November 18, 2011
Vick misses Eagles practice again, but not ruled out
PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles quarterback Michael Vick missed a third consecutive day of practice Friday because of broken ribs, but coach Andy Reid did not rule him out of Sunday’s game...
Cain tells Letterman that harassment accusers are lying
Presidential candidate Herman Cain was questioned again about allegations that he sexually harassed several women during his tenure as president of the National Restaurant Association (NRA) during an interview with...
Kid may dodge jail in near-fatal East Harlem shopping cart toss
One of the two pre-teen boys charged with dropping a shopping cart over a fourth-story railing in East Harlem -- nearly killing a philanthropist who was shopping for underprivileged kids...
Belmont winner Drosselmeyer retired
VERSAILLES, Ky. -- Drosselmeyer, winner of the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Classic and Belmont Stakes, has been retired to stand at stud in Kentucky. The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor...
Valentine 'honored' to speak to Red Sox
BOSTON -- Bobby Valentine would "be honored" to talk more with the Boston Red Sox about their vacant managerial position. He said Friday that he already has spoken to general...
The Muppets are heading to the White House
WASHINGTON — The Muppets are heading to the White House. Ahead of Thanksgiving, the White House will host a special screening for military families of "The Muppets" movie. Guests at...
High school basketball player shot dead in Brooklyn
A bloodthirsty gunman shot a high school basketball player to death on a Brooklyn street and wounded two others in a wild rampage today, cops said. The gun-wielding thug killed...
Happy Feet Two: happy feet, sad face
Can we say Happy Feet, but sad face?I’m an absolute sucker for all things adorable and fuzzy. However, that doesn’t mean that that adorable and fuzzy thing I’m a sucker...
Oprah Winfrey announces new cable series
LOS ANGELES -- Oprah Winfrey will return to the airwaves in a weekly, primetime program called "Oprah's Next Chapter" that will air on her cable network, the channel said Friday....
Giants' Osi gets first shot at Eagles RB after contract comments
For someone who claims to have put aside a beef with LeSean McCoy, Osi Umenyiora sure has a funny way of showing it.The feud between the Giants defensive end and...
Syracuse assistant coach says abuse allegations are false 'in every aspect'
SYRACUSE -- Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine issued a statement Friday denying allegations of molestation levied by a former Syracuse ball boy. "Simply put, these allegations are patently false...
Joe Paterno has lung cancer, son says
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son. Scott Paterno said in a statement provided to The...
NCAA starts investigation of Penn State sex scandal
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The NCAA formally launched an investigation of Penn State University on Friday, seeking to determine whether the school committed ethical violations in its handling of child...
Jets' Ryan admits blitz was wrong call
After refusing to answer a postgame question about the the ill-fated blitz that led to the Jets' 17-13 loss to the Broncos, head coach Rex Ryan admitted Friday it was...
Goldman Sachs names 261 managing directors, fewest since 2008
Goldman Sachs Group named 261 managing directors Friday, 19 percent fewer than last year as the company fights sagging revenue and new regulations that threaten to clip its wings. Last...
WWE Superstar CM Punk talks gaming, Survivor Series and being 'straight-edge'
With the Survivor Series pay-per-view taking place this Sunday and the release of WWE ’12 coming up on Tuesday, it has been a busy time for the wrestling giant.CM Punk,...
Balanced budget amendment to Constitution fails in House vote
WASHINGTON -- The US House of Representatives on Friday voted down a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution in a 261-165 vote. The vote on a balanced budget amendment --...
Obama sends note for Heavy D funeral
MOUNT VERNON — Heavy D was remembered with laughter and tears Friday during a star-studded funeral service that included Jay-Z and Will Smith, humorous anecdotes from longtime friend Diddy, and...
Justin Bieber releases duet with Jaden Smith
Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith released a new duet Friday -- a cover of "Thinking About You" by Frank Ocean. "I hope you like it," tweeted Smith, the 13-year-old son...
Jets coach backs Sanchez as his QB
The morning after the Jets’ 17-13 Mile High Meltdown, Rex Ryan called the loss "huge" and admitted Tim Tebow’s 95-yard game-winning drive was "still hard to fathom." But the coach...
Tuck on side at Giants practice, will play Sunday
Giants defensive end Justin Tuck was a surprise addition to the injury report but will play Sunday against the Eagles.Tuck was on the sideline riding an exercise bicycle during the...
Former Syracuse star Seikaly rips into coach’s accuser
Former Syracuse and NBA star Rony Seikaly on Friday blasted the accusations of child molesting brought by two former ball boys against longtime Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine, calling the allegations...
UN atomic watchdog adopts resolution of 'increasing concern' about Iran's nuclear activities
VIENNA -- The UN atomic watchdog's board Friday passed a resolution of "deep and increasing concern" about Iran's nuclear activities following a damning new report from the Vienna-based body. But...
