October 14, 2011
7 more sex attacks added to disturbing pattern in B'klyn
A shocking seven additional sex attacks have been added to a disturbing pattern emerging in several Brooklyn neighborhoods -- six of them in the same busy Park Slope subway station,...
Cardinals beat Brewers to take 3-2 lead in NLCS
ST. LOUIS — The way the Milwaukee Brewers bumbled defensively, another short start didn't slow the St. Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee made four errors that led to three unearned runs, and...
Valentine, Torre among favorites to manage Red Sox
Bobby Valentine and Joe Torre are among the betting favorites to become the next manager of the Red Sox.A.J. Finch is the favorite at 5/2, according to Bodog.com, followed by...
VIDEO: Carmelo on Knicks, lockout
CineSport's Noah Coslov sits down with all-star forward Carmelo Anthony to talk NBA lockout, settling in with the Knicks, and keeping his grip on the ball.csprtContainer();
Police release names to deter sex in White Plains park
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Police are releasing the names of 16 men in an attempt to crack down on sexual activity in a New York suburban park. Westchester County police...
Jets' Cromartie says Dolphins' Marshall is 'all talk'
Brandon Marshall promises to come out swinging, and the Jets hope it’s an early KO. The Miami Dolphins wide receiver said Thursday that he plans to show more passion in...
Obama deploys US military advisers to central Africa
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Friday he has authorized the deployment of approximately 100 "combat-equipped" US troops to central Africa to help defeat the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), responsible...
Rising Rutgers faces sinking Navy on Saturday
Five games into the season, Rutgers is full of surprises. The Scarlet Knights have a freshman starting at quarterback in Gary Nova. They are 4-1, riding a three-game winning streak...
California will honor New York ban on Dutrow
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow Jr., who had his license revoked and was barred from racing in New York for 10 years, won’t be allowed to race...
Big East will invite three for football, one for all sports
The Big East plans to invite Boise State, Air Force and Navy as football-only members, and Central Florida to compete in all sports, after it doubles the exit fee for...
Randolph let go by Orioles: report
Willie Randolph will not return as Orioles third-base coach, MLB.com reported Friday.A source told the website Randolph was not offered a contract for 2012 after his one-year deal expired at...
U.S. to play at France on Nov. 11
The U.S. National Team will face 1998 World Cup champion France on Nov. 11 at the Stade de France in Paris (3 p.m., ESPN2, ESPN3 and Univision).The match falls on an international fixture date,...
Jets' Moore rips Holmes as 'disrespectful'
Jets veteran right guard Brandon Moore said Friday he tired of receiver Santonio Holmes running his mouth and he’s appalled that someone who’s been named captain would have the audacity...
Jets' Moore calls Holmes 'disrespectful'
Jets veteran right guard Brandon Moore said Friday he tired of receiver Santonio Holmes running his mouth and he’s appalled that someone who’s been named captain would have the audacity...
Red Bulls can clinch a playoff bid Saturday; but it isn't likely
Originally, the Red Bulls were thought NOT to be able to clinch a postseason berth this weekend, regardless of their result at Sporting Kansas City or the results of the...
Talks break off between NFL and cable operator Time Warner
Negotiations to bring the NFL Network and RedZone channels to Time Warner have broken off and an agreement is unlikely to be reached this year, according to a new report....
ABC cancels 'Charlie's Angels' reboot
LOS ANGELES -- ABC has canceled "Charlie's Angels," after the new TV series starring Minka Kelly flagged in the ratings, the Hollywood Reporter said Friday. The show scored an audience...
Masked gunmen rob upscale LI jewlery store
A gang of masked gunmen robbed an upscale jewlery store on Long Island today makling off with a haul of pricey baubles and sparking a police chase of suspects across...
Red Bull season comes down to tomorrow in KC, Thursday vs Philadelphia
With two games left in their regular-season, the Red Bulls still have work to do to make the postseason. They can defend their Eastern Conference crown or miss the playoffs...
Banon 'pushed back' so 'I released my grip,' Strauss-Kahn told French police
PARIS -- Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he grabbed the young woman who has accused him of attempted rape but released her when she resisted, according to a...
Obama, Lee pitch trade deal in Michigan
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak says he and President Barack Obama are both kept awake at night by one problem: the search for jobs. Lee spoke...
Clint Eastwood considered as VP choice by Bush Sr., tapes reveal
WASHINGTON -- President George H.W. Bush considered selecting Clint Eastwood as his vice presidential running-mate in 1988, according to newly released audio tape interviews with key members of his administration....
Giants' Umenyiora wants Pierce, Strahan to 'stop it and sit down'
To be extremely blunt about it, Osi Umenyiora thinks Antonio Pierce and Michael Strahan need to sit down and shut up.The Giants defensive end lashed out at his two retired...
LI's 'mini-Madoff' gets 25 years, must pay $175M
CENTRAL ISLIP — A Long Island businessman called a "mini-Madoff" because he was arrested weeks after the billion-dollar swindler has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Nicholas Cosmo also...
Tuck, Jacobs, Snee out for Giants on Sunday
The injury-battered Giants will be shorthanded once more this weekend after Justin Tuck, Brandon Jacobs, Chris Snee and fullback Henry Hynoski were ruled out for Sunday's game against the Bills.Tuck...
