October 28, 2011
Cardinals defeat Rangers to win World Series
ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols thrust both arms high in the air, even before he reached home plate. It was only the first inning, and already it felt as if...
MF Global mulls sale of entire firm
MF Global is considering ditching a plan to offload its futures trading operation in favor of striking a deal for the entire company, The Post has learned. The beleaguered broker-dealer,...
Battlefield 3 review (Xbox 360)
The major clash of the titans this year was hyped as Battlefield Vs. Call of Duty. EA Vs. Activision. Godzilla Vs. Kong. Gamera ... you get the idea. Obviously, since...
Korn cooks up 'Narcissistic Cannibal' video
Wondering what godfathers of nu-metal Korn have been up to recently? Well, wonder no more: The band's finished work on its new music video and has just premiered the clip...
Central Brooklyn hospital gets new emergency room facilities
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Central Brooklyn is expected to be able to serve over 6,000 more emergency and urgent care cases a year thanks to a new a emergency...
Wildly different works fall together well
New Yorkers love culture, and we love a bargain even more. Combine them and you get Fall for Dance: five programs, 20 groups and each ticket only 10 bucks. No...
Justin Bieber is too cool for cash
LOS ANGELES -- Justin Bieber doesn't see the need to carry cash. "Cash, never," Bieber told Access Hollywood in an interview Friday. "There's not really places I go, like I...
WMG in exclusive talks to buy EMI's recorded music biz
Warner Music Group, owned by Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik, is in exclusive talks to buy EMI’s recorded music business from Citigroup, The Post has learned. Blavatnik was competing with Revlon...
'Beavis and Butt-Head' revival a ratings hit
"Beavis and Butt-Head" returned to MTV after 13 years with an audience of 3.3 million total viewers, the cable network announced Friday. Not surprisingly, the animated series, that aired at...
Man who helped thwart JFK terror plot gets 4 years
A Guyanese man who helped the FBI thwart a terror plot targeting New York's JFK Airport was sentenced today to serve four years in prison. Donald Nero, 51, was an...
Aqueduct 'racino' officially opens to public
Legalized gambling? In New York City? Bet on it. Video slot machines are whirring at Aqueduct race track after a decade of controversy. Several thousand people came through the doors...
'Gossip Girl,' other CW shows coming to Hulu
LOS ANGELES — Current season shows on The CW including "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl" are coming to Hulu. The network announced a five-year deal with the online streaming...
Angels hire Dipoto as GM over Minaya, Yankees execs
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels have chosen Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jerry Dipoto to be their new general manager, a person with knowledge of the hire told The Associated...
Ronnie talks wrestling, acting and 'Jersey Shore' future
Forget fist-pumps -- this “Jersey Shore” star is all about the elbow-drops. Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, one of the stars of MTV’s hit reality show, took his talents from the dance floors...
Yankees to stay on WCBS, with Sterling
The Yankees announced Friday that the organization has extended its current radio agreement with WCBS 880 AM through the 2012 season. The Yankees retain the option to extend the agreement...
Yankees GM Cashman in minor traffic accident
Yankees GM Brian Cashman was involved in a minor traffic incident on Thursday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. in Norwalk, Conn.As Cashman was en route to pick up dinner, his...
Parking spot 'puncher' to go to trial Monday in coma-inducing assault
The muscular electrician accused of punching a woman into a coma in an argument over an E. 14th St. parking spot last winter is taking his felony assault case to...
Judge allows city to delay upcoming firefighter exams
A federal judge today gave New York City permission to delay the administration of upcoming firefighter entrance exams by nearly two months. Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis granted a request...
Red Bull coach Hans Backe, defender Tim Ream talk playoffs
The Red Bulls moved today's practice to Saturday, while the Galaxy spent much of the day traveling from Los Angeles for Sunday's Western Conference semifinal at Red Bull Arena. But...
PSAL Class A boys soccer playoff preview
PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the upcoming Class A playoffs. SCHEDULE FIRST ROUND Saturday 2:30 p.m. – No. 26 Midwood @ No. 7 Tilden Sunday 12...
Giants dismiss tweet from Dolphins receiver
The Giants didn't think much of Brandon Marshall's Twitter guarantee of a Dolphins win on Sunday.Osi Umenyiora had a sarcastic, one-word response to Marshall's boast -- "Riigghht" -- before asking...
Tuck practices, might play for Giants
Justin Tuck practiced Friday and still appears likely to suit up for the Giants on Sunday, although Tom Coughlin pulled up short of guaranteeing the defensive end would play against...
Syracuse travels to face Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Both Louisville and Syracuse are coming off impressive Big East Conference victories with the Orange trying to become bowl eligible for the second straight season. The Louisville...
Carpenter will start Game 7 for Cardinals; Holliday out
ST. LOUIS -- Chris Carpenter will start on three days’ rest in Game 7 of the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals. The team confirmed manager Tony La Russa’s...
Rutgers meets West Virginia each coming off loss
PISCATAWAY -- Heading into last weekend’s action, No. 25 West Virginia and Rutgers were on course for a showdown for first place in the Big East Conference. Guess again. The...
UConn No. 4, Syracuse No. 5 behind top-ranked UNC
North Carolina broke a tie with its fiercest rival and moved into one with one of college basketball’s most storied programs. The Tar Heels, who return all five starters from...
Army facing Fordham on Saturday
WEST POINT -- It happens every year at Michie Stadium. The seniors bid farewell to the old stadium hard by the Hudson River, and it’s never easy — in good...
