September 11, 2011
Cubs beat Mets 10-6 in 11 innings
Carlos Pena hit a go-ahead single in Chicago's six-run 11th inning, and the Cubs beat New York 10-6 on Sunday night in a game that ended nearly five hours after...
Montero, Romine make Yankees catching debuts
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Two Yankees catchers have made their first major league appearances behind home plate. Jesus Montero, a 21-year-old who made his major league debut on Sept. 1, started...
Giants fall to Redskins in opener
LANDOVER, Md. – The prep work for the season was one mishap and crisis after another and once the Giants Sunday hit the field for real it was more of...
Altuzarra
Joseph Altuzarra knows how to bring on the edge, but one supposes when Carine Roitfeld and Anna Wintour are seated front row, said edge is a given. Against a lush...
Charlotte Ronson
After the usual seat stealing craziness at the Charlotte Ronson show, where heavily tattooed unlikely Fashion Week fixture Bam Margera sat courtside, the designer kicked off a rather large but...
Serena stunned by Stosur in US Open final
Already being outplayed by Sam Stosur in the U.S. Open final, the last thing Serena Williams needed was to lose a game for yelling during a point. That's exactly what...
Rays complete sweep of Red Sox, cut wild-card lead to 3 1/2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- James Shields came within two outs of his 12th complete game this season, B.J. Upton hit his first grand slam and the Tampa Bay Rays routed...
Stolen van eyed in terror scare recovered, was swiped for tools
One of the two vans stolen from a Queens construction company working at the World Trade Center site has been recovered, police said. It had apparently been swiped for its...
Dream start for Eagles with easy win over Rams
ST. LOUIS — The lockout didn't bother Michael Vick. It simply left him with fresh legs for the season opener. The Eagles quarterback was in dazzling form and the other...
NFL opens season with 9/11 tribute
From coast to coast, American flags as large as football fields were unfurled inside stadiums and fans of all ages sang the national anthem with gusto Sunday in a red-white-and-blue...
Texans hammer Peyton-less Colts
HOUSTON — The Indianapolis Colts were lost without Peyton Manning on Sunday. Matt Schaub threw for 220 yards and a touchdown, Ben Tate rushed for 116 yards and another score...
Bills stun Chiefs with 41-point outburst
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick performed well enough last year that Chan Gailey didn’t hesitate to appoint him the starter this season. Smart move, coach. The career...
Ravens rout Steelers in battle of AFC heavyweights
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens vented eight months of frustration within the span of three incredibly satisfying hours. Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes, Haloti Ngata led an inspired defense...
Fighters escort jet into NY after passenger flips over bathroom breaks
Fighter jets intercepted a New York-bound airliner this afternoon, high above Pennsylvania, after a passenger freaked out over another flyer’s frequent bathroom trips, sources said. The eerie 9/11 scare was...
Alexander Wang
As per usual with Alexander Wang, it was all systems go: Models zoomed around a mirrored-paneled runway while Courtney Love, Alicia Keys and her hubby, Swizz Beatz, took it all...
Settle's scientific speculations
Matthew Settle -- who kept his arm around his "Gossip Girl" co-star and TV wife Kelly Rutherford on the red carpet before QVC's runway show -- says if he hadn't...
Costello Tagliapietra
Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra did what they do best: variations on the wrap dress (and occasional gown), from sexy to sophisticated to office-appropriate. PHOTOS: COSTELLO TAGLIAPIETRA Many of them...
Liberty fall to Sun
UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Tina Charles scored 18 points and added 17 rebounds for her WNBA record 23rd double-double of the season to lead the Connecticut Sun past the New York...
Daryl K
The Daryl K show was a maze of muted fashion, as models and designer alike strutted the four intersecting runways. The stark white studio might have been enough to showcase...
Prabal Gurung
Prabal Gurung’s vibrantly-hued spring collection proved that he is no shrinking violet. With fashion heavies like Nicki Minaj and Amanda Seyfried seated front row, it was all fashion business: a...
Jeremy Laing
"Mirage" read Jeremy Laing's run of show, a word as illusory and romantic as the young designer's well-crafted and sophisticated spring collection. Another, more concrete word that comes to mind:...
Erin Fetherston dishes about her Spring 2012 collection
"I always try to design very modern clothing," Erin Fetherston said of her collection presented at MILK studios. "The clothes are not era-centric." And even though her clothes did jive...
Jill Stuart
Despite the rough’n’tough Ramones soundtrack and the front-row presence of the Kardashian boys club (that would be Kris Humphries and Scott Disick), the threads at Jill Stuart were ultra-femme. PHOTOS:...
Taliban bomb wounds 77 US troops, kills 5 Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful Taliban truck bomb that wounded 77 American soldiers and killed five Afghans outside a combat outpost served as a reminder today that 10 years after...
Error helps Yankees rally past Angels, snap four-game skid
Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson homered, New York scored two key runs when Peter Bourjos dropped a fly ball in the seventh inning, and the Yankees beat the Los Angeles...
Tuck out for Giants opener
LANDOVER, Md. – Justin Tuck will sit out the Giants season opener against the Redskins. Tuck is still bothered by a stiff neck and was listed as questionable coming into...
Memorial moves 9/11 mourners
Ground Zero is gone — replaced this morning with the grand opening of a beautiful memorial that left the family members of the dead nearly speechless with emotion. The National...
