November 2, 2012
Obama orders fuel to be sent to NY and NJ in wake of Sandy
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is ordering the purchase of up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for distribution in...
DUMBO businesses looking to bounce back from Sandy
In DUMBO, event hall Galapagos Art Space at the corner of Main and Water streets suffered about $80,000 worth of damage thanks five feet of water that surged in with...
40,000 kids at storm-damaged schools won't attend classes Monday
As many as 40,000 students at 65 public schools that are unusable because of severe damage from Hurricane Sandy will not resume classes on Monday as planned, city officials said....
Off-Broadway still shaky going into the weekend
Things are still dicey for venues in The Dark Zone.* Tonight’s performance of “Checkers” is off. The Vineyard Theatre hopes to resume tomorrow, but it all depends on Con Ed...
Relief, for some: Power back on for in 133,270 Manhattan, more than 92K dark
Power-starved lower Manhattan lit up with joy tonight as Con Ed restored electricity to thousands of customers who lost power to Hurricane Sandy. Just after 7 p.m., 30,000 customers were...
Coast Guard commander: cleanup of massive fuel spills 'monumental'
The commander of the Coast Guard for the Atlantic area said Friday that it's a "monumental task" to clean up hundreds of thousands of gallons of spilled fuel and other...
New York City Marathon will NOT run on Sunday, officials decide after criticism
Backtracking city officials decided there will be no marathon on Sunday. The move comes after intense criticism of Mayor Bloomberg's decision to hold the race. There has been no decision...
Yankees make qualifying offers to Soriano, Kuroda, Swisher
The Yankees made qualifying offers to Rafael Soriano, Hiroki Kuroda and Nick Swisher Friday, meaning if any of them wind up signing with another team, the Yankees will receive a...
Jets' Dowtin fined for hit on Dolphins' Moore
Marcus Dowtin has been fined for a hit last week on Matt Moore.The Jets rookie linebacker was penalized $15,750 by the NFL for the tackle on the Dolphins quarterback. At...
Yankees' Rothschild expects Rivera, Pettitte, Kuroda to return, ‘can’t count on’ Pineda
The Yankees hitting spoiled their World Series hopes, but there are plenty of questions about their pitching heading into the offseason. Pitching coach Larry Rothschild gave several hints as to...
Steelers RB Dwyer doubtful for Giants game
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer might not get a chance at a third straight 100-yard game on Sunday against the New York Giants. Dwyer is listed as...
How to get to Barclays Center for Nets season opener
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Nets released a number of instructions for fans trying to get to Barclays Center for Saturday’s season opener against the Raptors.Free Shuttle Buses:...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Repeating as champs is Giant task
The Giants don’t have the best record in the NFC or even the second-best, but still people consider them the conference favorites. They have the best late-game quarterback in football...
Bonnar was on steroids when he was dominated by Silva at UFC 153: report
Stephan Bonnar was on steroids at UFC 153 – and he still couldn’t even mount a challenge against Anderson Silva.Bonnar failed a drug test following the Oct. 13 card, according...
Coast Guard orders formal investigation into sinking of HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy
ELIZABETH CITY, NC — The Coast Guard has ordered a formal investigation into the sinking of a famous tall ship off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy. The...
NYC Marathon unsure how to get runners to starting line
The New York City Marathon is still unsure how it will get its runners to the starting line Sunday, yet another obstacle in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. A day...
WATCH: MMA star Rousey likens signature armbar to 'tearing apart a turkey with your crotch'
Well someone is in the Thanksgiving spirit already.Women’s MMA superstar Ronda Rousey described the feeling of locking in her signature armbar “like tearing apart a turkey with your crotch” on...
NHL cancels Winter Classic at Big House
The next skate will drop Friday afternoon with the No Hockey League's cancelation of the Jan. 1 Winter Classic between the Red Wings and Maple Leafs that had been scheduled...
Angry residents pelt Connecticut utility crews with eggs
Angry residents pelted utility crews with eggs as they tried to restore power in Bridgeport, Conn., after the mayor claimed the local power company had "shortchanged" the state's largest city...
Ex-Red Sox pitcher Schilling calls suit against him 'political'
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling on Friday called a lawsuit brought against him by Rhode Island economic development officials “political” and denied wrongdoing in connection with...
