Pigging out in kosher Williamsburg

    This is one Jew who has decided to live high on the hog. Jason Marcus is opening a restaurant for people who "like bacon with everything" and wish that...  

Queens

  • Feds' probe of Meeks taking sidetrack to Jamaica biz group

    Feds' probe of Meeks taking sidetrack to Jamaica biz group

    Among the Queens charities to benefit from the largess of embattled Rep. Gregory Meeks is the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. That relationship has apparently drawn attention from federal investigators, who have reportedly subpoenaed...  

  • Laser beamed in JFK pilot's eyes

    A JetBlue pilot was briefly blinded by a laser beam last night before touching down safely at JFK Airport, airline officials said. Flight 607 was arriving...  

Bronx

  • Dumb-cop rerun

    Dumb-cop rerun

    The java-loving cop whose police car was stolen while he ducked into a Bronx diner in January now finds himself in water hotter than a cup of McDonald's coffee. Officer Nelson Robles was charged with petty larceny and possession of stolen...  

  • Teacher #2 on rubber-room shut down: Hoping for end to personal 'jail'

    Teacher #2 on rubber-room shut down: Hoping for end to personal 'jail'

    The rubber room has taken a toll on Max Chalawsky, 56, a teacher who had been working at CS 61 in The Bronx. "I feel depressed. It's a very hard thing sitting in a room all day long," said Chalawsky, who spends his day confined to a trailer...  

Staten Island

  • SI beep nixes own pension

    SI beep nixes own pension

    Staten Island Borough President Jim Molinaro applied for his city pension this year -- on top of his $160,000 city salary -- but then had second thoughts about how his constituents in the city's most conservative borough would view the double...  

  • Fed storm aid for Staten Island

    ALBANY -- President Obama has signed a disaster declaration to help support state and local recovery efforts on Staten Island and other areas struck by severe...  

Sports

  • Baseball team previews

    Check out a list of our baseball previews from the PSAL, CHSAA and private schools. We will churn them out regularly until the season begins the first...  

  • Final five: Rice's Jack to make college choice on April 28

    Final five: Rice's Jack to make college choice on April 28

    He wasn’t named the game’s MVP and he wasn’t the leading scorer or rebounder, but Kadeem Jack was the center of attention in the hallway outside the locker rooms at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon following the Jordan Brand Classic regional...   3:00 AM

  • Rhoomes creates new, fonder memories at the Garden

    Rhoomes creates new, fonder memories at the Garden

    As he drove into midtown Manhattan yesterday afternoon, Ryan Rhoomes kept having flashbacks to March 6 – day of the PSAL Class AA city championship – when Cardozo fell to Boys & Girls, 55-50, at Madison Square Garden. “The pain still hasn’t gone...   2:55 AM

  • Jordan Brand Classic regional game notebook: Barrow picks Fairfield

    Jordan Brand Classic regional game notebook: Barrow picks Fairfield

    When Maurice Barrow scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a triple-overtime thriller against Bishop Loughlin last month, the Christ the King forward didn’t just win the CHSAA Class AA intersectional title and earn MVP honors, he also opened...   8:59 AM

  • Jordan Brand Classic live blog recap

    The stars will be out on Saturday as Madison Square Garden plays host to the Jordan Brand Classic,a showcase that has featured such talents as Kevin...   2:51 AM

  • Mavericks not discourged by run-rule loss to Sea

    Mavericks not discourged by run-rule loss to Sea

    Kristine Knuth leaned against the backstop fence with a look of disappointment, but not discouragement. The first-year Moore Catholic coach had just watched her team lose 10-0 in five-inning, run-rule fashion to visiting rival St. Joseph by the Sea...  

  • Construction puts together big victory against Bryant

    Construction puts together big victory against Bryant

    Linda McKernan didn’t start the season as Construction’s regular third baseman. Fellow freshman Alicia Gonzalez won the job in the preseason and coach Marco Migliaccio’s decision was just fine with McKernan. “‘M’ was gonna do what he felt was best...  

  • Back to drawing board for Bryant

    Bryant has won three straight PSAL Queens A-II titles. But coach Wally Hausdorf knows winning a fourth straight might not be possible now, not after a...  

  • Koch, Zych lift Midwood over Columbus in overtime

    John Murphy watched his attack ride Columbus defenders well all game so he wasn’t surprised when Blake Koch knocked a ball free in the Sharks end with...  

  • DeJesus' Grand theft sparks Clinton to thrilling victory

    DeJesus' Grand theft sparks Clinton to thrilling victory

    Upon contact, Tyler Gurman broke into his home run trot. Lehman’s entire bench rose up, following the well-struck baseball’s flight, creeping past the dugout’s edges, anticipating a celebration at the plate. DeWitt Clinton coach Dennis D...  

  • Clinton, Lehman play a seventh inning for the ages

    Clinton, Lehman play a seventh inning for the ages

    I played baseball most of my young adult life. I’ve covered hundreds of baseball games the last six years. Never have I seen a bottom of the seventh inning quite like the one I witnessed Friday afternoon at frigid, rainy and windy Lehman in The...  

  • Cangro can do: Sea rallies to beat Farrell, 6-5

    Cangro can do: Sea rallies to beat Farrell, 6-5

    With just nine regular season games, every Staten Island division contest is precious, every win is huge, especially when St. Joseph by the Sea and Monsignor Farrell meet. “You have to beat the Island teams two-out-of-three to come in first,” Sea...  