Obamas visit Flight 93 site
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, placed a wreath at the Flight 93 National Memorial today, arriving at the site to pay respects to the 40...
Mourners hold ceremony at firehouse hit hardest on 9/11
The FDNY firehouse that has the unenviable distinction of having lost the most members on 9/11 held a somber ceremony this morning. About 300 mourners showed up at Engine 54/Ladder...
Follow Jets-Cowboys with Post writers
The Post has tonight's Jets-Cowboys game at MetLife Stadium covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.It will be an emotional game on the...
Follow Giants-Redskins with Post writers
The Post has today's Giants-Redskins game in Washington D.C. covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business. The Giants are looking to overcome an offseason...
Top girls basketball star shot dead in Harlem after partying with friends
One of the top girls basketball stars in the city was shot dead early today in her Harlem building after she and her friends got into a deadly beef with...
Text of President Obama's reading at 9/11 ceremony
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into...
Ten years later, sisters remember brother who died on 9/11
Ten years later, they’re still looking. Two sisters whose brother was killed on 9/11 — and whose remains were never found — arrived at the World Trade Center site this...
UConn loses to Vanderbilt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Carey Spear kicked a 31-yard field goal with 2:56 left, and the Vanderbilt Commodores rallied from 21-14 down in the fourth quarter and beat the Connecticut Huskies...
Syracuse defeats Rhode Island
SYRACUSE -- Ryan Nassib threw for a career-high 318 yards and three touchdowns, including the decisive one to walk-on Mike Acchione midway through the fourth quarter, and Syracuse held off...
Families, friends honor those lost on 9/11
It was a moment of silence heard all over the world. The ceremony honoring the 2,983 victims of the 9-11 attacks began this morning with thousands of mourners in Lower...
Jersey's canyon of sorrow
A man marvels at Jersey City’s 9/11 memorial after its dedication yesterday. Called “Empty Sky,” the monument in Liberty State Park honors the 746 New Jerseyans who died in 9/11....
Rollieson's electric performance guides Truman to eye-opening win
John Shepherd earmarked Shandu Rollieson as a possible breakout performer for his Truman football team. Little did the coach know what the senior had in store for him in Week...
CHSFL/Independent roundup: Kearney powers Xaverian past Monroe-Woodbury
The talk around the Xaverian camp this season was maturity. It didn’t take the boys from Bay Ridge long to back it up. In too many big games last season,...
CHSAA Staten Island girls volleyball preview: Carey, Hill look to three-peat
Virginia Mayrose doesn’t like talking about goals. She doesn’t even like talking about expectations. It’s been that way the past few years for the St. Joseph Hill girls volleyball coach....
Djokovic rallies for five-set win, will face Nadal in final
Novak Djokovic had won two Grand Slam titles, nine tournament titles and posted 62 victories this year entering yesterday’s U.S. Open semifinals. But Djokovic never posted a 2011 victory like...
Serena into final after wiping out No. 1 Wozniacki
Never mind the seedings. Ignore the rankings. Pay attention only to what you see with your own eyes, not what’s printed on paper or posted on the Internet. If you’re...
Pelzer, speedy Holy Cross handle rival Terriers
Holy Cross reclaimed Francis Lewis Boulevard bragging rights in resounding fashion. The Knights football team showcased their lightning quick offense and athletic defense in a 31-6 rout of rival St....
Hoskins, LaVelle lead Cross defense in SFP rout
An explosive offense marked Holy Cross’ 31-6 win over St. Francis Prep in the annual Battle of the Boulevard rivalry game Saturday night at SUNY Maritime. But it was a...
Rough start to brutal stretch for Erasmus Hall
Danny Landberg knew what he was up against to start the season. First, it was Campus Magnet, a PSAL city semifinalist last year. In Week 2, much-improved Boys & Girls...
Catskills camp a haven for 9/11 teens
They were strangers from widely different backgrounds -- the sons, daughters, nieces and nephews of elevator mechanics, secretaries, corporate execs and civil servants -- the first time they gathered at...
Ten Years Later: We Remember 9/11
On the 10-year anniversary of the devastating attacks of Sept. 11, The Post's special 9/11 magazine looks back at the events that gripped and captivated New Yorkers and Americans alike.
In matchup of young QBs, Boys & Girls' Marsh flourishes
There were two young quarterbacks on opposite sidelines Saturday afternoon at Old Boys High Field. One – Curtis sophomore Prince Dukes – entered with plenty of hype, while Boys &...
In the weeks after 9/11, sports became our great escape
It rained that Monday night, in sheets, in buckets, in torrents. Roger Clemens was supposed to go for his 20th win of the season that evening, against his old friends...
Jets' Super Bowl quest begins with prime-time clash vs. Cowboys
The Jets have been waiting for tonight since walking off the field in Pittsburgh after a disappointing AFC Championship game loss in January. The road back to the playoffs —...
It’s time to cheer 10 years of triumph over tragedy
When the tears dry, when the day none of us anywhere ever will forget is remembered in football and baseball stadiums and places of worship, and in heartfelt memorials all...
Giants limp into opener vs. Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — Thank goodness the first real game is here for the Giants. If the preseason lasted any longer, they might have had to pull out of the league...
