October 20, 2011
Rangers rally in 9th inning, beat Cardinals to even Series
ST. LOUIS — Down to their last three outs and facing another serious World Series deficit, the Texas Rangers did some rallying of their own. Lost at the plate, Josh...
Rutgers ready to face Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville and Rutgers are strikingly similar. Both feature pressure-minded coaches who have built top 20 defenses. True freshmen quarterbacks have taken over units still learning to rack...
DA wins battle over Harlem gang bang slang
Manhattan prosecutors were the winners today in a war of words with a slang-slinging Harlem gang banger. A jury sided with the DA in convicting 20-year-old Jaquan "Jay-Cash" Layne on...
Angry Manhattan residents lambast Zuccotti Park protesters
Infuriated lower Manhattan residents went ballistic on Zuccotti Park protesters at a chaotic Community Board 1 meeting tonight while blasting politicians for allowing the siege to continue without any end...
Rangers' Wolski ignores comment from coach
CALGARY, Alberta -- Wojtek Wolski took the high road, which was pretty much the only sane way for the Rangers forward to go, claiming Thursday morning he did not know...
Porn in the USA
Showtime is once again pushing the boundaries of decency on pay TV with a new late night series composed of vintage pornography. "Dave's Old Porn" - premiering tonight at 11:30...
TLC approves first taxi built for wheelchairs
It might soon be a little bit easier for wheelchair-bound New Yorkers to ride a cab in the city — but advocates for the disabled say its still not easy...
St. Peter's hires former Seton Hall AD
Former Seton Hall athletic director Joe Quinlan has been appointed the interim athletic director at Saint Peter’s College. The university announced the appointment Thursday, saying Quinlan will move into his...
Tomlinson to start for Jets against Chargers
Nearly everyone around LaDainian Tomlinson thinks Sunday’s game with the Chargers will hold special meaning for the Jets running back.Jets coach Rex Ryan said Tomlinson will make his first start...
Notre Dame women picked to win Big East over UConn
Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame have followed up a trip to the NCAA championship game by being selected the favorite to win the Big East. It’s the first time Notre...
Jets coach sorry for remarks about Chargers
This was one boast not even Rex Ryan felt compelled to back up.The Jets coach took an apologetic tone Thursday, admitting he messed up in a conference call with San...
Manhattan man gets 18 to life for killing ex-girlfriend
I hope you stay caged until you die, a Manhattan judge told a monstrous young Inwood strangler today. "It is the opinion of the court that you should serve out...
Father in Westchester family killings worked in DA’s office
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A district attorney’s office says the man who killed his wife and children in a New York suburb was once a criminal prosecutor. Bob Clifford, spokesman...
Man dodges highest charges in '08 SI robbery
ALBANY, N.Y. — A thief’s note threatening to shoot a bank teller isn’t sufficient to support a first-degree robbery count and its tough penalties, New York’s top court ruled Thursday....
UConn women's coach calls Notre Dame football 'huge problem' for Big East: report
Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma said Thursday the Big East's problems with expansion can be traced to Notre Dame football.According to NJ.com, Auriemma said the fact the Fighting Irish...
Jobs regretted delaying cancer surgery, says biographer
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Steve Jobs, Apple's late co-founder, regretted delaying potentially lifesaving surgery to treat his pancreatic cancer, his official biographer has revealed. After the iconic CEO was first diagnosed...
Rep. Giffords to read chapter of upcoming audio book
HOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) will read the final chapter of her upcoming memoir for the book's audio version, The Arizona Daily Star reported Thursday. "Gabby: A Story of...
Khadafy's death raises questions over fate of his New Jersey mansion
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- The death of Moammar Khadafy has set off celebrations in Libya. But in Englewood, N.J., where his regime owned a sprawling estate known as "Thunder Rock," the...
Who was Obama talking about?
Part of President Obama's statement from the rose garden this afternoon went like this:He "ruled the people with an iron fist, basic human rights were denied, innocent civilians were detained,...
One more piece of Obamacare bites the dust
The way things are going, how much of Obamacare is going to be left for the new Republican president to repeal in 2013? It seems that every day there's a...
Red Bulls' Rodgers: I'm quite positive we're going to win
Growing up in England, it’s unclear how much Luke Rodgers knows about Joe Namath or Mark Messier. But with his underachieving Red Bulls facing a pivotal regular-season finale tonight -- and a...
Shalit could hear Israeli forces fighting to free him while in Gaza prison, dad says
MITZPE HILA, Israel -- Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit heard the sounds of battle around him during a massive 2006 military operation seeking to free him from his Gaza captors, his...
Knicks' Carmelo eyes Izod Center for all-star game
Carmelo Anthony’s plans for his barnstorming all-star game in the New York area keeps getting bigger. During an appearance in Greenwich Village on Thursday, the Knicks forward said he’d like...
New Yorkers react to death of Moammar Khadafy
Death to the dictator! Jubilant Libyans living in New York whooped it up today after learning that iron-fisted strongman Moammar Khadafy had met his maker at the hands of rebellious...