  • The Butler Did It

    It’s the spring signing period, which means that just about every day another high school athlete makes an announcement about what Division I school...  

  • Lehman coach accepts blame for heartbreaking defeat

    Lehman coach accepts blame for heartbreaking defeat

    Adam Droz spoke about focus and poise in the preseason for why he expected big things from his Lehman baseball team. After Friday afternoon’s heartbreaking 5-4 loss to DeWitt Clinton, he felt the same way about the Lions. It was him not following...  

  • Tigers roar in big win over Bryant

    The dust had barely settled when a cry came from the dugout. “Now that was a win!” the voice boomed. Riverdale/Kingsbridge had just beat Bryant, 16-8...  

  • Blast off: Cavigliano's homer caps six-run third for Preston

    Blast off: Cavigliano's homer caps six-run third for Preston

    The ball left Nicole Cavigliano’s bat with little doubt. The Preston senior shortstop launched the first pitch she saw in the third inning over the left field wall for a two-run homer. “It looked like a fastball that was right down the middle,”...  

  • Pressured Pilots grounded by Panthers bats

    The third inning started harmlessly for Cardinal Spellman. Starter Tiffany Rondon struck out the first two Preston batters she faced with the bottom...  

  • Lewis hands Cardozo girls tennis first league loss since '04

    Hikari Miyazawa knew her Francis Lewis girls tennis team had a chance to do what no one had in six years: beat Cardozo in a league match. But the...  

  • CHSAA baseball roundup: Connelly pitches Moore past St. Peter's

    Eddie Connelly outdueled Don Pagano, tossing a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out four with just one walk to lead Moore Catholic to a 2-0...  

  • PSAL baseball roundup: Taveras supplies power as Kennedy tops Walton

    Pedro Taveras homered twice and drove in seven runs as John F. Kennedy rallied to knock off Walton, 8-5, in Bronx baseball crossover action Friday...  

  • NCAA will ban taunting in 2011

    INDIANAPOLIS -- Eye black with messages and wedge blocks will be banned from college football this fall -- and taunting in the field of play will...  

  • St. John's coach Lavin may land California star

    St. John's coach Lavin may land California star

    St. John's basketball coach Steve Lavin likes to say his first recruit was assistant coach Tony Chiles. Chiles, the former All Hallows and Columbia star, is one of Lavin's recruiting point men in the metropolitan area. But sources told The Post...  

  • Queens' Lamb rules out St. John's

    Doron Lamb has made his decision, but St. John’s isn’t a part of it. Despite the best efforts of new St. John’s coach Steve Lavin, the Queens native...  

  • St. John's making last-ditch effort to land top recruit from Oak Hill

    The game has changed at St. John’s. No recruit is considered out of the Red Storm’s reach. No national power is not worth butting heads with. St....  

  • Former St. John's assistant could take over at St. Francis

    Former St. John's assistant Glenn Braica appears to be the front-runner for the vacant head-coaching position at St. Francis of Brooklyn, two sources...  

  • Syracuse's Johnson, West Virginia's Ebanks entering NBA Draft

    Two Big East stars announced they would be entering the NBA Draft today: Syracuse forward Wes Johnson, the Big East player of the year, will enter...  

  • Jones leaves Columbia to take BC job

    Head coach Joe Jones left Columbia yesterday to take the lead assistant position at Boston College. Jones joins another former Ivy Leaguer at...  

  • Hill rejects Rutgers' settlement

    Hill rejects Rutgers' settlement

    Fred Hill Jr. might be gone from Rutgers, but the fired basketball coach isn't going out without a fight. Even as Hill -- who arguably had the worst coaching tenure in Big East history -- rejected a settlement yesterday, the school lined up his...  

  • Syracuse football coach stays busy

    SYRACUSE -- Doug Marrone has begun his second year as head coach at Syracuse, and this spring he’s been even busier than he was as a rookie. That’s...  

  • Gonzalez sues Seton Hall over firing

    Former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez sued the university Friday over his dismissal last month, claiming he was fired without cause and is...  

  • Hill out at Rutgers following outburst

    Hill out at Rutgers following outburst

    Fred Hill is no longer Rutgers head basketball coach, The Post has learned. Hill told his players at a meeting early this afternoon. He was gone by the time all the returning players -- other than sophomore Mike Rosario, who is mulling a transfer -...  

  • Lavin filling up St. John's staff

    Lavin filling up St. John's staff

    St. John's coach Steve Lavin could have his staff in place by the end of the week, sources told The Post. Lavin will name his long-time friend and former UCLA assistant Rico Hines as an assistant. Lavin spent yesterday with former Arizona and Oregon...  

  • Iona taps C.W. Post's Cluess to be next coach

    Tim Cluess, who turned C.W. Post into a Division II powerhouse, is the new head basketball coach at Iona, a school official confirmed last night....  

  • Rutgers set to fire basketball coach after outburst

    Rutgers set to fire basketball coach after outburst

    Embattled Rutgers basketball coach Fred Hill Jr. is losing the battle for his job, with a source close to the Scarlet Knights program telling the Post Hill is expected to be fired for cause, probably by the end of the week. The only question seems...  

  • Hurley will bring buzz to Wagner

    Hurley will bring buzz to Wagner

    The jeers were heard throughout the Big East Conference for four years, but specifically on this night at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Fieldhouse. It was Jan. 16, 1993. And the chants are vivid in this writer’s memory, because I was courtside, watching an...  

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