November 16, 2012
Devils lend Prudential Center to HS team affected by hurricane: report
The Devils might not have their own season, but they are doing their part to save another.Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek is lending Prudential Center to the hockey team from Newark...
Chekhov, circus and multimedia immersive Shakespeare at BAM
It's an abundance of riches, and it's killing me: two particularly exciting shows are playing BAM until this Sunday only, and my dance card is already overpacked. At the Opera House, you...
Looking back at Nets-Celtics
The Nets got their first signature win in Brooklyn Thursday night, taking down the Boston Celtics with a hard-fought, 102-97 win that saw its fair share of interesting moments throughout.Here...
Referee fined for cursing on air
Referee Tony Corrente has been fined one game check by the NFL for uttering some obscenities with his microphone on during a Nov. 4 game in Indianapolis between the Colts...
NHL deputy commish says talks might not take break
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly today indicated the CBA negotiations may not be taking a two-week vacation as commissioner Gary Bettman mentioned to the union last weekend.“It wasn’t really a...
BoNY wants out of Elliott’s battle with Argentina
Leave us out of it! Caught in a legal crossfire, Bank of New York Mellon is arguing that it should not be forced to help Paul Singer’s Elliott Management collect...
THE MAIN EVENT BEST BETS: UFC 154
Georges St-Pierre is one of the most dominant champions in UFC history. He hasn’t lost since 2007 and has rarely been challenged.When it comes to GSP, bettors know what they’re...
Upstate DA comes clean, admits porn past
A district attorney in upstate New York admits that he acted in pornographic movies in the 1970s. Mark Suben, the DA in Cortland County near Syracuse since 2008, held a...
50K young illegal immigrants avoid deportation
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants are taking advantage of President Obama's offer to let them stay and work in the United States. The government said Friday...
Prosecutors charge parents of teen whose high-speed LI crash killed four of his friends
Long Island prosecutors took the extraordinary step of holding a mom and dad responsible for their teen son’s high-speed car wreck that killed four of his friends. Aaditia and Patricia...
Murdered Queens gay right activist to be remembered
A prominent Queens gay rights activist who was beaten to death will be remembered in a vigil tomorrow, officials say. An unknown stick-wielding assailant and two accomplices attacked Lou Rispoli,...
D'Antoni not ready to man bench for Lakers yet
EL SEGUNDO, CA – Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni, with at least one crutch a part of his makeup at all times these days following his knee replacement surgery, will...
Al Qaeda-trained wannabe subway bomber sings Koranic verses as he's sentenced to life in jail
It’s too late to sing a sad song now. The Queens man who trained overseas with al Qaeda and plotted a suicide bombing on the city’s crowded subway system sang...
LISTEN: Nets’ Lopez reads lotion in the basket scene from ‘Silence of the Lambs’ on WFAN
Brook Lopez’s deep voice has been a source of comedy on WFAN’s Boomer & Carton.The Nets center was at the studio on Friday morning and the co-hosts took advantage of...
CNBC laying off handful of staffers
CNBC is laying off a handful of staffers today, according to sources close to the network. The pink slips are part of a company-wide mandate to cut 450 positions across...
Christie refuses to answer question on Twinkies maker's shutdown
NEWARK, NJ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he wasn't about to take the bait: a question dealing with that quintessential junk food, Twinkies. So when asked Friday at...
Judge weighs delay in Penn St. whistleblower suit
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A judge plans to rule within two weeks on Penn State's request to delay the whistleblower and defamation case filed by former assistant football coach Mike McQueary....
JPMorgan, Credit Suisse paying $417M to settle charges of selling risky mortgage bonds
WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse have agreed to pay a combined $417 million to settle federal civil charges of selling risky mortgage bonds to investors that the banks...
Kerley, Pace miss Jets practice, expected to play vs. Rams
Both Jeremy Kerley and Calvin Pace were absent from Jets practice Friday, with Kerley banged up in multiple areas and Pace missing the session for personal reasons.Rex Ryan expects both...
$500M settlement reached in slaughterhouse abuse case that led to biggest meat recall in US history
FRESNO, Calif. — A landmark $500 million agreement was reached to settle a slaughterhouse abuse case in California that led to the biggest meat recall in US history in 2008,...
Blue Jays sign former Yankees OF Cabrera to two-year deal
The Melkman is coming back to the AL East. The Blue Jays have reached an agreement with former Yankees outfielder Melky Cabrera, The Post has learned. The two-year deal is...