After offseason to forget, kickoff can’t come soon enough for Giants
LANDOVER, Md. — This isn’t just the usual renewal Opening Day brings, any time, any sport, any season. Yes, there is something magical about snapping open this newspaper and seeing...
Brutal Steelers-Ravens rivalry highlights opening week
Steelers-Ravens is the type of throwback matchup that can give Roger Goodell heartburn. The commissioner's wish for a kinder, gentler NFL has the potential to go right out Goodell's Park...
Risky pickups could pay off for Patriots
The Patriots went 14-2 last season and won the AFC East title for the eighth time in the last 10 years. Yet they found it necessary to reload. They not...
NFL won’t be same without Colts QB
Life without Peyton Manning leaves Indianapolis and the Colts with a hole in their heart and one in their soul, and it leaves the NFL a darker, sadder, diminished place...
Roster turnover doesn't mean rebuilding for Susan Wagner
Susan Wagner has won Staten Island titles the last three years with three PSAL Class A semifinals appearances. Last year, the Falcons became the first Island team to make the...
Super Mario: Biaggi sparks Iona to opening win over Poly Prep
Mario Biaggi III’s tenure as Iona Prep quarterback couldn’t have started any better. On the junior’s first play from scrimmage he looked off the primary reciever, adjusted and found Austin...
Eli, Giants will make ’Skins crawl
TODAY Giants (-3) over REDSKINS: With Rex Grossman nominally in charge, it’s unlikely Washington will be able to dominate tempo for sustained stretches. You can debate Eli Manning’s precise in-league...
Focused, talented and determined, Boys & Girls blasts Curtis
When Barry O’Connor was let go as Boys & Girls' football coach just 10 days before the regular season opener for receiving a ‘U’ rating as a teacher, many wondered...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Rex Ryan
Jets coach Rex Ryan is never at a loss for words, a talent that was on display in his chat with Steve Serby this week. Q: What’s one story about...
PSAL football Bowl/Cup division roundup: Adenuga leads Tilden past Jamaica
Farid Adenuga had a 15-yard touchdown catch, a 12-yard rushing score and caught two 2-point conversions to lead Tilden to a 16-14 win over Jamaica in PSAL Bowl division football...
Meet market: Jazz man and foodie craves a spicy date
Jon, a 24-year-old research assistant, likes spicy food from Indian eatery Kati Roll Company. This fella is looking for a lady to bring equal heat to his love life. *Bueller...
$1T in sour notes
It’s the flip side of foreclosure fraud: Not only is the city fireman in danger of losing his home, he also might wind up with smaller retirement checks because his...
Here’s a very cheap jobs program
On Thursday evening, while the president was laying out his proposed almost half-trillion-dollar plan to create jobs, there were certainly meetings happening with Wall Street bank execs discussing how many...
10 years, and 5 big changes
A decade has passed since tragedy struck at the heart of our financial center. Here are five big trends that have impacted all Americans and the economy in the years...
This week's winners and losers
WINNERS CHARLIE ERGEN Dish Network chief is signaling he may punt rather than pay ESPN more for the NFL. NY GIANTS Franchise value soars 10 percent over the past year...
Say goodnight, Eddie
Is this year’s Academy Awards maestro Brett Ratner “Delirious”? That’s the consensus in Tinseltown following the producer’s decision to tap Eddie Murphy as host of the 84th annual special, airing...
Salons brace for Blowout fallout
Manhattan hair salons are bracing themselves after the Food & Drug Administration blasted Brazilian Blowout, the hair straightening treatment company, saying the product was “adulterated” and “misbranded.”The FDA has been...
Tech CEOs told to talk
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page were ordered by a federal judge to attend a Sept. 19 settlement conference in the Oracle’s copyright- and patent-infringement lawsuit against...
Results may vary
In the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks, not all equity markets returns are created equal. While the Dow Jones industrial average has had returns of 1386.28 points, or 14.4...
Poll: Econ is getting no better
For the third straight month, more Americans said the economy is worsening, according a study by Discover. Sixty-nine percent of consumers ages 40-64 rated the economy as poor, a 5-point...
Warrant Buffett
Is Warren Buffett the Oracle or the consummate insider? That depends on whom you ask. Some see him as beloved, especially business news cable anchors and Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, but...
Here’s skinny on double dips
Dear John: I need your help to correct the world! The last recession ended in June 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. So it has been two...
A firewall that won’t burn you
If you run a small business, having your Web site hacked is a problem a you can’t afford to deal with. But you also might not be able to afford...
High-tech grid
It’s third and 3, you’re down 4 points midway through the fourth quarter -- what to do? There may be an app for that. That’s what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
The eleventh day
In the dawn of September 11, 2001, in Massachusetts, 92 people were getting up, breakfasting, heading for Boston’s Logan Airport. They were the passengers and crew of American Airlines Flight...
Home of the brave
On September 14, 2001, President George W. Bush visited Ground Zero to see the devastation first-hand. There, he met with emergency workers, and gave an impromptu “Bullhorn Speech.” President George...
Legacy letters: James Selwyn
James Selwyn, 29, lost his father Howard, who was at his desk on the 84th floor of the South Tower on Sept. 11, 2001. He was 47 years old. Howard...
Legacy letters: Linda McGee
Linda McGee, 50, lost her twin sister Brenda E. Conway, who worked as a systems analyst for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower. She was...