After Goodell-Christie talk, Giants-Steelers will be played
Sunday's NFL game at the Meadowlands between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants will go on as planned despite concerns about the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke...
Super Ninety Nine scratched from Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Trainer Bob Baffert tweeted Friday morning that his 2-year-old colt Super Ninety Nine, 5-2 in Friday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, had to be scratched: "Super ninety nine...
Sustained, Worth Repeating scratched from Breeders' Cup races
The 2-year-old filly Sustained, a 12-1 shot in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and the 6-year-old horse Worth Repeating, 5-1 in the Marathon, were both scratched from their respective Breeders' Cup...
Penn St. officials arraigned on new charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Penn State administrators have appeared in court on new charges accusing them of hushing up child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky....
MSG's first-quarter net income falls but surpasses estimates
Madison Square Garden Co. said Friday that its net income fell 3 percent in its first fiscal quarter as it paid more taxes than it did a year ago. Increased...
Gov. Cuomo says more subway service possible pending Con Ed power restoration
Gov. Cuomo said subway service could be significantly expanded today if Con Ed makes good with promises to restore power in Lower Manhattan later this afternoon. “Yes. You will see...
Forecasters: New, lesser storm may hit East Coast next week
WASHINGTON — Forecasters say another messy — and wintry — storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather weary East Coast. But meteorologists add that it's six days...
Iranians mark 33rd anniversary of seizure of US Embassy in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran — As Iranians marked the 33rd anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran, a commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guard on Friday offered a pot...
WATCH: Spurs coach not ‘happy’ with in-game interview
Thanks to their continual success, the Spurs find themselves on national TV often. Unfortunately for their coach Gregg Popovich that means more opportunities to be interviewed by sideline reporters, as...
NJ casinos reopening
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — One Atlantic City casino reopened Friday within two hours of getting permission from Gov. Chris Christie and at least one other was scheduled to do so...
Evacuated Manhattan inmates moved to upstate prisons
New York corrections officials say it will be weeks before the 153 women inmates evacuated from a medium-security prison in lower Manhattan are returned to the building. Inmates at Bayview...
Police called to Brooklyn shuttle bus waiting area over 'line-cutters'
Police were summoned at a Brooklyn shuttle bus waiting area when a man and woman tried to cut a two-block line. A straphanger yelled: "Officer! Officer! That guy just cut...
Heat’s Wade critical of NBA not postponing game vs. Knicks
The NBA is getting Heat from one of its marquee players over Friday night’s game between Miami and the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.Dwyane Wade took to Twitter to express...
LIRR provides hourly service on 4 branches
The Long Island Rail Road is offering hourly service on its four busiest branches. They are the Port Washington branch; Port Jefferson branch from Huntington to Penn Station; the Ronkonkoma...
Kobe thinks Lakers critics should 'shut up'
Panicking in Los Angeles? Kobe Bryant has a message for you.Shut Up.The five-time NBA champion guard said just that while talking about his team’s 0-2 start to the season, which...
Delta says Sandy cut revenue by $45 million
Delta Air Lines says Superstorm Sandy cut its revenue by $45 million last month as it was forced to cancel more than 3,500 flights. That's only a fraction of the...
Verizon says Sandy could have 'significant' effect on fourth-quarter earnings
Verizon says the effects of Superstorm Sandy on its fourth-quarter earnings could be "significant." Verizon Communications Inc., whose downtown Manhattan facilities were flooded and are still without power, said Friday...
JFK, Newark operating at full service; LaGuardia getting there as airlines fear fuel shortage
John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty International airports are now operating at full service. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says airlines are continuing to restore full...
NY Dems slated to pick up Republican senate seat: poll
ALBANY - Democrats are positioned to pick up a Republican state Senate seat upstate and are within striking distance of another that was drawn to favor the GOP as the...
Romney, Obama offer differing assessments of October jobs numbers
Mitt Romney today began making his closing argument in a neck-and-neck race against President Obama, promising to bring “renewal and purpose and optimism” back to America. “You can choose your...
A conversation with Giants executive Tidrow
The Friday Five has been placed in storage until play resumes next Apri. I still like the idea of running something different on Fridays, to signify that we've just about made...
SI Ferry to restart service at noon today
Ferry good. The Staten Island Ferry starts running again at noon today, the city's Transportation Department announced. The first boat will depart from the Staten Island side, followed by half-hourly...