ABC, ESPN to televise Breeders' Cup for 9 hours
ABC and ESPN will broadcast more than nine hours of this year's two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5, at Churchill Downs.Coverage of Friday's six Breeders'...
Jordan's Melo M8 shows off explosive features at Flight Lab 159
Carmelo Anthony’s new shoe is much more than just a basketball sneaker. During a tour of Jordan Brand’s new Flight Lab 159 silo in lower Manhattan, anyone can learn exactly...
SAC Capital faces second deal probe
STAMFORD, Conn. -- US securities regulators are examining whether SAC Capital Advisors LP improperly profited from trades made before a health care takeover was announced, the second such deal drawing...
CHSFL predictions, Week 7
Each week in the fall, New York Post beat writers Marc Raimondi and Joseph Staszewski will attempt to prognosticate the coming CHSFL weekend. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 6 Raimondi: 38-15 (Last...
PSAL football predictions, Week 7
Each week in the fall, New York Post beat writers Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. RECORDS...
U.S. Soccer names Caleb Porter U-23 coach, Tab Ramos U-20 coach
U.S. Soccer has named Caleb Porter the head coach of the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team, and three-time World Cup vet and native New Jerseyan Tab Ramos coach of the...
NBA deputy commissioner calls Gumbel's remarks 'outrageous'
Deputy NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday responded to Bryant Gumbel’s racially tinged comments about David Stern, saying, “I can’t speak for David, but a personal comment is: I thought...
Expert: Swallowing propofol wouldn't kill Michael Jackson
LOS ANGELES — An expert on the powerful anesthetic propofol told jurors Thursday there was no way Michael Jackson could have caused his own death by swallowing the drug —...
Maryland teen and Algerian charged in 'Jihad Jane' terror plot
PHILADELPHIA -- A Maryland teenager and another man were charged Thursday with allegedly helping a Pennsylvania woman nicknamed "Jihad Jane" provide material support to terrorists. Ali Charaf Damache, 46, an...
Stern misses NBA labor talks with flu
The marathon NBA bargaining sessions have taken their toll on Commissioner David Stern. He has the flu and was sent home by his doctor Thursday, missing afternoon negotiations. Deputy commissioner...
Trade may have saved life of Lions running back: report
A trade involving two backup running backs could have ended up saving the life of one of the players. On Tuesday, the Eagles traded Ronnie Brown to the Lions for...
Cuomo names Lhota as new MTA chair
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo has tapped Joseph Lhota, a senior aide to former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, as chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Cuomo also announced Nuria Fernandez as the...
Pretend French journo on trial in Manhattan for Romeo rampage
He's the charming Romeo from hell. A pretty young lawyer told a Manhattan jury today about her chilling brush with accused violent masher Hughes Akassy -- a suave, self-professed "French...
Publicists: Send those screeners!
NYFCC shocker! The New York Film Critics Circle will be voting on our annual awards on Nov. 28, the Monday after Thanksgiving. Like most people, I have a life and...
February trial date set in Rutgers suicide case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man turned down a plea deal Thursday...
Sao Paulo to host 2014 World Cup opening match
ZURICH — Sao Paulo will host the opening match of the 2014 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium will stage the final, FIFA announced Thursday. The host nation...
Khadafy's death resonates with Lockerbie relatives
Susan Cohen has been waiting for this day since shortly after her 20-year-old daughter was blown out of the sky by a terrorist bomb in 1988, allegedly at the behest...
Jets' Cromartie practices, plans to play
Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie was back on the practice field Thursday after missing Wednesday's practice with a pulled groin.Cromartie said he will be able to play Sunday against the Chargers,...
Syracuse looking to upset West Virginia again
SYRACUSE -- A year ago, Syracuse used an upset win over West Virginia as a springboard to postseason success. The Mountaineers are ready to make amends. "Last year those guys...
Autopsy confirms Ohio wildlife park owner shot himself, body bitten by big cat
ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- Autopsy results confirmed that the owner of an exotic wildlife park, who incited panic in a small Ohio town by letting dozens of his animals loose, killed...
Bagged salad sold in NY, 14 other states recalled on salmonella concerns
WASHINGTON -- Taylor Farms Retail has recalled more than 3,000 cases of bagged salad blends on concerns that some of the products may contain salmonella, the US Food and Drug...
Mayoral campaign cash-swipe jury stalls on job one: Deciding who's the victim
Who's the victim again? Is it that Michael What's-His-Name fellow? Jurors in the mayoral campaign cash-heist case spent their second day of deliberations repeatedly posing a foggy-headed question -- who...
Michael Douglas' son pleads guilty to drug charge
And the award for biggest blown break goes to: Cameron Douglas. The troubled son of actor Michael Douglas -- who beat a mandatory 10-year prison stretch by ratting out his...
Oscar Watch: 'Descendants' lead Gotham nods
In the very first film award nominations of the season, "The Descendants'' leads the Gotham Awards with three nods, including best feature. "Martha May May Marlene'' also had three nomination,...
