November 6, 2011
HS football scores, Week 9
The New York Post high school staff brings you football scores from all over the city. Updated throughout the weekend, you can find them below. PSAL Thomas Jefferson 50, Grand...
Paterno shocked by charges against Penn State assistant
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State coach Joe Paterno said he’s shocked by sexual abuse charges brought against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and deeply saddened by the allegations. Paterno...
Rangers starts Biron in net vs. Jets
The Rangers will give Henrik Lundqvist a rest and Martin Biron will start in goal Sunday night against the Jets. Lundqvist made 25 saves in the Rangers’ 5-3 win over...
Dolphins rout Chiefs for first win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It didn't matter how big of a lead the Miami Dolphins built on the Kansas City Chiefs. It still wasn't enough to keep them from feeling...
Cowboys pull away from Seahawks in second half
ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo wasn’t at his best, and neither was the Dallas defense. They were still more than the Seattle Seahawks could handle. Romo shook off a horribly...
Jets bury Bills in crucial division game
ORCHARD PARK — Bart Scott and the Jets are accustomed to playing the role of villains. So the linebacker didn't feel any pangs of regret for putting a big dent...
Amukamara's Giants debut will have to wait
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Prince Amukamara will make his NFL debut some day but it will not be today.The first-round draft pick from Nebraska hasn’t played a down since arriving with...
Man in critical condition after collapsing during marathon
A 26-year-old New York City marathon runner today collapsed in Harlem just four miles from the finish line and remained in critical condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital tonight, authorities said....
Third woman dies following East River chopper crash
A third woman has died from injuries she suffered in last month’s tragic East River helicopter crash, The Post has learned. Harriet Nicholson, 60, was pronounced dead earlier this morning...
LI man fatally stabbed, girlfriend arrested: cops
MEDFORD, N.Y. — Suffolk County authorities say a Medford woman has been arrested on a manslaughter charge in connection to the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend. Police responding to a...
Man killed after being hit by subway train
A homeless man in his 50s was killed today while running across the tracks of a Greenwich Village subway station, authorities said. The victim, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was...
Cops nab ex-con who allegedly stole $230K in jewelry from princess
He’s royally screwed. Detectives have nabbed the ex-con who swiped $230,000 in jewelry and high-end handbags from the posh Plaza Hotel suite where a princess from the United Arab Emirates...
Follow Jets-Bills with Post writers
The Post has today's Jets-Bills game from Buffalo covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.It's a crucial matchup for the AFC East with...
Geoffrey Mutai sets record for NYC Marathon; Ethiopa's Firehiwot Dado wins women's race
Geoffrey Mutai likes his chances in any championship-style marathon. The Kenyan has turned in two eye-popping performances in seven months in races without pace-setters after he shattered the course record...
More than 100 dead from series of attacks in Nigeria, Red Cross says
LAGOS, Nigeria — More than 100 died in a series of attacks in northeast Nigeria launched by a radical Muslim sect, a Nigerian Red Cross official said Sunday, as sect...
Greek PM George Papandreou agrees to step down
ATHENS, Greece — Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Sunday agreed to step down and political leaders will meet Monday to form a new unity government to end the political...
My New York: Inside the city's biggest race
Today, 47,000 New Yorkers and athletes from around the world will dash to the finish line today during New York City Marathon, the world’s most packed 26.2-mile race. New York...
Yankees GM has 'routine' talk with Wilson’s agent
True to his word, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman reached out to C.J. Wilson’s agent yesterday. “I would describe it as routine,” Cashman said of his talk with Bob Garber,...
Former starting QB rallies Rutgers to OT win over South Florida
PISCATAWAY -- For much of last night’s game against South Florida, freshman quarterback Gary Nova was on the field and sophomore Chas Dodd, the guy Nova replaced five starts ago,...
LSU defends status as top team in country
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- When LSU opened the season with a 40-27 win over high-powered Oregon, coach Les Miles said his defense could take this team a long way. It took...