NBA cancels games through Nov. 30
The NBA on Friday announced the cancellation of all regular-season games through Nov. 30 after players and owners were unable to agree to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement....
Defense expert says Jackson likely injected himself with drug that killed him
LOS ANGELES – The defense's star medical expert witness in the Conrad Murray trial testified Friday that Michael Jackson likely injected himself with the anesthetic that ultimately killed the pop...
Mom says son convicted of brutal Conn. home invasion killings was raped as teen
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The mother of a Connecticut man facing a possible death sentence for a brutal fatal home invasion broke down crying Friday as she told jurors her...
Red Bulls Backe expects Luke Rodgers to be nearly 100 percent for Sunday
The Red Bulls appear likely to get back their most influential player of their regular-season for the next tilt of the postseason. Forward Luke Rodgers, without whom they’ve struggled this...
Poker isn’t protected by First Amendment, appeals court finds
A federal appeals court dealt a losing hand Friday to a New York State poker club. The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that the activities of AK...
Chris Daughtry to sing at final World Series game
ST. LOUIS — "American Idol" alum Chris Daughtry will sing the national anthem at the final World Series game. The lead singer of the band Daughtry will perform Friday night...
Learning is fun with National Geographic Challenge!
History buffs can now get their game on!With UTV Ignition’s new game, National Geographic Challenge!, gamers can test their knowledge of the world’s history and geography against their friends.With both...
PETA asks Lady Gaga to replace meat dress with lettuce dress
NEW DELHI -- Lady Gaga was asked to replace her infamous "Meat Dress" with a lettuce frock during her visit to India Friday, to honor the country's vegetarian majority. People...
No foul play in two deaths aboard cruise ship docked in Boston
BOSTON -- The deaths of two passengers aboard a cruise ship were not related and were not the result of foul play, authorities in Boston ruled Friday. Norwegian Cruise Line's...
Adele to have throat surgery, cancels 2011 plans
Adele's voice has given her the biggest success this year — and the most trouble. The singer will have throat surgery and has now canceled all tour dates and promotional...
Understudy Jay Hunter Morris soars as Siegfried in Met’s 'Ring' cycle
It's the understudy’s job to save the show, and that’s just what Jay Hunter Morris did Thursday at the Met in the daunting title role of Wagner’s “Siegfried.” The part...
East Harlem grandmother died brutal death: DA
The great-grandmother was reaching for her phone, trying to call for help, when Gregory Velez went berserk -- leaving her bludgeoned and strangled on her blood-smeared floor, prosecutors said this...
TSA to fire screener who wrote 'get your freak on girl' note after sex toy find
NEWARK, N.J. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to fire a screener at New Jersey's Newark Airport who found a sex toy in the baggage of a transatlantic...
125 New Americans sworn in for Statue of Liberty’s birthday
A total of 125 immigrants from 46 countries have been sworn in as United States citizens at a ceremony marking the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. Secretary of...
Kevorkian suicide machine, paintings in NY sale
Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine and 17 paintings tied up in a legal dispute with a suburban Boston museum are among the assisted-suicide advocate’s possessions going on the auction block...
Fists fly in Kung-Fu High Impact hands-on preview
Everybody will be kung-fu fighting!Now that I have gotten the obligatory Carl Douglas reference out of the way, I can delve head-first into UTV Ignition and Black Bean Games’ upcoming...
Stun gun found in carry-on at Newark airport
NEWARK, N.J. — A Brazilian man on a flight from New Jersey to Hong Kong has been arrested after Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport detected a...
Big 12 invites West Virginia over Louisville
The Big 12 welcomed West Virginia from the Big East and bid goodbye to Missouri before the Tigers even had a chance to finalize their move to the Southeastern Conference....
LI construction worker killed in hit-run crash
FORT SALONGA — Police on Long Island say they're investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a construction worker in Fort Salonga this morning. The accident occurred at a construction site...
FCC approves new cellphone service fee
WASHINGTON -- The federal government is letting phone companies put yet another fee on Americans' monthly bills. But don't worry, officials say: It is just one small part of a...
City may see snow tomorrow
Get ready for some early season snow. The city may see some snowfall tomorrow -- up to 1 inch, according to Accuweather -- with the nothern suburbs getting significant amounts....
Ex-con father given wrong 4-year-old child by Philly daycare
PHILADELPHIA -- The wrong four-year-old child was mistakenly given to a father at a Philadelphia daycare. Jerry Lawson had not seen his daughter since she was born, so he trusted...
Gunman shot and wounded after firing near US embassy in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO, Bosnia -- A suspected radical Islamist opened fire Friday at the US embassy in Sarajevo before being shot and arrested, police said. No injuries were reported inside the embassy...
Kristen Stewart's steamy sex scene led 'Breaking Dawn' to get 'R' rating
LONDON -- Kristen Stewart has revealed the latest movie in the "Twilight Saga" was originally given an "R" rating after a sex scene between the actress and her real-life lover,...
Putin ordered Schalke to block sale of goalkeeper to Bayern Munich
GELSENKIRCHEN, Russia -- Vladimir Putin is accused of meddling in German soccer to try to prevent the sale of his favorite goalkeeper to Bayern Munich. The Russian prime minister was...