Ralph Lauren's second quarter net income falls
Ralph Lauren says reduced wholesale shipments to Europe and a tax cost drove its fiscal second-quarter net income down by 8 percent. The results topped analysts' expectations. But the company...
Four Afghan police officers killed in insider attack
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four Afghan police officers were shot dead Friday in southern Helmand province in an insider attack by their colleagues, officials said. Mohammad Toryali, police chief of Grish...
171,000 jobs created in Oct., unemployment ticks up to 7.9 percent
WASHINGTON — US employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first thought. The solid job growth showed that the economy is strengthening...
Samsung Galaxy Note II hits 3 million sales
SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has sold more than 3 million Galaxy Note II smartphones in a little over a month after its launch, as...
Sandy relief fund created for Staten Island and NJ
A relief fund has been created to assist residents of Staten Island and New Jersey hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro made...
Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to storm-damaged NJ coast
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen says his home state will rebound from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. During a stop at the Jordan Center on...
Long lines at gas stations continue to frustrate drivers
Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a nearly mile-long line for gasoline early Friday in Manhattan after already spending three hours in a similar queue in the Bronx — only to have...
NJ Transit restores train service to and from Penn Station
NJ Transit began operating trains into and out of Penn Station today for the first time since shutting down service for Hurricane Sandy. The trains are operating on a modified...
O/U Rico
Another losing week for Rico on the Over/Unders, going 4-10 (0-3 Best Bets). The season record is 38-76-3 (8-15-1). The selections for Week 9 are: OVERS: Chargers / Chiefs; Broncos...
Leaders miss boat on marathon
It happens every calamity. The same impracticalities that have rendered sports unrecognizable, and the same kinds of decision-making that have made sports telecasts insufferable are borrowed by our leaders in...
Knicks, Heat renew rivalry in opener
The Hurricane Sandy tragedy gives way to Hurricane South Beach tonight at the Garden. The Sandy-induced cancellation of last night’s historic game in Brooklyn against the Nets has transformed tonight’s...
‘Next year’ is now this year for Carmelo, Knicks
He represents the Manhattan team espousing an old Brooklyn philosophy. Last spring, in the aftermath of a quick exit from the NBA playoffs, Carmelo Anthony, Red Hook native, channeled the...
Nets-Knicks game moved to Nov. 26
Last night’s postponed season opener between the Knicks and Nets at Barclays Center will now be held on Monday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. The game, postponed after the damage...
Four Manhattan players named preseason all-conference
Manhattan College's high expectations aren't just in-house. The MAAC coaches feel the Jaspers are loaded as well, based on the announcement of the league's preseason all-conference teams.Long Island product George...
Firefighters cook food for Far Rockaway residents
Two big-hearted firefighters took a break from dousing fires to flip 500 burgers and hot dogs for Far Rockaway residents impacted by the storm. Kenny Hoch, of Engine 292 and...
Business briefs
ADP report Companies expanded payrolls in October by the most in eight months, according to a private report. The 158,000 increase followed a revised 114,000 gain in September, data from...
New Netflix board may be snap for Carl
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sure knows how to pick his battles. Investors in popular video distribution company Netflix — where Icahn recently took a 10 percent stake — had been...
Price-gouging turns investors off to private-equity funds
The private-equity gravy train may be coming to an end. Private equity has long had a reputation for making money from fees even when their fund investors lose. A recent...
One spicy recipe: sizzling profit for Food Network parent
The owner of Food Network and other cable properties continues to cook up a successful mix of programming. Scripps Networks Interactive said revenue at five of its six cable networks...
LinkedIn connect$
Professional social network LinkedIn beat Wall Street’s third-quarter profit and revenue targets yesterday and raised its full-year revenue forecast. Shares of LinkedIn were up 7.72 percent at $115.10 in after-hours...
Happiest tune yet for Sirius XM
Sirius XM Radio, the largest US satellite-radio outfit, affirmed its full-year forecast for subscriber growth after adding 446,000 subscribers in the third quarter. The customer gains, first announced Oct. 10,...
More housecleaning in Martha Stewart-land
Tensions are said to be flaring between Martha Stewart, the founder and non-executive chairman at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Lisa Gersh, president and CEO. In the latest development on...