Steakhouse waiters arrested in credit card theft scheme
Waiters at high-priced steakhouses in Manhattan, New Jersey and Connecticut were stealing credit card information from wealthy customers, authorities said today in announcing the takedown of a major ID theft...
City school bus drivers may strike
The wheels on the bus may stop stop stop. The school bus workers’ union has threatened to strike as early as next week in a move that would throw more...
Fantasy Football Week 11 Live Chat
Post fantasy football writer Anthony Sulla-Heffinger took your questions Friday.Some of the subjects covered in this week's chat were how to replace injured QBs Matt Schaub, Matt Cassel and Michael...
Columbia will let marching 'banned' play Saturday
Columbia University has reversed field on its marching band. The school will allow its band to play at Saturday's final football game after saying it wouldn't due to a song...
Idaho man believed he was Jesus, charged with trying to assassinate Obama
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought President Obama was the Antichrist, according to court...
Winners & losers from Jets loss to Broncos
DENVER – The Jets lost a stunning, heartbreaking game to the Broncos on Thursday night when Tim Tebow scored in the final minute to hand the Jets a 17-13 loss....
VIDEO: Reaction to Tebow's touchdown
CineSport's Noah Coslov sits down with Clifton Brown of the Sporting News to discuss the Broncos' improbable win over the Jets thanks to Tim Tebow's fourth-quarter heroics.csprtContainer(); csprtContainer();
EPL leader Manchester City announces record losses
MANCHESTER, England -- The cost of Manchester City's rise to the top of the English Premier League was laid bare Friday, with the soccer club announcing the largest financial losses...
Full Tilt Poker could be taken over by French investment group
WASHINGTON -- A French investment group reached an agreement with the US Justice Department that could pave the way for the group to take control of beleaguered online poker operator...
Two UK terror suspects killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
LONDON -- Two British terror suspects died in a US drone strike in northwest Pakistan, their family and friends said Friday. Ibrahim Adam and Mohammed Azmir were thought to have...
Debating goodness at Penn State
It isn't every day that journalists discuss the nature of goodness, but that is just what is going on in response to the child rape scandal at Penn State University. The New York Times'...
As Regis bids farewell to 'Live,' tell us who should replace him
TV legend Regis Philbin said goodbye to morning television this morning, doing his final show and capping a career that has spanned five decades. "We've had a wonderful show and...
Captain says Wagner responsible for Natalie Wood death, cops say he's not a suspect
LOS ANGELES — Actor Robert Wagner is not a suspect in the drowning of his wife, actress Natalie Wood, police said Friday despite an allegation by the captain of the...
Dwayne DeRosario, traded from New York to rival D.C., wins MLS MVP
D.C. United midfielder Dwayne De Rosario was named MLS Most Valuable Player, a fitting and ironic conclusion to his turbulent season that saw him traded from Toronto FC to New...
Queens man killed, 4 injured in blaze
A man was killed and four other people were injured when a fast-moving fire tore through a Queens home early this morning, officials said. Firefighters responding to a 911 call...
OSU women's basketball coaches, former state senator killed in plane crash
PERRYVILLE, Ark. -- A former Oklahoma state senator was piloting the small plane that crashed in central Arkansas, killing Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and his assistant Miranda...
David Beckham says FIFA boss Blatter's racism remarks were 'appalling'
LOS ANGELES -- David Beckham added his weighty name to the voices of condemnation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter's comments on racism, describing the head of global soccer's views as...
FIFA president Blatter apologizes over racism comments
ZURICH -- After two days of criticism, FIFA president Sepp Blatter issued a statement of apology Friday following his controversial suggestion that racism on the soccer field should be settled...
Bloomberg waited to boot OWS until a court would uphold eviction
Mayor Bloomberg offered a new rationale today for why he waited two months to boot the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park, saying the courts might not have upheld...
Unelected bureaucrats delaying fracking opportunity -- again
An unelected body of bureaucrats look poised to maintain their stranglehold on economic delopment in the Delaware river basin. The question is fracking -- using hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas...
LI pharmacy killer got 12,000 pain pills from docs
MELVILLE, N.Y. — State records show a Long Island couple who pleaded guilty after a deadly pharmacy holdup filled prescriptions for almost 12,000 pain pills from dozens of doctors over...
UConn handles Maine
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut has won its first three games by an average of more than 18 points. Now coach Jim Calhoun would like to see his Huskies add some...
Hillary Clinton to make landmark visit to Burma
NUSA DUA, Indonesia -- President Obama announced Friday that he is sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Burma next month, the first visit by a US secretary of state...
Tunnel worker killed under Grand Central Terminal
A tunnel worker was killed by falling concrete under Grand Central Terminal last night. Michael O’Brien was working on the new station for the Long Island railroad being built below...
CHSFL Class AAA, AA title games preview
It’s championship weekend in the CHSFL. The top two teams in each division are still alive and CHSFL beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down all the action at Mitchel Field....