Mets name Geren new bench coach
Bob Geren will be the new voice of experience seated beside manager Terry Collins in the Mets dugout next season.The team announced Friday that Geren, the former Oakland manager and...
Lisbon court places NJ fugitive under house arrest
LISBON, Portugal — The lawyer for captured American fugitive George Wright says a court has allowed his client to leave jail and stay at his Portuguese home while he fights...
Parents gave baby pill bottle as rattle before he died: cops
Cops are investigating the death of a Bronx baby who may have ingested pills from a prescription bottle that had been given to him to play with as a rattle,...
Islanders’ DiPietro out indefinitely with concussion
The Islanders announced Friday that oft-injured goalie Rick DiPietro has suffered another setback, this time a concussion that will keep him out indefinitely. DiPietro took a Brian Rolston shot to...
Deal struck to rebuild NY 9/11 church
It took a decade, but a deal has finally been struck to rebuild a church destroyed on 9/11, the church and a public agency announced Friday. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese...
Fantasy Football Week 6 Chat
Post fantasy football writer Anthony Sulla-Heffinger took your questions regarding this week's fantasy matchups.Some of the topics discussed this week were Tampa Bay RB Earnest Graham's value filling in for...
US says terrorists seeking missing Libyan missiles
BRUSSELS — Terrorist groups have expressed interest in obtaining some of the thousands of shoulder-launched missiles that have gone missing in Libya and the issue has become a priority for...
DVD Extra: Jean Harlow finally gets her set, but here's why 'Red Dust' is missing
Warners' long-promised Jean Harlow set, timed to coincide with her 100th birthday this year, is arriving on Oct. 25 at the studio's manufacture-on-demand DVD service, The Warner Archive Collection, which...
Devils goalie Brodeur accompanies team on Nashville road trip
Despite being knocked out of last night's shootout victory over the Kings with a right shoulder injury, Devils goalie Martin Brodeur accompanied the team to Nashville this morning, where he...
Man City boss Mancini held late-night peace talks with outcast Tevez
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini invited Carlos Tevez for late-night peace talks after the soccer outcast returned to England from Argentina at the end of his two-week...
LeBron James in England to watch Liverpool-Man United
LIVERPOOL, England -- Miami Heat superstar LeBron James is making the most of his extra time off courtesy of the NBA lockout, traveling to England to watch Liverpool take on...
'Jersey Shore' recap: Season 4, ep 11
Forget about Occupy Wall Street, we should all be worried about Guido and Meatball Problems!Last night’s episode of “Jersey Shore” opened with Snooki trying to mend fences with her boyfriend...
California preacher predicts world about to end - again
OAKLAND, Calif. -- It's time to batten down the hatches one more time and prepare for yet another Doomsday – next week, in fact – according to the pastor who...
Bloomberg angry at city officials who 'threatened' protest-park cleanup
Brookfield reversed its decision to clear the park because it was intimidated by elected officials who are siding with the protestors, an angry Mayor Bloomberg said today. "My understanding is...
Berlusconi wins confidence vote in Italian Parliament
ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi survived a confidence vote in Parliament Friday, but his narrow majority raises doubts over his ability to govern effectively when the country needs a...
Power problems cause delays for Amtrak, NJ Transit
NEWARK, NJ — Amtrak crews are repairing an overhead power line that is causing delays for trains in and out of New York City Friday. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole says...
Apple's iPad 3 headed into production, analyst claims
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- With the iPhone 4S arriving at market Friday, the never-sated Apple rumor mill is clamoring for more grist, and, as always, there is plenty of it to...
Buyers camp out as new Apple iPhone goes on sale
A faster iPhone with better software and an improved camera went on sale in seven countries on Friday as hundreds of buyers camped out for hours to be among the...
Dishwasher doesn't clean and algae is still a scourge
Banning phosphates in dishwasher soap was supposed to save the fish in the Great Lakes, but it isn't. There is more algae than ever and a new report says that...
US midfielder Michael Bradley talks Serie A, Chievo and the Klinsmann era
Michael Bradley may have been born in New Jersey, but he plays soccer a world away in Italy. Only 24, Bradley is already a veteran of the 2010 World Cup...
Protesters march on Wall St. after park cleanup postponed, get into scuffle with cops
It's war! Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters -- emboldened by officials backing down this morning from evicting them from their Zuccotti Park campsite for a 7 a.m. cleaning --...
What's wrong with getting paid to save a life?
Virginia Postrel writes about Amit Gupta who needs a bone marrow transplant, his many friends who want to help and the law that is hindering saving Gupta's life. Current law...
Wall Street protesters set to face off vs. cops demanding they leave park
Shortly after 6 a.m. supporters began streaming into a plaza at Zuccotti Park where Occupy Wall Street protesters, who have been camped out for a month, planned to resist evacuating...
Girls volleyball roundup: Preston claws back from certain defeat to topple rival Spellman
Preston was down to its final point, on the verge of losing to rival Cardinal Spellman for a second time this year. Then Angela Fragale got the ball, booming serve...
Girls soccer roundup: Midwood hands Fort Hamilton first loss
Brooklyn A-III just got tighter. For the first time all season Fort Hamilton’s division title is in some jeopardy after host Midwood earned a 3-1 win over the Tigers in...