Legacy letters: Maria McHugh
Maria McHugh, 43, lost her husband Michael Edward McHugh Jr., who was at his desk on the 101st floor of the North Tower. He worked for TradeSpark, a subsidiary of...
Legacy letters: Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick, 46, lost his brother Thomas James Fitzpatrick, who was at his desk on the 104th floor of the South Tower, working for Sandler O’Neill & Partners. He was...
A life of service
Detective Thomas McHale is standing on a platform, gazing down at the WTC construction site. It’s been nearly 10 years since he looked out the 11th floor window at 1...
Miracle tale from the towers: Anthony Giardina
At first I thought a transformer had exploded on a floor above us — I was on the 67th floor of the North Tower doing some electrical work. I checked...
Miracle tale from the towers: Bill McMahon
My office at Morgan Stanley was on the 69th floor of the South Tower. I had a great view of the Statue of Liberty and I was staring out at...
Miracle tale from the towers: Bill Spade
My guys were at a steam leak at a nearby hospital when an off-duty firefighter called me at Rescue 5 house in Staten Island. He said, “Bill, a plane just...
Miracle tale from the towers: Carmen and Arthur Griffith
Carmen: We both worked at the towers as elevator operators for about 25 years, and we fell in love shortly after the 1993 bombing. Arthur, who is from Panama, was...
Miracle tale from the towers: Genelle Guzman-McMillan
I was on the 64th floor of the North Tower when the plane hit. There wasn’t any smoke at first and no fire. My co-workers were calling the Port Authority,...
Miracle tale from the towers: George Sleigh
There was a tremendous roar outside the window of my office on the 91st floor of the North Tower where I was working as a naval architect for the American...
Miracle tale from the towers: Lauren Manning
Normally I’d have been at work at the analyst desk in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices on the 105th floor of the North Tower by 8 a.m., but that day I...
Miracle tale from the towers: Michael Hingson
My colleague David Frank and I were in the office of Quantum on the 78th floor of the North Tower, where I was a sales manager, when we heard an...
Miracle tale from the towers: Dr. Tony Dajer
An overhead page came through NYU Downtown Hospital just before 9 a.m. calling respiratory techs to the ER. A nurse said an American Airlines jet had hit the towers. We...
Miracle tale from the towers: Victor Laguer
“This doesn’t look good,” Jimmy said. My partner, James Leahy, and I had just spotted a low-flying plane headed toward lower Manhattan, and we were chasing it downtown. We were...
Loved ones lost
NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT Joseph Agnello Brian G. Ahearn Eric Allen Richard L. Allen James M. Amato Calixto Anaya, Jr. Joseph John Angelini, Jr. Joseph Angelini, Sr. Faustino Apostol,...
Our shining city
The day the screaming came across our sky, there was no “evacuation” as in the apocalyptic opening of Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow.” The “destroying planes” which E.B. White prophesied in...
Tribeca grieves and regrows
Robert De Niro and producing partner Jane Rosenthal launched the Tribeca Film Festival in May 2002 as a response to the devastation of 9/11. Organized in a matter of months,...
United by grief
Downstairs in Gallery 5 of the Tribute WTC Visitor Center sits a table scattered with blank cards on which visitors can share their 9/11 stories. To date, more than 235,000...
Why sacrifice matters
Not long after the second airliner hit the Twin Towers on 9/11, I said on NBC, “This is war,” the most serious attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor,...
Vito is a bloc 'blocker'
Vito, let us in! In the state Assembly race in Brooklyn, two candidates claim they can’t campaign in senior housing projects run by allies of Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez...
District Dems rebel against Weprin
This Dem is done. “I believe our debt is insurmountable. I’m worried about the future of this country,” said lifelong Democrat Jim Aramanno, 64, who gave up his Saturday morning...
Williamsburg has the most households with roommates
Williamsburg is a neighborhood full of “Friends.” The Brooklyn hipster haven has the highest percentage of households made up of roommates, with 6,110, or 9 percent, of them in the...
Right in the kisser!
New York gave the hate mongers from the Westboro Baptist Church a big kiss-off yesterday. When the Bible-thumping boobs from Fred Phelps’ Kansas church showed up outside the Fashion Week...
Nurse’s ‘virgin’ lawsuit
The office gossip was out of control.Doctors and even secretaries at NYU Langone Medical Center were so convinced that longtime pediatric nurse Kristen Haight was a 41-year-old virgin, they repeatedly...
Borough of the jobless
Manning a Yankee Stadium customer-service booth is the only job Godwin Oduduru has been able to get in two years. Yet, like legions of his Bronx neighbors, he refuses to...
NASA 'twins' head to moon
A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon from Cape Canaveral, Fla., yesterday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what’s inside Earth’s orbiting companion --...
Swoony Clooney
Why is this man smiling? Could be because his rumored girlfriend is “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Stacy Keibler, 31. George Clooney, 50, stepped out with Keibler at his “Ides...
White Castle hates fatty’s gut
A bigger seat -- it’s what he craves. A devoted, 290-pound White Castle fan is steaming mad at the fast-food chain, which he says repeatedly broke promises to make the...
Good news for moody foodies
Certain nutrients directly link to mood, with blueberries and cocoa able to give someone laser-like focus for up to five hours, according to new research by British scientists. Dark green...