Jets' Leonhard rips NFL for schedule
DENVER — The Jets wouldn’t use the short turn around as an excuse for collapsing against the Broncos, but before the game at least one Jets was seething about the...
PSAL girls volleyball playoff roundup: Cardozo shakes off first set loss, beats Hunter in quarters
Losing the first set could have spelled doom for Cardozo. Ashley Grubler wouldn’t let it and not just because of what she did on the court. “She did a great...
Jets report card
OFFENSE (F) Ten games into the season, this unit still has not clicked. Guard Matt Slauson scored the Jets’ only touchdown. That tells you everything you need to know. QB...
Jets blitz
HERO Tim Tebow seemed to validate all of the critics’ complaints about his game for 56 minutes. Then he pulled on the Superman cape, driving Denver 95 yards on 12...
Ford's patient Vaughan signs with UTEP
Shanice Vaughan never lost faith. The Bishop Ford guard saw most of her college interest dry up late in the summer, but felt she had played well enough with her...
Talented Stanners starting anew with first-year coach Lagas
Amani Tatum described the early season as one of learning and adapting for her and her Archbishop Molloy teammates. “Everything is new,” the junior guard said. … “Just adjusting is...
Jefferson set to host eighth annual Hersh Tip-Off Classic on Saturday
Basketball is here and Thomas Jefferson will get it all started Saturday afternoon. The Brooklyn school will host its eighth annual Hersh Tip-Off Classic on Saturday. Admission is $5. The...
Transition period an easy one for Daggett, revamped Curtis
Danielle Santucci had a lot of question marks over the summer when she heard about the coaching shakeup at Curtis. Gone would be assistant coach John Curatolo, who guided the...
Talented Stepinac eager for 'AA' challenge
Archbishop Stepinac officially joins the CHSAA Class AA in a few weeks when it takes on Bronx powerhouse St. Raymond. Facing the likes of the Ravens, Holy Cross and Xaverian...
Anthony, Camargo power Lewis back to PSAL 'A' semifinals
Francis Lewis has been a volleyball power for the last decade living in the PSAL Class A finals and semifinals. This season hasn’t been like most in recent years. The...
Hot Hondo on Best Bet lead: Mind the gap!
Hondo added separation to his Best Bet lead last week, going 2-1 to open up a ridiculous bulge — 2¹/₂ games — that would make Anthony Weiner proud. That means...
Watch out for antlers
The start of the big-game season in New York’s Southern Zone tomorrow has some controversy surrounding it due to the expansion of the antler restriction program. In Delaware, Sullivan and...
O/U Rico
Rico went 7-9 (2-1 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week, bringing the season record to 69-75-2 (16-14).The selections for Week 11: OVER: Giants / Eagles; Vikings / Raiders; Lions...
Giants get chance to pay back hated Eagles
It won’t take a miracle to end a team’s season Sunday night in New Jersey. That’s exactly what happened last year when the Eagles scored 28 straight points in the...
Mary Louis curbing expectations despite strong returners, 'exceptional' freshmen
Mary Louis is the team so many are talking about heading into the season. With the two best freshmen in New York City and exceptional returning players, led by George...
Unknown no more: New-face Wagner back to semis after routing Cleveland
If you told Kristine Ciurcina back in August that her team would be back in the semifinals, she might have given you a funny look. At the time for Susan...
Building from within, Jefferson confident it can compete with Brooklyn's best
Thomas Jefferson has fallen behind in the arms race. While traditional Brooklyn AA powers Boys & Girls and Lincoln added a series of Division I-caliber standouts through transfers, the Orange...
Broncos beat Jets, 17-13, on Tebow's last-minute touchdown
DENVER — Tim Tebow's legs did what Mark Sanchez's arm failed to do — deliver a win. Tebow, the unorthodox quarterback, ran in the winning touchdown with 58 seconds remaining...
Business briefs
Peltz outActivist investor Nelson Peltz no longer owns shares in PepsiCo, CNBC reported yesterday, and the company’s shares fell 1.5 percent. Earlier this week, Peltz’s Trian Fund disclosed that it...
Relief, but grief from MF Global clients
Jon Corzine nearly cost Sam Easley his home. The 49-year-old Tennessee small business owner had trouble paying his mortgage after the cash in his account at Corzine’s MF Global brokerage...
Zynga’s Pincus weighing IPO windfall
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus could land a mega-payday when his social-gaming juggernaut goes public, The Post has learned. Pincus — not content with being a billionaire on paper — is...
Pecker picks pecs
This is either a great rags-to-riches story or one of the zaniest stunts yet to materialize at the often chaotic American Media empire, home to the National Enquirer, Shape and...
Amazon’s smartphone
Amazon.com, seeking to build on its expansion into e-readers and tablets, is working on a smartphone that will go on sale in the fourth quarter of next year, according to...
Starz app coming to cellphones
Spartacus is coming to the app world soon, but he’s trailing Tony Soprano. Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said yesterday that a new Starz app offering movies and original shows, such...