'Shore' star signs on for wrestling gig
This ‘Jersey Shore’ star will be using his fists for more than pumping!Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, one of the stars of MTV’s hit reality show, has signed on to be a part...
Queens woman acquitted of killing hubby to remain jailed -- for now
The Queens woman who was acquitted of murdering her ex-cop husband but jailed on a gun charge will not taste freedom for several days because of an ambiguity in the...
20 people busted in Brooklyn for filing fake car accident claims
The feds have busted 20 people in Brooklyn today for staging car accidents and filing false claims, authorities said. The group would stage the accidents, then call police in order...
Queens driver flees accident, lands van on boat
His shenanigans landed him in hot water. A Queens driver fleeing the scene of an accident ended up crashing into a boat in the Hawtree Basin after he lost control...
With warped vision, Khadafy maddened Libya, West
TRIPOLI, Libya — During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Moammar Khadafy was one of the world's most eccentric dictators, so mercurial that he was both condemned and courted...
Cops shoot gunman, stop SI diner robbery
Police stopped an an armed robbery early today at a Staten Island diner -- wounding the gunman after he had crashed a stolen car into a fence in a failed...
'Sweet Home Alabama' star Hailey Glassman out to clear air
She isn’t a “homewrecker.” That’s the message Hailey Glassman, who two years ago was thrust into tabloid fame over her relationship with Jon Gosselin, is trying to get across as...
Driverless car technology unveiled by Google co-founder
SAN FRANCISCO -- Self-driving car technology was unveiled by Google, the pioneering search engine turned car maker. The website's co-founder Sergey Brin announced Wednesday that 10 percent of the company...
President Obama to appear on 'The Tonight Show'
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will appear on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on Tuesday, Oct. 25, the White House announced. It will be the President's second appearance on...
Facebook's Zuckerberg tops Fortune's '40 Under 40' list
This year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranks first on the Fortune "40 Under 40" list, moving up a spot to displace the 2010 top pick, his mentor Marc Andreessen, who...
Weekly jobless claims fall 6K to 403K, labor market remains weak
WASHINGTON --- New claims for unemployment benefits in the US moved down slightly last week, showing a small improvement but indicating the labor market is still weak. Initial jobless claims...
Shia LaBeouf accused of making knife threat after Canada bar brawl
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf was accused of threatening to pull a knife on a man who restrained him after a wild brawl outside a bar in...
California subpoenas Bank of America over mortgage-backed securities, report says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The office of California's Attorney General subpoenaed Bank of America on Tuesday, seeking to determine whether the bank sold and marketed mortgage-backed securities under false pretenses, the...
Moammar Khadafy's final bloody moments
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Moammar Khadafy's final moments showed him struggling to stay alive -- bleeding from several gunshot wounds -- as an angry crowd surrounded him and dragged the former...
VIDEO: First glimpse of new Garden
Madison Square Garden opened its door yesterday, giving the media a glimpse of the changes that are part of the first phase of the world’s most famous arena’s $850 million...
New Yorkers support city's plan to set up bike-rental stations: poll
Mayor Bloomberg's bike-rental plan is riding high. A Quinnipiac Poll out today shows New Yorkers overwhelmingly back the city's proposal to set up 600 bike rental stations for 10,000 two-wheelers...
Depressing news about antidepressants
Lots of kids are taking them and lots of adults too and not many are being treated with therapy. This is the depressing state of antidepressants in the United States...
Cardinals defeat Rangers in World Series Game 1
ST. LOUIS — Chris Carpenter wasn’t only the better ace last night, he was the best Card in the deck. More resembling the stud who beat Roy Halladay in Game...
Victory eludes Rangers against Cardinals in Game 1
ST. LOUIS — Nelson Cruz found out the Cardinals learned from the Tigers and that he wasn’t going to see many pitches from the middle of the plate in. “They...
Jets' Burress fires back at critics
Plaxico Burress isn’t the explosive weapon he used to be as a Giant. He hasn’t been a red-zone menace. He hasn’t been getting open enough. He has three drops over...
Jets' Cromartie charged up to face former team
The last time the Chargers and Jets met, Antonio Cromartie walked off the field a playoff loser, wearing San Diego’s colors. He was traded to the Jets two months later,...
Rutgers, Seton Hall rebuilding in Big East
Now the rebuilding begins. After inheriting senior-led teams in their first seasons in the Big East, Rutgers head coach Mike Rice and Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard’s fingerprints on...
Classic Big East rivalries on way out
Some things don’t make sense: Connecticut and Tennessee not playing each other in women’s basketball. Nebraska and Oklahoma not playing in football. Georgetown and Syracuse; UConn and Pitt done in...
Young St. John's picked 12th in Big East
Plan A didn’t work. After hearing this summer that sophomore point guard Nurideen Lindsey said his expectation was for St. John’s to win the NCAA championship, coach Steve Lavin thought...
Palmer takes first-team snaps for Raiders
On the second play of practice for Oakland’s starting offense, Carson Palmer stepped in and ran a play. The question now is whether Palmer can do enough this week to...