No. 1 LSU boots No. 2 Alabama with field goal in OT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The tipoff came more than 90 minutes prior to kickoff, just after the Alabama students had made a mad dash for their seats in the corner of...
Damned lies at Penn St.
The worst year in college sports keeps getting worse -- much worse. If yesterday’s allegations against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and two other high-ranking university employees are...
NYSAISAA girls volleyball final preview
NYPost.com girls volleyball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the NYSAISAA championship match between No. 1 Brearley and No. 2 Fieldston, set for 12 p.m. Sunday at Fieldston...
Friar power: Defense muscles Mount in 'AAA' quarters victory
This is not your typical St. Anthony’s team for a number of reasons. The Friars have won four games by 10 points or less and two by two points or...
CHSFL/Independent roundup: Fordham Prep top SJB, ends four-game skid
Fordham Prep has taken its fair share of lumps the last few weeks and injuries have certainly played a role. The Rams are getting healthier as the postseason opens and...
Mac attack: McDaniels helps Kellenberg run past Hayes in 'AA' quarters
Kellenberg needed a hero Saturday night and the Firebirds found one in Matt McDaniels. The senior quarterback led the charge with three touchdowns in a hard fought, back-and-fourth 41-33 victory...
NYSAISAA boys soccer final preview
NYPost.com private school boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Sunday’s NYSAISAA championship game between No. 1 Rye Country Day School and No. 3 Collegiate at Manhattanville College in...
Breeders' Cup Charts
Nov. 5, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedTHIRD -MARATHON; $500,000; 3-Year-Olds & Up; 1 mile & 3/4Off: 1:20. Good. bmp 1/2,6w,forced outTime: 48.05, 1:12.65, 1:38.97,...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post time: 12:15 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $35,000; clm($50,000); 2YO EASY SUMMER drew rail after finishing fourth when adding blinkers. PARTY HALO tired in...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 12:40 pm.FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm; 2YO5-LitEmUpLly 4-11-Rosi'sPryr 30-12-Chamkchll 6-13-My Noble 8-14-QuenCtyGld 20-16-Bonay's Arch 10-17-SocialLovr 12-18-Maknz'sMgc 12-19-Dixie Carol 12-110-RpdExchng 8-111-AlcbdsLgcy 15-112-Angel Love 3-113-Thfrmrsdgh 15-114-EndurngHrt 30-115-FiveStrBrw 15-116-LollyGoggn 15-1SECOND-7 fur; $46,000;...
Giants seek to upset Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — An out-of-conference game on the road against a team that almost never loses at home cannot be considered a must-win game for the Giants. But if they...
Story lines aplenty in Breeders’ Cup upset
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Drosselmeyer won the $5 million Breeders’ Cup last night — and who gives a fig? Who cares, that is beyond those who own him, train him and...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Victor Cruz
Steve Serby did what many defensive backs have been unable to do: He tracked down Giants receiver Victor Cruz for a Q&A session. Q: Are you recognized now? A: Sometimes....
Giants deploy weapons of M*A*S*H destruction
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Giants won a Super Bowl no one expected them to win against Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. Today, three years and nine months later, they march...
Feels like Jets' season is on line today
ORCHARD PARK — Last night, most of the football-mad segments of the land were tuned into one place and one place only: Tuscaloosa Ala., where Alabama played LSU in what,...
Mets willing to trade Wright: source
Word continues to circulate in baseball circles that the Mets will be willing to discuss David Wright in trades this offseason as part of a complete facelift/rebuild away from Wright...
CHSAA Class AA intersectional boys soccer final preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA boys soccer beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class AA championship game between St. Francis Prep and Fordham Prep, set for 3 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s...
NYSAISAA girls soccer final preview
Can Riverdale complete a second straight unbeaten NYSAISAA title season? NYPost.com’s girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday night’s final as the Falcons must get past Rye to...
'Superman' Cornelius does it all in Tottenville's rout of Campus Magnet
Number four is special at Tottenville. It often goes to the team’s top player. Former standouts Edmond Laryea, Jonathan Pitt-Coombs and Cassel Smith have all worn the jersey. This fall...