Marts plunge on ‘1,225’ fear
Trigger-happy investors dumped US stocks yesterday, scared by the market’s sudden fall through a key technical level brought on by more worries about Europe’s debt troubles. The S&P 500 index...
Miramax looks to refi debt
Miramax, the producer of films such as “Shakespeare in Love,” plans to pay a dividend of about $142 million to owners including Tom Barrack’s Colony Capital LLC, two people with...
Sears, Kmart felled by tightfisted Lampert
Oracle of Omaha, meet the Grinch of Greenwich. Eddie Lampert — the Connecticut hedge-fund tycoon who took control of Sears and Kmart six years ago — has long idolized billionaire...
Foreclosure mill getting peppered
The stink is growing around the state’s largest foreclosure mill.The Steven J. Baum law firm, which last month agreed to pay a $2 million fine to settle a federal probe...
Old Navy sinks Gap
Gap Inc., the largest US apparel chain, said third-quarter profit declined 36 percent as sales dropped at its namesake and Old Navy chains. Net income fell to $193 million, or...
Feds: Delay gupta case
US prosecutors asked for a delay in the civil case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Rajat Gupta and Raj Rajaratnam until the criminal trial of Gupta is...
Driving off with $1.3B in profits
Although auto-parts maker Delphi got off to a slow start in its first day of trading following its initial public offering, billionaire hedge-fund boss Paul Singer can ride off with...
Demi is no Moore for Ashton
Demi Moore’s head-scratching, May-December marriage to Ashton Kutcher is over. “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton,”...
Con Ed bids to zap Ground Zero mosque
Con Edison wants a judge to green-light the eviction of the would-be developer of the controversial mosque near Ground Zero — because, the utility claims, he doesn’t have a prayer...
Packin’ prof pulls a ‘Plax’
One Long Island professor might have what it takes to play for the Jets. A criminal-justice instructor at Long Island University’s C.W. Post campus bizarrely blasted himself in the leg...
All hell breaks loose for Dems
ALBANY — State Dems are divided. Hot-button issues like fracking and the millionaires tax roiled yesterday’s state party committee meeting — climaxing in Ithaca-area representative Lori Gardner yelling at party...
Sec. Serv. guards Cain
WASHINGTON — Herman Cain is the first GOP presidential candidate to get Secret Service protection — which he requested after receiving death threats, a source told The Associated Press. Cain...
Public got sun burned
WASHINGTON — The taxpayers will be left holding the bag.That was the message from an unapologetic Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday, who admitted at a Capitol Hill hearing that the...
O slay-bid rap for W. House shooter
WASHINGTON — The 21-year old man accused of firing several bullets that hit the White House was also charged yesterday with trying to assassinate President Obama. The charges were added...
Obama’s Asian sales trip
WASHINGTON — President Obama is becoming a traveling salesman on his trip to Asia, announcing $25 billion worth of deals between US companies and Asian buyers. Obama is being especially...
Singer’s ‘bimbo’ limbo
A Queens singer who has worked with the likes of Britney Spears has filed an $18 million lawsuit against her management company for allegedly trashing her as a racist trollop....
LI ‘DWI’ smartass is shirt outta luck
If you’re going to get drunk and plow your car into a police cruiser, do it in style! A fashion-forward Long Island boozehound lost control of his car and rammed...
Atlantic Yards building with ‘Legos’
It’s prefab-ulous. A rendering of the first of three projected Atlantic Yards residential towers was unveiled yesterday — a honeycomb-looking glass-and-steel behemoth that would be the world’s largest prefabricated “modular”...
Jokey Justin’s scandal idea
Justin Bieber — joking for the first time about the now-dropped paternity charges a California woman lodged against him — said it would have been a better scandal had he...
Natalie Wood drown twist
Investigators in Los Angeles say they have new information on the mysterious, decades-old drowning death of actress Natalie Wood that has led them to reopen the case. The “West Side...
20 yrs. for ‘Don Wrong’
She’s one woman he couldn’t sweet talk. Date-raping “journalist” Hugues Akassy tried to butter up his female judge at sentencing yesterday, but she wasn’t swayed, slapping him with a 20-...
Lesson for chancellor
The school where the chancellor’s daughter teaches has been plagued by snafus, forcing kids to endure as many as 10 course-schedule changes.“We were told they’re being given work to be...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A quack was arrested for illegally practicing medicine in Inwood, authorities said. Marcelino Francisco, 53, wrote prescriptions and gave referrals to victims on two occasions, according to court...
Comptroller Liu says he's still running for mayor despite fund-raiser bust
Scandal-scarred John Liu defiantly brushed off criminal charges against one of his top fund-raisers — telling a crowd of supporters that he’s running for mayor in 2013. With federal investigators...