INSIDE GIRLS SOCCER: CK transfer Quiroz finds new home at Grand Street
Guadalupe Quiroz is starting over – sort of. The junior midfielder is in her first year at Grand Street Campus. She transferred to her hometown school in Bushwick after she...
Simms sees setback in Giants offensive line
Working for CBS — which carries primarily AFC games — Phil Simms does not get to call too many Giants games. He watches his former team “as a fan” but...
Whole new Bill game
The worry with the Bills is that their 4-1 record has been built on a plus-11 turnover ratio and 12 interceptions, because, there’s no guarantee the big turnover will be...
O/U Rico
Rico went 8-5 (1-2 Best Bets) on the over/unders last week to bring the season record to 36-39-2 (8-7). The selections for Week 6: OVER: Giants / Bills; Packers /...
Hondo escapes cellar, takes aim at penthouse
Hondo, who won the week among his colleagues with an 8-4-1 mark (3-0 in Best Bets) that enabled him to upwardly mobilize into a tie for eighth place, takes great...
Don’t get Buffaloed
Football expert Phil Steele is owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of football 24/7/365, including more write-ups at...
New challenges have once-powerful Fontbonne in search of old success
It’s been a different kind of season at Fontbonne Hall. “It’s very frustrating,” coach Victor Popovsky said. “I’m hoping that we are going to pick up before the playoffs and...
Giants loss isn’t most devastating knockout
Everywhere I butted in and eavesdropped this week, someone was in anguished lament over being knocked out of his/her NFL “Survivor” or “Elimination” pool by the Giants’ loss to Seattle....
Holmes says line grounding Jets passing game
If Jets coach Rex Ryan was trying to send a message to his unhappy locker room with the trade of Derrick Mason, he may need to try again. Just two...
Midnight Madness list for city standouts
College basketball season officially starts Friday, and with that in mind, programs across the country will be celebrating its beginning with Midnight Madness. The events are a way for schools...
CHSAA Class A boys soccer roundup: Mount beats Sea for seventh straight win
Anton Porter was supposed to attend Cardinal Spellman, but he missed registration. The star freshman landed at nearby Mount St. Michael and Mike Boyle could not be happier. “I call...
Sanchez needs to be heard above roar of other Jets
As the self-proclaimed leader of the Jets and the quarterback of a team that has lost three straight games, Mark Sanchez said all the right things yesterday. “It’s on me...
DiConstanzo's late goal nets tie with Bonnies, sends Kearney seniors out happy
Anella DiCostanzo knew she had one chance to get it right. “If I kick it wrong than that’s it, we’ll lose,” the Bishop Kearney sophomore said. The Tigers had just...
Dolphins’ Marshall wants to fight Jets, get ejected
Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall sounds like he has dinner plans Monday night. He told reporters in South Florida yesterday his “goal is to get thrown out” of the game...
CHSAA Class AA boys soccer roundup: Iona nets victory over Xavier, maintaining division advantage
Iona Prep was reeling. The Gaels, who are riddled by injuries and illness, were stunningly routed last week by rival Fordham Prep. Thursday against Xavier was going to provide a...
Thief steals iPhone and iPad from straphangers in Brooklyn
He’s an iPerp. An Apple-loving thief swiped pricey electronics from two straphangers last week in East Flatbush, police said. The lanky looter, who was caught fleeing on surveillance video, snatched...
DOSES OF 'DOZO: Grubler discusses ups, downs of Judges season
Every other week, Cardozo star Ashley Grubler, one of the top girls volleyball players in the city, takes us behind the scenes into her world as the Judges attempt to...
Mayor's Cup soccer tournament format flushed by CHSAA rule
The NYC Mayor’s Cup boys and girls soccer events will not be a tournament crowning a champion between senior all-star teams from the CHSAA, PSAL and private schools as initially...
Cathedral Prep showing improvement under first-year coach
One day after guiding Cathedral Prep to its first CHSAA boys soccer victory in quite some time, coach Will Scharen had to be rushed to the hospital with chest pains...
Business briefs
ForeclosuresThird-quarter foreclosures fell 34 percent from a year ago, RealtyTrac said. Default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repos were reported on 610,337 properties. One in every 213 US housing units...
Banks’ bad omen
Jamie Dimon must feel like the little Dutch boy plugging holes in Wall Street’s leaky dike. The JPMorgan Chase boss is watching as a raft of finacial regulations, the weak...
Gap’s bell-bottom blues: Closing stores
No, it’s not your imagination -- and yes, there are too many Gap stores.The struggling apparel giant said yesterday it will shutter more than 20 percent of its North American...
Google grabber
Google’s blowout third-quarter earnings offered signs that the tech giant is moving beyond search and making real inroads into mobile and display advertising. Google CEO Larry Page, in a conference...
Times’s new boss offering familiar buyouts
That didn’t take long. New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson yesterday told journalists that the company is offering a “limited voluntary buyout opportunity to newsroom volunteers.” It’s the first...
Bush Tower is back on block
The slender Bush Tower at 130 W. 42nd St. is on the market and potential buyers are hoping that this time the owners agree to make a deal.The 260,000-square-foot midblock...