Up to 20 years in prison for saving lives
“The son told me the father has kidney failure,” Rosenbaum said. “I helped him.” District Judge Anne Thompson asked Levy Yitzhak Rosenbaum why he brokered the sale of kidneys and that...
16 cops arraigned in NYPD tix-fix scandal
Sixteen cops connected to an NYPD ticket-fixing scandal pleaded not guilty today after the probe that uncovered the massive scandal began when a Bronx police officer was accused of having...
Countdown to the Breeders' Cup: Marathon
The Post will profile each of the nine Breeders’ Cup races to be run next Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Countdown to the Cup spotlights potential nice-price winners as handicapped...
Fantasy Football Week 8 Chat Recap
Post fantasy football writer Anthony Sulla-Heffinger took your questions today at 1:30pm.This week's big topics were the value of Tennessee RB Chris Johnson going forward, if Denver RB Knowshon Moreno...
FDNY takes Occupy Wall Street generators
FDNY firefighters moved into the Occupy Wall Street camp at Zuccotti Park this morning for a safety inspection and ended up hauling out six generators and 13 fuel containers. A...
Two TSA workers plead guilty to robbing drug mule of $40,000
The two TSA workers who robbed a drug mule of $40,000 earlier this year pleaded guilty yesterday and will serve the next six months in jail. Coumar Persad, 44 of...
American BlackBerry users sue RIM over service disruption
SAN FRANCISCO -- Research In Motion (RIM) is being sued by customers in America and Canada for losses caused by the three-day outage this month that knocked out BlackBerry services...
'Jackass' star Bam Margera crashes Porsche months after Ryan Dunn's fatal crash
POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- "Jackass" star Bam Margera was shaken but uninjured after a car accident Thursday, just four months after his co-star Ryan Dunn was killed in a fatal...
Khadafy son reportedly in surrender talks with ICC
THE HAGUE -- The International Criminal Court said Friday it was in contact with slain Libyan leader Moamar Khadafy's son Saif al Islam over his surrender. Luis Moreno-Ocampo warned, however,...
Girls soccer playoff schedule
2011 New York City girls soccer playoff schedule:Saturday Oct. 29 PSAL Class A (Round up) First Round No. 23 Cardozo 2, No. 10 Brooklyn Tech 0No. 5 LaGuardia 5, No....
LIVE BLOG: CHSAA Class AA intersectional boys soccer quarterfinals
The CHSAA Class AA intersectional boys soccer quarterfinals are set to be memorable with four intriguing games, incredible storylines and a high level of play. The action at SUNY Maritime...
Go crazy, folks! Go crazy!
ST. LOUIS — You want to tell me baseball isn’t football? I’ll tell you this: Thank goodness. There is no clock. There is no victory formation. There is no situation...
Cardinals force Game 7, beat Rangers on 11th-inning HR
ST. LOUIS — Simply incredible. On the 25th anniversary — to the day — of the Mets winning the World Series after stealing the wildest Game 6 in the event’s...
Girls volleyball roundup: 'Special' year continues into finals for Loughlin
It was a struggle last year for Bishop Loughlin. The Lions went winless in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division I and coach Angela Proce was diagnosed with breast cancer last September. Things...
Puncher's chance: Molloy beats Fontbonne, heads to finals
The play was over. The ball seemed to touch the floor. Most players would have given up. Not Jenna Hoffman. A Fontbonne Hall attack was dug up by Tori Taibe...
Sessa's big summer leads to Iona College scholarship
Joe Sessa wasn’t thinking about Division I baseball at the start of the summer. He wasn’t even thinking about college baseball of any kind. The Tottenville outfielder just wanted to...
DOSES OF 'DOZO: The struggles of being captain
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...
O/U Rico
Rico went 10-3 (30 Best Bets) on the over/unders last week to bring the season record to 53-48-2 (12-9). The selections for Week 8: OVER: Giants / Dolphins; Titans /...
INSIDE GIRLS SOCCER: New Dorp returns to postseason after 14-year hiatus
The team with the most PSAL city championships finally gets a chance to win another. New Dorp was one of the most dominant programs during the first 20-plus years of...
Film buff Jones making most of senior year for Lincoln
The life of a high school football player is extremely busy in the fall. It’s full of early mornings, long afternoons and longer nights. Lunchtime is one of the few...
Nazareth boycotts all-star game because of 'vile' message board
Players from the top girls basketball team in New York City again won’t participate in the Metro Classic all-star game this year due to a dispute over a controversial message...
Business briefs
SpotifiedJared Grusd, AOL’s senior vice president of business development and chief of strategy, is leaving to work at Spotify, All Things Digital reported.Altria cutsAltria Group, the largest seller of tobacco...
Mets’ win scores $82M for Madoff kin
Still sore over losing his lawsuit against the owners of the New York Mets, the trustee charged with cleaning up Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme warned that upholding the Mets’ victory...
Record-breaking rally buoys Dow, S&P 500
Wall Street reached for the champagne yesterday as stock markets around the globe cheered a deal to slash Greece’s debt and tame the euro zone crisis. The broadly traded S&P...
Smudged makeup
Federal investigators are knocking on the door at Avon. Andrea Jung -- the longtime CEO of the world’s largest door-to-door cosmetics seller -- got bruised on a conference call yesterday...
Digital power struggle divides Daily News staff
The Daily News is reshuffling the ranks of top editors, leading some to wonder who is manning the ship. Editor-in-Chief Kevin Convey, who is said to be under pressure from...