Shocker! All-electric Tesla wins Car of Year
Score one for Silicon Valley. While Detroit’s car industry is generating quite a comeback story, the $50,000 all-electric Tesla sedan — born in Palo Alto in the heart of high-tech...
Media companies set to report disappointing third-quarter earnings: analyst
After a boffo first half, media companies over the next two weeks will report disappointing results for the third quarter, according to one Wall Street analyst. The lackluster quarter, after...
Cablevision cut off
Cable operator Cablevision said about half of its 3.3 million customers in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey had lost power after superstorm Sandy, causing disruptions to its service. Cablevision...
A ‘Most Wanted’ quarter
DreamWorks Animation’s third-quarter results beat analysts’ estimates, riding the international box-office success of “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.” The company said “Madagascar 3,” which was released in June, raked in...
Street not fazed by Yelp
Yelp, the website that lets users review businesses, forecast fourth-quarter revenue that missed estimates as the company looks for new ways to sell advertising in older markets. Sales in the...
The ‘good’ news on drowned autos
General Motors, Toyota and Ford said US sales this month probably will rebound on deferred purchases and replacement demand after Hurricane Sandy disrupted auto purchases in October. All automakers missed...
Power outages trip up JCPenney and Lord & Taylor
Hurricane Sandy wasn’t kind to New York retailers — and some of the city’s largest are still reeling from the blowhard. JCPenney and Lord & Taylor, whose flagships lost power...
Big retailers upbeat despite Sandy
After a nasty October surprise, retailers are putting on a brave face for the holidays. Big chains like Macy’s, Gap and Target said they remain optimistic about the outlook for...
RI sues Schilling, banks
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said the state’s economic-development organization sued Wells Fargo, Barclays and Curt Schilling, the former chairman of 38 Studios LLC, the bankrupt video-game company. The banks...
Priceline pumped up
Priceline.com, the online travel agency, reported profit that topped analysts’ estimates as consumers flocked to the site. Third-quarter net income jumped 27 percent to $596.6 million, or $11.66 a share,...
Angel of the water
“I’m still pretty strong for my age,” says Jane Rapp, 65. This is an understatement. Every day since the storm, Rapp has been ferrying precious water in heavy buckets from...
Truly love thy neighbor
On the Upper East Side, residents of 200 East End Ave. — many of them elderly — found themselves without power after the storm flooded their basement. And just like...
Plucked from peril
New Yorkers also kept an eye out for wildlife. A Greenpoint couple waiting out Monday’s oncoming storm at their local pub took a stray chicken under their wing. Chris Mottalini,...
Age-old story of kindness
In Red Hook, the west side of the neighborhood was still without power, with elderly residents essentially trapped inside of their apartments. Dorothy Robinson, 94, stayed in her fifth-floor apartment...
River eateries awash in problems
Two famed restaurants, the River Cafe in Brooklyn and the Water Club in Manhattan, also took a beating. “We battened down the hatches, cabled everything up,” said owner Buzzy O’Keeffe,...
Voting may be in‘tents’
You could be voting in an outdoor tent next week.Officials at the city Board of Elections say they’re prepared to open polls Tuesday even in areas that don’t have power.“We...
Feds come to re$cue
WASHINGTON — From a flotilla of warships at the ready to a military airlift of utility crews to New York, the feds have been pouring resources into the storm-recovery effort...
Anguish in Breezy Pt.
Beleaguered Breezy Point residents spent another day sifting through the wreckage of their storm-ravaged neighborhood, which lost 111 homes — and at least one furry friend.Kathleen Fitzsimmons, 51, escaped out...
8 ‘evac center’ high schools reopening
Eight high schools will continue serving as evacuation centers when school resumes on Monday, officials said yesterday. Although Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott wouldn’t confirm that students and evacuees from Hurricane...
NYC’s battle stations
We’re running on fumes. More than half the service stations in the city can’t sell gas because they’re sold out or have no power — and that’s triggering frantic searches...
Many open hearts & wallets
Helping hands — from individuals to corporations — swiftly reached out with support for victims of Hurricane Sandy, including News Corp., which is donating $1 million.The company, which owns The...
Flood of crime
Hurricane Sandy has dredged up all of the bottom-feeders.Since the devastating storm walloped the Big Apple beginning Monday night, the hardest-hit areas have been plagued with burglaries, street muggings and...