New HBO Sports prez
Veteran sports television executive Ken Hershman will join HBO in January 2012 as president, HBO Sports, it was announced yesterday. Hershman, who was formerly with Showtime, will be responsible for...
Sold Out! iPhone 4S pre-order blitz
The three major US carriers who will offer the phone -- Sprint, AT&T and Verizon -- each said yesterday they had already sold out of the iPhone 4S on pre-order....
Comeback kids
Hollywood is on the road to a surprisingly successful year -- and they can thank a teenage wizard and a bunch of renegade apes for the box office increase. The...
Nadal too taxed for UK event
Rafael Nadal will not play the traditional Wimbledon warmup event at Queen’s Club next year, citing stringent British tax laws. Nadal said yesterday he can “lose money” when he plays...
Netflix in $1B deal with CW
Netflix inked another big deal for rights to TV shows from The CW network after suffering a subscriber fallout over price hikes and a plan to split its services. Netflix...
Icahn is going truckin’
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has taken a 9.8 percent stake in truck maker Navistar International, according to a filing yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Icahn is known for...
Workers say ‘no’ to Ford
Workers at a Ford Motor plant in Chicago overwhelmingly rejected a proposed four-year labor contract, the second “no” vote at a Ford plant this week. A failure to ratify the...
Hulu: Best move is no move
Hulu is no longer on the market. The popular Internet television hub and its big media backers, which had been entertaining prospective buyers for months, announced yesterday it is off...
iRepair iPhones
There’s gold in them thar broken Macs and iPhones! A growing tide of Apple gadgets with dead buttons, cracked screens and lost data is migrating away from repair desks at...
Fitch puts banks on watch list
Fitch Ratings downgraded UBS yesterday and placed seven other US and European banks on credit watch negative, citing challenges in the economy and financial markets, as well as the impact...
Closed ‘Locker’
LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Iraq war veteran who claimed “The Hurt Locker” was based on his experiences as a bomb-disposal expert.The...
Teflon Dom off the hook
He just keeps getting off. Global lecher Dominique Strauss-Kahn -- who skated on charges he attacked a maid in a Manhattan hotel -- won’t be prosecuted for an alleged attempted...
Jewish school hate letters
Two anti-Semitic letters were sent to the Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan, and cops are investigating seven similar hate crimes involving the same author, police sources said yesterday.The letters, which...
‘Kidnappers’: Our 8 children were being abused
A couple that admittedly busted their eight kids out of foster care made their first appearance in a Queens court yesterday -- and heard their lawyer accuse prosecutors of trying...
Feds slap TLC ‘bias’
The feds are saying “hail, yes” to claims that the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission discriminates against disabled riders.The Manhattan US Attorney’s Office yesterday joined a suit that charges officials...
Deadly LI capsize
One man drowned and three others were stranded overnight in Long Island Sound after their rowboat sank, police said.The four men, all in their 20s, ventured out near Port Washington,...
Blame it on Dr. Zit
Defenders of Michael Jackson’s Doctor Feelgood yesterday launched their first big attacks on The King of Pop’s dermatologist, laying groundwork to blame the pimple popper for MJ’s drug-fueled death. During...
‘Gay-slur’ teacher probed
Officials in a New Jersey school district are investigating claims that a high-school teacher who advises a prayer group posted remarks on her Facebook page that described homosexuality as “perverted”...
Wrong-way horror
An 84-year-old man was killed yesterday when he drove the wrong way onto the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn and smashed into another vehicle, authorities said.The man and his 82-year-old wife...
NYC art’s bronze age
Bulls and bears -- and pears, too. A massive new sculpture exhibition is set to turn Broadway, from the Upper West Side to Washington Heights, into a bronze wild kingdom....
To the rescue!
Hollywood couldn’t top this drama. An NYPD chopper pilot and his crack crew of four pulled off a death-defying rescue of two West Point cadets who had become stranded upstate...
Questions at GI’s funeral
Pvt. Danny Chen, 19, of Chinatown, was laid to rest with full military honors yesterday -- as the Army continued to investigate reports that he was racially taunted by fellow...
Rail-y low marks for NJ Transit
NJ Transit riders want a ticket to ride -- on another transit system. The Garden State rail line does a horrible job handling service disruptions, showing up on time and...
Rai$ing the dead
So much for tenants’ last rights.A Bronx landlord was busted for allegedly cashing dozens of hefty pension checks addressed to his tenant -- even though she’s been dead for more...
$unny tan-tax hopes dim
Revenue from a 10 percent excise tax on indoor tanning services mandated by the 2010 health-care overhaul law is falling short of projections, a government watchdog reported yesterday.The tax brought...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** An armed, bearded bandit is wanted for knocking off five businesses in a robbery spree that began last month, police said. The suspect struck twice yesterday, hitting Yesol...
Tragic WTC cops honored
Nine NYPD officers who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site in the Sept. 11 recovery effort and then died were honored yesterday at the city’s Police...
WATCH: Squirrel's three-day CVS rampage
Calling all cars! The NYPD unleashed the full force of its Emergency Service Unit yesterday to go after a menace that took over a Harlem CVS for three days --...