TWC voice, vid customers flee
The hang up for Time Warner Cable’s third quarter results is the hang-up.For the first time ever, the country’s No. 2 cable company lost residential phone customers, reporting that 8,000...
Not so fast, Mary
They don’t call him Judge Dread for nothing. An irked Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff yesterday fired a warning shot over the desk of Securities and Exchange Commission chief...
Iconix buys Sharper Image
A new owner is looking to spruce up Sharper Image. Iconix -- the New York firm that owns Joe Boxer, Ocean Pacific and the Peanuts cartoons characters -- has scooped...
Coinstar freefalls after upping DVD rental fees
Coinstar Inc., owner of the Redbox movie-rental kiosks, fell 2.3 percent to close at $52.95 yesterday on reports that some of Hollywood’s largest movie studios may try to lengthen the...
AG Biden hot after MERS
Merscorp Inc., the operator of a national mortgage registry used by banks, was sued by Delaware’s attorney general for allegedly using deceptive practices that hide information from borrowers. The MERS...
Fed judge Chases case
A Manhattan federal judge dismissed part of an SEC lawsuit against Edward Steffelin, the only individual charged in a JPMorgan Chase case that led to the bank’s $153.6 million settlement...
Hedge funds miss big rally
Hedge funds reduced bets that stocks will rise to almost the lowest level since 2009 this week, according to International Strategy & Investment Group.ISI’s index of “net exposure” to stocks...
No PC spinoff for HP
Hewlett-Packard yesterday said it will keep its personal computer division, backing away from its former CEO’s proposal to spin the unit out into a standalone company. Breaking off the PC...
Corzine can’t broker MF deal
MF Global’s stock cratered for a third straight day as Wall Street grew skeptical that CEO Jon Corzine would be able to lure a white knight to save the embattled...
Shalom, my son!
A Queens law student, jailed in Egypt for four months on dubious spying charges, was freed yesterday after another Israeli prisoner swap. Ilan Grapel, smiling and described as healthy and...
Team DSK is fighting dirty: maid
Lawyers for the hotel maid suing ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault say his attorneys are playing fast and loose with court rules -- and they want a judge...
Pine nuts recall
ROCHESTER, NY -- Wegmans Food Markets is recalling 5,000 pounds of pine nuts, citing possible salmonella contamination. The Turkish pine nuts were sold in bulk in stores in New York,...
Dead Sea Scrolls on view in Times Sq.
There’s a display of biblical proportions going on in Times Square. Pieces of the priceless, 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls are on display at Discovery Times Square through April 15, alongside...
Conn. fiend kin testify
More than a decade before Joshua Komisarjevsky committed one of Connecticut’s most gruesome crimes, he harbored homicidal thoughts about his devoutly religious father and got tattoos -- two upside-down crosses...
10G toast to Osama death
Guests at California restaurateur Ted Balestreri’s annual New Years Eve party will sample a $10,000 bottle of rare wine, thanks to the Navy SEALS.During his party last year, Balestreri told...
Lohan pop in big ‘flop’
Just a day after being released from jail on a domestic-violence rap, Lindsay Lohan’s dad, Michael, was arrested again yesterday after dangling from a balcony at a Tampa hotel --...
‘Chimp’ gal: I’m beautiful
The Connecticut woman who was horribly mauled by a friend’s chimpanzee says her new face has drawn some compliments. “A lot of people tell me I look beautiful,” said Charla...
Amid a hail of bullets
An officer who shot at Sean Bell and his friends said yesterday that there had been so many bullets flying that night that he thought some were coming from inside...
Fatal shooting ‘self-defense’
One man was fatally shot and another wounded when gunfire erupted in a Harlem apartment building yesterday.Police are investigating the possibility that the shooter was a robbery victim who wrested...
‘Slumdog’ has his day
He’s a real-life “Slumdog Millionaire.” Echoing the plot of the Oscar-winning movie, a poor government clerk from a desolate region of eastern India has become the first person ever to...
Wanted: Khadafy killer
In a sharp reversal, Libya’s new leaders vowed yesterday to find and prosecute Moammar Khadafy’s killer. “Whoever is responsible for that will be judged and given a fair trial,” Abdel...
Shul girl Oprah
“O,” vey! Oprah Winfrey visited a Jewish ritual bath at Brooklyn Heights’ Congregation B’nai Avraham synagogue while filming an upcoming Hasidic-themed episode for her OWN network’s new show, “Oprah’s Next...
Turkish teens alive in rubble
ERCIS, Turkey -- A 13-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble in southeastern Turkey, nearly five days after an earthquake devastated his town.The rescue came just hours after...
Doc: Pain meds killed Jacko
Los Angeles Michael Jackson’s addiction to painkillers set off a domino effect of ailments that led to his overmedicated demise, a defense expert testified yesterday. Lawyers for MJ’s personal physician,...
JFK cat is sitting kitty
Jack’s back! Jack the Cat -- the kitty who survived a harrowing two months in a JFK Airport ceiling with little food or water -- showed signs of improvement yesterday...
Bernie hit by cold, hard Ruth
Imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff details in a new interview the emotional, final meeting he had with once-loyal-to-the-end wife Ruth -- when she told him she never wanted to see...
Thug slugs off-duty cop
A violent thug attacked an off-duty cop on the Upper West Side last night and ran off with his gun, the NYPD said.The attacker accosted the officer, who was wearing...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens Police want to question the young man pictured here (top photo) whose picture was furtively snapped by a stolen laptop computer. A thief forced open the door of a...