Hero’s welcome for rebel chief in Tripoli
The chief of Libya’s former rebels arrived in Tripoli yesterday, greeted by a boisterous red-carpet ceremony meant to show he’s taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime...
Shootout kin: Tell us truth
The family of a Brooklyn woman killed by a stray bullet during a police shootout tearfully demanded yesterday the truth about who killed their beloved relative. Denise Gay, 56, was...
Nate Mex tragedy
Authorities on Mexico’s Gulf coast prepared yesterday for the arrival of a strengthening Tropical Storm Nate, while air and sea search teams hunted for 10 oil workers missing since they...
Israel’s diplomatic mess
Already embroiled in a diplomatic dispute with former ally Turkey, Israel yesterday found itself in a fresh crisis -- with Egypt, after crowds trashed its embassy in Cairo. Israel has...
Tearful kickoff
LINWOOD, NJ -- Friday night’s season opener was a time to reflect on things much more important than football for a South Jersey high-school team left devastated by tragedy last...
Now it’s beatin', riotin' & 'rithmetic
The lunchroom at Aspire Preparatory Middle School in The Bronx can erupt in a split second over issues like girlfriends, boyfriends or any little thing. “A group of people will...
Hizzoner ends the battle of Water-Liu
Mayor Bloomberg and Comptroller John Liu -- who’ve been at constant war for nearly two years -- have secretly reached a peace pact.Sources said the two met for a hush-hush...
B’klyn gal driven to aid birds
These pigeons aren’t flying the coupe. A mother-and-son duo from Brooklyn have opened their hearts -- and their car doors -- to a posse of pigeons who live inside their...
Slavs of New York
The last battlefield in the breakup of Yugoslavia is a $20 million apartment on Park Avenue. Twelve years after the bloodshed ended in the Balkans, the fighting continues over an...
Small fire, brief scare
A possible transformer fire on the roof of a Manhattan high-rise yesterday sent brief ripples of fear up and down a city already a bit unnerved by an unconfirmed terror...
'Charly' star, 88, is dead
Cliff Robertson, the square-jawed big-screen actor who nabbed an Oscar for “Charly” and played JFK in “PT-109,” died yesterday. He was 88. His secretary, Evelyn Christel, said he died in...
West Hollywood is go-going backward
West Hollywood is planning to bare all -- with a “go-go dancer appreciation” day. The kooky idea came about in hopes to highlight the California city’s flamboyant past -- it...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan He looks a lot like Eminem -- and now he’ll face the music for being high while driving to a Bronx rap concert, police said. John Dambriso, 19, of...
Pol OK with unhappy voter’s trash bash
An Ohio woman frustrated by the mix-up of the trash-pickup schedule after the Labor Day holiday decided to haul her own garbage -- right into her mayor’s office. Janice Shanks...
Lanvin Petite collection offers haute couture for toddlers
They’re tot couture. Fashion-plate moms who want to turn their girls into li’l Suri Cruises will have a new option this winter -- the first-ever collection of couture dresses aimed...
Asinine Alec assails Post reporter
Maybe he should switch to decaf. Alec Baldwin yesterday took some Twitter shots at The Post scribe who relayed an eyewitness account of his cranky behavior at an Upper West...
Kin deeply moved by Memorial tour
They were overwhelmed. Family members who for the first time laid eyes on the names of their lost loved ones engraved into the bronze parapets at the National September 11...
Losses anew in learning to let go
After a first anniversary passes, it’s always the 10th that’s most significant. We regard the intervening years as mere markers as we await the bookend, a decade signifying something of...
The 9/11 kids are all right
They’ve done everybody proud. In 2002, a group of 12 Long Island schoolkids who lost parents on 9/11 agreed to sit down with The Post and tell their stories. Nine...
My odyssey through hell
Dr. Sean Stone, a 41-year-old emergency medicine specialist working in Maine, traveled to Ground Zero on the night of the attacks to serve on a federal search-and-rescue team. This is...
Ship's honored cargo
Tucked into the heart of a ship born out of 9/11 is a treasured talisman. It’s a brass disc etched with the image of Army Staff Sgt. James McNaughton, 27,...
W.’s tribute to Flight 93
The 40 passengers and crew who fought back against hijackers on Flight 93 on 9/11 performed one of the “most courageous acts in American history,” former President George W. Bush...
Search for victims presses on
They identified Ernest James’ remains just two weeks shy of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. A decade after the 40-year-old IT expert at Marsh & McLennan died in the collapse...
Open door to terror
How in the world did they get here? Even as investigators chase a tip about a possible bomb plot timed for the 9/11 anniversary, Obama administration officials are asking how...
More $$ for GZ workers
Ground Zero workers will get at least $35 million added to their toxic-injury settlement with the city -- and not pay a dime more in legal fees. A ruling by...
America awakened
‘War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran and wicked satirist, supposedly said. The war on terror is no exception. While the 10th anniversary...
Hollowed ground
Seven years since its design was unveiled, and $700 million in public and private funding later, the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum is at last upon us. Following today’s...
The class of 9/11
I was just 12 years old, in my first period class at middle school I.S.89, two blocks from the World Trade Center, when the planes hit. It was the second...
Is it better not to talk about it?
It’s been said that one of the perverse comforts in the wake of a massive terrorist attack on New York City was our density of mental health professionals -- we...