Beach $lap for Trump
ALBANY -- New York’s highest court told The Donald “no dice” yesterday in his bid to avoid paying rent to the state for a planned, but not yet built, catering...
Very well endowed
Forget Harvard and Wharton -- Columbia is apparently the best Ivy League “business” school around. Despite the rotten economy, Columbia raked in a whopping 24 percent return on its endowment...
Claws for celebration
Sounds ferry delicious. Famed restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten hopes to transform an old Staten Island Ferry boat, recently purchased by a friend on eBay, into a floating lobster restaurant on the...
Good nudes for artist
The G-string stays on ’til the sun goes down.City officials have reached an oddball compromise with Andy Golub, a performance artist who body-paints nude women in public -- the gals...
Jawsome ride!
Don’t ever accuse Doug Niblack of jumping the shark. That’s because the 23-year-old surfer found himself riding the back of one -- a vicious Great White, no less -- while...
Cooking up some help
She’s the patron saint of the protest. A professional rock singer on the Lower East Side has opened her bathroom and kitchen to the grungy Occupy Wall Street protesters, letting...
Schools squander $133M in pre-k aid
Poor planning by the city’s Department of Education has forced it to return $133 million in unused state pre-kindergarten funds since 2007, an audit has found. Comptroller John Liu ripped...
LES purse snatcher’s feed frenzy
A serial purse snatcher has been preying on customers at two of the most popular restaurants on the Lower East Side -- ripping off diners too distracted by pastrami and...
Obama's NJ approval rating drops to lowest in tenure
Well, at least he’s more popular than Snooki. President Obama’s job-approval rating has dropped to 43 percent in New Jersey -- the lowest of his tenure, according to a Quinnipiac...
Furor at defense cut$
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta yesterday warned lawmakers that threatened massive spending cuts “will truly devastate our national defense.”“I don’t say it as a scare tactic, don’t say it...
Cain’s north poll trip
Republican Herman Cain’s presidential campaign is on the rise -- and so are the political attacks against him. A top adviser to GOP rival Mitt Romney unloaded on Cain’s “9-9-9”...
Payback time for Iran: O
WASHINGTON -- President Obama vowed yesterday that Iran would “pay a price” for its “dangerous and reckless behavior” and insisted the United States could back up its charge that senior...
Prez pulls in $70 mil
WASHINGTON -- The Obama 2012 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced yesterday that their fund-raising haul was $70 million for the third quarter, down from the second quarter...
Little Whitey ‘lies’
BOSTON -- The longtime girlfriend of former crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger should be denied bail because she has lied to federal authorities, prosecutors say.Catherine Greig lied when she said...
BlackBerry is so $orry
BlackBerry bosses have apologized -- and the next question is whether they’ll pay up. Execs of Canada-based Research in Motion, the company that makes the BlackBerry, prostrated themselves yesterday before...
Ex-Galleon Group head Raj Rajaratnam gets 11 years in prison for insider trading
A judge slapped him with a record 11-year prison stretch for insider trading -- and that was the good news. Fallen hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam yesterday dodged a much longer...
Parcel-post drug heist
A postal office employee has been charged with stealing illegal drugs from a parcel.Lori Allen, who works in Rosedale, Queens, admitted she was paid $1,000 to $2,000 by a person...
Israeli freedom plan
JERUSALEM -- Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is expected to return to Israel via Egypt by next Wednesday, Palestinian sources and Israeli media said yesterday.Shalit, who will be freed in...
Hamptons’ table$ turn
The Hamptons’ balance of power has tilted south.For the first time, Southampton Town’s median home sale prices were higher than those in East Hampton Town, according to Suffolk Research Service,...
‘Holiday’ bank bandit guilty
A California man who became one of New York’s most wanted criminals after a bank-robbery spree last Christmas season pleaded guilty yesterday to a slew of charges. Marat Mikhaylich, 35,...
Partner is guilty in Conn. home slay
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A second man was convicted yesterday of murdering a woman and her two daughters in a gruesome 2007 home invasion in which family members were tied...
Hacker’s starlet addiction
He was a virtual junkie. The 35-year-old cyber-creep arrested by the FBI for hacking dozens of celebrity phones and e-mail accounts claimed yesterday he couldn’t stop himself from prying into...
‘Rockettes’ church horror
A construction worker died yesterday after accidently plunging off the roof of an Upper West Side church that was being used as rehearsal space for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular,...
Pit-bull horror on Upper E. Side
A blood-soaked Upper East Side man was found dead on his kitchen floor yesterday with bite marks on his body and a slash on his head -- and cops charged...
Dance of the Un-Mitts
The question now for Herman Cain, certainly the most charming Republican presidential contender since Ronald Reagan, is whether he’s a formidable candidate in his own right -- or just the...
Amanda and Casey: A pair of pretty little liars?
The Issue: Similarities between the Casey Anthony and Amanda Knox cases, including their good looks. *** Thank you, Andrea Peyser, for your frequent nuggets of common sense (“Gals Too Pretty...
Blinkers off on Iran?
The Obama administration may finally be coming to terms with the Iranian threat. Certainly, President Obama is sounding tougher this week regarding Tehran than he did during his first year...
High noon at 7 a.m.
Just how long will City Hall let the flower children of Occupy Wall Street remain camped out at Zuccotti Park? Today’s the day New York is likely to find out....