Not just the other Brandon anymore, DiGirolamo fills in well for sidelined signal-caller
Before Saturday night, Brandon DiGirolamo hadn’t thrown a single pass in high school. Not one on the varsity or even the junior varsity. His only action under center was during...
Big second half sends Xaverian past Farrell, into 'AAA' semifinals
A little sleight of hand finally got the Xaverian offense going. The high-powered Clippers scored just once in the first half and were tied with a game Monsignor Farrell team....
Long shot Drosselmeyer wins Breeders' Cup Classic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Drosselmeyer, whose 15 minutes of fame seemingly began and ended when he won last year’s Belmont Stakes, put an exclamation point to a day marked by beaten...
Football takes over entire week
Where TV money goes, what once seemed impossible becomes inevitable. Though it likely was lost in a flurry of excess, Northern Illinois played at Toledo on and for ESPN, Tuesday...
Jets look to beat Bills in crucial AFC East matchup
ORCHARD PARK — Welcome to the AFC East playoffs. The Jets begin a November stretch that includes three divisional games when they face the surprising Bills today. The outcomes of...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 1 mile(T); $60,000; 3up(f) Spice Island Stakes ULTIMATE CLASS finished first while going shorter and was then disqualified and placed third. MARQUET MADNESS set the pace and tired to...
Record times expected at Marathon
There are five world marathon majors, and the first four have seen men’s course records set in a torrid year of running. The fifth will be today’s New York City...
One Hall of a chance for Gil
Here is a chance for the Veterans’ committee to right a Hall of Fame wrong that has existed for years: Gil Hodges’ exclusion from Cooperstown. With 1,274 RBIs, 1,105 runs...
Islanders come back to beat Capitals
It took a while, but last night at the Coliseum the Islanders finally were reminded that sometimes the breaks can go their way. After going down 2-0 to the Capitals...
Devils defeat Jets in OT
The Devils’ Other Adam is proving clutch in a bigger way than just with last night’s overtime winner. They desperately need an offensive center, and Albany callup Adam Henrique is...
Rangers defeat Canadiens for third straight win at Garden
Europe and western Canada seem long ago and far, far away. Home at last, at the Garden for six straight, the Rangers have won their past three on the homestand...
Big East shows basketball takes back seat
Here is the humbling thing to realize, as we sit back and watch the ham-faced sultans of college athletics realign themselves into ATM machines: It isn’t just that the message...
Goldikova’s magical run ends at Breeders' Cup
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Fairy tales may not come true after all, not, at least in horse racing. Goldikova, one of the greatest mares ever in the history of thoroughbred racing,...
The Rumble
Five turnovers in six seasons would be great for an NFL team, but not for the NFL Network. The league’s network begins its sixth season of broadcasting games on Thursday...
Serby Says who wins midseason awards
The NFL lockout became a distant memory the minute we got to sit back and watch that Thursday night Packers-Saints shootout opening week, and the best is yet to come....
Packers next for Chargers, struggling QB
If Philip Rivers wants to stop all the head-scratching about his astounding regression this season, today would be the ideal day to do so. Nothing would make skeptics of the...
Broncos QB Tebow sparks divisive opinions
DENVER — The reasons stump even the NFL’s most polarizing player himself. Try to ask Tim Tebow to explain the ferociousness of both his legion of admirers and legion of...
Steelers don’t look ‘old, slow, done’ any more
It is because the Steelers have won with such numbing consistency for so long that when they were mired with a 2-2 record through the first month of the season,...
Vocal stances throw hitch in Broncos marketing
DENVER — Clean-cut and with an image so clean it squeaks, even down to the self-proclaimed virginity, Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow would seem to be a marketer’s dream. But the...
Expect huge effort by Pats vs. Big Blue
TODAY BILLS (-2) over Jets: Gang Green’s fattened up against Bills for years, but that was prior to impressive offensive steps they have taken behind Ryan Fitzpatrick. Mark Sanchez could...