Feeling spent
President Obama has apparently adopted the old adage “If at first you don’t succeed . . . spend, spend again.” On Thursday night, the president laid out his plan for...
'Right' questions
I’m glad I took the time to read George Will’s article about what he would ask the candidates at the Republican debate (“What To Ask in GOP Debate,” PostScript, Sept....
Required reading
Love and CapitalKarl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel (Little, Brown) When most people think of Karl Marx, they don’t think of romance. But...
My 3 wives
Twenty-one years ago, in accordance with tradition, Joe Darger dropped to one knee, held a woman’s hand and asked her to marry him. But one aspect of his proposal smacked...
Ladies in waiting
For as long as there have been “I do’s,” there have been other women. The French called them “maitresse” and the Romans referred to them as “concubina.” And while they...
In my library: Soleil Moon Frye
Holy macanoli! Not only is Soleil Moon Frye now a mother of two—she’s also an author and champion tweeter. Leave it to the former “Punky Brewster” star to attract 1.4...
Doll of the Valley
No one paints a more tawdry -- and delicious -- portrait of Hollywood than prolific novelist Jackie Collins. With more than two dozen books under her belt -- selling upwards...
Triumph of the normal
We are told that what President George W. Bush should have said in response to September 11 was something very like, “Ask not what your country can do for you....
Ten years on
It was 10 years ago this morning that Islamic fundamentalism—and four hijacked jetliners—took America to war. There is noneed to rehearse fully the details: Twoaircraft hurtling throughacobalt, latesummer sky and...
Bridge
Cy the Cynic has sworn to stop playing in the money team matches we have at the club. "It's hard enough coping with a partner and two opponents in a...
When less is more
The standard way to win an endgame is to queen: to advance a pawn to the eighth rank and promote it to the game's most powerful piece. "Underpromotion" -- turning...
George Lucas' 'evil' empire
This Friday sees the release of the definitive nine-disc collection, “Star Wars: The Complete Saga,” on Blu-ray with all the usual trappings, including more than 40 hours of bonus material....
Blood 'Drive'
Like millions of kids who grew up in the 1980s, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn loved the films of John Hughes. He felt they were perfect in every way —...
Massive metal
Anthrax is back! Not the white powder mailed to The Post and other news organizations a decade ago. But rather New York City’s hometown heavy-metal heroes, who bashed out their...
Snake charmer
After Tropical Storm Irene blew through New York City, a 10-foot python was found curled up in the sink of an apartment in Brooklyn. The illegal pet — many reptile...
Carrie's spawn song
When Allison Pearson’s best-selling novel “I Don’t Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother” came out in 2002, Sarah Jessica Parker was living a double...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 ½ fur; $22,000; clm($7,500); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Manos de Piedra(L),118J Flores7-5-6Curry 5-12Dirt Track Demon(L),118F Garcia3-2-3Auwarter 5-23Jaleos(L),114L Flores6-6-9Vasquez 8-14The...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/16m; $18,000; cl($5,0); 3up TONIGAIL second this level going shorter. SMARTIE BOBBI tired to third as favorite and...
Belmont Charts
Sept. 10, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 fur; $42,000; alw; 3up(f)Off: 1:07. Good. urged from get-go,safeTime: 22.81, 46.21, 58.25, 1:11.55.Trainer: Rudy RodriguezWinner: B...
Fairplex Analysis
Post time: 4:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1/2m; $14,000; cl($32,0); 2YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 6 JustClckAwy(L),119 MPdrza x-x-x 3-1 8 Elegant Eve(L),119 DVrgra...
Parx Results
FIRST- 6 fur; $30,000; alw; 3up1SrpriseStrm (Mntnz) 4.802.802.207Wild Pioneer (Rivera)9.406.402Crockefeller (Frey)2.60 Scr: Fusetheopportunity. * Exacta (1-7) $56.20 * Trifecta (1-7-2) $80.00SECOND- 5 fur; $28,000; cl; 2YO(f)12Hailtothevictors (Elliott) 3.602.602.209Storybook Stuff (Rivera)6.805.006NanatheNnny...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 6 fur; $16,000; cl; 3up6Otomai (Cotto, Jr.) 5.203.402.602Youland (Maragh)11.806.203Sister in the City (Serpa)2.10 * Ex (6-2) $59.40 * $1 Sup (6-2-3-7) $321.90 * $1 Tri (6-2-3) $65.70Winner picked by...
Even TSA employees are scamming
This has nothing to do with sports or TV or radio. But it has to do with 9/11, and I suspect it's important. Last month, Friday, Aug. 12, I was...
Fairplex Results
FIRST- 4 fur; $14,140; cl; 3up7Boomtown (Castanon) 7.003.202.404Bgmkeisthemn (StgoRys)3.402.801Bryan Daniel (Delgadillo)3.20 Scr: Ed the Actor, Andy One, Unstopper Topper, Lincecum. * Valentino, Smokin Bomb, Seany's Courage, Thundering Suances. $1 Ex...
Giants' Thomas ready to face former team
LANDOVER, Md. -- Back in Giants training camp, Devin Thomas excitedly spoke of the season opener against "them Deadskins" and admitted he couldn't wait to get a shot at his...
Next step for Mets' Santana unclear
The Mets are trying to figure out Johan Santana's next step in his comeback, but the possibility of his pitching in the majors this season is slipping. "Right now, we...