POST POWER RANKINGS: The Knicks are 'for real'
Five straight wins by double-digits wasn’t enough to convince the basketball community that the Knicks were for real, but one four-point victory against the Spurs automatically brings Mike Woodson’s team...
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in line to reopen by New Year
The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal – which was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy – could re-open for business by late December, a top city official said yesterday.Seth Pinsky, the NYC Economic...
Brooklyn's Canty ineligible to play, practice at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall freshman guard Kareem Canty is ineligible to play and practice this season.Marshall says the NCAA has denied Canty's initial eligibility, although he'll retain his athletic scholarship...
WATCH: UFC legend Couture's manager survives car explosion: report
UFC Hall of Famer and movie star Randy Couture’s manager and his young daughter cheated death by surviving what could have been a scene in Couture’s flick “The Expendables.” Sam...
B'klyn tot 'slayer' told girlfriend he would kill girl: court papers
A Brooklyn man accused of beating his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter to death told his gal pal that he was going to kill the child, according to court papers revealed today....
WNBA legend Holdsclaw facing multiple charges after attack on ex-girlfriend's car
ATLANTA — A judge in Atlanta on Friday set bond at $100,000 for ex-WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw who was in jail on assault and weapons charges....
NCAA clears St. John's shooter in time for Friday's game
St. John’s will get the knock-down 3-point shooter it desperately needs – just in time for Friday’s game against Murray State.JUCO transfer Marco Bourgault has been cleared by the NCAA...
Earth-destroying asteroids could be stopped with paintball guns
The next time a giant asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, we shouldn’t expect Bruce Willis and his nukes from “Armageddon” to save us. Instead, we should call the pocket-protector wearing...
Bills fan found dead after getting kicked out of game
ORCHARD PARK -- Police say they've found the body of a 26-year-old man who was reported missing after attending Thursday night's Buffalo Bills game.The man was found face down in...
Spurs impressed with Knicks winning without big night from Anthony
SAN ANTONIO – Tim Duncan looked at the box score late Thursday night in the Spurs dressing room and saw Carmelo Anthony’s scoring line of 9 points on 3 of...
Gulf rig fire leaves 4 hurt, 2 missing; no leak
VENICE, La. — An explosion and fire ripped through a Gulf oil platform Friday as workers used a cutting torch, sending four people to a hospital with critical burns and...
WATCH: Five most gruesome football injuries
Football is a violent sport and for every gorgeous touchdown pass or breathtaking run, there are cringe-worthy moments that remind us just how physical the sport is.Below are five football-related...
NH pizza company sends 1,000 pizzas to Rockaway Beach
PITTSFIELD, NH — A New Hampshire pizza maker is lending new meaning to pizza-to-go — sending an oven truck and up to 1,000 pizzas to storm ravaged Rockaway Beach in...
Congressional leaders express confidence they can reach a deal with Obama to avert 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON — Leaders of Congress declared confidence Friday they could reach a deal with President Barack Obama to avert economically convulsive tax increases and budget cuts at year's end, in...
A conversation with Dodgers president Stan Kasten
On Wednesday, at the baseball owners’ meetings in Rosemont, Illinois, I spoke with Dodgers president Stan Kasten, who has led quite the professional sports existence.A native of Lakewood Township, New...
Sandy depresses industrial production, down 0.4 percent in October
WASHINGTON — Superstorm Sandy depressed US industrial output in October, the latest indication that the storm could temporarily slow the economy. Still, production of machinery and equipment declined sharply, reflecting...
Call of Duty: Black Ops II sells $500M in first day of sales
Fans have answered the Call of Duty to the tune of half a billion dollars.In a record-shattering performance, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Activision’s latest installment in the wildly-popular...
17 civilians killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials say 17 civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan. Abdul Rahman Zhuwandai, a spokesman for Farah province, says the civilians killed...
Nike selling Cole Haan to Apax Partners for $570 million
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike is selling its Cole Haan brand to private equity firm Apax Partners for $570 million, part of its effort to focus on core brands. The sneakers,...
Foot Locker's third quarter net income rises 61 percent, beating expectations
Foot Locker Inc. said Friday that its third-quarter net income rose 61 percent, boosted by higher sales at its existing stores and contributions from new ones. The results were better...
Putin, Merkel spar over Pussy Riot in Russia talks
MOSCOW — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday clashed with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the jailing of feminist rock band Pussy Riot in a meeting aimed at soothing tensions...
