November 1, 2013

Pierce leads Nets over defending champs Heat

Nets fans had been waiting for this game ever since draft night, when general manager Billy King made the biggest move of the offseason by bringing Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett...

Aqueduct, Yonkers racinos in referendum bind

The house doesn’t always win. The owners of the highly profitable Aqueduct and Yonkers’ Empire City racinos are facing a no-win situation on Tuesday when New Yorkers head to the...

Banksy building owners' good fortune

They hit the Banksy jackpot. The owners of a strip club, a warehouse and a run-down apartment building — all adorned with murals by Banksy — will score the biggest...

Hanky Panky slaps Victoria’s Secret with trademark suit

Victoria’s Secret is engaging in some serious “hanky panky,” a new lawsuit claims.Up-and-coming rival Hanky Panky Ltd. filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit against the lingerie giant in Manhattan federal court on...

Ex-NYPD Commissioner Kerik, out of jail, now a prisoner advocate

Three years behind bars has turned former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik into a champion of criminals’ rights. Kerik, once a firm supporter of federal mandatory minimum sentences as a way...

LightSquared sues GPS makers

Bankrupt LightSquared on Friday sued leaders in the GPS industry, including Deere & Co and Garmin International Inc, saying they kept mum about interference concerns stemming from LightSquared's wireless network...

Islanders nip Senators in shootout

OTTAWA, Ontario — The Islanders heeded the call of coach Jack Capuano to put more pucks on the net. They did it more than they had all season, and needed...

Scheindlin could face reprimand after stop-frisk rebuke

This judge may end up getting judged herself. “Stop-and-frisk” jurist Shira Scheindlin could face a reprimand or even a suspension now that a federal appeals panel has rebuked her, legal...

Stop-frisk ruling puts de Blasio at odds with cops on appeal

The city’s stunning legal victory on stop-and-frisk has temporarily uncuffed the NYPD and put mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio in a bind. The Democratic front-runner said Friday he’s standing his...

LeBron snipes at KG while staying out of Nets' business

LeBron James took his first shot before he even stepped onto the court. Speaking before the Heat’s 101-100 loss to the Nets on Friday night at Barclays Center, James refused...

Lululemon getting slammed with new batch of product complaints

Just a few months after Lululemon Athletica pulled yoga pants from shelves because they were too sheer, costing the company millions in sales, it's fielding new complaints about quality. The...

MSG first quarter profit rose 16% on subscription, suite rental fees

Fatter subscription fees for TV networks and increased suite rental fees helped lift quarterly profits at Madison Square Garden. While its sports and media units performed well in the July-September...

These gardens offer beautiful autumn sights

Spring and summer may seem like the ideal times to convene with nature and visit the many gardens in and around the city. But the colder months have their own...

Trashed Banksy art could be worth $200,000

It’s the most valuable “garbage” in the city. Cops in Queens squeezed the air out of a balloon installation by notorious street artist Banksy and then stuffed it in a...

Vanity Fair closes reader comments on Loeb story

Vanity Fair’s exposé on Dan Loeb drew so many “libelous, personal attacks” in the comments section of its website that the Condé Nast magazine said it finally just shut them...

Unbeaten Gennady poised to explode

Sometimes timing is everything, and in the case of Gennady Golovkin, the timing couldn’t be better. The unbeaten middleweight from Kazakhstan has come along at a time when HBO is...

Charter eyeing TWC purchase

Charter Communications, the 10th largest US cable company, is weighing a bid for Time Warner Cable, the country’s No. 2 cable company, according to a report Friday. The offer is...

'Thundermans' is all flash, no substance

Here’s the kindest way to describe Nickelodeon’s new sitcom, “The Thundermans”: It’s not funny. I’ll spare the vitriol, since I realize it’s no mean feat getting a show onto the...

Pitcher Johnny Kucks, Yankees '56 series hero, dies

Johnny Kucks, who tossed a shutout to clinch the Yankees’ World Series Game 7 win over Brooklyn in 1956, passed away Friday. He was 80 years old. Kucks struck out...

Hermès pays the highest rent on Madison Ave.

Hermès will be paying the highest rent on Madison Ave. to remain in its E. 62nd St. corner boutique — but it may not be the highest for long. The luxury...

'Subway Vigilante' Goetz busted in pot sale

Bernhard Goetz — the infamous “subway vigilante” who became part of New York City lore when he shot four youths who he said were threatening him on the subway in...