Jersey Shore’s ride to ruin
A wrecked roller coaster that once sat on the Funtown Pier — and now rests in the Atlantic — was a grim symbol of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath yesterday as stunned...
Mike likes O for prez
In the middle of the city’s hurricane recovery effort, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday endorsed President Obama for re-election, citing his “history of tackling climate change.”“One sees climate change as an urgent...
‘Sex’ sen. foe: Bare all
WASHINGTON — The Republican challenger to New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is calling for him to release travel records after allegations surfaced that Menendez paid two women in the Dominican...
‘Secret’ Libya fear
A “secret” State Department cable emerged yesterday that contradicted the White House story about the terror attack in Libya, just as President Obama and Mitt Romney launched their final cross-country...
Judge slaps Britney aide
A Los Angeles judge yesterday trashed a lawsuit pressed by Britney Spears’ former confidant, ruling that Sam Lufti didn’t come close to proving his libel and breach-of-contract claims. Judge Suzanne...
Coolant leak in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station yesterday, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk....
Penn St. ‘hush’ puppy
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier was charged yesterday with hushing up child sex- abuse complaints against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official to be...
Rebels kill 28 Syrian soldiers
Syrian rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on military checkpoints in northern Idlib province yesterday, just hours after a wave of bombings hit Damascus and its outskirts, activists said.The Britain-based...
Jail for ‘remote’ terror plotter
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in prison for a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and the US...
Nanny rage before kid slayings
TROUBLE: Yoselyn Ortega with two of the kids under her care, slain child Lucia Krim (right) and surviving sister Nessie (left). At far left, Ortega is wheeled from their home...
D-Day for BP oil-spill deal
NEW ORLEANS — Today is the deadline for plaintiffs to opt out of a proposed class-action settlement of claims from BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn***His headaches have only just begun.An alleged shoplifter was busted for swiping a bottle of Tylenol from a Cobble Hill Rite Aid, court papers state. Luciano Quinones allegedly grabbed the...
Tots-slay ‘revenge’ on hubby
WHEATON, Ill. — A suburban Chicago woman stabbed her 7-year-old son 100 times then turned the knife on a 5-year-old girl who witnessed the killing, as both children begged for...
Kidney joy & tears
A Bronx man finally got a new kidney yesterday — five months after his beloved sister died on an operating table trying to donate hers. “This is the gift of...
‘Abridged too far’: Drivers
High-occupancy vehicle restrictions and the return of mass transit created a fresh nightmare for the flood of commuters trying to cram into Manhattan yesterday — backing up traffic for miles...
Let them eat cake!
Let them eat moldy pastry! Celebrity twit Debra Messing and various heartless other stars proved beyond doubt that some fabulous New Yorkers don’t have hearts beating in their cold, dead...
Bloomberg says Con Ed hopes to resolve Manhattan outages by midnight
Mayor Bloomberg says Con Edison hopes to resolve most Manhattan outages by midnight. Con Ed announced this morning that it has restored power to more than 320,000 customers in New...
This is no way to get us up & running
As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice...
Deadly defiance for dad and girl
A Staten Island man who refused to evacuate and his 13-year-old daughter were swept away and killed by Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters, police said yesterday.George Dresch was found yesterday in woods...
Flood of tears: Bodies of SI boys found after being swept away by Sandy
The nightmare that began when raging storm waters ripped two little Staten Island boys from their mother’s arms reached its tragic conclusion yesterday when their bodies were found in marshlands...
C’mon, let’s go already!
Almost every East River subway tunnels have been drained of water and are ready to be put in use at a moment’s notice — all they need is electricity, Gov....
Straphangers get squeezed
New Yorkers really missed their subways! Straphangers — desperate for service after a five-day transit drought — endured Tokyo-style packed subways and enormous waits for service yesterday during rush hour....
Don’t blame Sandy on Global Warming
In a one-hour special on Hurricane Sandy’s toll, NBC News anchor Brian Williams on Tuesday called the storm “the new norm.” That was a lead-in for Jim Cantore of The...
The rebuilding bill
Sooner or later, New York will recover from the physical effects of this week’s super-storm, just as it did from the cataclysm of 9/11. But as the focus shifts from...
Chris Christie — leader
America this week got an up-close look at a very rare bird indeed: a politician who wears his heart on his sleeve while giving not a tinker’s damn what people...