Schumer: Online lottery for Obama inaugural tix
Sen. Charles Schumer says New Yorkers who want to attend President Obama's second inauguration can enter a statewide online lottery for tickets. Schumer says his office has set up a...
Year after back surgery, Villanova's Arcidiacono shining as freshman
Giving the ball to a freshman point guard is one thing.But giving it to him coming off back surgery is another.That’s why Villanova brought in two junior college transfers as...
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to return to NJ
MIDDLETOWN, NJ — US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is slated to return to New Jersey to get an update on recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy. Napolitano oversees the Federal...
Four veterans killed after freight train slams into parade float
MIDLAND, Texas — A joyful celebration turned to chaos as a train, its horn blaring, barreled into a float laden with military veterans and their spouses on their way to...
Fordham forward Gaston undergoes knee procedure, expected to miss a month
Fordham has three losses already this season, but those pale in comparison to the loss the Rams suffered Friday. Star senior forward Chris Gaston is expected to miss a month...
Bloomberg thinking about extending NYC gas rationing for another week; LI to lift restrictions this weekend
Gas rationing in the city might be extended through next Friday, Mayor Bloomberg said today. "Some people say Thanksgiving is coming up," the mayor noted on his weekly WOR radio...
O/U Rico
Rico had his second consecutive winning on the Overs/Unders, going 9-5 (2-1 Best Bets). The season record is 59-96-4 (11-21-1). The selections for Week 12 are: OVERS: Cowboys/ Redskins; Patriots/...
Hostess going out of business in wake of worker strike
Bankrupt Hostess Brands, badly hurt by a slowdown brought on by a strike by its Bakers Union, said this morning that it is asking a judge for permission to shut...
Hamas aims at Jerusalem for first time, Israel calls reserves
Hamas rocket squads aimed at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, along with commercial hub Tel Aviv, showing off their expanded reach as Israeli airstrikes pounded the Palestinian territory for...
Guards spark rally in San Antonio to keep Knicks unbeaten
SAN ANTONIO — Mike Woodson knows nobody can scoff at the Knicks’ unbeaten start now, not after last night’s comeback from 12 points down in the final seven minutes to...
If he isn't suspended, Ex-Knick Randolph will provide hefty test for Anthony
SAN ANTONIO — After Amar’e Stoudemire’s preseason injury, Mike Woodson said Carmelo Anthony would start at power forward — but not against big units. Tonight vs. red-hot Memphis — unless...
Baseball's climate right for more salary dumps
When the Red Sox traded four players and roughly a quarter of a billion dollars to the Dodgers in late August, it was framed as “The Perfect Storm,” a once-in-a-lifetime...
No hoops star has ever done wrong in eyes of Vitale, ESPN
No longer is it a matter of ESPN being unwilling to tell the truth. Now it’s more a matter of ESPN’s near-total disregard for the truth — and to hell...
Rihanna wings it
“Captain” Rihanna is in the cockpit at an LA airport before jetting off on a minitour of seven shows in seven days to promoteMonday’s release of her album “Unapologetic.”
Going over fiscal cliff could cost NYC more than 600,000 jobs
Going over the fiscal cliff could cost the Big Apple more than 600,000 jobs, experts tell The Post. The job losses would cause New York City’s unemployment rate to spike...
Business briefs
Peanuts!Legends Hospitality was sued by a group of Yankee Stadium employees over pay they claim they’re owed.Wrongful fireDavid Weber, a former Securities and Exchange Commission internal investigator fired for allegedly...
Hostess heading to court for last hurrah
Hostess Brands is expected to ask a court this morning for permission to shut down its money-losing business, The Post has learned. The bankrupt maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread,...
Viacom split screen: Cable and films slide while profits rise
Viacom’s quarterly revenue took a dive after a ratings slump dragged down its cable networks. Double-digit ratings declines for its biggest networks, including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, contributed to...
Feds dialing up prison call probe
US regulators are considering rate caps and other steps to lower jailhouse telephone rates that enrich private equity firms as they cost US prisoners and their families as much as...
GameStop prunes
GameStop, the world’s largest video-game retailer, plans to close 200 stores by next year, saying about 3 percent of its outlets worldwide lose money. The closings follow the Grapevine, Texas-based...
Fashion mags steal the spotlight in ad sales
The glossy monthly magazines continue to make noise about the trend to digital versions of their brands — but ad sales at their bread-and-butter print editions for the most part...