Jets vow to loosen up for this opener
The Jets enter the 2011 season in a similar way to how they entered the 2010 season -- plenty of hype, Super Bowl talk and high expectations. They just hope...
Cowboys owner has coach's back
IRVING, Texas -- If you don't think Jerry Jones trusts Jason Garrett to turn around the flailing Cowboys, just look at the roster America's Team will bring to MetLife Stadium...
Burnett out of play in Yankees bullpen
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If the Yankees need bullpen help today against the Angels, it won't come from A.J. Burnett. In preparation for a start Tuesday in Seattle, Burnett went through...
Errors cost Mets in loss
David Wright and Jose Reyes each drove in one of the Mets' four runs yesterday and scored another apiece, but their defense was the real difference-maker in a 5-4 loss...
Parnell blows another save in Mets loss to Cubs
Mets manager Terry Collins said he's OK going into spring training without a closer. It's becoming increasingly clear that will be the case. Bobby Parnell blew another save in yesterday's...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGiants 3 3 (38) REDSKINSJETS 4 5½(40½)CowboysRAVENS 2½ 1½(36) SteelersBUCCANEERS 3 1½(41) LionsFalconsPick 2½(40½)BEARSCHIEFS 6½ 5½(40) BillsTEXANS 2 8½(43½)ColtsEagles 4 4 (44) RAMSBROWNS 3 6½(35½)BengalsJAGUARS 2½ 2 (37)...
Hondo very griddy
Hondo nearly swept his five-pick frenzy yester day, hitting with Wisconsin, Stanford, Florida and the A's while missing only with the Reds. As a result, his negative numeral plummeted to...
Sports shorts
NFL: Vikings give Peterson extension Adrian Peterson agreed yesterday to a contract extension with the Vikings that includes $36 million in guaranteed money and as much as $100 million over...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing7:30 a.m.Formula One: Italian Grand PrixSPEEDBaseball3:30 p.m.Yankees at AngelsYES, WCBS (880 AM)8 p.m.Cubs at MetsESPN, WFAN (660 AM)Cycling4:30 p.m.Alli Dew Tour: Toyota ChallengeNBCFootball1 p.m.Steelers at RavensCBS1 p.m.Eagles at RamsFOX4:15...
Banged up Yankees lineup blanked by Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Yankees have experienced worse nights than last evening, but that doesn't mean it didn't hurt. Prior to a 6-0 loss to the Angels at Angel Stadium...
Blown leads 'major' flaw for Federer
In a match between world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and perhaps the No. 1 player of all time, Roger Federer, it was the current No. 1 who rallied from near...
NY pride at Open 9/11 ceremony
The U.S.Open's 9/11 ceremony will go on as planned today, though it was supposed to coincide with the men's final, not the women's final. Yesterday morning, a tasteful 9/11 logo...
Deer virus outbreak near city
An outbreak of a viral disease has been detected in deer close to New York City, and with the bow-hunting season just a few weeks off, hunters need to be...
Injured Yankees starting to pile up
ANAHEIM -- Francisco Cervelli is going to New York to have concussion tests and nobody knows when he will be available. Russell Martin left last night's game with a bruised...
Vic Cangialosi's Philadelphia Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $22,000; clm; 3,4&5YO2-SrstEmprss 2-11-TicklngTr 5-13-Jesdarand 3-14-OurMamaDer 10-15-KacidBntwd 20-16-MnmthBymrn 8-17-BabyBordex 6-18-Slly'sCntn 10-1SECOND-6 fur; $22,000; clm; 3up2-Sis Draper 2-13-StrwbrryBl 3-14-HevnlyAppl 6-15-Little Bang 4-11-a-SuvRylty 8-16-Mchl'sCnd 15-17-Best Reward 15-11-a-SnwyElgn...
Plax attack is outta line
* Plaxico Burress is another spoiled, coddled athlete who wants it both ways. He wants to be treated like a man, but pampered like a baby. In his delusional interview...
Yankees will take potent bench into playoffs
Buck Showalter looked at the Yankees’ lineup Tuesday, and with a four-hour rain delay still in front of him, the Orioles’ manager had plenty of time to contemplate the seventh...
Home Team Lineups
YankeesL.A. Angels3:35TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMSea.10:10YESWCBSSea.10:10YESWCBSSea.10:10YESWCBSNOGAMETor.7:07WWORWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBSMetsChicago8:10TV -- ESPNRadio--WFAN 660 AMWash.7:10SNYWFANWash.7:10SNYWFANWash.7:10SNYWFANWash.1:10SNYWFANAtl.7:35SNYWFANAtl.4:10FOXWFANLibertyConnecticut1:00No TVPlay-offsTBDRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEDal.8:30MSGWADOSiyanksTBDCyclonesTBDGiantsTodayRedskins4:15 TV -- FOXRadio -- WFAN 660 AM JetsTonightCowboys 8:20TV -- NBC Radio -- ESPN 1050 AM
The Rumble
Kris Jenkins is a big man with big opinions. And who better to talk Jets on SNY than the ex-Jet nose tackle himself? For starters, SNY’s blunt new NFL analyst...
2011: 10 great new shows for fall
1) THE X FACTOR * Sept. 21, 8 p.m., Fox 2) PAN AM * Sept. 25, 10 p.m., ABC Premise: Back in 1963, Pan Am had the notion that being...