Baseball will celebrate Cinderellas while TV viewers change channel
ST. LOUIS — Welcome to the hypocrites’ World Series or, better yet, the best worst thing that has ever happened to commissioner Bud Selig. Here is the World Series that...
Big payday for Rangers' Wilson may be slipping away
ST. LOUIS — These are the kinds of opportunities you dream about as a kid, narrating it all by yourself in that high-pitched, play-by-play voice we all use. If you’re...
Girls volleyball roundup: Fontbonne Hall beats TMLA, clinches third place in B/Q
Fontbonne Hall wasn’t the team to dethrone St. Francis Prep. That honor went to Archbishop Molloy on Tuesday night. But the Bonnies locked up third place with a 25-19, 25-20,...
Girls soccer roundup: Unbeaten Columbia Prep clinches NYCAL title
Columbia Prep will head into its anticipated match with Riverdale perfect. The Lions wrapped up the NYCAL regular-season championship with a tough 3-0 win over UNIS in a girls soccer...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer roundup: Horace Mann tops Hackley in overtime on Elliott's goal
Owen Elliott scored the match’s lone goal in the second overtime on an assist from Bernie Rawlins as Horace Mann toppled Hackley, 1-0, in a pivotal Ivy Prep League showdown...
Heart of a Lion: Loughlin AD, girls volleyball coach beats cancer
The atmosphere at Bishop Loughlin was raucous, the hundreds of fans in attendance jumping out of their seats with every point. The Lions girls volleyball team swept St. Agnes on...
Pitt stop: Horace Mann centerfielder commits to Panthers
The summer before his junior year, Harrison Bader’s life changed. He joined the New York Grays, a high-level travel baseball program, the kind of organization he had been looking for....
Hersch plays hero again as Dalton nips Fieldston in overtime
Charlotte Hersch has heard the instructions from Sandy Taylor all season. The Dalton coach has told his sophomore forward to shoot quicker and not take an extra touch. Hersh could...
WAYNE'S WORLD: E-Hall star addresses team's rollercoaster season
Every other week during the football season, Erasmus Hall star senior quarterback/safety Wayne Morgan, the most highly touted football player in New York City, takes us into his life and...
INSIDE BOYS SOCCER: LaSalle in midst of soccer renaissance
Basketball is the sport LaSalle Academy has been known for with notable alumni like Ron Artest and God Shammgod. The boys soccer team has had some superstars, too – Bakary...
Back with a vengeance, Diaby leads MLK to perfect regular season
Ibrahim Diaby had 13 goals and five assists, impressive numbers for anyone. Then consider this: Martin Luther King Jr.’s dynamic attacking midfielder has missed seven of the Knights’ 15 games...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: MLK blanks Bard, completes perfect regular season
Ibrahim Diaby scored twice and Tarek Beckles, Bryan Moya, Ramon Southerland and Dale Brissett also scored as Martin Luther King Jr. blanked Bard, 6-0, to complete a perfect regular season...
Business briefs
eBay earningsEBay said earnings grew 14 percent in the third quarter, in line with Wall Street’s expectations. Following the report, eBay shares fell 4.6 percent in after-hours trading.Prices upThe consumer...
Number of NYers no longer eligible for jobless benefits jumped 30 percent in Sept.
The number of jobless New Yorkers who will see their unemployment benefits run dry is expected to jump more than 30 percent in September, the first significant uptick since January,...
Citi fined $285M for selling dog$#!t paper
Citigroup really stepped in it this time.The bank was forced to shell out $285 million in a settlement linked to the sale of 2007 vintage mortgage bonds one unnamed Citi...
Switch-hitting vs. the DC-Wall Street Twins
They may be swinging from opposite sides of the plate, but aren’t the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street protesters really aiming at the same target? The object of both...
Morgan moves up
In the land of the battered bank, just scratching out a profit can make you king. That’s turning out to be the story with Morgan Stanley as it gained ground...
Trump rolls the dice on e-bets
Donald Trump and New York hedge-fund manager Marc Lasry want a seat at the virtual poker table if online gambling is legalized in the US. The real-estate financier, Lasry’s Avenue...
Groupon IPO now $500M
Groupon is planning an initial public offering of less than 10 percent of the overall discount-deal company, at a valuation of less than $12.5 billion, in light of recent market...
’Droid dessert
On the eighth day, the battle for smartphone and tablet domination was renewed. Google, after delaying the launch of its new operating system for a week and a day because...
A bruised Apple is off $22B
Sometimes the Apple does fall far from the tree. The tech giant yesterday had its worst day of trading since the height of the financial crisis. The day after Apple...
JetBlue’s CFO is bailing out
JetBlue Airways fell sharply after Chief Financial Officer Ed Barnes resigned ahead of the carrier’s earnings report.Barnes’s departure, effective immediately, was announced after the stock market closed Tuesday. The resignation...
$1.2B Q3 for AmEx
American Express yesterday reported a third-quarter profit of $1.2 billion, or $1.03 a share, up from $1.1 billion, or 90 cents a share, a year ago. Total revenue in the...