'My best years were here ... with Rex': retiring Moore

The tears streaming down Brandon Moore’s cheeks Friday said it all about the devotion Jets coach Rex Ryan inspires in his players. Moore returned to the Jets’ facility to make...

Recruiting payoff as Columbia builds another strong class

Columbia men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith was talking about his sales pitch to prospective recruits, how he sells the benefits of his program long term, the difference the elite university...

Ex-Lehman Brothers exec cleared of biting estranged wife

A Manhattan Judge found an ex-Lehman Brothers exec accused of biting and kicking his estranged wife during a brawl last April at their swanky Upper West Side pad not guilty...

Democrats still whining, ObamaCare still failing

Henry Waxman made a plea Wednesday at the end of a House hearing grilling Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The California Democrat asked Republicans to reach across the...

Rangers' D finally jelling under new coach's system

It took a while, but eventually something clicked. The Rangers had to deal with assimilating to new coach Alain Vigneault to start this year, and that was the easy excuse...

How Jeter's new deal counts against Yankees' $189M goal

Both the union and MLB described Derek Jeter’s contract as the most complicated for computing for the Competitive Balance Tax (CBT) in history. Here is an attempt to explain how...

The President’s missed opportunity

Often in error but never in doubt, President Obama could walk into the Rose Garden and step on a half-dozen rakes like Foghorn Leghorn in an old Looney Tunes cartoon,...

Coach: Amar’e a bit 'rusty'

Knicks coach Mike Woodson admitted Amar’e Stoudemire was “rusty a little bit’’ in his season debut Thursday in Chicago. The question is how long will it take for Stoudemire to...

‘Modern Family’ duo going on tour

‘Modern Family” co-stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, who play gay couple Mitchell and Cam, are embarking on a nationwide speaking tour. “An Evening With Jesse Tyler Ferguson &...

Lifetime cancels 'The Client List'

"The Client List” is closed for business. Lifetime has canceled the Jennifer Love Hewitt drama after two seasons, a network spokesperson confirms. “Client List,” which starred Hewitt as a single...

Iraqi PM visits amid human rights tragedy US refuses to recognize

The White House welcome of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki this week couldn’t come at a more awkward time for President Obama, whose fecklessness in foreign affairs will be his...

Strong start makes Knicks' Chandler center of attention

Although Carmelo Anthony muffed his chance at becoming a Halloween hero Thursday night in Chicago, the Knicks departed the Windy City with a tailwind of confidence. That’s largely because 7-foot-1...

TV networks looking to Sweden for hit shows

TV networks are looking to Sweden for their next TV hit. ABC is the latest to get in on the trend, putting into development a crime thriller based on the...

Time for Jets to show they're for real

If the Jets are going to break out of their pattern of maddening mediocrity, now would be a good time — beginning Sunday against the high-powered Saints at MetLife Stadium....

Rex calls for Coples to step up his game

Skeptics had a field day last spring when the Jets moved Quinton Coples to rush outside linebacker. Six games into his second season, the former first-round pick still isn’t doing...

The incredible shrinking airline seat

With the exception of support from Mayor Bloomberg, first lady Michelle Obama has been fighting a lonely and, as a glance at any middle-school playground will tell you, losing battle...

NY’s highest court judges should stay another decade

This coming Tuesday, New Yorkers will be asked to vote on an amendment to the state Constitution that would raise the mandatory retirement age to 80 for judges on its...

Court slaps down ObamaCare religious mandate

The hits just keep coming. First it was the HealthCare.gov Web site, whose epic malfunctions have made the ObamaCare portal a punchline for late-night comics. Now the DC Circuit Court...

Rangers' Richards thrilled to be back at center

Brad Richards cut the question off before it even could be finished, adamant about how much more he likes playing center than wing. “I feel way better there,” Richards told...

NJ needs another 4 years of Gov. Christie

In 2009, The Post endorsed Chris Christie for governor of New Jersey despite some skepticism about whether he had a real plan to reform the Garden State. Four years later,...

Giants' faith in Will Hill pays off

The Giants took a leap of faith by signing Will Hill when nobody else would give the safety a chance, and stuck with the hard-hitter through two four-game suspensions. He...

Moment of horror in Halloween shooting

This is the moment when a crazed gunman fatally opened fire on an unsuspecting victim in front of a Brownsville bodega during a night of bloodshed on Halloween. The suspect...