Hurricane’s aftermath: Overcoming the challenges
The Issue: How government and residents have dealt with the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy. *** With all of the ongoing problems — power outages, property destruction, loss of homes...
Marathon is power mad!
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers huddle in the dark each night after the most devastating storm in city history — while two massive generators chug away in Central Park...
O’s patriot games
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland gave the most memorably stupid speech at the Democratic convention, savaging Mitt Romney as a plutocrat eager to dispossess the American worker and unloosing the...
Flying high
Don’t expect to be watching “Flight’’ on your next airplane trip. Besides showcasing one of Denzel Washington’s finest performances, it features perhaps the scariest sequence ever set on a stricken...
Fun with joyful shtick
When the hero says, “I wreck things. Professionally,” I thought I had wandered into “The Barack Obama Story,” but the speaker in Disney’s visually dazzling, intermittently funny “Wreck-It Ralph” is...
'Jack And Diane' review
Cute teenage lesbians get their raging hormones animated into monster form by edgy artists the Quay Brothers in this stylish but low-wattage indie from writer/director Bradley Rust Gray (“The Exploding...
Downton Abbey? No, it’s Washington Square
No wonder “The Heiress” has returned to Broadway time and again since its 1947 premiere. Romance, money, lies, manipulation and petticoats: Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s melodrama has it all. Inspired...
Prince gets his B’way crown
After a couple of false starts — and a dilettante producer who couldn’t get his act together — it looks as if “Prince of Broadway” is, happily, on its way....
Strikes all the right chords
One of the year’s most affecting performances is given by Christopher Walken, who takes a break from the likes of “Seven Psychopaths” to play a classical cellist stricken with Parkinson’s...
‘Fists’ has iron-poor blood
‘the Man With the Iron Fists” is an exact replica of 1970s kung-fu pictures, right down to the jerky stunts, wooden dialogue and overenthusiastic music. Congratulations, I guess, but I...
'A Man’s Story' review
Handsome, charming and gifted, British menswear designer Ozwald Boateng has achieved an extraordinary level of success that includes a store on London’s Savile Row and a stint at Givenchy. His...
'Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters' review
Photographer Gregory Crewdson takes carefully staged pictures that contain entire narrative worlds: a woman floating in a flooded living room, a mother and daughter (or so we surmise) staring into...
'The Details' review
Bumping along from suburban satire to drama to noir, the 2011 Sundance leftover “The Details” cancels itself out by being too campy to take seriously and too tragic to laugh...
'Bones Brigade: An Autobiography' review
Even if you’ve never ridden a skateboard or had any interest in people who do, you’ll get a kick out of Stacy Peralta’s documentary “Bones Brigade: An Autography.’’ Back in...
'Festival Of Lights' review
The country of Guyana and its once-sizable Indian population are thinly covered, if at all, in mainstream films, and perhaps that’s why director Shundell Prasad has crammed so much into...
Fake horror bombs in the ‘Bay’
Director Barry Levinson returns to his native Maryland for “The Bay,” which unfortunately is not part of the delightful series of autobiographical films he began with “Diner.” Instead, the Oscar-winning...
Sound tracks
O headphone, or not to headphone? That is the question. Or at least it’s the question on the minds of tens of thousands of runners in Sunday’s New York City...
Frazier: Amar’e-less Knicks remain work in progress
The biggest question of the Knicks’ season has been put on hold for the next two months. The anticipated glitz-and-glam start for the Knicks, which includes tonight’s home debut against...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m(T); $30,000; clm($20,000); 3up(f)SHEERFLAKESOFGOLD removes the blinkers after stalking the pace and finishing second this distance and level...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $57,000; mdn; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 ProfessorChaos(L),116OHernndz4-9-5Metivier30-13 SparklingWtrs(M),121P Moralesx-x-xBush12-14 Chase On Home(L),117J Ortiz6-3-3Shevy12-15 Downgoesfrazir(L),116W Garcia6-6-4Domino20-17 Shy Humor(L),121CVelasquz7-2-2Hennig6-18 Prime Devil(L),121E Prado5-2-2Romans5-29...