Insider ‘tips’ chilled out angry boss
He had some “tips” for dealing with an abusive boss. Ex-Diamondback Capital analyst Jesse Tortora testified that the only time he made his “moody” and “verbally abusive” boss happy was...
Blue Christmas: Walmart warns of weak fourth-quarter sales
There’s not going to be a lot of ho-ho-ho at Walmart this holiday season. The country’s No. 1 retailer yesterday issued a disappointing forecast for the holiday quarter and said...
Sears fears
Sears Holdings reported a $498 million quarterly loss — and, with worries about sluggish electronics sales, its stock tumbled 7.3 percent in after-hours trading. The struggling retailer, controlled by hedge-fund...
Gap profits
Gap Inc. raised its full-year earnings forecast, with profits of $2.20 to $2.25 a share, up from a forecast of $1.95 to $2. Analysts projected $2.27. The retailer said revenue...
John Paulson dumps stake in gold mining company months after recommending it to investors
Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson dumped a sizable chunk of his stake in South African gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti just months after recommending it to investors as one of...
Tiger Global giving money back to investors
Take your money, please! Tiger Global, the $8.2 billion New York hedge fund run by Chase Coleman and Feroz Dewan, has made so much money that it’s doing the nearly...
Ex-CFO ‘filched’ a million
Glen W. Albanese, a former chief financial officer at the brokerage firm Needham & Co., was charged with stealing $1 million to spend on wine, trips, decorating and a designer...
Test sheets for 30 SI students who took the SAT last month disappeared
Dozens of high school students who sat for the grueling SAT exam on Staten Island in October were crushed to learn this week that their answer sheets had been lost,...
Rockets rain on Israel
Palestinian rockets rained down on Israel yesterday — targeting Tel Aviv with a barrage that threatened to push the Middle East into all-out war. Air-raid sirens wailed, and panicked residents...
Scandal-condo deal
Never mind the skeletons in the closet.The feds have taken ownership of a luxury Chelsea condo that was bought with bribe money paid to the former first lady of Taiwan.The...
Bumble and bumble salon mogul busted after IRS says he hid $29.6M
The IRS doesn’t take haircuts as payment. The founder of Manhattan’s famed Bumble and bumble hair salons and product line has been busted for allegedly lying to tax investigators about...
Beau bust in tot slay
A 23-year-old man was busted yesterday for allegedly fatally beating his girlfriend’s young daughter.Chris Marshall, 23, told Brooklyn prosecutors he got into an argument over money with his girlfriend, Alicia...
Carnegie owe-versight
The skyscraper adjacent to Carnegie Hall is not paying the piper.Comptroller John Liu said yesterday his auditors have determined that Carnegie Hall Tower, a 60-story building, owes the city as...
Dad killed in ‘hit-run’
A Brooklyn father of two was killed in a Williamsburg hit-and-run yesterday — on his daughter’s 10th birthday, authorities and family said. Raul De La Cruz, 35, had been out...
DA drops heroin charge against Bon Jovi’s teenage daughter
Drug charges against rocker Jon Bon Jovi’s 19-year-old daughter have been dropped, prosecutors said yesterday. Stephanie Bongiovi was found unresponsive by medics Wednesday after she apparently overdosed on heroin in...
Vito crony guilty of falsifying documents
A close ally of embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez pleaded guilty yesterday to giving the feds falsified documents during a probe of the social-services empire that serves as Lopez’s power base....
Jailbird Hevesi’s pensions
ALBANY — Disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi will come home to Queens from his upstate jail cell to enjoy the $166,000 a year he collects from two public pensions....
GOP resists Obama’s call for tax hikes on wealthy
WASHINGTON — Hell, no! Top Senate Republicans yesterday bucked President Obama’s call to soak the rich with higher taxes on the eve of a critical White House meeting today over...
Shrink attack ‘self-defense’
It was self-defense, says a student charged with attacking a West 57th Street shrink with a knife and a sledgehammer in the doctor’s home office Monday.Florida native Jacob Nolan, 20,...
‘Gilgo’ gal death suit
The family of the sex worker whose disappearance led police to a Long Island serial killer’s graveyard filed a wrongful-death lawsuit yesterday against a physician, claiming he was one of...
Iran ‘war buy’ foiled
An Iranian national has been charged with scheming to illegally purchase military aircraft parts for export to his rogue country, the feds announced yesterday.Alireza Moazami Goudarzi, 28, allegedly e-mailed a...
