The Justice Department yesterday rejected a request to grant a posthumous pardon to black heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson, jailed in 1913 in a racially charged case. Department attorney Ronald Rodgers wrote that resources for pardons are bes... Full Story »
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday there are growing signs of religious freedom in Cuba -- and an opportunity for reconciliation between the communist nation and the United States. Welcoming Havana's new ambassador to the Vatican, Be... Full Story »
An insurance executive has agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after nude videos were secretly made of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, according to court documents filed yesterday. Michael Barrett will plead guilty in Los Angeles federal cou... Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al Qaeda-linked group and asked for training, but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law-enforcement offici... Full Story »
Dorothy would think this is wild: a lion and tiger and bear -- oh, my! The three animals are living together like brothers at a Georgia habitat. Leo, an African lion, Shere Khan, the tiger, and Baloo, an American black bear, were rescued together ... Full Story »
Boy toys for "sail!" Gals hungry for young hunks are setting out on the first ever Cougar Cruise, in which older women will sail from San Diego to Mexico with the guys who love them. The cruise, aboard the Carnival ship Elation, is sold out. ... Full Story »
A majority of Americans want Congress to give it a rest when it comes to overhauling the health-care system this year, a poll released yesterday reveals. Fifty-four percent told the Fox News survey that they would prefer lawmakers to "do nothing on... Full Story »
COPENHAGEN -- George Soros arrived on the scene here yesterday to once again save us from ourselves. The guy has tons of money and has no doubt whatsoever that global warming is cooking the planet and that it's all the fault of human industry and... Full Story »
Congressional Democrats are moving to raise the federal debt cap by as much as $1.8 trillion, in a year-end attempt to avoid politically dangerous news right before the 2010 midterm elections. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that the mea... Full Story »
MADRID -- Can a Barcelona truck driver speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila? The Spanish Royal Academy and 21 sister organizations in Latin America and ot... Full Story »
LOS ANGELES -- A hearing to determine the fate of Roman Polanski's long-delayed sex-abuse case began yesterday with three appeal-court justices repeatedly interrupting and questioning the fugitive director's attorney. The lawyer, Chad Hummel, remin... Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday defended waging just wars while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in a powerful speech on the world stage that won praise even from conservatives. Obama -- who last week announced that he was ... Full Story »
Ho that Tiger! Married golf great Tiger Woods hired high-priced prostitutes several times from a well-known Hollywood madam, she told The Post last night. Michelle Braun said she sent at least four escorts on pay-for-sex dates with the randy ... Full Story »
Lingerie model Jamie Jungers says her former lover Tiger Woods "deserves everything he gets" after being exposed as an epic philanderer -- but admits she just loved getting it from him. "People are getting to see he's not the great family-oriented... Full Story »
Tiger Woods has come clean to his stunning Swedish wife about ALL of his dirty horndogging, porn-star loving, cocktail-waitress chasing and general catting around with scads of ladies, according to a report. "Tiger has told Elin [Nordegren] everyt... Full Story »
Worldwide retail losses from crime rose nearly 6 percent from last year to $115 billion -- and up 8 percent in the United States to $46 billion -- according to a new study. During the recession, more middle-class shoppers were willing to pilfer br... Full Story »
The cat's out of the bag. Dogs are superior to felines as pets -- by a whisker. New Scientist magazine pitted the pets against each other in 11 categories, including brain size, bonding, understanding, eco-friendliness and problem solving, and fou... Full Story »
Like this is a surprise. The Patek Philippe wristwatch that White House party crasher Tareq Salahi turned over to pay off his lawn-care bills is as phony as his state-dinner invitation. Two jewelers told the Warren County General District Court... Full Story »
NEW ORLEANS -- A man who bet against the NFL Saints, his undefeated hometown team, lost his 60-inch, high-def, flat-screen TV to a backyard firing squad -- but became an Internet sensation. Wayne Spring told friends that if New Orleans beat Washing... Full Story »
Tucked on page 4 of the Metro section of yesterday's Wash ington Post is a story explaining that "Congress appears likely to keep the DC voucher program closed to new students but open to current ones, curtailing the hopes of advocates who had press... Full Story »
Excerpts from President Obama's speech yesterday ac cepting the Nobel Peace Prize. PERHAPS the most pro found issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wa... Full Story »
The Democrats' sweeping health-care plans may bankrupt the nation, but every American will be insured. Except for 24 million of 'em. No kidding: The Congressional Budget Office figures that by 2019, long after the new programs kick in, the ref... Full Story »
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee probably wasn't expecting the traces of truculence it got yesterday in Oslo from the latest recipient of its award, Barack Obama. The president was in full self-referential mode throughout (34 first-person pronouns... Full Story »
Who thought we'd ever see the day when Roger Toussaint -- who crippled the city for 60 hours with an illegal transit-workers strike four years ago -- would seem reasonable? Yet Toussaint just lost effective control of Local 100 of the Transport W... Full Story »
Thank you for highlighting innovative ways for New Yorkers to volunteer their time and talents ("Mayor Puts Out Fat-Wah," (Dec. 9). Shape Up and Love Your (NYC) Block are two ways to use your talent for good. In addition, NYC Service was launched ... Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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