Fees lift BNY
Bank of New York Mellon, the world’s largest custody bank, said third-quarter earnings rose 4.7 percent on higher asset fees. Net income rose to $651 million, or 53 cents a...
Carlyle’s $8.5B IPO valuation lags rival
Buyout behemoth Carlyle Group is pressing ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would value the firm at roughly $8.5 billion -- little more than half the value...
$1B hotel deal
Cerberus Capital Management, Chatham Lodging Trust and Innkeepers USA Trust settled a dispute over whether the buyout firm could end a deal to buy 64 of Innkeepers’ hotels because of...
Potential Astros owner Jim Crane wants $50M discount to move team to American League
Potential Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is looking to cut $50 million from the purchase price of the team in exchange for the Astros switching leagues, The Post has learned....
Deathbed ‘forgery’
Herbert A. Allen, founder of an annual business conference that draws a host of media moguls, is accused in a lawsuit of aiding a family fraud to stop a dying...
Easy does it
New York City is home to more than 8 million people -- and nearly 70 percent are renters. For most city dwellers, renting is a way of life. Therein lies...
Jennifer Gramersees
Jennifer Aniston’s appetite for downtown real estate appears to be insatiable. Despite recently purchasing two West Village apartments at 299 W. 12th St. -- which she bought in the name...
Just sold!
ManhattanBEEKMAN $950,00012 Beekman PlaceTwo-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,250 square feet, with new windowed kitchen, through-the-wall AC and S/E/W exposures; building features doorman, elevator attendant and garage. Maintenance $2,608, 37 percent tax-deductible....
It’s all in Gutte taste
"I try not to miss things,” actor Steve Guttenberg, 53, says of the beaches he left behind in California for an apartment near Lincoln Center. After 30 years in LA,...
For the birds
Though we might live in an urban environment, we’re never too far removed from nature. Consider the fall migratory period, when thousands of birds -- the northern cardinal, Carolina wren...
‘Back of bus’ = lack of bus
The city has threatened to shut down an Orthodox-run Brooklyn bus line if it doesn’t stop segregating its seats by making women sit at the back. The Department of Transportation...
Yankees' Sabathia backs Manhattan Hooters rival
Double C meets Double D. Yankees ace CC Sabathia is throwing his weight behind a brash new Manhattan boob and beer joint as it prepares for a fresh round of...
Jacko’s ‘Never Never Land’ drug treatment
Michael Jackson lived in a “pharmacological Never Never Land” and could have been the only insomniac in medical history ever treated with anesthesia, a key prosecution witness said yesterday.Dr. Steven...
French DSK civil suit dropped
She’s dropped her civil suit -- but not her surveillance. French writer Tristane Banon said yesterday she has abandoned legal action against randy ex-IMF honcho Dominique Strauss-Kahn -- but issued...
‘N-word’ cop in solitary
A rogue NYPD officer who allegedly hauled an innocent black man to jail and who was caught later using the “N-word” on a wiretap is now being held in protective...
He won’t be stereotyped
Who’s afraid of Herman Cain? Hollywood loathes him. Academia abhors him. And the country’s leftist establishment is shaking in its boots. Sorry, folks. He’s not going anywhere. Cain is a...
Library worm is ‘booked’
City librarians had tried to catch rampaging book thief Andrew Hanson for two years before a suspicious bookstore owner pounced on him and held him for cops, officials said yesterday.The...
Living like Kings
Kings County is on fire. Housing sales were up across the board in most Brooklyn neighborhoods for the third quarter of 2011 -- fueled in part by new condos selling...
Flashy ‘perv’ busted
Cops yesterday busted an alleged pervert who they say terrorized four young girls by exposing himself to them in their Jamaica building.Andrew Barrett, 19, of 160th Street, wasn’t far from...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police are searching for the gun-toting thug (pictured here) seen on surveillance video after shooting a man in Morrisania. The 25-year-old victim was walking along McClellan Street near...
Prez-jet $lap at PA big
A top Port Authority boss has been suspended 45 days without pay -- a loss of more than $20,000 in salary -- for enabling a friend and his kids to...
‘Fiery Mini’ recall
Safety regulators have opened an investigation into an estimated 36,000 Mini subcompact cars after receiving 12 complaints about engine-compartment fires. The probe involves BMW’s Mini Cooper S cars from model...
Job diss on union allies
It’s hippies versus hardhats. Occupy Wall Street protesters, who have strong support from labor unions, have stabbed their allies in the back by siding with an environmental group’s campaign that...
Hotel fit for terror kings
A day after being released from Israeli jails in a massive prisoner swap, Palestinian terrorists lived it up at a marble-floored, luxury hotel looking out on the Mediterranean Sea. “The...
Diaper dude can keep dole
A 30-year-old California man who wears diapers and lives as an “adult baby” can keep his $800-a- month Social Security disability checks, the agency ruled.Stanley Thornton’s infantile lifestyle won him...