NCAA sees talent gains from NBA lockout
Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t remember the 2011 NBA Draft. It was painfully forgetful. Duke’s Kyrie Irving, who was injured most of his freshman season, was the No....
Overtaxed foodies
Ringing up sales at Daniel Boulud’s fancy French grocery store is apparently a very taxing matter, because they can’t get it right. The superchef’s store, Épicerie Boulud, last week charged...
B'klyn teacher among Wall Street protesters who clashed with cops outside Manhattan Supreme Court
A Brooklyn public school teacher was among 20 Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who clashed with cops yesterday outside Manhattan Supreme Court, authorities said today. Cops said Joshua Wiles, 27, of...
Snow-play street fight in B’klyn
A plan to close off a busy Brooklyn street to give schoolkids a place to play on snowy days has been met with a blizzard of criticism. “There’s no parking...
EXCLUSIVE: NYC SAT scores revealed
Kirby Velez dreaded the SAT college entrance exam -- until he learned how to conquer it. Last year, Velez scored a dismal 1190 -- out of a possible 2400 --...
Mayor’s free‘dumb’ of speech
This is the full text of the First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging...
‘Forced rehab’ cops sue
Three cops said no, no, no to rehab -- but were forced to go anyway.NYPD substance-abuse counselors allegedly refused to believe the officers’ claims they weren’t boozers but were the...
Bieber can’t turn off the fans
On Thursday evening, Justin Bieber pulled a baseball cap low on his forehead and did something extraordinary: He took a walk through Times Square. The 17-year-old pop icon, embroiled in...
Seven more Syria deaths
Suspected deserters killed four militiamen loyal to the Syrian regime and at least three civilians were gunned down in a separate incident yesterday -- even as the Arab League advised...
3 officers grab would-be suicide jumper
Three quick-thinking cops with no training in crisis negotiations saved a man from a suicide attempt on the Manhattan Bridge yesterday, police said. Officers Anthony Brooks, Daniel Sandberg and William...
Boob-job ‘sag’ suit
This boob job was anything but uplifting.A woman claims a botched breast lift performed in New York left her saggy and sad.Stephanie Brown, 54, went to plastic surgeon Behnaz Fayazi...
Who you gonna call?
He’s the doctor any celeb or star athlete in trouble can call. Heart surgeon David Greuner and his team of 15 physicians are available 24/7 -- and they do house...
Herm: You’ll see my wife
ATLANTA -- Beset by years-old charges of sexual harassment, Herman Cain is pledging that his “greatest supporter,” wife Gloria, will start to emerge from her shell.While some other aspiring first...
Real story of SEAL Team 6’s mission to kill bin Laden
It was 1 a.m. on May 2 in Abbottabad, Pakistan, when Osama bin Laden felt his house shake. The terror boss -- the man who had killed thousands and proudly...
Author shoots holes in official account
Maybe it’s the fog of war. Chuck Pfarrer, a former SEAL Team Six assault-element commander, raises serious questions about the official story of Osama bin Laden’s takedown in his new...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Cops are looking for the greedy crook pictured here (top photo) who robbed tip-jar money from a soul-food restaurant in Chelsea and then stole cash from a sandwich...
Legal muscle
Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel has hired a high-powered lawyer who once represented Donald Trump, Mick Jagger and accused Genovese crime boss Matthew “Matty the Horse” Ianniello. Rangel’s Legal Expense Trust...
AG has his eye on Harlem nonprofit
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into the nonprofit in charge of doling out $76 million to West Harlem from Columbia University, The Post has learned.The AG...
Watch out, occupiers! Batman’s rolling in
The Dark Knight’s foes and a mysterious vehicle that resembles a camouflaged Batmobile are occupying Wall Street. Batman traded blows with his arch enemy Bane (left) on the streets of...
Gal runs strong in bid to oust Hoffa
This Teamster is hell on heels. Former truck driver Alexandra “Sandy” Pope, 55, is taking on one of organized labor’s biggest names -- Hoffa -- for the right to lead...