Fed bank ‘bomb’ rap
A Bangladeshi man accused of trying to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan on Oct. 17 was indicted yesterday by a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** The NYPD yesterday released this photo of a robber they say got away with $2,000 from an Upper West Side bank. The suspect entered the Sovereign branch at...
Twisted granny’s offer to other suspect
José Ramos, the longtime suspect in Etan Patz’s disappearance, had a disturbing prison correspondence with a Nevada woman who offered him sexual access to her own 13-year-old grandson, prosecutors said...
Pedro Hernandez recants confession of Etan Patz murder and will fight charge in court
He no longer believes his own confession — and he’ll take that to a jury. Pedro Hernandez, the mentally troubled accused killer of iconic missing child Etan Patz (inset photo),...
Correction
In Wednesday’s Post, Columnist Michael Goodwin cited claims by Wall Street Journal reporter Maria Abi-Habib that there were “concerns” that Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen might have been...
Feds settle ‘sex’ suit
The feds have agreed to pay a $175,000 cash settlement to a New York law-enforcement agent who filed suit against Janet Napolitano, claiming he was subjected to “sexually offensive behavior”...
Off hook in actress slay
The contractors that hired the undocumented worker who murdered actress Adrienne Shelly in her West Village apartment can’t be held responsible for her death, an appeals court ruled yesterday.Bradford General...
Bronx DA’s Office racks up $800K in overtime despite worst conviction rate
Letting criminals off the hook doesn’t come cheap. Over the past fiscal year, the impotent Bronx District Attorney’s Office has racked up the second-highest overtime bill of the city’s five...
Gotti-hit eatery’s $ex case
WASHINGTON — Sparks Steak House, the Midtown site of the legendary hit on mob boss Paul Castellano, is paying $600,000 to settle claims that a male manager sexually harassed nearly...
Yankee ‘run’ on B’way
Those damn Yankees are coming back to Broadway. Two producers who struck out with shows about football and basketball are now teaming up with the Yankees and Major League Baseball...
Tax ‘scam’ smoked out
The money went up in smoke. The feds say the owner of a Manhattan contracting firm withheld “well over” $1 million in payroll taxes from his workers and used it...
Shirtless photos of FBI agent who helped bring down Petraeus surface
What a dummy! The bald, buff FBI agent who helped bring down Gen. David Petraeus showed about the same intelligence as his bullet-riddled buddies when he e-mailed this photo to...
Petraeus testifies he always believed terrorists behind Libya attack: Rep. King
WASHINGTON — Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers during private hearings Friday that he believed all along that the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Libya was a...
Paula Broadwell and David Petraeus attended gala weeks after FBI learned of affair
Weeks after the FBI learned of her affair with CIA chief David Petraeus, a brazen Paula Broadwell donned a sexy evening gown and made a last public appearance with the...
Verizon remains on hold
Thousands of Verizon customers are still battling spotty land-line service after Hurricane Sandy wiped out miles of phone cable in lower Manhattan, officials said yesterday. Storm waters completely flooded Verizon’s...
Prez swoops in on NYC disaster zones
President Obama played the role of comforter-in-chief yesterday during his tour of New York City’s most storm-ravaged areas. Air Force 1 touched down at JFK at around 11:35 a.m., and...
Gouge raps for gas-holes
These gas-station owners were draining Sandy victims’ wallets, officials said. New York’s top prosecutor will bring enforcement actions against at least 13 area gas stations caught gouging customers during the...
Staten Island man bares his pain to Obama during tour of Sandy devastation
Dominick Camerada is still waiting for the storm to pass. After the flood from Hurricane Sandy filled his Staten Island home with five feet of water, the car he bought...
BP money blowout
NEW ORLEANS — BP said yesterday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the US government over the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico...
Cop’s stab story just didn’t cut it
A Bronx cop who allegedly stabbed himself and blamed it on fake robbers was arrested yesterday for filing a false report, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Rishi Gobin, 34, claimed...
Stop-and-frisk rebels guilty
Four self-described “revolutionaries” arrested while protesting the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices were convicted yesterday after an eight-day trial. A jury found Carl Dix, Morgan Rhodewalt, Robert Parsons and Jamel Mims guilty...
Art ‘scammer’ gets flagged
The feds say he was flying a false flag.A bankrupt foundry owner was busted yesterday for allegedly trying to scam $11 million by peddling an unauthorized copy of Jasper Johns’...
Mitt still doesn’t get it
It is often said of those who lose elections that (to paraphrase Shakespeare) nothing so becomes them as the leaving of the contest — when they make a gracious concession,...