Rain scatters Occupy Wall Street protesters
A rain-soaked day did what the city couldn’t: clean out Zuccotti Park. Thin-skinned Occupy Wall Street protesters fled for cover as soon as the skies opened up yesterday. “I got...
Facebook brain gain
This is your brain on Facebook: It’s bigger.British neuroscientists have found a direct link between the number of friends you collect on the social-networking mega-site and the amount of gray...
JetBlue nut slides
He’s 35 pounds lighter, writing a book, enjoying minor celebrity among flight attendants -- and more optimistic than he’s been since taking the most dramatic job exit in airline history....
‘Arrest’ justice for beaten cabby
Cops arrested a Manhattan man accused of punching and biting a cabdriver this month -- and have launched an investigation into why the suspect was let go on the night...
‘Beaten’ daddy finally snapped
“He did a monstrous thing.” A quiet Westchester County lawyer who griped that his estranged wife verbally abused him for years, finally snapped, beating her to death with a stick...
A gay old time at new senior center
Coming out soon in Chelsea is the nation’s first senior center geared exclusively to gay men and lesbians. Three years after making a commitment in his State of the City...
Lhota on track to head MTA
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo is expected tomorrow to name former Deputy Mayor Joseph Lhota (pictured) to chair the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It would be Cuomo’s second major transportation appointment this...
Charge! City to road-test electric taxicabs
Electric cars are fine for traipsing to Whole Foods or dropping the kids off at school, but city officials plan to put the eco-friendly vehicles through the ultimate auto obstacle...
Soc Sec $$ hike of 3.6%
WASHINGTON -- Social Security benefits will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first increase since 2009 for the one in five Americans who rely on government retirement and...
Carla’s oui lil’ newborn
And baby makes trois! France yesterday welcomed a baby girl, the first child of former supermodel and singer Carla Bruni and President Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy, 56, spent half-an-hour with his...
Lindsay Lohan jailed after judge revokes probation
Court officers slapped handcuffs on train wreck Lindsay Lohan yesterday after a furious judge found her in violation of her probation -- and questioned whether she’s even an actress anymore....
Prez deploys Michelle Obama for finale of campaign swing
WASHINGTON -- President Obama deployed popular First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday for the grand finale of his three-day campaign swing into Virginia. “How lucky am I to be married to...
NYC Jews sour on Bam’s Israel record
A majority of New York City Jews gave thumbs down to President Obama’s handling of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, says a new survey released yesterday. The Quinnipiac University Poll asked voters...
Mitt’s fit vs. Perry miffs GOP
Top Republicans worry that the open animosity between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry has hit the danger zone after Tuesday’s brutal debate in Las Vegas, with the bad blood threatening...
Cain carries lead in 2 polls
Presidential hopeful Herman Cain leads the GOP field in South Carolina and is running neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney in Florida, according to two new polls released yesterday. The NBC News/Marist...
Titanic price for drawings
LONDON -- A British auctioneer is offering two diagrams of the Titanic for sale on Oct. 29.The diagrams were used during the official inquest following the ship’s sinking in April...
‘Wining & driving’ arrest
He’s the buzz driver! A Long Island party-bus driver taking 25 oenophiles on a North Fork wine-tasting tour was busted for DWI after his boss discovered he’d allegedly been partying...
Cops kill 49 animals freed by crazed owner
They were sickeningly easy game for a shoot-to-kill spree. Cops armed with high-powered rifles stomped through the fields and woods around a rural Ohio town, hunting down 56 exotic animals...
Top cop on poll roll
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is more popular in this city than just about any other government figure, including President Obama. Despite the NYPD’s well-publicized clashes with the Wall Street protesters,...
Madoff son’s wife bares how suicide hubby paid for $ins of the father
Bernie Madoff’s daughter-in-law has for the first time exposed the private pain that the evil Ponzi schemer inflicted on his family and how he drove his eldest son to kill...
Grope-bust guy cleared
They got the wrong guy. The NYPD dropped sex- crime charges against a bartender busted for one of the Park Slope gropings -- an embarrassing setback in the high-profile case...
Is O getting tough enough on Iran?
President Obama is finally starting to get serious about Iran's terror masters and its nuclear program -- sort of. Last week’s announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder that the administration...
Port Authority perils
Gov. Cuomo yesterday nominated Patrick Foye, the former co-chairman of the Empire State Development Corp., to take over as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New...
Trying to reason with Iran: Bam’s memo to the mullahs
The Issue: How Pres. Obama should respond to Iran after the news of a foiled terror plot this month. *** Jonah Goldberg makes an important point: The Obama administration is...
Foye for the Port Authority
Love it or hate it, the Port Authority plays a huge role in shaping the region’s future. So Gov. Cuomo’s choice yesterday of Pat Foye to head it will have...
Rebels without a clue
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally let the fat-cat out of the bag yesterday, confirming what’s been apparent for some time: Democrats, led by President Obama, aren’t interested in more...
Stopping ‘Mitt the inevitable’
Tuesday night’s debate solidified Mitt Romney’s hold on the Republican nomination as the frontrunner beat back an aggressive challenge from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, keeping his aura of inevitability intact....