Return of stars will change fantasy landscape

You know the feeling when you find an old, forgotten bill in your newly washed jeans? That sense of victory and gain, or a reward not exactly earned, but appreciated...

Horse slaughterhouses to reopen

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for horse slaughterhouses to resume operating in the U.S. as early as next week. U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo...

Senior 'sorry for beating elderly roommate to death'

No kidding! A hot-tempered senior who allegedly freaked out and fatally bludgeoned his elderly roommate during a silly argument over a curtain in their Queens nursing home admitted he did...

Clinton: Obama 'luckier than a dog with 2 d***s'

WASHINGTON – Bill Clinton trotted out a crude anatomical joke about President Obama, saying "he's luckier than a dog with two d----" to describe his comeback in last year's presidential...

Oswald widow snapped for 1st time in 25 years

New photos show Lee Harvey Oswald’s widow as a 72-year-old grandmother living quietly in a suburban Texas town. Marina Oswald, the Russian beauty whom the JFK assassin wedded while living...

Justin Blackmon suspended again after violating substance abuse policy

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Justin Blackmon has been suspended indefinitely without pay for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy. Blackmon was previously suspended the first four games of this...

Times Square scaffold collapse

Some heroic good Samaritans work together to lift the wreckage that trapped three people walking through Times Square.

Giants-Packers moved out of prime time

The Giants aren’t a prime time team this year. The NFL has flexed the 2-6 Giants’ Nov. 17 matchup with the Packers out of NBC’s Sunday night slot in favor...

One-handed boxer attacks cops at LaGuardia

What a knock out! A one-handed boxer from Queens lost it at LaGuardia airport and assaulted three PA cops, cracking one of them in the jaw this morning, according to...

Will Red Bulls' dominance of Dynamo continue in playoffs?

Conventional wisdom says it’s hard to have a good team’s number for long, tough to expect to keep beating a proud team over and over. The Red Bulls are about...

Chipotle too hot for Einhorn

Chipotle is proving too hot for hedge-fund manager David Einhorn. Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital eked out only a 1.2 percent gain for October, according to a source. That compares to a...

JPMorgan facing dozen legal probes

JPMorgan’s breathtaking list of legal woes now stretches from hiring practices in Hong Kong to energy market manipulation in California to bank fraud in Milan. In its latest corporate confession,...

Chris Bosh: Nets stars will take while to gel

After acquiring Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in July, the Nets immediately became championship contenders. But after losing their season opener against the Cavaliers, it became clear that Brooklyn’s collection...

Judge urged to reject SAC’s potential $1.2B settlement

SAC Capital Advisors’ potential $1.2 billion deal to resolve criminal insider-trading charges is coming under fire before it’s even done. The lawyer for a class-action suit over SAC’s trading in...

NYC Ballet's Tiler Peck pirouettes into a new Web series

Tiler Peck wants you to know there’s more to being a ballerina than standing on your toes. Which is why you’ll find her — discussing dance, romance and more —...

Rock photog Lynn Goldsmith shares tales from the stars

As one of rock ’n’ roll’s leading photographers, Lynn Goldsmith has seen — and secondhand-smoked — it all. During a 1981 photo session with Keith Richards, Goldsmith got so high...

Injured in Boston blast, runner will compete in NYC Marathon

Dave Fortier had foot wounds that have slowly healed and scarred over. He has permanent partial hearing loss, a constant ringing in his ears serving as a daily reminder of...

Blood feud: Man sues bro for murder-attempt accusation

Two New York City brothers have brought the definition of 'sibling rivalry' to a whole new level. The warring siblings claim each one wanted to kill the other over the...

US drone kills head of Pakistani Taliban

PESHAWAR, Pakistan— A U.S. drone strike killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Friday, intelligence officials said. The death is a major blow to the group a day after the...

Rob Ryan: This is best shot to break Rex hex

NEW ORLEANS — Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan — Jets coach Rex Ryan’s twin brother — decided to go the subliminal route Friday in his one shot to speak publicly...

Yankees pay Jeter for past, not present

The Yankees and Derek Jeter reached a $12 million agreement for next season that feels as much thank-you-for-the-past as smart play in the present. Jeter had a $9.5 million player...

LAX gunman wanted to 'kill TSA and pigs'

LOS ANGELES -- A suicidal New Jersey native carrying a note that said he “wanted to kill TSA and pigs” opened fire inside a packed Los Angeles Airport terminal Friday...