Petraeus and Benghazi: The timing is suspicious
The Issue: Gen. David Petraeus’ resignation after an extramarital affair and the probes of the Benghazi attack. *** The Obama administration assumes the general public is stupid — just look...
Israel strikes back
Israeli tanks and troops may at any moment enter the Gaza Strip, inaugurating a ground war that makes no sense except for the fact that Hamas is insisting on it....
All in the family, yet again
It’s another one of those only-in-New York politics stories. The daughter of a trailblazing political family is elected to the House of Representatives — just as the family patriarch gets...
Walmart’s answer to NYC’s slaps
When New York was down, Walmart stood up. The city has thumbed its nose at the company time and time again, blocking the retail giant from opening a store here...
Pure self-defense
After launching Israel’s first major military campaign of the Arab Spring era, Jerusalem is watching closely for reactions around the region — and in Washington. President Obama, who has so...
‘Mea Maxima Culpa' review
Public revulsion over the sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church is already so widespread that a filmmaker bold enough to retell this tragedy had better be purposeful about it —...
A new ‘Anna’ is Knight-ed
A radical departure from the classic versions starring Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh, Joe Wright’s “Anna Karenina” is a handsome, grandly theatrical reimagining of the Tolstoy novel starring his muse,...
'A Man Vanishes' review
In 1967, the great filmmaker Shohei Imamura set out to make a movie that would shed light on the thousands of Japanese who were going missing each year, or rather,...
'Barrymore' review
Christopher Plummer, who finally won a much-deserved Oscar for “Beginners’’ this year, sinks his teeth into an even juicier role in this one-man film: that of legendary actor and drunk...
It’s scandalous
‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson,” which opened on Broadway last night, canceled its final two press previews because its star, Carolee Carmello, was indisposed. Look for...
Up close & passionate
There’s a lot of heat if not much substance in “Murder Ballad,” the new rock opera now steaming up the intimate confines of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II. Starring...
Good Mol, bad play
There’s a lot of failed communication among the troubled characters in “The Good Mother,” about a single mother with a disabled daughter. But the biggest failure is playwright Francine Volpe’s...
‘Giant’ just isn’t big enough
As befits its title, the new musical “Giant” doesn’t lack for ambition. Based on Edna Ferber’s Texas saga — which inspired a classic 1956 movie with James Dean — this...
‘Midnight in the Garden’ of musicals
The Mercer Williams House is to Savannah what Broadway is to New York — one of the city’s premier tourist attractions. For it was in this house, one night in...
'The Comedy' review
Picture “Raging Bull” with a sleazy prep from the Brooklyn hipsteropolis of Williamsburg, and you’ll get the idea of “The Comedy,” a character study that tries to make the revolting...
'Price Check' review
A hilarious Parker Posey provides her customary blast of brittle energy in “Price Check,” an engaging corporate comedy. Posey is the new boss at a Long Island firm that crunches...
'The Law In These Parts' review
Well into this Israeli documentary about the legal system in the West Bank, former military judge Jonathan Livni responds to a question about beatings during interrogations with: “What are you...
Neon in NYC
When he set out to snap neon signs across the city six years ago, Thomas Rinaldi found that certain challenges came with the territory. He had to locate them, for...
Playbook's silver lining
Jennifer Lawrence’s smart, funny and altogether masterful performance as a troubled widow in David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook’’ simply blows away the competition in this year’s race for the...
Cromartie denies taking shots at Jets backup Tebow
Insisting he doesn’t offer anonymous quotes or criticize his teammates in the media, Antonio Cromartie denied an accusation by former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson he was one of the Jets who...
Knicks’ Smith admits he partied too much last season
SAN ANTONIO — J.R. Smith is picking his spots on the court and on the party scene. Responding to Knicks coach Mike Woodson’s remarks he has become “more professional’’ this...
Fouts: Sanchez getting too much blame for Jets' woes
It’s not all Mark Sanchez’s fault. CBS analyst and Chargers great Dan Fouts said the blame for the 3-6 Jets’ struggles should not be put solely on Sanchez, despite the...
5 Questions for Spero Dedes
Msg and Knicks’ radio play-by-play man Spero Dedes talks about the Knicks’ hot start and the Lakers’ hiring of Mike D’Antoni. Before coming to the Knicks, Dedes was the voice...