Jeffrey Epstein's Level 3 sex offender status upheld by NY appeals court
Multimillionaire perv Jeffrey Epstein may not consider his Florida conviction for soliciting a minor a big deal, but New York does. A state appeals court yesterday upheld the financier’s status...
‘Missing’ mistress
They knew where to find her. City Councilman Larry Seabrook’s mistress frequently went AWOL from the nonprofits she purportedly ran — but could usually be reached at the Bronx Democrat’s...
’Cuse coach a ‘perv’
A longtime assistant coach of Syracuse University’s famed basketball program is under investigation for alleging sexually abusing a ball boy, police said yesterday. The school is the second college sports...
Regis takes spill while taping Letterman scooter segment
You can’t keep Regis Philbin down for long. The talk-show legend — who’s ending his 28-year run on “Live!” this morning — looked like he might be a scratch for...
Actress sues over vicious ‘cycle’
A Brooklyn actress who was mowed down last summer in a near-fatal collision with a bicyclist is suing the city for $3 million, claiming Prospect Park has become a hazard...
It’s band-emonium!
Columbia University’s football team is so bad that even the band geeks are mocking it. In a shocking turn of events, the Ivy League university’s marching band bullied the jocks...
Stars ‘vamp’ it up
Even vampires need a break. The stars of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1” — Robert Pattinson (top), Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner — lounge suggestively for a photo...
Now occupying your commute!
Occupy Wall Street protesters, at times numbering in the thousands, selfishly made life miserable yesterday for the working stiffs whose jobs they claim to be protecting — blocking buildings, clashing...
Sights and sounds from Thursday's Occupy Wall Street protests
The massive Occupy Wall Street march brought out the best, the worst and even the funniest in New Yorkers as protesters and police squared off yesterday. A group of wrong-way...
OWS protests disrupt New Yorkers' daily routines
It wasn’t life or death — but it sure felt that way for the thousands of impatient New Yorkers whose daily routines were thrown into chaos. “I’m just trying to...
Runaway mom dreadlocked up
Here’s your mom, kids. Proud? The hippie Florida mother of four who ditched her children and banker husband to sleep in Zuccotti Park’s squalor hit rock bottom yesterday when she...
Just bomb-bastic
Sure he said he’d burn down Macy’s — but he really didn’t mean it. The Zuccotti Park protester charged with felony terroristic threat-making — for his caught-on-video vow to “burn...
Ready riot cops whack back at OWS hooligans
It was a blur of batons, beatings and blood. Police in riot gear answered the Occupy Wall Street mobilization with a display of force that overwhelmed protesters everywhere they gathered....
Rally is really a tantrum by decry babies
With the self-congratulatory, self-martyring self-celebration of its two-month anniversary yesterday, Occupy Wall Street truly broke new ground by acting out a political-psychological condition that could be called “collective narcissism.” This...
A boring blasphemy
Why wait for Black Friday to begin the tedious “War on Christmas”? The Brooklyn Museum has already begun the annual attack on Christian sensibilities in the name of free speech...
Meet the ‘know-nothing’ defense
In Washington, government officials routinely get away with “taking personal responsibility” by mouthing empty words devoid of action. The Obama administration has raised this accountability charade to an art form....
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...
Cart blanche
New York City is once again staring into the fiscal abyss, and yet it can’t manage to collect almost $1 million in health-code-violation fines? Even when the violators set up...
New York City’s shelter shame
The Issue: The city’s never-ending difficulties in dealing with its homeless population. *** Thank you for your poignant article, “Why NYC Homeless Policies Are a Mess” (Michael Benjamin, PostOpinion, Nov....
How Washington is fueling Iran’s scariest fantasies
The Issue: The mullahs’ growing defiance of America and their lack of respect for US power. *** Amir Taheri’s article about Iran’s blatant disrespect for America should make our current...
Loud, but lame
As apocalyptic acts of public protest go, yesterday’s Occupy Wall Street act-out was a bit of a piffle. There was the promise to shut down Wall Street. Didn’t happen. There...
O's Pacific plunge
President Obama is pushing all the right buttons on his Pacific trip — letting friend and foe alike know that “the United States is a Pacific power, and we are...
The Lie
Joshua Leonard (“The Blair Witch Project”) makes his directorial debut and stars in this interesting low-budget adaptation of a T.C. Boyle short story from The New Yorker about an aging...
In Heaven, Underground
‘In Heaven, Underground’’ is an oddity: an upbeat film about a cemetery. Directed by Britta Wauer, the beautifully lensed documentary chronicles the past and present of the 130-year-old Weissensee Cemetery...
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Kristin Scott Thomas’ string of French movies continues with the corporate thriller “The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch,” directed by Jerome Salle. Thomas plays an icy executive at a multinational corporation...
Another Happy Day
Sometime they’ll make an indie film about a non-dysfunctional wedding, but “Another Happy Day” is not it. If you liked “Rachel Getting Married” or “Margot at the Wedding,” you probably...
