November 2, 2013
Wild goalie brawl a by-product of permissive NHL
This couldn’t be more beautiful for the NHL, whose official record of Friday night’s fiasco in Philadelphia will forevermore contain the designation of Ray Emery as the third star of...
Proposed bill would limit hours for construction
Catching Zzzz’s could get a lot easier if the City Council passes a bill limiting the hours construction workers can operate. The proposal, now being pushed by council members Dan...
Nets' Anderson making statement off the bench
ORLANDO, Fla. — Alan Anderson was the 15th and final player Nets general manager Billy King signed this summer to round out the team’s roster. But two games into the...
FDNY shuts door on Village legacy
The city is slamming the door on a Greenwich Village masterpiece. An iconic and beloved firehouse door marking FDNY’s Squad 18 - painted in 1976 to honor the US bicentennial...
Ban over, Jason Kidd set for coaching debut
ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s two games later than originally expected, but Jason Kidd will make his first regular-season appearance as head coach of the Nets Sunday night against the Magic....
Division II team gives St. John's trouble
Maybe all that NCAA Tournament talk went to their heads. In its exhibition opener Saturday afternoon, St. John’s needed a furious final surge to get by Division II San Francisco...
Stepan's hat trick sparks Rangers
This is what you want, for victories to feel matter of fact, just the way the Rangers’ 5-1 triumph over the Hurricanes at the Garden on Saturday night seemed routine....
NYC on track to be nation's safest city
Welcome to Mayberry, NYC. Murder in New York has dropped to levels not seen since the 1950s, and is falling so fast the Big Apple could finish the year with...
Punchless Devils fall to Flyers
The Flyers, embarrassed by the Capitals at home just 24 hours earlier, found the perfect tonic — the Devils. New Jersey was unable to match the intensity of the Flyers...
Surging Islanders batter Bruins
There is enough perspective in the Islanders locker room that they were not willing to go ahead and call this one a statement game. Not this early in the season....
Stevens guides Mucho Macho Man to Breeder's Cup win
ARCADIA, Calif. — Mucho Macho Man won the $5 million Classic by a nose Saturday, making Kathy Ritvo the first female trainer to win North America’s richest race at a...
Brooklyn’s single women are pickiest in the nation
Brooklyn women are the pickiest in the country, according to an online survey. But they say there’s a reason: the men. Dating site AYI.com analyzed nearly a half-million online dating...
Bronx driver runs down man on sidewalk after liquor store feud
An out-of-control driver in The Bronx — incensed after an argument with a liquor-store clerk — plowed into a man, fatally injuring the dad as his wife sobbed at his...
Bartlett leads Ronny Bugatti to last Yonkers victory
For driver Jason Bartlett, the strategy of sitting second helped him cross the wire first as he guided Ronny Bugatti to a head victory over Sunfire Blue Chip in the...
Sega’s Key Master game is rigged: lawsuit
The Key Master needs a Gate Keeper. A Westchester man says one of Sega’s carnie games is rigged. The Key Master, a vending-machine game that awards prizes to those who...
'Love Canal' still oozing poison 35 years later
NIAGARA FALLS — Thirty-five years after Love Canal's oozing toxic waste scared away a neighborhood and became a symbol of environmental catastrophe, history could be repeating itself. New residents, attracted...
Country's most affluent opting for Teslas over Bentleys
The top 1 percenters aren’t buying Bentleys, Lamborghinis or Ferraris. Instead, the country’s most affluent car buyers are driving off in a Tesla or a Jeep. Two of the five...
RFK Jr. calls cousin Michael Skakel 'delusional'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long maintained the innocence of his cousin in the Martha Moxley murder, but that doesn’t stop him from thinking Michael Skakel is “delusional and paranoid.”...
Dear John: Obama wins in no-limit game
Dear John: Just a few questions. After viewing the president’s press conference after the budget battle, I’m wondering: Is his presidency dead on the vine? ObamaCare will be a question...
This year’s NYC Marathon 'most secure' in race history
Sunday’s New York City Marathon will probably be the most tightly guarded in the race’s 43-year history, in the wake of April’s Boston Marathon bombing. The five-borough route will be...
Wall Street gets a sharp 20% cut for year-end bonuses
Wall Street is already selecting the biggest losers.They’re the largest class in a long time of shell-shocked traders, bankers and investment staff to forfeit or see sharply reduced year-end bonuses.The...
Time for a 401(k)'s checkup
It’s open enrollment time, and — notwithstanding the many questions about ObamaCare — adjusting one’s 401(k) contribution is still the most complicated choice the majority of us have to make....
New mayor will face Fed's taper woes
Those New Yorkers with attention spans long enough to sit through the recent round of televised debates between Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota and his Democratic opponent, Bill de Blasio,...
Schumer implies Hillary Clinton will run for president
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential prospects got a big hometown boost Saturday when Sen. Chuck Schumer told an Iowa crowd: “Run, Hillary, run!” “It’s time for a woman to...
New app lets barbers remember your haircut
Ever wished your barber could remember that dapper haircut he gave you six months ago? Harry’s, the shaving-products startup that launched in March 2013, has made fulfilling that wish its...
EHarmony 'high-end' counseling inspired by Ben Stiller movie
It’s life imitating art. Dating site eHarmony is putting together a personal-counselor offering for its high earners — not because its clients requested it, but due to an unexpected marketing...