Pol’s, uh, art bared
This politician admitted with certitude that he took these shots. An upstate county legislator has yanked a pair of arty nude pictures of himself off his Web site after opponents...
Kerr’s busty 'Secret'
If Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr looks better than ever in this 142-carat, $2.5 million bra by London Jewelers, thank her new baby. “It’s milking time,” she joked to The...
Test shows mutt-tled dog breed
TAMPA, Fla. -- Every dog has his DNA. And now mutt owners won’t have to guess what breeds make up their faithful companions, thanks to an at-home test that reveals...
Graffiti legend was also an NYPD cop
Police have discovered the identity of one of New York City’s most prolific graffiti vandals -- and he’s one of their own. Steven Weinberg, 43, of Flushing, a patrolman who...
$10M pain in the Pass
Losing his free “E-ZPass for life” has taken such a toll on the city’s former downtown construction czar that he’s suing the Port Authority for nearly $10 million. Charles Maikish,...
MTA gives out 20,000 toll freebies
The MTA doles out 20,000 E-ZPasses to city and state agencies for unlimited use on the job, it says. Under a deal reached last year to curb the freebies, the...
Rooney worked it his way
Curmudgeonly CBS commentator Andy Rooney nearly got the last word exactly as he wanted it. “Andy always said he wanted to work until the day he died, and he managed...
200K in Conn. without power
The lights were still out yesterday for more than 200,000 Connecticut utility customers left without power since the freak snowstorm hit the region a week ago.Tempers were about the only...
Thugs robbing West side women at subway stations
Two thugs targeting West Side women commuters have pulled off four robberies — snatching digital devices right out of their victims’ hands as a subway stopped at a station, cops...
Weird but true
Apparently they’ve never heard of “hugging it out” at this Florida school. Two teen boys who hugged each other hello were suspended from Palm Bay Southwest Middle School for violating...
Savings bond ABCs
Dear John: I have been buying I bonds -- US savings bonds indexed to inflation -- since 2001, as well as Series EE government bonds from 1992 or 1993. I’ve...
This tool can sharpen focus
Do you struggle to stay focused while you’re working on your computer? Thanks to the Internet, you have a myriad of distractions right at your fingertips, in the forms of...
Post reporter spends an in‘tents’ night amid anarchy in Zuccotti Park
The cheap walkie-talkie crackles inside a crowded downtown McDonald’s, stopping the gathered mass mid-sip from their Kombucha bottles and cups of corporate coffee. “There’s a situation,” a vagabond gumshoe dubbed...
Cops netting court jesters
Call it a case of law and disorder. Occupy Wall Street protesters yesterday clashed with the NYPD on the steps of Manhattan Supreme Court -- and at least 20 of...
NY’s most loathed architect
Every time one of his buildings goes up, it seems another New Yorker’s heart sinks. Since 2003, Montreal-based architect Karl Fischer has designed more than 200 residential structures in Manhattan...
Foul frack attack
Abby Wisse Schachter is off-base in her criticism of my comments on alternatives to fracking at the New York Policy Forum on Oct. 6 (“Anti-Drilling Hysteria,” PostOpinion, Oct. 28). Paraphrasing...
Dog day afternoons
Despite last week’ s early winter surprise, there’s still some time to enjoy the tail end of autumn with your tail-wagging friend. Whether you have a weekend or a day,...
Ask Ashley: Love, labor and loss
I’ve been dating a recently divorced dad for about three months. I want to have at least one kid of my own. As we get closer, I’m getting scared of...
Bank shots
Hang on to your dog tags: The Big Apple is under siege. The visually stunning, ultra-violent and most-anticipated video game of 2011, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” out Tuesday...
Rangers' McDonagh has gone from throw-in to standout
It would have been a home run for the Rangers had the June 30, 2009, trade with the Canadiens had simply stopped at being Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Mike...
Sports Shorts
Boxing: Dykstra pulls out of boutLenny Dykstra pulled out of last night’s celebrity boxing match against Jose Canseco in Hollywood, Calif., despite being paid $5,000 cash on Thursday, according to...