Look in the mirror
Visiting New York this week, I found the organized street protests against Wall Street were the talk of the town. But I’m sorry -- they lost me at hello. Their...
An abhorrent ally for Democrats
About the only thing the Tea Party and the unwashed rabble occupying Zuccotti Park have in common is their deep loathing for the financial and political nomenklatura who precipitated the...
Footloose is still shakin' without Bacon
"Footloose” won me over early, with a sequence in which the hero gets all heavy metal while restoring his badass ... VW Bug. Later there is the best demolition derby...
Not much to thing about
Misshapen, malodorous and firing its grubby tentacles across the room in a feeding frenzy, “The Thing” reminded me of a roomful of journalists immediately after someone announces Open Bar. The...
Cage & Schumacher oughta be arrested
‘Trespass” is about desperate hours, a hostage situation, the panicked eyes of the abused glancing at the door and wondering whether to make a run for it. All of this...
Beak shall inherit the earth
Credit the makers of “The Big Year’’ with trying something different -- a comedy set in the world of competitive birding that’s neither a gross-out buddy movie nor a drippy...
It’s a long night’s journey into King’s life
It’s a stormy night in Memphis on April 3, 1968, and Martin Luther King Jr. has only a few hours left to live. Earlier that evening, he delivered his famous...
Jackman hits the jackpot
Better, stronger, faster -- Hugh Jackman is Broadway’s $6 million dollar man! His one-man show -- “Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway” -- doesn’t open until Nov. 10, but he’s already...
‘Woman’: Wild, disturbing
I knew I was in for a wild viewing when the producers of “The Woman” sent me a DVD of the movie wrapped in a barf bag. I didn’t need...
Skin and moans
Spanish master filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar offers up a grisly Halloween trick-and-treat in his first full-out horror movie, an eye-popping and genuinely shocking gender-bending twist on Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo.’’ Working with...
Fireflies In The Garden
Julia Roberts’ character dies 10 minutes into Dennis Lee’s maudlin family drama, which was pretty much DOA when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival nearly four years ago --...
Father of Invention
Between producing “The Social Network’’ and serving as artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theater, Kevin Spacey found the time to lend his charismatic presence to this little comedy, which...
Connected
This pro-Internet “declaration of interdependence” has all the narrative focus of a Twitter feed. Director Tiffany Shlain, founder of the Webby Awards, begins by riffing on smartphone addiction, then veers...
Texas Killing Fields
Basically “csi: East Texas,’’ the debut feature of Ami Canaan Mann is long on style and short on coherent storytelling, not unlike numerous efforts by her director dad, Michael, who...
Oka!
Yearning for an exciting African adventure? “Oka!” isn’t it. Based on a true story, Lavinia Currier’s drama follows a New Jersey ethnomusicologist, Larry Williams (Kris Marshall), to Central Africa to...
Hondo eyes Hawaii
The Tigers passed their roarschach test last night, but Hondo crashed with Air Force and Cal so the big red inkblot grew to 2,715 kuntzes. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will put...
5 questions for ... Joe Klecko
SNY analyst and former Jets defensive lineman Joe Klecko talked with the Post's Justin Terranova about Mark Sanchez's regression, Rex Ryan's personality and the need for someone to "smack somebody...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Simpson leads Webb Simpson matched his best score of the year in the opening round of the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island, Ga., making eight birdies for a 7-under...
Serby's title-fight Q&A with ... Bernard Hopkins
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with Bernard Hopkins at the Joe Hand Gym in Philadelphia as boxing's all-time oldest champion was finishing preparations for his title defense Saturday night against...
Busy time in outdoor season
It will be a busy weekend for outdoorsmen and women in New York with the opening of the bow season tomorrow and the fall run along our shores in full...
Knicks 'have found religion' in building team, Stern says
It took time, but the Knicks obviously -- and finally -- are on the right path, NBA commissioner David Stern said yesterday. If one specific proposal by the owners in...
Giants defense eager to beat Bills for coordinator
It happens often enough. A player goes against his former team, he gets more jacked up than usual and all week hears about how he has to keep his emotions...
Brewers even NLCS with Game 4 win over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- Randy Wolf might be the definition of mediocrity for his career, but last night he was by far the closest thing either team has seen to Cy...
If Sabathia opts out of contract, Yankees will have competition
CC Sabathia can void the remaining four years and $92 million left on his contract shortly after the conclusion of the World Series, and that provision has always been viewed...
Vic Cangialosi's Monmouth Grade
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $22,500; clm; 3up4-N J Esq 9-51-YankEmprss 8-12-Elite Miss 4-13-Youland 4-15-OurGrlFrdy 3-16-BllyMrNMr. 7-2SECOND-1 mile; $18,000; clm; 3up1-Big D 2-12-Zoran 3-13-Thpss'sftr 4-14-ChiefOprtr 6-15-Il Divo 8-16-SndsApplng 10-17-Toots 4-1THIRD-1...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: On The Glass (6th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; claiming4Mountain Air(L Stalbaum)2-1-28-57Make It Brief(Y Gingras)7-1-73-11Fox Valley Sosa(D Dube)4-7-14-12OneParkPlace(GBrennan)3-8-58-13Handfulofjuno(JBartlett)5-6-310-15Arm And A Leg(B Holland)8-5-26-16Hez Da Man N(J Stratton)3-5-615-18Your...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur(T); $23,000; clm($20,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Calico Mountain(L),119J Bravo1-4-3LO'Brien 20-13Out of Your Mind(L),121JRodriguez8-9-6Sciacca 20-14Joey's Chance(L),121J Espinoza4-6-5PKelly 8-15Quiet Power(L),119E...