Bride & gloom
"I know how this ends,” Jacob (Taylor Lautner) snaps at Bella (Kristen Stewart) in the mawkish, intermittently gory “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” “and I’m not sticking...
Manic penguins are ice grating
‘Happy Feet Two” put me in mind of some famous song-and-dance films. It moves like Peter Boyle doing “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in “Young Frankenstein,” while its plotting is as...
No salvation for abused wife, drunk pal — or viewers
If “Tyrannosaur” were a tabloid (and in a way, it is), its headline would be “Reckless Violence in Pointless Film.” This sorry British art-house exploitation picture begins with an angry...
Emancipation occupation
Rumors were that an “Occupy”-something group would disrupt Wednesday night’s US premiere of “Kommilitonen!” But the Juilliard Opera performance went off without offstage fireworks, and proved to be a well-crafted...
Shows in ‘space’ race
Oh, what a fat and happy time it is to be a theater owner. Every day you go to work, there’s a line of supplicants — otherwise known as producers...
Rid Of Me
James Westby’s mumblecore-ish, horror-tinged romantic drama may open with a flash-forward showing the protagonist smearing a rival with menstrual blood, but “Carrie” it’s not. In truth, Katie O’Grady’s character seems...
King of Devil’s Island
‘King of Devil’s Island” is one of three end-of-the-year films starring the excellent Swedish-born actor Stellan Skarsgård, also featured in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” and “Melancholia.” In “King,”...
Cattrall sexes up dull ‘Lives’
Those critical of star-casting on Broadway should catch Kim Cattrall — the single best thing in the humdrum new revival of Noël Coward’s “Private Lives” that opened last night. Best...
‘Garbo’: I vant to be a spy
The life of Juan Pujol is begging for a big-budget production from a major director. It’s “Zelig” meets “The Longest Day.” The documentary “Garbo: The Spy” is the story of...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3½ 4 (46½)EaglesFALCONS 6½ 6 (44) TitansDOLPHINS 2 2 (43) BillsRAVENS 9 7 (40½)BengalsBROWNS 1½ 1 (34½)JaguarsRaiders 1½ 1 (45½)VIKINGSLIONS 7 7 (47½)PanthersPACKERS14½14 (48½)BuccaneersCowboys 7½ 7½(41½)REDSKINS49ERS10 9½(40½)CardinalsRAMS...
Sorry show puts Jets’ season on brink
DENVER — The Jets didn’t just lose a game last night, they lost their season. If you choose to, feel free to lay blame on the defense for the Jets...
Jets lose to Broncos after Tebow's stunning 95-yard drive
DENVER — Call it the Miracle at Mile High. Tim Tebow stunned the Jets with a last-minute, 95-yard drive that ended with the Broncos quarterback rushing for 20-yard touchdown to...
Tebow shows heart Jets lack
DENVER — Only a Rocky Mountain Miracle could have saved Tim Tebow and the Broncos. Only a choking Rex Ryan defense could have allowed Tebow to carry his team 95...
5 questions for ... Ron Duguay
MSG analyst and Rangers great Ron Duguay breaks down the team’s seven-game winning streak with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: What’s the biggest thing you’ve seen from the Rangers in...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 6 fur;,$21,000; clm($7,500); 3up BOJAN drops to lowest claiming level of career after tiring in an off the turf race while coming off a two month layoff. CALLMETONY had...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $43,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Rocky World(L),119A Lezcano9-8-7Metivier20-12 Sound of Drums(L),119JCastellan2-7-2Divitto5-23 Chardsey(L),119A Garcia7-1-3Clement8-14 AmbassdrBrdg(L),120JVelazquz7-1-4Gyarmat12-15 TurnUptheMsc(L),114I Ortiz, Jr8-1-3Bond8-16 Zone Breaker(L),120CMontalv7-8-10Barker20-17 Bud...
Aqueduct Charts
November 17th, 2011 Cloudy and Sloppy.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/8 miles; $60,000; 3upOff: 12:20. 5. bid 5/16, hand urgedTime: 24.34, 49.39, 1:14.72, 1:39.51, 1:51.83.Trainer: William MottWinner: B C, 4,...
Sports Shorts
Ncaa: Rose Bowl would welcome Penn StateThe chief administrative officer of the Rose Bowl said if Penn State wins the Big Ten title, the Nittany Lions will be free to...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST-$45,000, mdn spl wt, 2YO F, 1 1/16mi, clear.7Milania (Bejarano)3.602.202.101Sage d'Oro (Sutherland)3.202.204Belle Gallantey (Quinonez)2.40Scr: Walkingonadream.* $1 Exacta (7-1) $4.60 * Quinella (1-7) $4.40 * $1 Superfecta (7-1-4-5) $29.30 * $1...