The Post Line
NFL Today Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog BILLS 1 1/2 2 1/2 (45) Jets PATRIOTS 8 1/2 9 (51) Giants Falcons 8 6 1/2 (45) COLTS SAINTS 7 1/2 8...
Reel good
Ray 2004 Sunday, 12 p.m., BET Jamie Foxx (left) won a Best Actor Oscar for his brilliant performance as one of America’s most original and talented singers, Ray Charles. Beginning...
G20 looking to US taxpayers as European ATM
As world leaders gathered for the G20 economic summit in Cannes, France, the rhetoric moved toward a new Marshall Plan for Europe, with requests that the International Monetary Fund backstop...
Sins of past trades
Sins of the past haunt MF Global. The now defunct Wall Street brokerage run by Jon Corzine grew out of the corpse of Refco, a commodities and futures brokerage that...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS MEL KARMAZIN Sirius XM boss had robust Q3, with no customer blowback on 11 percent price hike. LARRY PAGE Google boss does end-around on Tinseltown with YouTube TV venture....
Fed-up depositors: Thanks, but no banks
Commercial bank customers are mad as hell, and many are taking their business elsewhere. Fed up with onerous fees and sick of surcharge shenanigans, patrons of big US banks report...
Average student debt now topping $25,000
The average debt of US college seniors who graduated in 2010 with student loans rose 5 percent from a year earlier to $25,250, according to a report.That figure does not...
Greenwich lean time
The hedges are being trimmed -- not only at the firms with redemptions piling up, but also at their leafy lairs. Out-of-work hedge fund millionaires are exiting Greenwich, Conn., en...
Blue collar green: Decent but dirty jobs are yours for the taking in NY
Thousands of the dirtiest and toughest jobs in New York are going unfilled, in sectors that pay well and could lift idle workers out of unemployment, without the heavy burden...
Numbers may stay ugly for a while
Call it President Obama’s 9-9-9 dilemma -- and it has absolutely nothing to do with GOP front-runner Herman Cain.As Friday’s jobs report shows, the unemployment rate remains stubbornly stuck at...
Three for the road
Conventional wisdom says the 2012 presidential campaign is all but set. After the conclusion of the slo-mo implosion of Herman Cain, this season’s amateur-hour favorite, there will be only two...
Critical mass
English-speaking Catholics are in for a jolt later this month, as significant changes come to the words of the Mass they have been praying for more than 40 years. To...
Sea change for labor
Organized labor in New York has two wings: the radical and the reasonable. Which is why word that Denis Hughes has decided to retire after 12 years as president of...
Greg Meeks -- again
Another week -- another set of troubling questions about the ethics of Rep. Greg Meeks, a Queens Democrat. The latest? A DC-based campaign-watchdog group -- the National Legal and Policy...
Read Andrew’s lips
“You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states in the nation, have a reputation for being anti-business -- and have a rosy economic...
Required reading
The Last Sultan The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun by Robert Greenfield (Simon & Schuster) When 3-year-old Ahmet Ertegun left his native Turkey after his father was appointed ambassador...
In my library: Caroline Hirsch
What hath Johnny Carson wrought? Carolines on Broadway, for one thing. “I grew up watching ‘The Tonight Show,’ ” says Caroline Hirsch, who started in retail and, when her friends...
Blast to the past
11/22/63 by Stephen King Scribner What if you had an opportunity to change history, but you had to uproot your life to do it? That’s the question facing Jake Epping,...
DOH muddy waters
It’s BYOW at the DOH. Hydrate at your own risk inside the gleaming new headquarters of the Department of Health -- the agency that recently launched a campaign urging New...
Penn St. ‘perv’ shocker
A widely respected assistant coach who helped build Penn State’s football program into a national powerhouse was charged yesterday with sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period -- and...
A big bite out of crime
The drop in street crime in New York City after 1990 is not only the largest decline ever documented in a major city but also a major test of the...
9,221
That’s how many public ibraries the United States had as of 2008, according to the Census Bureau’s 2012 Statistical Abstract. Which, you may be surprised to learn, is about 170...