Mets officially cut ties with Johan Santana

Johan Santana is officially a free agent. The Mets declined Santana’s $25 million option for next season and will instead buy out the final year for $5.5 million. And while...

Yankees give Jeter $12 million off injury-riddled season

The Yankees didn’t give Derek Jeter $12 million to do anything other than what he has done since 1996: play shortstop. “Our expectations and hope is that as long as...

Bullying or teasing? Different takes on Martin's Dolphins departure

The line between normal teasing and team-wide bullying seems to be in dispute in the case of Jonathan Martin. Fox Sports reported on Thursday night that Martin left the Dolphins...

Bite me: Ex-lover 'blackmails dentist with sex and drug video'

An East Harlem man tried to extort thousands from a dentist by threatening to send a video of the two doing drugs and having sex to the New York Dental...

Antarctica's winter wonderland

Russia and the Ukraine met to plan to the world's largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica on Friday. Pristine waters rich in energy and species such as whales, penguins and vast...

Obamacare: Listing cupcake store on Web site not a mistake

Hero saves woman from rape after Halloween party

A good Samaritan prevented the brutal rape of a Queens college student coming home from a Halloween party by scaring off a thug who had jumped from the shadows to...

Reggie Jackson: 'Silly' to call David Ortiz Mr. October

Reggie Jackson is a huge fan of David Ortiz, but he says to calm down if you think Ortiz is baseball’s new Mr. October. “He did a great job [in...

Details from inside LAX shooting

New NYPD stop-and-frisk judge ripped policy before

A Manhattan federal judge recently named to the bench by President Obama was tapped on Friday to oversee the controversial cases alleging the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk is...

Knicks rewind: Woodson trusted Hardaway over Bargnani late

The overriding, obvious angle out of Thursday’s 82-81 Knicks heartbreaker to the Bulls was one superstar “rose’’ to the occasion and the other one didn’t. Derrick Rose hit the gargantuan...

Kobe Bryant made $24 million today

It’s payday for Kobe Bryant. The injured Lakers superstar Friday will receive a check from the team for $24,363,044, the LA Times reported. That’s right. $24 MILLION! As part of...

Storm brings down scaffold at Times Square construction site

A group of good Samaritans raced to the rescue of two women pinned under debris when a freak Midtown storm ripped down a shoddily built construction wall Friday, witnesses and...

Bronson Arroyo may be fit for Mets rotation

The Mets’ hopes for the backbone of their team next season to be starting pitching suffered a crushing blow when Matt Harvey was lost following Tommy John surgery. If they...

David Beckham's son training with Manchester United

MANCHESTER, England — The prospect of the name "Beckham" appearing on the back of a Manchester United shirt has grown closer. Sections of the British media reported Friday that Brooklyn...

'High probability' NYPD will win on stop-and-frisk: Bloomberg

An appellate court’s ruling that puts on hold a slew of controversial reforms to the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk means the city’s legal defense of the tactic has...

Stop-and-frisk ruling will hurt de Blasio: Lhota

  GOP nominee for mayor Joe Lhota said the stunning appeals court ruling that put major reforms to stop-and-frisk on hold will hurt the campaign of Democrat Bill de Blasio. A three-judge...

Move over cats, giraffes are the new 'it' animals

If you’ve been on Facebook lately, you’ve probably noted the many images of the long-necked animal popping up as profile pictures. It’s the result of one New Zealand man’s online...

Halloween Parade returns to the Village

Party-boy parks big sues to get job back

He’s had his fun — now he wants his job back. A Parks Department boss, demoted after a probe revealed what he dismissed as his “off-kilter” management style — including...

NY Dems won't say how many staffers will join ObamaCare

WASHINGTON — They’re big supporters of ObamaCare, but top New York Democrats declined to say how many of their own staffers are entering the new national health plan. Sens. Charles...

Sounds 'hood: Boros far apart on musical faves

The Bronx moves to a Latin groove, Brooklyn rocks out indie style, Queens dances to a techno beat, Manhattan embraces pop, and Staten Island goes One Direction. Music lovers in...

Halloween Parade returns to Village

Tens of thousands of people marched in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade Thursday night, as the wild tradition returned a year after it was canceled by Hurricane Sandy. A light...

3 dead as Halloween violence grips NYC

At least three people are dead and several others were injured after a rash of violence on Halloween, authorities said. In one bloody night, six people were shot in separate...