War for gay GI benefits
BOSTON -- A group of gay military personnel who are married sued the federal government yesterday for the same benefits as straight military couples, arguing it’s a matter of justice...
Edwards loses dismiss bid
John Edwards, the former vice-presidential candidate accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair, lost a bid for dismissal of his criminal case. US District Judge Catherine...
Kidney broker pleads guilty
A Brooklyn man tied to the Orthodox community confessed to brokering several black-market kidney transplants for hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities said yesterday.Levy Izhak Rosenbaum pleaded guilty in Trenton,...
Silver renews call for rich tax
Albany Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver renewed his call yesterday for a state millionaires tax as another poll showed strong backing by voters. The top tax rates on New Yorkers with...
16 cops in ticket fixing scandal turn themselves in shortly after midnight
As many as 100 raucous cops turned up at midnight at the Bronx DA’s Office, screaming their support for 15 fellow officers who were scheduled to surrender in the NYPD...
Bookstore ‘rent’ asunder
The rent-reduction request by St. Mark’s Bookshop, a favorite of writers Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, was rejected by landlord Cooper Union, said Bob Contant, co-owner of the East Village...
First flakes coming
Get ready for snow -- yes, in October. A prewinter storm is expected to arrive at about 7 to 8 a.m. tomorrow and should bring a snow-rain mixture by about...
‘Sex’ machines
Now gamblers can canoodle Carrie Bradshaw at the Big A! The Resorts World New York casino -- opening today at the Aqueduct Racetrack -- features six snazzy “Sex and the...
Wealthy Medicaid ‘frauds’
Four well-heeled couples from Staten Island defrauded Medicaid out of tens of thousands of dollars in benefits -- even though they resided in million-dollar homes, owned successful businesses and drove...
Hurt a sarge and we’ll take you to court!
As the president of the New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association, I understand and respect the concepts of free speech and assembly. Contrary to what many people believe, the Occupy...
Give us shelter
As fed-up cops are prepared to slap rowdy “Occupy Wall Street” protesters with civil lawsuits, fed-up Zuccotti Park protesters have found a way take a slap at Mother Nature. Some...
Sheen’s ‘mad’ return to TV
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen is coming back to TV in a new sitcom.The FX channel says it has acquired the series “Anger Management,” based on the 2003 Adam Sandler-Jack...
I’m a Romeo, not a rapist
He slept on rooftops and showered by sneaking into health clubs, but ascot-wearing vagrant Hugues Akassy -- charged in a five-woman rampage of harassment and sex attacks -- insists he’s...
$1 billion LIRR scam derailed
Former Long Island Rail Road workers who lied about being disabled rode a “train of lies’’ to golden retirements in an audacious, $1 billion pension scam, the feds said yesterday....
Mike, Liu eye funds merger to up returns
The city’s $120 billion pension system is set for a major overhaul intended to lower the cost to taxpayers and weed out the potential for corruption, Mayor Bloomberg and Comptroller...
Mike’s ‘pilot’ program to stop dumping
Mayor Bloomberg is the city’s eye in the sky. The licensed pilot and frequent flier yesterday said he regularly spots items illegally dumped in some of the city’s wooded areas...
Boehner rips O’s solo act
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner yesterday said he had “great concerns” that President Obama was overstepping his constitutional authority by single-handedly enacting jobs programs. “This idea that you are...
GOPers’ degree of contempt
Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain says he wants the feds to dial back DC’s role in bankrolling college costs, a day after President Obama took new steps to ease...
NY’s Iran $queeze play
Companies doing business with Iran’s energy industry would be barred from bidding on state or municipal contracts under a bill introduced yesterday by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. “We must do...
A college-loan scam
Singing in the populist hymnal he has taken up to secure a second term, Barack Obama raises his voice to the heavens, decrying supposedly bad actors whose selfish conduct he...
Justice for the disabled: Taxis are for everyone
The Issue: The Justice Department’s push to have all new city cabs made wheelchair-ready. *** The Post gives the impression that the Department of Justice is unduly interfering in New...
A senseless death in Brooklyn
The Issue: The killing of a Brooklyn mom while protecting school children from gunfire. *** Another senseless murder in Brooklyn, and Zurana Horton’s 12 children are motherless (“Grabbing Guns --...
Why sunshine matters
Meanwhile, in other pension news, the feds yesterday busted 11 people -- including two doctors and a former union president -- on charges they perpetrated a “massive fraud scheme” involving...
Where the money is
If yesterday’s deal to re-jigger the city’s behemoth pension funds manages to limit City Comptroller John Liu’s access to them -- even just a little -- that alone will be...
How the Lady lost her ‘Liberty’
Facing southeast, with its back to New Jersey (no offense intended), the Statue of Liberty, America’s secular madonna, was dedicated 125 years ago today. For decades, it has served as...
Anti-drilling hysteria
New York state just announced another delay in what has become a more-than-four-year process to approve widespread natural-gas drilling. Over that time, the state has lost tens of thousands of...
Justin 'Time'
Bad movies don’t get much more fascinating or culturally relevant than “In Time,” a dystopian allegory with much on its mind and all of it wrong. Bonus: It could have...
Not so in love with this Shakespeare
Unlikely to follow the mystifying Oscar triumph of “Shakespeare in Love,’’ Roland Emmerich’s “Anonymous’’ insists that no, William Shakespeare was not a cute young writer inspired to write “Romeo and...