Reflating the bubble
It’s almost six years since the air started to leak, then gush, out of the US housing market, and the best one can say is that residential real estate is...
The stuff of legend
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor Viking Is man the sum of his parts? BBC Radio partnered with the British Museum to find out. Selecting...
Broom boom
In fall 2005, a group of Middlebury College freshmen chatted about Harry Potter over lunch, and the ensuing conversation might one day be commemorated in a Cooperstown-like Hall of Fame...
Melancholy baby
Kirsten Dunst’s world is ending. She’s not going to jail or marrying a New Jersey Net. Nothing irrevocable like that. This is only on film. In real life, Dunst seems...
Game not over yet
Is chess getting closer to being “solved”? After all, a computer solved checkers in 2007 -- that is, it determined the best way to play. Why not chess? This is...
Bridge
A Familiar suit combination, but one poorly understood, is A-J-9-3-2 opposite K-10-5-4. Beginners learn the adage about “eight ever, nine never” that suggests playing to drop the queen. But with...
You don’t know Jackman
Would you slug a Mormon? Hugh Jackman would, and the Aussie star is coming out swinging this week in an anticipated one-man show that looks to displace “The Book of...
The double life of J. Edgar
‘It’s not a movie about two gay guys,” Clint Eastwood barked when GQ asked him if his new movie, “J. Edgar,” out Wednesday, explored its title character’s mysteriously close relationship...
Rangers sign defenseman Stralman to 1-year deal
At least Anton Stralman, the defenseman whose signing to a one-year, $900,000 contract was announced yesterday by the Rangers, won't have to take John Tortorella's tests -- though perhaps preparing...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $34,000; clm($40,000); 3,4&5YO PN Horse, Wt. /span> Jockey Odds 1 Celtic Pride(L),120 RAlvrd,Jr 12-1 2 Manned Up(L),120 JHmpse,J 6-1 3...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-$22,500, cl, 3YO up F&M, 6f1N J Esq (Santiago)3.002.102.104Ynkee Empress (Frgoso)2.402.106Our Girl Friday (Jurado)2.20Scr: Billy Mar N Mr. S.* Exacta (1-4) $5.20 * $1 Superfecta (1-4-6-2) $9.70 * $1 Trifecta...
Aqueduct Charts
November 5th, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-$20,000, Claiming, 3-Year-Olds & Up , Seven FurlongsOff: 12:20. Good. ease back,alt crse,upTime: 23.43, 47.2, 1:12.09, 1:25.23.Trainer: Bruce LevineWinner: B G,...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.MotoGP: Valencia Grand Prix SPEED3 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, AAA Texas 500 ESPNFootball1 p.m.Jets at Bills CBS, ESPN (1050 AM)1 p.m.49ers at Redskins FOX4:15 p.m.Giants at Patriots FOX, WFAN...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 6MONNov. 7TUENov. 8WEDNov. 9THUNov. 10FRINov. 11SATNov. 12RangersWinnipeg7:00TV: MSG NetworkRadio: ESPN 1050 NO GAME NO GAMEOtt.7:30MSGESPN NO GAMECar.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEIslandersNO GAMEBost.7:00VS.WRHUNO GAMENO GAMEColo.9:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMENO GAMEDevilsNO GAMENO GAMECar.7:30VS.WFANNO GAMENO GAMEWash.7:00MSG+WFANWash.7:00MSG+WFANTodayTodayGiantsPatriots4:15TV - FOXRadio...
Critical condition
Patrick Wilson is learning about television, the hard way. The New York theater actor, one of those double-threats who excels at musicals (“Oklahoma”) and drama (“Angels in America”), has found...
When TV used to be really dangerous
There it was, leaning against the side of someone’s house. Hadn’t seen one in years. It was a functioning relic, a wooden, two-story extension ladder. Once upon a TV time,...
Don't miss
They start the race on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and sprint through Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Park Slope, Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and then into...
Straight to hell
In the post-Civil War world of AMC’s western series “Hell on Wheels,” the historic building of the first transcontinental railroad is more than just a Herculean feat of engineering; it’s...