Sports Shorts
GRID: Tar Heels stop Virginia Bryn Renner threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter after a goal-line stand preserved North Carolina’s lead as the Tar Heels (7-4, 4-3 ACC)...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:30 pm. FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $10,500; clm($6,250); 3up1-StarshipQuality2-15-India Hermosa 6-12-Big City Cyn 5-26-Exchange Chic15-13-Pom PomPower3-17-Countess Albie 8-14-LadyMarinLse10-1SECOND-6 fur; $16,500; clm($25,000); 3up4-Rev It Up 4-13-Omegatron 3-11-Bea Top Quality5-15-Small Token...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $48,000; alw; 2YO 2 Fghtng Hssr (Bjrn) 10.40 2.80 out 3 Ballard Ruler (Leparoux) 2.10 out Scr: Life a Riley. * $1 Exacta (2-3) $8.50 * Quinella...
Bills ‘D’ keeps Miami muzzled
ORCHARD PARK — Mario Williams and the Bills’ high-priced defense finally flexed its collective muscle, stuffing the Dolphins in a 19-14 victory last night. Safety Jairus Byrd forced a fumble...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogRAMS33 1/2(38 1/2)JetsREDSKINS3 1/23 1/2(43 1/2)EaglesPackers33 1/2(52)LIONSFALCONS10 1/210(44)CardinalsBuccanneers11 1/2(48 1/2)PANTHERSCOWBOYS88(43 1/2)BrownsPATRIOTS9 1/29 1/2(54)ColtsTEXANS1615 1/2(40 1/2)JaguarsBengals3 1/23 1/2(43 1/2)CHIEFSSaints6 1/25(54 1/2)RAIDERSBRONCOS77 1/2(48 1/2)ChargersRavens+43 1/2(40 1/2)STEELERSMonday49ERS55(38)BearsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogAIR FORCE22...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $25,000; mdn clm($16,000); 2YO(f)SHOULD MAKE IT scratched yesterday for this spot. Goes turf to dirt and drops...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $29,000; clm($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Copper Tiger(L),114J Ortiz7-5-2Badgett20-12 Toninthirteen(L),114W Garcia7-5-4Hushion12-13 Giant Indian(L),119J Alvarado3-4-2Scott6-14 AmericanBuffal(L),121I Ortiz, Jr9-1-2Gullo7-25 FreudianTherapist,119A Lezcano9-4-10C Martin20-16 My...
Vic Cangialosi at Churchill Downs Graded Entries
FIRST-7 fur; $21,500; clm($30,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5 BrilliantAutmnL120G Saez2-5-67-21 Kaminari(L),120SBrdg10-5-14-12 FinestCrystal(L)122RVazqz11-3-45-13 Gibes(L),122J Court1-3-x8-14 Ashley'sPosse(L122CLaneri1-2-24-16 DadsShotngStrL120O Rossi4-6-115-17 TouchofRevngL120C Borel7-3-112-18 DotheCharlstnL120JRoccJr11-3-78-19 Ocean Road(L),122LGnclv2-6-86-1SECOND-7 fur; $13,000; clm($8,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5 Do...
Aqueduct Charts
November 15th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($14,000); 3up(f)Off: 12:20. Good. 5w upper, hand urgedTime: 22.95, 46.8, 59.02, 1:11.54.Trainer: Gregory DiPrimaWinner: DK B/ F,...
Home Team Lineups
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Girardi: Jeter may miss Yankees Opening Day
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Cone: Blue Jays, not Yankees, team to beat in AL East
David Cone said he was so impressed with the haul the Blue Jays got from the Marlins, he thinks Toronto is the team to beat in the division. “I would...
Jacobs rips ‘boss’ on day Niners coach hospitalized
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Ex-girlfriend: WNBA star Holdsclaw shot gun at me
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D'Antoni knows 'coming close is not good enough' with Lakers
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Locked-out Rangers, Flyers to play game for charity
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They ain’t dead Jet
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Sunday's Best
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Packers’ turn to lick Lions
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Don’t be fooled by Colts’ streak
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Hondo: First & foremost
Hondo made a strong surge north through the Bettor’s Guide standings last week, going 9-5 to bully his way into a first-place tie with collapsing Costello and crumbling Cannizzaro. Rams...
Loria makes Mets’ Wilpon look good
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Cabrera, Posey MVP recipients
Score one for the old guys. Tigers third baseman and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera was named the AL’s Most Valuable Player last night, a victory for those who favor...