‘The Rum’ is just ho-hum
Much talent went into “The Rum Diary”: Hunter S. Thompson wrote the book, Johnny Depp stars and Bruce Robinson, who did “Withnail and I,” directs. So in the true spirit...
Tame young romance should be enhanced
There are moments in “Like Crazy” when you want to shout warnings at the screen, horror-movie style: Don’t return that drunken late-night text! Don’t violate your visa just because he...
Hollywood remake’s second-rate
The thriller “13’’ is Gela Babluani’s American remake of his successful 2005 Georgian-language film “13 Tzameti.’’ He should have left well enough alone. While the original was an art-house success,...
Feline less than groovy
Having strip mined every last nickel out of “Shrek,’’ DreamWorks Animation has moved on to “Puss in Boots,’’ a spinoff/prequel centering on one of the franchise’s more amusing one-note characters....
Pot, but not a lot of plot
If you want to score easy laughs, put a wacky dance in your play. Having characters trip on acid is another time-tested recipe. “Better safe than sorry,” Jesse Eisenberg must...
Lost in translation, hilariously, amid Chinese
If miscommunication is comedy gold, David Henry Hwang has set his new Broadway show, “Chinglish,” in a veritable mine. Though he doesn’t tap the vein to its full potential, there...
Hugh love conquers all
At 10:05 he began to let them touch him. They had been after his flesh a long while, but it is only now, after he is almost done, that he...
Janie Jones
The indie road movie “Janie Jones” is billed as “inspired by the true story” of its writer-director, David M. Rosenthal. Impossible. No one’s life is this boring. Alessandro Nivola plays...
Urbanized
Gary Hustwit concludes his trilogy on design with “Urbanized,’’ a look at how cities are shaped. His examples run from the slums of Mumbai, where there’s one toilet for every...
All’s Faire in Love
Putting it as kindly as possible, this pitiful romantic comedy directed by Scott Marshall (dad Garry did “Pretty Woman’’) peaks with its animated opening credits. A literature professor (Cedric the...
The Double
What can you say about a dull spy thriller that gives away its big “secret’’ both in its trailer and the film’s title? Not that you wouldn’t figure this out...
It’s a slow trip to the next life
Buddhism teaches patience, and you’re going to need it if you attempt to sit through the conciliatory bromides of the slow documentary “My Reincarnation.” The movie is a father-and-son tale...
5 questions for ... Jim Duquette
Sirius/XM host and former Mets general manager Jim Duquette breaks down baseball's hot-stove season, from Jose Reyes to CC Sabathia, with The Post's Justin Terranova. Q: How important is it...
Sports shorts
GRID: Keenum throws 9 TDs Houston's Case Keenum threw nine touchdown passes to set the FBS record for career TD tosses as the 18th-ranked Cougars (8-0, 4-0 C-USA) overcame a...
NBA, union could make deal today
New York could get its Knicks back today. Today could be the day the nearly four-month NBA lockout ends and the Knicks can start planning their 2011-12 season with Amar'e...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS10 10 (43) DolphinsTITANS 9 8½(43½)ColtsTEXANS 9½ 9½(40½)JaguarsPANTHERS 4 3½(47½)VikingsSaints13 13½(47½)RAMSRAVENS13 13 (43) Cardinalsx-Bills 4 6 (45½)RedskinsLions 3 3 (43) BRONCOSPatriots 2½ 3 (52) STEELERS49ERS 8½ 8½(38½)BrownsBengals 2...
Jackson claims Martin used racial, anti-Semetic slurs
Billy Martin was known for many things during his many tenures as Yankees manager. But in an upcoming interview, Reggie Jackson reveals that Martin, who guided the Yankees to a...
Carpenter likely Game 7 starter for Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- Chris Carpenter is the obvious choice to start a Game 7 for the Cardinals, but manager Tony La Russa wouldn't touch the topic yesterday. "I hope to...
Hamilton says God called his home run
ST. LOUIS -- Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton has never hid is faith in God from anybody. He credits God for hauling him out of the grip of alcohol and...
Keeneland Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 1:15 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($40,000); 3YOGIBSON drops in class after tiring in recent starts. ST. IVAN goes turf to dirt for new...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Sun Of A Victory (2nd)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; claiming8Charlie Beans(G Brennan)7-3-65-17Sleep Easy(D Dube)6-1-13-13BigSlickZTam(JStratton)5-5-15-11Bb Torio(J Bartlett)7-4-510-12Allmyrowdyfrnds(JPntlno)4-7-58-14D M Sundance(B Holland)1-3-28-15Desert Sign(C Manzi)3-6-16-16Rappermunn(E Goodell)5-5-312-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr;...
Rangers name Girardi alternate captain until Staal returns
Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi, who wore an "A" on his sweater in last night's 4-2 loss to the Maple Leafs in the Garden opener, will serve as the second alternate...
Saltwater anglers enjoy good times
There is one thing about salt water fishing -- when one door starts to close another one starts to open. The major focus right now is on striped bass and...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur(T); $40,000; mdn; 3up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1City Vice(L),122J Espinoza4-3-7DeMola 15-12Seattle Dynasty(L),117R Curatolo3-6-4Toscano 15-13Sundae's a Meese(L),122C Montalvo6-4-7Barker 20-14Blue Sixty...