Stars need second chances, too
Never mind the search for his year’s breakout star. This year, all eyes are on the familiar faces grasping for another shot at fame. Watch out for these seasoned vets:...
Reel good
Shallow Hal, 2001 Sunday, 2:24 PM, Comedy Central A superficial playboy (Jack Black) takes his dying father’s advice to heart and begins to date only gorgeous women -- until self-help...
The Simon Factor
Simon Cowell knows that everything is on the line with “The X Factor”: His star power, his credibility as a show creator and his management skill as the executive producer...
Ask Ashley: Flex your love muscles, girl!
A man I’ve been friends with for a couple of years recently announced his separation and coming divorce. At the same time, he expressed interest in dating me. If his...
Top 5 ways to flirt with a fashion lover during Fashion Week
According to lovelies lurking around Lincoln Center “Say, ‘Excuse me, who designed that body you’re wearing?’ ” — Shayla “Say, ‘You should be on that TV show, ‘James’ Next Top...
This week’s couple: Whiskey a go-go!
When we sent Jennifer, a 25-year-old singer-songwriter, and Kristian, a 26-year-old e-book production associate, to Midtown lounge Whiskey Park, we hoped a couple of drinks might ease the duo into...
Fashion buzz for September 11, 2011
LUTZ GO! After attending the Tommy Hilfiger show Friday afternoon and the Lacoste show yesterday morning, Kellan Lutz’s runway destination today is that of a local airport, where he’ll be...
Keeping it light and bright
Day three of Fashion Week served up a bevy of read-to-wear that’s sure to satisfy both the tomboys and the girly-girls. Ruffian kicked off at Lincoln Center, with electric shades...
Weird but true
Nothing to see here!A Maine student caught with a backpack full of marijuana got a little help from his mother, police said.When Kandice Child, 37, got a call from the...
Penn State loses to Alabama
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno tried to wake up the echoes Friday night. Speaking at a pep rally, JoePa, waving his cane like Don Quixote sparring with his demons,...
Rutgers almost upsets North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Forcing five turnovers gave Rutgers a chance to sneak away with a victory against North Carolina yesterday. But the fact the Scarlet Knights struggled to put...
Brooklyn's Paterno recalls 9/11 horror
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno was born in Brooklyn in 1926, and although he's called this college town home since 1950, he'll always think of himself...
South Carolina defeats Georgia
South Carolina gained the upper hand in the SEC East by taking advantage of every Georgia mistake yesterday. The No. 12 Gamecocks scored twice off turnovers, including defensive end Melvin...
Michigan shocks Notre Dame with comeback
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Denard Robinson stunned Notre Dame in the final minute again, capping a heart-pounding, pom-pom pumping night under the lights at the Big House. Michigan's star quarterback...
ADAM
ADAM is a fashion crowd favorite for its capability of making the wearer feel as effortlessly chic as "The" one woman every girl wants to be. For his spring collection,...
Ten-man Red Bull settle for 1-1 tie with lowly Vancouver
What has been a long, slow bloodletting _ a two-month slide from atop the Eastern Conference to the precipice of falling from playoff contention _ reached new frustrating depths tonight....
Helmut Lang
Waiting for the Helmut Lang show deep in the bowels of the stark, old Pier 57 warehouse on the Hudson, one couldn't shake the feeling that the cast of "Reservoir...
PSAL City Championship division football roundup: Canarsie blanks Wagner, gets off to fast start
It took Canarsie until late October to get into the win column last fall. By halftime Saturday afternoon, victory was basically assured. What a difference a year can make. The...
Band of Outsiders
Lined in the front row of a raw outdoor setting on 24th Street awaiting the spring showcase of designer Scott Sternberg’s Band of Outsiders were a few of fashion's well-known...
Libertine
Libertine designer Johnson Hartig chose to have a presentation, which still had almost all the thrills of a show, for his second outing as a solo designer. The love for...
PSAL Staten Island A girls volleyball preview: Tots hope to be tops
In relation to Tottenville, John F. Kennedy might as well be in another state. The Pirates play their home games down in Huguenot, while the Knights are way up in...
Christian Siriano
The bespeckled Project Runway winner had a ringside cheering section in Nina Garcia, Heidi Klum and Elle creative director Joe Zee for his most exciting collection to date, which he...
Lacoste
Lacoste, a house that has become synonymous with a certain green crocodile, can breathe a sigh of relief. In his first season designing for the brand, newcomer Felipe Oliveira Baptista...
Angels blank Yankees, Sabathia, 6-0
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dan Haren pitched a four-hitter for his fifth career shutout and retired 18 straight batters as the Los Angeles Angels climbed within 1½ games of the AL...
Erin by Erin Fetherston
The swinging '60s were alive and well at the Erin by Erin Fetherston Presentation, which saw every flavor of feminine chic we've come to expect from the designer. MORE: ERIN...
Ruffian
Ruffian kicked off day three with a colorful collection that paid homage to their equestrian-inspired roots -- the brand's namesake, after all, comes from the famous female racehorse bearing the...
New QB, Clinton impress in season-opening win over Sheepshead Bay
This may have been Ryan Camilo’s first game as the quarterback at DeWitt Clinton, but the senior played like a seasoned PSAL veteran Saturday afternoon. “I was nervous for the...