Santa Anita Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Post time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $45,000; mdn; 2YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3Fleet Eagle(L),120KJohn7-x-x20-16Liaison(L),120RBjrno3-x-x9-51Spit Ball(L),120MSmith5-3-56-12PatrioticLn(L),120JRosro2-5-x5-24Sir Allison(L),120MGarca7-x-x9-25WrittenRule(L),120CSthrd3-x-x5-2SECOND-1 1/16m; $27,000; alw; 3up(f)PNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1PhiBetaHeat(L),121DVrgra7-1-75-23Town Belle(L),117JTalmo4-1-107-22BrooklynRse(L),117RBjrno1-3-33-14Sheskey(L),121JRosro1-2-27-25RealRockprt(L),117MPdrza1-2-410-16CleverChloe(L),120AQunnz1-10-74-1THIRD-6 fur; $27,000; cl($50,0); 2YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds7Twitch(L),120JRosro5-x-x8-52Do Somethin(L),116DFlors5-x-x4-11Lovestealer(L),120AQunnz9-x-x15-13Walkingndrm(L),116RBjrno7-x-x5-14BoldPretnse(L),120PVlnzax-x-x9-25Mango Tart(L),116KJohnx-x-x12-16Stormy Lucy(L),120JVldva4-x-x8-18SuddenGhost(L),116CSthrd4-x-x8-1FOURTH-1 1/16m; $17,000; cl($10,0); 3pPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast...
Belmont Charts
October 13, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 fur; $22,080; clm; 3upOff: 1:01 p.m.St. good, won gamelyTime: 22.63, 45.87, 57.77, 1:10.35.Trainer: David JacobsonWinner: DK...
Geren considered for Mets' bench job
Bob Geren, the former Oakland manager and Yankees catcher, interviewed with Mets officials yesterday to discuss the team's vacant bench coach position. The team interviewed Jim Riggleman for the job...
Bills Pro Bowl NT could miss game against Giants
It looks as if the Giants will catch a break this week that could help their sluggish running game finally get off the ground. Bills nose tackle Kyle Williams hasn't...
Yankees execs in line for Angels GM job
DETROIT -- Brian Cashman says there is anything new with his situation and nothing percolating in regards to CC Sabathia's contract. However, there is plenty going on in the general...
Giants' Bradshaw running behind
Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw has fewer rushing yards than Michael Vick does this season, has the lowest average yards per carry of his career, and has yet to run...
Nets star Williams talking Turkey
People smoke in Turkey. But not on TV. That was one of the culture shocks Nets point guard Deron Williams encountered in Turkey, where he went to play during the...
Messier to run NYC Marathon
Mark Messier plans to run next month's New York City Marathon. The six-time Stanley Cup champion will take on the 26.2 miles on Nov. 6 in the city where he...
'Coach' Tuck itching to get back on field for Giants
Justin Tuck sat at his locker for over half an hour yesterday, cutting up in his engaging way with the media. He was wearing a mask. "I'm just a coach,"...
Fitzpatrick's journey from Harvard to Buffalo could wind up in playoffs
BUFFALO -- The irony is off the charts. A long-suffering franchise from arguably the NFL's most blue-collar city is being led -- perhaps back to the playoffs for the first...
Knicks' Christmas game facing Tuesday deadline
If the cancellation of the first two weeks of the season last week wasn't ominous enough, NBA commissioner David Stern yesterday added another helping of gloom and doom yesterday when...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3 3½(50½)BillsPACKERS14½15 (48) RamsSTEELERS13 12 (40) JaguarsEagles 1½ 1½(47) REDSKINSLIONS 5 4½(46½)49ersFALCONS 6 4 (51) PanthersBENGALS 7 7 (40½)ColtsRAVENS 5½ 7½(44½)TexansRAIDERS 7 6½(44½)BrownsPATRIOTS 7 7 (55½)CowboysSaints 5...
Vic Cangialosi's Keeneland Grade
Post Time: 1:15 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $15,000; clm; 3up7-ChromeCrsr 4-11-Xpectation 2-12-Go Lydia Go 10-13-VagueReprt 20-14-ChChngJckp 15-15-Drvngmtznd 12-16-PopsLadyV. 12-18-Pish Posh 15-19-RewrdthLdy 4-110-Smthnvnbtt 30-111-Sweetasnls 30-112-Kitkandoo 8-1SECOND-7 fur; $28,000; clm; 3up4-OnLstNtmr 4-11-LlMssSmrty 5-12-Tantamount 6-13-CredtCrnch...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEBRIAN COSTELLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSGIANTS 3½ (50½) Bills (1:00, CBS)GiantsBillsGiantsBillsBillsPACKERS 15 (48) Rams (1:00)★ PackersRams★ PackersRamsRamsSTEELERS 12 (40) Jaguars (1:00)★ SteelersJaguarsSteelersSteelersJaguarsEagles 1 (47½) REDSKINS...