Stockholm Syndrome
The big banks are firing people, raising fees and too antsy about the economy to even consider the borrowing needs of small business -- yet the leaders of our financial...
Rangers coach takes shot at wounded Wolski
CALGARY, Alberta -- In just about one month, Wojtek Wolski has gone from getting the first opportunity to play left wing on the first line with Brad Richards and Marian...
Devils can't forget White's eye injury
The little trail of blood from the corner of David Clarkson's left eye yesterday was a poignant reminder of that terrible day Sept. 19, 2007. With former Devil Colin White...
Islanders coach won't tinker with lines
It was like Jack Capuano knew it was coming, and if there were any silent contemplation before his answer, it was indiscernible. "There's no question our secondary scoring, we're going...
Giants' Barden near return from broken ankle
For Giants receiver Ramses Barden, who never missed a practice in college, being sidelined for 11 months with a broken left ankle felt like being in jail. Though the intellectual...
1988 Series still stings La Russa
If you want to hit a sore spot with Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, mention the 1988 World Series. La Russa, who last night was set to manage in his...
More NBA labor talks today
After 24 hours of federal mediation spanning two days, George Cohen said last night he feels the talks have been "direct and "constructive" and announced they will continue today, which...
Jets coach 'would have had' Super Bowl rings with Chargers
Rex Ryan's Super Bowl boasts are not reserved for just the Jets anymore. The Jets coach told reporters in San Diego he believes he would have guided the Chargers to...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Steak and Gravy (1st) FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; conditional 4 SteakAndGravy (GBrennan) 2-1-1 8-5 7 Able Yankee (C Manzi) 4-1-3 8-1 3 CowgirlsNIndians...
Affrunti's Keeneland Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm. pm. FIRST-6f; $18,000; mdn cl($30,000); 2YO; (f) 7-SinisterTl 4-1 1-LakeMichgn 20-1 3-Bekat Bekat 8-1 2-RedOninLdy 12-1 4-Canchera 20-1 5-Supsa 8-1 6-Sexy Suzy 7-2 8-Terlng'sCs 3-1 9-Dn'sRglLdy...
Santa Anita Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Post time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $27,000; clm($50,000); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3OhhhhaWisGy(L),121RBjrno7-4-x5-26Geniality(L),117JRosro6-2-22-11OneFastFrog(L),121JTalmo8-x-x8-12Swiss Gem(L),121CSthrd8-4-75-14BudandBrndy(L),121HBerrsx-x-x8-15Amy'sOtbrst(L),121PVlnza5-7-45-2SECOND-6 fur; $33,000; cl($40,0); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2WllStrtWndr(L),122MGarca3-1-71-11AdriaticMon(L),122JTalmo1-1-54-13CircleDrive(L),120PVlnza4-5-212-14BenchthJdge(L),120MPdrza7-1-25-15Leothelion(L),122DFlors5-4-34-16InuitFisher(L),122RBjrno5-4-26-1THIRD-6 fur; $18,000; clm($20,000); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3Kids Table(L),121JRosro6-x-x5-212Silver Luna(L),121PVlnza5-8-39-21GameCharmer(L),121ADlgdo5-2-45-12RagsforBen(L),124EMldno7-10-830-14PickYrBttls(L),114EFlors4-10-x8-15Lady'sTaste(L),121JVldva4-9-106-16ForeverPtnt,124JCruz4-x-x12-17Nip of Gold(L),124MLinrs7-7-730-18TizHeartlss(L),121MPdrza4-8-712-19Winforlin(L),124KJohn2-2-75-111MoreThnHppy(L),121KStra10-7-1130-1FOURTH-1m(T); $21,000; cl($25,0); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5BlueGrssMsc(L),120JRosro3-1-55-27Mo Cheese(L),124EMldno3-2-23-11Woodmn'sLss(L),120KStra9-1-1015-12RoyalChavla(L),120ADlgdo5-1-312-13Sean S(L),120KJohn5-3-58-14SkinnyGenes(L),120RBjrno4-1-x9-26Valntn'sWsh(L),120CSthrd5-4-38-18Katy'sKitty(L),113EFlors2-10-44-1FIFTH-1...
Delaware Results
FIRST-6f; $15,000; wvr clm; 3up6Tripped Over (Seifers) 17.404.602.602Morador Llers (Feliciano)2.402.105Sayers (Santana, Jr.)2.40 Off 1:16. Time 1:14.23. Sloppy. * Balin. dqSayers (1-3). dhRichie the Thief, Dr. Balin (6). $1 Exacta (6-2)...
U.S. Open eyes Monday finish
After four consecutive years of rain-postponed men's finals, the U.S. Open is looking into changing its schedule as soon as next year and could become the first Grand Slam tennis...
Rangers benching Prust for 'stupid penalty'
CALGARY, Alberta -- Brandon Prust is as honest as they come both on and off the ice. So it was no surprise when the Rangers' winger indicted himself for taking...