Cops shoot gunman dead in Bronx

An armed man was shot and killed by police Thursday night after foot pursuit in the Bronx, according to law enforcement sources. Officers were responding to a call of shots...

'The Broken Circle Breakdown' has perfect harmony

It has the look of a hipster fever dream, with its banjo playing, bushy beards, copious body art and chicken homesteading. But this Belgian drama is the real deal, an...

'In The Name Of' an act of devotion

In the depths of the Polish countryside is a youthful, energetic priest overseeing a group home for troubled boys in their late teens. Adam (Andrzej Chyra) has been transferred here...

Only six signed up for ObamaCare on first day

Only six people signed up for ObamaCare on the federal health insurance Web site during its problem-plagued first day of operation, according to a shocking report. Although the Obama administration...

Art collectors sue gallery over lost Suess drawings

Oh the lengths two Dr. Seuss collectors will go to recover their missing artwork. New York and LA-based collectors Clifford Davis and his stepson James Otis are suing a Chelsea...

Councilman Barron’s son busted on pot charge

City Councilman Charles Barron’s son was arrested on marijuana charges and other misdemeanors after being pulled over in his car in Brooklyn, The Post has learned. Cops had stopped Jawanza...

New Sen. Cory Booker gets rock-star treatment in DC

WASHINGTON — Cory Booker made a splashy entrance on his first official day in DC — getting a private sit-down with President Obama in the Oval Office and gaining national...

Judge Shira has history of tension with NYC, police

The “stop-and-frisk” judge who got a scathing putdown from a federal appeals panel on Thursday is no stranger to controversy. Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin — who ruled that the...

Madoff guy: Bernie wasn't that great at math

He was once known as the “Wizard of Wall Street,” but Ponzi villain Bernie Madoff couldn’t handle long division. A former supervisory trader for Madoff who pleaded guilty to fraud...

Hillary on prez plans: 'I'm minded to do it!'

Hillary Rodham Clinton may have dropped a hint that she’ll run for president in 2016 when she quipped “I’m minded to do it” at a reception in Scotland. When guests...

Oh, baby! George is a royal savior

It’s good to be the future king. Robust, demanding, and blessed with enough hair to make his follically challenged daddy, Prince William, green with envy, Prince George Alexander Louis of...

ObamaCare KO's 100,000 policies in NY

Insurers are canceling the medical policies of about 100,000 New Yorkers enrolled in individual health plans because of ObamaCare, state health officials said. But the figure is actually much higher...

Obama donor's firm hired to fix Web mess it created

WASHINGTON — A tech firm linked to a campaign-donor crony of President Obama not only got the job to help build the federal health-insurance Web site — but also is...

Better second act for Knicks' Bargnani

CHICAGO — After coming off the bench in the season opener, Andrea Bargnani was back in the starting lineup in the Knicks’ 82-81 loss to the Bulls Thursday night at...

After night of struggles, Rose hits game-winner

CHICAGO — In his second official game back since suffering a torn left ACL during the 2012 playoffs, Derrick Rose didn’t just show some rust Thursday night against the Knicks....

Melo's status is drama for July; the Knicks have plenty already

CHICAGO — In a way, you have to hand it to Carmelo Anthony. At a time when athletes guard their honest thoughts and their true feelings as if they belonged...

USA Today back in lead of circulation race

USA Today reclaimed the top spot in total daily newspaper circulation, thanks in large part to a rule that changes how circulation is counted in the digital age. The paper’s...

Time shocker: Pearlstine's back, Nelson's out

In a shocking shake-up at Time Inc., media veteran Norman Pearlstine is returning as the company’s first ever chief content officer while Martha Nelson is out as editor-in-chief. The realignment...

Time Inc. timeout

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes will delay the spinoff of Time Inc. until sometime in the second quarter, sources tell Media Ink. Despite Thursday’s big changes and rebuilding of some...

Scheindlin overruled on stop-frisk, and de Blasio debunked

Bill de Blasio hasn’t even won the mayor’s race yet and already he’s suffered his first rebuke. The Democratic hopeful has spent this campaign smearing the police for stopping, questioning...

Debt-ridden Caesars buried in financial woes

The chips are down for Caesars Entertainment. The heavily indebted casino chain is facing 2014 interest payments of about $1.9 billion, according to non-public financial reviewed by The Post —...