Hipster in wonderland
As Tessa Altman, the hip teenager uprooted from Manhattan by her father and banished to her version of hell — the suburbs — Jane Levy displays a sardonic awareness of...
FC Dallas star Brek Shea to train with Arsenal during packed off-season
DALLAS -- This figures to be a busy off-season for MLS star Brek Shea, FOX Sports Southwest reported Saturday. Not only is the FC Dallas midfielder set to see considerable...
Landon Donovan targeted for loan return to EPL's Everton
LIVERPOOL, England -- U.S. National Team star Landon Donovan will be targeted for a return to the English Premier League with his former club Everton when Major League Soccer enters the...
Macy’s test-flight delight
Three new balloons set to debut in the 85th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this month passed with flying colors yesterday in their first test runs at the Meadowlands sports complex...
This weeks couple: Cupid strikes!
Blind dates are always a gamble, but when we set up Beth, a 25-year-old H.R. rep, and Cooper, a 26-year-old creative director, we hit the jackpot. While the pair downed...
Nets' Williams will rent, not buy, in New Jersey
So you dropped $1,800 on an ash tray for the Kardashian-Humphries wedding. And that bargain priced, non-refundable 41-game parking plan you bought in Newark for home games doesn't look like...
Duck stamp designers are no quacks
Artists from around country try to get their work on the Federal Duck Stamp, but it appears that one family seems to have a monopoly on the contest. The U.S....
Jets' McKnight ready for game that matters
ORCHARD PARK -- You might think Joe McKnight looks back fondly at his game against the Bills last season, when he ran for 158 yards in the regular-season finale. But...
Nicks, Bradshaw won't play for Giants against Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- There were no miracle health upgrades for the Giants, and yesterday they did the expected and downgraded their top receiver, Hakeem Nicks, and top running back, Ahmad...
NBA players set to reject Wednesday ultimatum
After 8½ hours of NBA labor meetings Saturday, the two sides took a disastrous step backward when David Stern put a Wednesday ultimatum to the Players Association. Stern’s ultimatum occurred...
Look who's talking
REGIS & KELLY 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Michael Buble; Tuesday: Katie Holmes;Peter Facinelli. Wednesday: Taylor Lautner. Thursday: Robert Pattinson. Friday: Adam Sandler. THE VIEW 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday:...
Meet market: Music buff looking to form the perfect duet
Bean town “The best first dates I’ve had are grabbing coffee and having hours of conversation just fly by,” says John. Travelin’ man “Since 2004, I’ve never lived in the...
Top 5 ways to win hearts in a poker game
“Give him a kiss, and then ask if he wants to up the ante.” Kristin “Say, ‘I don’t even have to look at my cards -- you sitting next to...
Northwestern stuns Nebraska
Second-string quarterback Kain Colter ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead Northwestern to a 28-25 upset of No. 9 Nebraska yesterday in Lincoln, Neb. Filling in during...
Henrique, Devils ground Jets, 3-2
Adam Henrique scored his second goal of the game 1:28 into overtime to give Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday...
Rangers ride big first period to beat Canadiens, 5-3
Erik Christensen scored one of New York's three first-period goals, and the Rangers overcame a 1-for-9 effort on the power play to hang on for a 5-3 victory over the...
NHL delay-of-game rule needs tweak
The same way the puck either does or does not cross the goal line, and thus either does or does not enter the net and count as a goal, a...
Batter up!
Even President Obama got in on this ironclad trend last month taking his staff to Roscoe’s in LA and then talking up its signature fried chicken and waffles on the...
Former coach leads UConn over Syracuse
Connecticut coach Paul Pasqualoni didn't want yesterday's game against Syracuse to be about him. But his players had other ideas. Quarterback Scott McCummings ran for two touchdowns and Lyle McCombs...
Late goal leads skidding Islanders over Capitals, 5-3
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — P.A. Parenteau's goal with 1:46 remaining broke a tie and led the New York Islanders to a 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. After...