Former Jets lineman calls team 'the Cubs of football'
ST. LOUIS — Ex-Jet Rob Turner kicked his old team when it was down Thursday, labeling Gang Green “the Chicago Cubs of football.” Turner, a backup offensive lineman with the...
Rex defends Jets beleaguered offensive coordinator
Despite the Jets offense being ranked 30th in the NFL, coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano both said they see signs of improvement. The Jets failed to score...
Shaky run for Giants rookie Wilson
Doug Martin was the second running back taken in the 2012 NFL Draft, selected 31st overall by the Buccaneers. Less than 10 minutes later, the Giants took David Wilson as...
Schottenheimer holds no ill will toward Jets
EARTH CITY, Mo. — If you’re expecting the man whose name became an epithet with Jets fans to revel in their problems, think again. Brian Schottenheimer has his own problems,...
‘Cro’ denies takin’ shots at Tebow
Insisting he doesn’t offer anonymous quotes or criticize his teammates in the media, Antonio Cromartie denied an accusation by former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson he was one of the Jets who...
If Jets debacle continues, nobody's job is safe
It often isn’t what the owner says as much as it is what the owner doesn’t say. If you believe the owner wants to win as much as, say, Bob...
Jets owner: Winning games, not PSLs, my top priority
Woody Johnson showed a range of emotions during a 10-minute chat with reporters yesterday at Jets practice. The Jets owner expressed disappointment over his team’s record, optimism about its future...
Nets get signature victory vs. Celtics at Barclays Center
The Nets have gotten off to a good start in their inaugural season in Brooklyn, but came to Barclays Center for last night’s game against the Celtics in search of...
Avery’s crew shows Brooklyn bravado in breakthrough win
Before the Nets took the floor to play the Celtics last night at the Barclays Center, Avery Johnson admitted he was “curious” to see how his team would fare against...
Nets' Deron injures right leg
Deron Williams finished with 24 points, eight assists in the Nets’ 102-97 win over the Celtics last night at Barclays Center. But the star point guard also suffered an injury...
Starr Report
Paige Davis is leaving Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family” lifestyle show less than two months into the show’s run. Davis, who co-hosts “H&F” with Mark Steines in LA, has “decided...
Perfectly ‘Liz’
Can you do better than to hire a troubled star, hounded by the paparazzi to play a troubled star who was hounded by the paparazzi? Probably, but why bother when...
Talk show guests
FRIDAY LAUREN SCRUGGS, KELLAN LUTZ, TODD ELDREDGE - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 BUDDY VALASTRO, DARCY MILLER - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7 ZOOEY DESCHANEL, JASON CAMERON, TONY...
‘Flipping Out’ star suing his assistant
‘Flipping Out” star Jeff Lewis is suing his longtime assistant — “Flipping Out” co-star Jenni Pulos — over a forthcoming tell-all book. Lewis is charging that the book — called...
Fieri fires back
Spiky chef Guy Fieri fired back at his critics yesterday — accusing them of having “another agenda” in viciously skewering his new Times Square eatery. Fieri, who hosts Food Network’s...
Who's zooming who!
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Weird but true
A Florida man is blaming his DWI arrest on President Obama’s re-election. Reginald Robertson, 52, reportedly claimed he was busted because he is black and the white cop was angry...
UMass shocks Providence at buzzer
Terrell Vinson’s tip-in as time expired gave UMass a 77-75 win over Providence in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff last night. Trailing 75-72, UMass guard Jesse Morgan...
Sampson’s big night leads St. John's over Charleston
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Villanova tops Purdue in 2K Sports Classic
Villanova, though a young team, handled the prime-time stage of Madison Square Garden like a veteran, senior-heavy club. The Wildcats blew a large lead, took advantage of a friendly call...
Unbeaten Knicks rally past Spurs
SAN ANTONIO — The Knicks stayed undefeated by rallying to beat the San Antonio Spurs 104-100 on Thursday night. Raymond Felton scored 25 points. J.R. Smith added 17 points, Jason...
Celtics' Rondo sits out Nets game with sprained ankle
Rajon Rondo sat out the Boston Celtics’ game against Brooklyn on Thursday night because of a sprained right ankle. Rondo left the Celtics’ victory over Utah on Wednesday after he...
Harrison, St. John's beat hosts at Charleston Classic
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Yankees to be subject of Broadway play
The New York Yankees will really provide some theater. The producers of “Lombardi” and “Magic/Bird” said Thursday they will collaborate on a show with the team and Major League Baseball....