Vic Cangialosi at Churchill Downs Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:40 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $19,000; clm($30,000); 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5 DehereOnTourL120MMena2-3-x9-21 Grey by You(L),120JCstnn2-8-45-12 ActsLikeGold(L)120JMcKee6-5-68-13 PacienciaYFe(L)120TPmpllx-x-x20-14 Noble Vision(L),120RVazqzx-x-x12-16 AbovetheBar(L),120RAlbrdx-x-x6-17 Animal Style(L),120EMrtnJ3-x-x6-18 Special Sun(L),120BHrnnJx-x-x15-19 Limonte(L),120VLebrnx-x-x5-110 Contrapuntal ,111I Cruzx-x-x30-111 Candy Bites(L),120GKntz6-6-x20-112...
Calder Charts
November 1st, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2f; $10,500; cl($6,250); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:29. 5. all out, lastedTime: 23.07, 48.03, 1:01.06, 1:08.15.Trainer: Stanley GoldWinner: CH F, 4,...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Marlins hire Redmond as skipper Mike Redmond was named manager of the Marlins, returning to a team that he helped to a World Series title as a catcher back...
NHL Players want more lockout talks with league
Yesterday’s NHL Players’ Association conference call that included up to 100 participants was less a campaign rally than an informational exercise in which the athletes implored union leadership to continue...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 2SATNov. 3SUNNov. 4MONNov. 5TUENov. 6WEDNov. 7THUNov. 8KnicksMiami8:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEPhi.12:00MSGESPNPhi.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENO GAMETor.7:30YESWFANNO GAMEMinn.7:30YESWFANNOGAMEMia.7:30YESWFANNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMED.C.8:00NBCSNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMED.C.8:00NBCSNNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Rose: I stole Ewing’s TV
Call it grand theft electronic. Jalen Rose, the former Pacers guard who is now an NBA analyst for ESPN, admitted in an interview with the website Grantland that he stole...
Culley primed for next step at NYC marathon
Sunday’s New York City Marathon was supposed to be a sunny, hometown 26.2-mile debut for New Jersey’s Julie Culley, fresh off her Olympic finals berth in London and capping off...
NBA, union to give $1M for Sandy
The NBA and the NBA Players Association announced last night they are making a $1 million donation to several organizations, including the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, New York Cares...
The Post Line
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Belmont Park regains power
Power has been restored at Belmont Park, and the track will reopen for simulcasting today at 11 a.m. Yesterday also is opening day at Aqueduct, with a first-race post time...
Cover with Steel Curtain
Back in business with an 8-6 week on the heels of the 1-11-1 disaster. Still near the bottom of the overall standings and dead last in Best Bets, but the...
Sunday's Best
The line Brian Costello Steve Serbymark cannizzaropaul schwartz drew loftisjustin terranovams. charleenbart hubbuchricoCHARGERS 9 (47) Chiefs (Chargers 31-13) Chargers (W) Chiefs (L)Chargers (W)Chiefs (L) ★ Chiefs (L)Chargers (W)Chiefs (L)Chiefs (L)Chargers...
Colt, hard fact: Luck’s the man!
Including his 1997-2011 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 454-393 (53.6 percent) against the spread. SUNDAY COLTS (+2) over Dolphins: The soft schedule has facilitated a...
Count on Texans to bulldoze Bills
Football expert Phil Steele is the owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of college and pro football 24/7/365...
Hondo rolls sevens
Hondo, who was well positioned to make a strong Week 8 move last week, faded into the night on Sunday and Monday to finish with a Seagram’s So-So Special —...
Giants LB Herzlich ready for first start of season
Players almost always say they prepare the same whether they are starting or in a reserve role, but the Giants’ Mark Herzlich admits this week is a bit different for...
Chargers send Chiefs to fifth straight loss
Antonio Gates caught a 14-yard yard scoring pass from Philip Rivers on the game's opening drive to snap a streak of six straight quarters without a touchdown, and the Chargers...
Expected dip in Breeders' Cup betting
ARCADIA, Calif. — On the scale of misfortune wrought by Hurricane Sandy, its negative impact on the Breeders’ Cup today and tomorrow at Santa Anita rates near the bottom of...
Former Yankees pitcher Perez found dead in DR
Pascual Perez had a problem with punctuality and cocaine during his colorful 11-year major league career. The pitcher was notoriously late for spring training while with the Yankees in the...
Jets must find right way to use Tim Tebow
As the Jets’ gross misuse of their prized offseason acquisition Tim Tebow has curiously stretched its way through half the season, the rants from second-guessers have grown louder and come...