Tigers extend ALCS with Game 5 win over Rangers
DETROIT -- Beads of sweat dripped from Phil Coke's forehead following a very nervous ninth inning in which he was asked to save a must-win for the Tigers. Standing in...
Yankees' target Wilson comes up small for Rangers
DETROIT -- When the ball hit the third-base bag and hopped over Adrian Beltre's head in the sixth inning and umpire Larry Vanover signaled fair, Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson threw...
Rangers GM quiet about Sabathia rumors
DETROIT -- Rangers general manager Jon Daniels rolled his eyes in disbelief when asked to comment about an ESPN story out of New York that reported the Rangers were poised...
Tavares comes alive in Islanders' win over Lightning
If the Islanders could make a mold and mint last night's performance over and over again, they would be a very happy franchise come playoff time. They got a dominating...
Brodeur hurt, but Hedberg saves Devils against Kings
The Devils' goaltending insurance policy paid off again last night. Johan Hedberg proved the perfect backup, literally. After relieving an injured Martin Brodeur after the first period, he stopped everything...
Former Yankees DH Berkman gets NL Comeback award
ST. LOUIS -- Lance Berkman doesn't blame anybody who thought he was done after his uneventful stint with the Yankees last season. "It doesn't take long for people to move...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing3 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, qualifyingESPN24:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceESPN27:30 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, Dollar General 300ESPN2Baseball8 p.m.NLCS: Brewers at Cardinals, Game 5TBS, ESPN (1050 AM)Football8 p.m.CFL: Calgary at TorontoNFLN7:30 p.m.Hawaii at San...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 14SATOct. 15SUNOct. 16MONOct. 17TUEOct. 18WEDOct. 19THUOct. 20RangersNOGAMEIsles7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEVanc.10:00MSG+ESPNNOGAMECalg.9:30MSGESPNIslandersNOGAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:30MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMENash.8:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEK.C.4:00MSGWADONOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEPhil.8:00ESPN2WADOGiantsSunday, Oct. 16Bills1:00TV -- CBSRadio -- WFAN 660 AMJetsMonday, Oct. 17Dolphins8:30TV -- WWOR, ESPNRadio -- ESPN 1050 AM
Starr report
Add these names to the list of NBC's probable "Celebrity Apprentice" contestants -- names that I don't think have appeared anywhere yet: Paul Teutel Sr., Lou Ferrigno, Lisa Lampanelli, Patricia...
Koppel to join ‘Rock’
Former “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel is joining Brian Williams on NBC’s “Rock Center.” Koppel will become a special correspondent on the prime-time newsmagazine, which premieres Oct. 31 (10 p.m./Ch. 4)...
Ewww la la
In case you happened to be dead yourself, you may not know that the scariest show on TV lost its “Dead” head, Frank Darabont, this summer when he was knocked...
Going steady
The NFL continues to be a huge TV draw, although ratings are slightly lower than last season’s robust performance. Through the first five weeks of the season, NFL games on...
Drama mama
Mama checks in with dramas that are trying to avoid the mid-October TV doldrums:*“Sons of Anarchy” (Tuesday, 10 p.m., FX) After last season’s Irish jig fell flat, SAMCRO returned to...
‘Kids’ movie to TV
HBO is developing a new family series based on “The Kids Are All Right.” The network has signed a deal that could turn the Oscar-nominated movie into an hour-long series,...
‘Revenge’ is sweet
ABC has given full-season orders to freshman series “Revenge” and “Suburgatory” -- and has ordered six more episodes of second-season series “Happy Endings.” “Revenge,” starring Emily VanCamp as a young...
Cider week rules
It’s apple season, and customers at Hicks Orchard in upstate Granville are carting away sweet, crisp Macouns, Ginger Golds and Empires by the bushel. But some of the apple varieties...
Weird but true
This is why it’s a bad idea to make an impulse theft at the checkout counter. Michael Wayne Aurilio was busted for allegedly stealing a charity jar from a convenience-store...
Big East plans to invite six
The Big East is prepared to take the steps necessary to quickly move on from the loss of Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC by inviting six programs to join...
Atlantic 10 praying to keep Temple
Conference realignment has been the biggest topic in college sports for the past several months. And though that talk has been dominated by what impact it will have on college...
Bart's Week 6 picks
Pete Rozelle, the father of the NFL’s parity principle, would be proud: Through the first five games, all eight divisions have at least one new team in first place or...
Brodeur injured; Hedberg shines in Devils’ win
The Devils’ goaltending insurance policy paid off again. Johan Hedberg once more proved the perfect backup, blanking the Kings during his 45 minutes of relief of the injured Martin Brodeur,...
California salon shooting suspect suffered PTSD from accident, ex-wife predicted rampage
SEAL BEACH, Calif. -- The California man who allegedly opened fire in a crowded beauty salon south of Los Angeles, killing eight people, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from...
Brodeur leaves Devils game with injury
Martin Brodeur left the Devils' game against the Kings after the first period Thursday night, suffering an apparent right shoulder injury 12 minutes into play.Brodeur had just survived a furious...