Vic C.’s Churchill Downs Grade
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $25,000; clm; 2YO2-Cobra Kiss 3-14-Sharp N Pretty 7-21-Dorothy'sAuror9-25-Fitz'n to Go 6-13-Banded 5-26-Paoli 4-1SECOND-5 fur(T); $50,000; alw; 3up(f)7-Networking 3-14-Fiscal Policy 7-21-Kenny Lane 5-15-Greta's Star 15-12-Mazucambera 5-16-MusicalProdigy7-23-DontbeshyI'llBy4-1THIRD-6 fur; $24,000;...
Monmouth Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 mile; $11,000; clm($12,500); 2YO BLACK BULLET drops to lowest claiming level of career for route debut. FLY DIXIE...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 18SATNov. 19SUNNov. 20MONNov. 21TUENov. 22WEDNov. 23THUNov. 24RangersNO GAMEMont.7:00MSG ESPN NO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEFla.7:30MSG ESPNNO GAME IslandersNO GAMEBost.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEPitt.7:00MSG WRHUNO GAMEPhil.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEDevilsNO GAMET.B.7:00MSG+2 WFANNO GAMEFla.7:30MSG+ WFANNO GAMEClmb.7:00MSG+2 WFANNO...
Yankees remain unsure about Yu
Brian Cashman doesn’t think the failures of Japanese pitchers Kei Igawa and Hideki Irabu will have much of an impact on whether the Yankees pursue Yu Darvish. Instead, it could...
Islanders defeat Canadiens
Riding down from the province of Quebec last night came a gift horse that the Islanders desperately needed, one that came in the form of a Canadiens team playing its...
Mets owner mum on Reyes
MILWAUKEE — Fred Wilpon wasn’t tipping his hand about Jose Reyes as he departed the Pfister Hotel yesterday at the conclusion of the MLB owners’ meetings. Asked if it was...
Woods loses again, but USA leads Presidents' Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Americans kept the lead in the Presidents Cup, and they still don’t have a point from Tiger Woods. In some of the toughest conditions ever at...
Baseball adds wild cards, moving Astros to AL
MILWAUKEE — Baseball’s postseason will get a little longer, and the Houston Astros can soon start adding the words “designated hitter” to their day-to-day vocabulary. Commissioner Bud Selig yesterday made...
Yankees GM sleeps on sidewalk for charity
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman woke up at 5 a.m. yesterday at the GM meetings in Milwaukee, dealing with issues like how to convince team owner Hal Steinbrenner to increase...
Former Mets manager Valentine 'in play' with Red Sox: source
MILWAUKEE — The soap opera that has engulfed the Red Sox has suddenly created this possibility: that Bobby Valentine will be Boston’s next manager. A person involved in the process...
Rev. Jackson’s funeral message comes too late to help Smokin’ Joe
There’s nothing like a funeral to bring out the fakers, phonies and frauds. At Joe Frazier’s funeral in Philadelphia on Monday, America’s Stage Hog, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, delivered one...
FIFA president under fire for racism remark
GENEVA — With his organization still reeling from corruption allegations, FIFA President Sepp Blatter faced calls for his resignation yesterday after saying racial abuse on the soccer field could be...
Retired hoop players are still infighting
Why should anyone remotely expect the NBA and its players to get their billion dollar testosterone-fueled act together without the routine dosage of duress, disdain and danger if the National...
U.S. Open track meet moving to Garden
With the Millrose Games moving to the New Balance Track & Field Center after nearly a century at Madison Square Garden, U.S. Track & Field wanted to keep a world-class...
Rangers coach happy winning different ways
After entering November with a 4-3-3 record, the Rangers have vaulted near the top of the Eastern Conference by putting together a seven-game winning streak. And, according to coach John...
Devils' Clarkson develops scoring touch
A coaching change always affects the pecking order on a hockey roster. Under Pete DeBoer, David Clarkson’s spot on the Devils’ scoring table is upgraded, too. In the past three...
Don’t bury birds yet
The Giants have a chance to “finish off” the Eagles and “put them out of their misery.” But those same words point out why Philadelphia is still dangerous, in the...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZTIMBONTEMPSMIKEBATTAGLINOMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICOJets 6 (40 1/2) BRONCOS (Broncos, 17-13)Broncos(W)Jets (L) ★ Jets (L) ★ Jets (L)Broncos(W)Broncos(W)Broncos(W)Broncos(W)Jets (L)GIANTS 4 (46 1/2) Eagles (Sun., 8:20, NBC)GiantsEagles ★ GiantsEaglesGiantsEaglesEaglesGiantsGiantsDOLPHINS 2 (43) Bills (1:00, CBS)Bills...
Late-season Charge is about to begin
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 at PhilSteele.com. Chargers (+3...
Giants' Bradshaw says he'll be back next week
Agony of the foot? Not a problem, Ahmad Bradshaw says. Once fearful he might miss the rest of the reason with a broken bone in his right foot, the Giants...
Giants' top pick likely will face Eagles
After teasing their fans for weeks, the Giants finally appear ready for Prince Amukamara’s closeup. The rookie first-round pick, sidelined since the second day of training camp by a broken...