Ladies’ Classic boasts a deep, strong field
ARCADIA, Calif. — The kickoff of the 29th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita — six races today, nine tomorrow, worth more than $25 million in purses — concludes...
Legend Bailey breaks down today’s Cup races
Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey has been providing The Post an inside look at the Breeders’ Cup races. Here’s his analysis of Friday’s races: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint Just...
Yankees ready offer, but not one Soriano wants: source
The Yankees plan on making Rafael Soriano an offer today — just not the one he’s looking for. According to a person familiar with the team’s thinking, both Soriano and...
Mets talks with Wright stuck in neutral: source
Before the Mets can get serious about trades and free agency, there is the little matter of David Wright’s contract. The Mets have needs at catcher, outfield and bullpen, but...
Brown on Giant roll as Phillips set to make return
All those games, all those plays made by Stevie Brown, all were seen by Kenny Phillips with just a tinge of wonderment and envy. Phillips started the first four games...
Giants' Rolle set to start vs. Steelers after hurting head
Giants free safety Antrel Rolle said he was “dinged up at the moment’’ when his head crashed to the turf at Cowboys Stadium last Sunday, but he has been cleared...
Giants know they can help healing from Sandy
They love these fans, have grown to understand that there is no better place to win than New York, no better team to be than New York’s team. And no...
Aging Knicks fighting Father Time
We understand 40 is the new 30 thanks to Dr. Oz and all the health and fitness instructors who educate us on better exercise methods and eating habits. We’ve seen...
Knicks' Camby says he’s here to help Anthony get a ring
Marcus Camby, who spurned South Beach for Manhattan over the summer, revealed yesterday one factor in his decision was his desire to help Carmelo Anthony win an NBA championship ring....
LeBron out to help NYC heal wounds from hurricane
LeBron James and the Heat invade the Garden Friday night, looking to put on a show and take New Yorkers’ minds off their Hurricane Sandy woes. Not that the sight...
Nets prep for Raptors; Deron has bone spur in ankle
Now we know why Deron Williams has inflammation in his left ankle. Nets general manager Billy King confirmed yesterday Williams does, in fact, have a bone spur in his left...
Nets rookie Taylor rousted from home by Sandy
No Net suffered the brunt of Hurricane Sandy like Tyshawn Taylor did. The rookie guard found himself stranded inside his Hoboken apartment complex for three days, as waters from the...
The talented Mr. Finch
Greenpoint is a home away from home for the CBS hit drama “Person of Interest.” It has enough long dark alleys — like the infamous Kent Street dead end —...
Stars’ Sandy benefit show
Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi will headline a special television benefit concert on NBC tonight to aid victims of Sandy. The network cobbled together the telethon —...
ABC News asks judge to toss ‘pink slime’ lawsuit
Lawyers for ABC News have asked a judge to toss out a $1 billion defamation lawsuit filed by a South Dakota-based meat processor over a product that critics dub “pink...
Talk show guests
FRIDAY JOHN GOODMAN, SARAH SILVERMAN, NANCY GRACE - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7 NAOMIE HARRIS, AEROSMITH - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 JAVIER BARDEM, SARAH SILVERMAN - LIVE!...
Khloe one more sign of ‘x’-cess
The great, good news for Simon Cowell is that the debut of the totally irrelevant Khloe “King Kong” Khardashian and the always serviceable Mario Lopez didn’t wreck “The X Factor.”...
Who's zooming who!
1. World Series 3,679,323 2. The X Factor 1,670,802 3. The Walking Dead 1,163,175 4. Giants vs. Cowboys 919,443 5. WWE Monday Night Raw 907,356 6. SpongeBob 713,473 7. Bad...
Weird but true
A 13-foot shark got the surprise of its life when its “dinner’’ turned out to be an expert in martial arts. Mariko Haugen was swimming in Hawaii when the shark...
5 questions for Gary Danielson
CBS college football analyst Gary Danielson breaks down the Alabama-LSU game, and which non-SEC team has a chance to knock off the Crimson Tide with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q:...
Knicks won’t guess at attendance for opener
The Knicks won’t guess how many of their expected sellout crowd actually will show up for Friday night’s season opener against the Heat at the Garden because of mass transit...
US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya
WASHINGTON — CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the...