Vic C.'s Monmouth Grade
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-1m&70yds; $13,000; clm; 3upFIRST-1m&70yds; $13,000; clm; 3up3-Pntbttrbrw 5-21-CraftyStar 9-22-Daring Saint 30-14-GntJmpngBn 8-15-Her'sDstny 7-26-Stray Belles 7-27-Festa Time 3-1SECOND-1 mile; $15,000; clm; 3up6-LavendrLn 9-51-NativeSant 9-22-SaudiSrnd 3-13-ShotGnMrty 15-14-Bllysngssn 3-15-Annie'sDrm 30-17-Green...
Santa Anita Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Post time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $45,000; mdn; 2YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4Basmati(L),120GGomz4-5-21-13Frenemy(L),120RBjrno4-x-x2-11OnlytheGold(L),120VEspna5-x-x3-12FlyingMarne(L),120BBlanc9-x-x20-15MidnghtCrnr(L),120MGarca7-x-x6-1SECOND-7 fur; $51,000; alw; 3up(f)PNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5MissSlvrBrk(L),120MGarca2-4-32-12Toro Bonito(L),120RBjrno2-1-25-21Came West(L),120ADlgdo3-1-57-23Pincelada(L),120JTalmo4-4-27-24Evita'sSstr(L),117GGomz10-5-14-1THIRD-6 ½ fur; $21,000; cl($16,0); 3YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2Best Logic(L),113EFlors5-1-15-21Mentidoso(L),120JTalmo1-7-59-53Marvin'sMgc(L),120ADlgdo3-4-34-14GoRichieGo(L),120CSntgo5-5-78-15CutFastball(L),120DVrgra9-1-58-16Polly'sDncr(L),120MPdrza6-6-24-1FOURTH-7 fur; $19,000; cl($12,50); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2SmllBtMghty(L),122MGarca1-4-19-57Dave'sRvnge(L),122MPdrza2-2-62-11Indiara(L),122AQunnz8-8-36-13AnglfMystry(L),122RBjrno2-2-13-14CrazyTricia(L),115EFlors5-2-520-15Lisa Lulu(L),122JRosro5-3-46-16Akeela(L),122KStra12-6-220-18Storm Fleur(L),122DSndvl7-4-630-1FIFTH-1...
Hunt Crossing out of Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup next Friday and Saturday at Churchill Downs suffered its first defection after pre-entries were released Wednesday when Hunt Crossing, winner of the NATC Futurity at Monmouth Park...
Belmont Charts
October 27, 2011 Showery And Sloppy. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 1/16 miles; $65,328; alw; 3up(f)Off: 1:01 p.m.St. good, won handilyTime: 23.55, 47.54, 1:12.52, 1:38.73, 1:45.90.Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr.HorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsGreatGraciDane12145514½16½Lezcano6.00E...
Agent kidding about Cano's contract with Yankees
ST. LOUIS -- Scott Boras wants a few things cleared up regarding his comments to The Post on Wednesday when he talked about Robinson Cano's two option years with the...
Yankees have offer ready for Sabathia
ST. LOUIS -- The Yankees have put together a contract proposal for CC Sabathia the left-handed ace will receive shortly. Will it be good enough for Sabathia to not opt...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEBRIAN COSTELLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSGIANTS 10 (43) Dolphins (Sun., 1:00, CBS)★ Giants★ Giants★ GiantsGiantsGiantsTITANS 8½ (43½) Colts (1:00)TitansTitansColtsColtsTitansTEXANS 9½ (40½) Jaguars (1:00)TexansJaguarsJaguarsTexansJaguarsPANTHERS 3½ (47½)...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing12:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceSPEED2 p.m.NASCAR: Camping WTS, practiceSPEED3:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceSPEEDBaseball8 p.m.World Series: Rangers at Cardinals, Game 7, if necc.FOX, ESPN (1050 AM)Football8 p.m.BYU vs. TCUESPNGolf9 a.m.European:...
Rangers fans greet Garden with 'We want Avery' chant
The blue seats might no longer be blue, and the blood of the people close to the glass may be more so, but the happy embrace of the Garden's transformation...
DiPietro can't save Islanders from loss to Penguins
After not starting a game since last season, the Islanders elected to throw Rick DiPietro into the fire last night. The goalie, who sat on the bench all night backing...
Home Team Lineups
RangersNOGAMEOtt.3:00MSGESPNNOGAMES.J.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEAna.7:00MSGESPNIslandersNOGAMES.J.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEWinn.7:00MSG+2WRHUDevilsNOGAMEDal.8:00MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETor.7:30MSG+WFANPhil.7:00MSG+WFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEL.A.3:00ESPN2NOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEL.A.11:00ESPN2GiantsSunday, Oct. 30Dolphins 1:00 TV -- CBS Radio -- WFAN 660 AM JetsBye WeekNext Game: Sun., Nov. 6 Bills1:00; TV -- CBSRadio -- ESPN 1050 AM
Giants can’t let this one get away
Not again, not against this team. The Giants are 4-2 and a week away from starting a brutal finishing stretch, but first the winless Dolphins come to MetLife Stadium. It’s...
Hondo gung-ho for grand finale
Hondo’s new racing consultant, aka Mrs. Aitch, came through for him yesterday at Belmont, nailing Great Gracie Dane in the first, while missing with In Her Hey Day in the...
Devils lose to Coyotes
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Ray Whitney had two goals and an assist, helping the Coyotes pull away for a 5-3 win over the Devils last night. "That wasn't our best effort,...