Giants' Tuck 'not a very good player right now'
The Giants need more from Justin Tuck, their team captain and erstwhile best defensive lineman. What he’s given so far is not enough. Not even close. There is the reality...
Jets use Powell after injury to Greene
DENVER — It was when Bilal Powell got into the game in the second quarter last night that it was apparent the Jets had running back issues. Powell, a fourth-round...
Lineman scores Jets' only TD
DENVER — The Jets’ top offensive player last night was ... Matt Slauson? The guard scored the Jets’ only touchdown of the game, recovering a Bilal Powell fumble at the...
Sanchez blames himself for Jets loss
DENVER — Mark Sanchez couldn’t beat Tim Tebow last night. And that’s about all you really need to know about the Jets quarterback. Blame him for the loss. He said...
Who’s zooming who!
1. X Factor 1,080,225 2. S. Carolina GOP Debate 668,052 3. Spongebob Squarepants 653,489 4. WWE Raw 607,269 5. Glee 573,003 6. The Walking Dead 386,962 7. The Middle 379,351...
We’ll always have B’klyn
The definitive bio of the elusive Woody Allen begins with something that Allen has spent his entire career mocking: A windbag Columbia University professor waxing pretentious about his movies. But...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYGAYLE KING, LARA SPENCER, MARIO BATALI - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7JEREMY RENNER, NIKKI REED - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4MARIO L--PEZ - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch....
Joy is gone
HLN has cut Joy Behar loose after two years, declining to renew her contract. “The Joy Behar Show,” which premiered in 2009, will air new shows at 10 p.m. through...
Cosell done in by booze
Howard Cosell drank himself out of his announcing job at ABC, according a new biography of the famed TV sports personality. During a 1984 American League Championship game, Cosell and...
Would you pay $1,200 for these jeans?
Tony Parker wanted his name stitched into the waistband. A former Stanford women’s volleyball player was desperate for a pair of pants with a 38-inch inseam. And a New York...
Weird but true
This guy is as good a bank robber as Woody Allen. A West Virginia holdup neophyte botched a bank job when he failed to write his demand note legibly enough...
Rutgers defeats Sacred Heart
PISCATAWAY — After getting mauled two days earlier and trailing at halftime last night, after listening to coach Mike Rice’s locker room rant and seeing him toss a couple of...
Seton Hall tops VCU
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It didn't take long for Virginia Commonwealth to learn that last year's Final Four appearance doesn't mean much this season. Herb Pope had 20 points and 13...
These coaches are courageous
Coaches vs. Cancer, now known as the 2K Sports Classic, is in its 18th year and has raised more than $50 million for cancer research in a splendid partnership between...
St. John's rally ends with loss to Arizona
This could be fun. This could be a lot of fun. If St. John’s plays as it did last night, if the Red Storm continues to pressure teams with their...
FIFA boss Blatter stands firm following racism comments
LONDON -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Thursday defended his record on tackling discrimination, while appearing to stand by his suggestion that racism on the soccer field should be settled...
Qns. school plagued by snafus
This screw-up hits close to home. The school where the chancellor's daughter teaches has been plagued by snafus that forced students to endure as many as 10 course schedule changes...
LA sheriff reopens investigation into 1981 death of actress Natalie Wood
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Thursday it was reopening the investigation into the 1981 death of Natalie Wood -- partly because of comments made by...
Schwarzenegger 'banged up' and bloodied during movie accident in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- An accident during the filming of contemporary Western "The Last Stand" in Albuquerque, New Mexico left Arnold Schwarzenegger worse for wear Thursday. "Got a little banged...
Woman hit by cyclist sues city for $3M
A beautiful Brooklyn stage actress who was mowed down last summer in a near-fatal collision with a bicyclist is suing the city for $3 million, claiming Prospect Park has become...
Modern Warfare 3 smashes sales records grossing more than $775M in five days
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The latest "Call of Duty" title has shattered all previous entertainment records, grossing more than $775 million in its first five days of sales, Activision Blizzard...
Police investigate molestation accusation against Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Police said late Thursday they were investigating a molestation allegation against long-serving Syracuse University basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine. Police Sgt. Tom Connellan told NewsCore that the...
Bart's Week 11 picks
While overall sloppy play and thewoeful Colts have made it seem like half the NFL is in the running for Andrew Luck, the reality is that more teams are getting...
Follow Jets-Broncos with Post writers
The Post has tonight's Jets-Broncos game from Denver covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The Jets are trying to bounce back from a...
Poor play calling hurting Eagles
PHILADELPHIA -- No one stops LeSean McCoy better than his coaching staff. McCoy has developed into one of the NFL’s top running backs in his third season with the Philadelphia...
Giants' Tuck upset with way he's playing
Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said Thursday he is very unhappy with the way he has played this season."I’m not a very good player right now," Tuck said as the...