Red Bulls can make playoffs with win tonight
After calling every game for the past month a must-win, the underachieving Red Bulls finally are playing a true "must-win" tonight against. Philadelphia with a playoff bid at stake. With...
Ryan defends Jets' run stoppers
Jets coach Rex Ryan knows what the numbers say about his defense, but he says those numbers are deceiving. The unit ranks 28th in the NFL against the run this...
Former Mets GM Minaya interviews for Angels job
Former Mets GM Omar Minaya interviewed for the Angels opening yesterday. Minaya served as the Mets general manager from 2005-10, overseeing the team's NL East title in 2006 and its...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The experts make their picks: THE LINE CHRIS SHAW LENN ROBBINS BRIAN LEWIS DREW LOFTIS ARIZONA 4 Ucla (Tonight, 9:00, ESPN) UCLA ★ Arizona UCLA Arizona West Va. 13.5 SYRACUSE...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogChargers+1½ 2 (44) JETSx-Bears+1½ 1 (44) BuccaneersPANTHERS 3 2½(43½)RedskinsBROWNS 3 3 (41) SeahawksTITANS 3 3 (44½)TexansDOLPHINS 3 2 (43) BroncosLIONS 4½ 3½(47½)FalconsRAIDERS 3½ 4 (42) ChiefsSteelers 4 3½(42½)CARDINALSCOWBOYS10½12...
Avery knows Rangers return not likely
Sean Avery yesterday said he does not expect to be recalled by the Rangers and said thinking about a return to the NHL "is like someone trying to win the...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Bradley wins Slam Keegan Bradley held off a determined final-round charge from Charl Schwartzel to win the PGA Grand Slam yesterday in Bermuda. Bradley, the PGA champ who played...
NBA commissioner won't comment on remarks by Gumbel
David Stern declined comment yesterday on commentator Bryant Gumbel's assertion that the NBA commissioner has come off like a "modern plantation overseer" during the lockout. Using racially tinged remarks, Gumbel...
Tomorrow's Belmont entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1m; 51,000; mdn spcl wt; 2YO PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 TrainerOdds 1 Lady Cohiba ,119 J Lezcano x-x-x Clement6-1 2...
Belmont Park charts
October 19th, 2011 Rain and Sloppy (sealed) Turf Off. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-6f; $29,000; mdn cl($50,000); 2YO Off: 1:01. Good. in 2p,brisk hand ride Time: 22.35, 46.13, 58.49,...
Hondo's Knight move
Hondo failed classically in the Fall Classic opener, getting nipped with the Rangers to raise the debt to a chubby 3,255 pendletons. Tonight, Mr. Aitch is stickin' with 'em 20...
Starr report
No one expected Tim Allen's new ABC sitcom, "Last Man Standing," to retain its opening night audience of 13 million viewers. It didn't. Still, "Last Man Standing" averaged a respectable...
‘Boss’y Pants
In the opening scene of the new Starz drama, “Boss,” starring Kelsey Grammer as mayor Tom Kane of Chicago, the mayor is meeting his doctor in an abandoned slaughterhouse. The...
Drama mama
Some familiar actors are ditching the roles they’re known best for -- how it’s working out for them: *“Pan Am” (Sunday, 10 p.m., ABC) Goran Visnjic sheds his “ER” scrubs...
5.5M watch Republican debates Tuesday
Who says nobody cares about politics until after the World Series? The latest Republican debate drew an estimated 5.5 million viewers Tuesday night. The Las Vegas debate -- moderated by...
Food man ‘Chew’
Gordon Elliott is trying to start a fire. He is directing celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Michael Symon, who are attempting -- and failing -- to ignite hot oil in...
Demi, Ashton divorce invite
For obvious reasons, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are the first couple being invited to appear on a new reality series, “Divorce Hotel.” “We execute clean, cost-effective divorces in as...
Kitchen bitchin'!
On a Saturday afternoon earlier this month, the chic Flatiron District restaurant Duo hosted a soiree for about 200 tastemakers to celebrate the launch of brunch service. The young crowd...
Weird but true
In a battle of blades, you don’t want to bring a steak knife to a sword fight. Luckily for two men in Wichita, Kan., cops showed up before their sharp...
Pitt's Gibbs named preseason Big East Player of Year
It might be a new season, but the end of the last one still doesn't sit well with Pittsburgh's Ashton Gibbs. The senior guard and Seton Hall Prep product was...
Keep riding those Wildcats
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...
Clemson and cover
Clemson's cover at Maryland last week was epic. The Terps were getting 8½ at home. Clemson starting QB Tahj Boyd was banged up. And the Tigers, notorious for being inconsistent,...
'Buzz' transferring from St. John's
Former Mary Louis star Amanda (Buzz) Burakoski signed her release form with St. John’s University on Wednesday and will transfer from the Big East school, The Post has learned. Burakoski,...
ICE officer arrested in pot smuggling
PHOENIX — A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led Arizona state police and federal agents on a high-speed desert chase in his government vehicle, throwing bundles of...