Feisty Red Bulls enjoying ‘wild’ ride
For much of the summer, the Red Bulls couldn’t get a result and couldn’t buy a win. Sabotaged as much by individualism and attitudes as they were by injuries and...
Rangers open new Garden with loss to Maple Leafs
The Rangers have done nothing yet to identify themselves as heirs to the 2010-11 Black-and-Blueshirts. An opening 20 minutes of dominant hockey produced at least in part by the adrenaline...
ESPN hides action with clutter
Imagine being seated in PSL Stadium or DebtLife Stadium or whatever they now call it, when, throughout a close game, the stranger next to you keeps poking you, distracting you,...
Blue: 'phin & dandy
Talk about a look-ahead situation. After Sunday’s game against the 0-6 Dolphins, all the Giants have to do is play the Patriots, Niners, Eagles, Saints and Packers in a row....
Goin’ west with Bolts & Seahawks
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...
Good-time Hondo out of basement again
Hondo, who would have been 7-5 if the total disgrace known as the Ravens’ offense had participated in Monday night’s loss, once again has clawed his way out of the...
Best & worst of Jets at bye
The season's bye comes at a bad time for the Jets, who felt like they were just hitting their stride. The first seven weeks of the season have not gone...
Giants' Jacobs needs strong finish to ease frustrations
This is all you need to know about what Brandon Jacobs said to Men’s Fitness magazine: The only way Jacobs gets what he wants out of this is to help...
Tuck’s unsure he'll play for Giants against Dolphins
Justin Tuck went from guaranteeing he will play Sunday to something a lot less definitive yesterday. Sidelined the past three games by a neck injury, the Giants’ Pro Bowl defensive...
Debut for Giants rookie on hold
It appears as if Prince Amukamara will have to wait one more week to finally make his NFL debut. But that didn’t stop the Giants rookie cornerback from making a...
Jacobs doesn't see future with Giants
Brandon Jacobs entered the Giants’ locker room yesterday sporting a Michael Myers mask -- a Nightstalker Psycho model, if you want to be specific -- and joked he’d like to...
Resilient St. Louis still alive
ST. LOUIS -- It was not an instant classic as much as an ugly one. World Series Game 6, 2011, will be remembered as a car crash of an affair...
Reeling Rangers must recover in time for Game 7
ST. LOUIS -- Ron Washington's team trudged off the Busch Stadium field on the short end of perhaps the greatest World Series game ever. Twice in the late innings of...
Inventing Walsh
While John Walsh closes one chapter of “America’s Most Wanted” and opens another, he can reflect on his self-described “incredible journey” from luxury-hotel builder to TV’s top crimebuster in a...
Cheat skates
The Madoff family, the most repulsively greedy herd in recent American history, has suddenly, with the breathless cooperation of high-priced TV anchors, become the darlings of TV. Yes, while people...
Talk show guests
FRIDAyPAT SUMMITT, RICHARD WIESE, MARIO BATALI - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7MARLO THOMAS, GABOUREY SIDIBE, SCOTT HAMILTON - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4JUDGE JUDY - Live with Regis...
Solid ‘Gold’
They aren’t from New Jersey, they aren’t tacky and they don’t live in cheeseball houses. In place of hatred, they actually love and respect one another -- and even with...
‘Dr. Phil’ autopsy could change case ruling
A forensic pathologist said yesterday that authorities “rushed to judgment” when they ruled that a woman found hanged in a Southern California mansion had committed suicide, ABC News reported. Rebecca...
Weird but true
A 16-year-old girl hoping to get her South Dakota driver’s license failed miserably when she plowed her car through the side of the DMV building. A police official explained, “She...
Molloy banding together in support of paralyzed soccer player
The students of Archbishop Molloy have been hit hard by the news of junior soccer player Justin Thompson’s paralysis after being shot in the back leaving a party Friday night...
Penguins rally to beat Islanders 3-2
PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin's shootout goal capped a rally from a two-goal deficit in the third period and the Penguins extended their winning streak to five with a 3-2 victory...
Police hunting sicko who sexually assaulted 8-year-old
Police are hunting a sicko who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl inside a Flushing mall, cops said. The young girl was shopping with her mother at the Skyview Shopping Center...
Maple Leafs spoil Rangers' home opener
Joffrey Lupul and Clarke MacArthur scored 4:22 apart in the third period as the Maple Leafs broke open a tie game and spoiled the Rangers' long-awaited return to renovated Madison...
Omar Sharif apparently slaps female fan at Qatar film festival
DOHA, Qatar -- Film star Omar Sharif appeared to slap a young woman fan during an appearance Thursday at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar, with the incident caught...
Expert says Michael Jackson likely addicted to painkiller
LOS ANGELES -- A defense expert witness in the Conrad Murray trial testified Thursday that Michael Jackson was likely addicted to the painkiller Demerol in the months before his death,...
Red Sox start to plan new course
BOSTON -- The turmoil surrounding the Red Sox is fading. The focus on the future is sharpening. The team that made headlines the past two months for collapsing in September,...
Nuggets, Rams owner Stan Kroenke backs 'wonderful' Wenger at Arsenal AGM
LONDON -- Majority shareholder Stan Kroenke said English Premier League giant Arsenal has "all the elements for success," including a "wonderful manager" in Arsene Wenger. The Denver-based sports magnate, who...