American CEO says he prefers 'O Canada' to 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
Talk about throwing America under the bus. The new CEO of the company that owns the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs and National Basketball Association’s Toronto Raptors — and...
You can now buy makeup from a subway vending machine
Beauty giant L’Oréal Paris, which just named Blake Lively its new face, is following the example of a slew of beauty brands that use vending machines to create buzz in...
WWE's McMahons send mixed signals to investors
Stephanie McMahon, meet dad Vince McMahon — maybe you two should talk. The WWE family members have been planning to launch a stand-alone wrestling-themed cable channel for well over a...
'SNL' celebrates stars it used to skewer
Once upon a time on TV—before genuine laughter was replaced by forced, obnoxious “Woos!”— “Saturday Night Live” often would brilliantly satirize the nation’s most recent bad acts and actors as...
Don't Miss: A preview of the week's top shows
OUT FOR BLOOD Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary (Matt Czuchry) have pulled off the coup of the year at Lockhart Gardner, but they face unforeseen roadblocks when representing a client...
NYSE may lose top spot to upstart merger
Does the Twitter initial public offering mark the swan song of the New York Stock Exchange? The NYSE’s future is now in the hands of the IntercontinentalExchange, or ICE, the...
TV brings out the big guns for November sweeps
TV is bringing out the big guns and its best storylines to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, November sweeps: “New Girl” (Tuesday, 9 p.m., Fox) Ever since...
TCM celebrates Burt Lancaster centennial
Few Hollywood careers are more impressive than that of Burt Lancaster, the subject of a retrospective at Turner Classic Movies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. For 48...
Jimi Hendrix's family remembers the man behind the guitar god
Are you experienced? If so, how’s this for a classic rock reality check: The late, great Jimi Hendrix, front man for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, would’ve been 70 years old...
Tale of 2 IPOs: Facebook & Twitter
Twitter’s highly coveted initial public offering — scheduled for Thursday — has been painted as the anti-Facebook coming-out party, and with good reason: There are adults in the room. The...
Bob Newhart returns to 'Big Bang Theory' with Bill Nye
When Bob Newhart won an Emmy in September for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, for his turn as former kids’ show host Professor Proton on “The Big Bang...
The Hemsworths have the hottest genes in Hollywood
It's understood that “Dancing With the Stars” serves as a last-gasp haven for former A-listers looking to trade on nostalgic goodwill and C-listers desperate to eke out the remaining seconds...
'The Right Stuff' still sets the bar for space flicks
My absolute favorite film of the thousands I’ve reviewed in my 32 years as a working critic? Philip Kaufman’s “The Right Stuff,” a satirical, lyrical and thrilling masterpiece about the...
NYC chefs use their noodles when it comes to creative pastas
Spaghetti and penne are perfectly fine, but there’s no better way to carbo-load after Sunday’s New York City Marathon than with the city’s most elite pastas. Whether you plan to...
Is Rob Delaney the funniest man on Twitter?
Comedian Rob Delaney’s Twitter feed is full of good advice. “Cheap date idea: cut open a pack of hotdogs & squeeze the juice over your lover’s body then summon a...
NYC songwriter Dana Parish finds big break with Celine Dion
To her millions of fans, Celine Dion is considered an icon, a legend, even a saint. And for one New Yorker, the musician approaches fairy-godmother status. With Dion’s new album,...
In my Library: Bruce McCall
Thank Canada for Bruce McCall! The satiric artist and writer wrote for National Lampoon before joining The New Yorker, where he's almost frighteningly prolific, with 50 covers to date. Along...
Jessica Seinfeld: My New York
Jessica Seinfeld knows her way around a kitchen — and she wants to help those in need of a little extra culinary TLC. The best-selling cookbook author — and wife...
Ryan Ling gets the ultimate revenge with 'Guy Code'
Three-and-a-half years ago, TV producer Ryan Ling was living in Little Italy when he offered to help a friend smarting from a recent breakup. He let his buddy crash on...
Banksy made news, but not a lot of great art
The stunts are complete, the treasure hunt over. A month of street art has been mostly sealed off, carted away, painted over or defaced by other graffiti artists. The Banksy...
New iPhone app lets dog owners get instant medical advice
One night a month ago, Nicole Leven’s dog, Miles, wouldn’t stop throwing up and she didn’t know what to do. “He was having some stomach problems where he would be...
Blue-haired genius seeks gal with colorful style
Chris, 28, dyes his locks to express himself — and now all the software engineer needs is his mane lady G.I. Jane Girls who dress a little differently — like...
Top 5 worst ways to respond to a marriage proposal
According to heartbreaking hotties in New York’s Diamond District: “Say, ‘With that ring? Please.’ ” — Jeff “Yell, ‘I told him not to do this!’ to all the dancers he...
This week's couple: The end game
When is a bad date not terribly bad — just not good enough for a second date? We found out when Jenna and Russell, both 23, met at Brick Lane...
Magic Johnson: Nets have most talent in NBA
ORLANDO -- After sitting in the front row at Barclays Center for the Nets' 101-100 victory over the two-time defending champion Heat, Magic Johnson came away quite impressed with the...
The site that lets you rent only from hotties
Mover over, Airbnb: LoveRoom is coming. The new site promises to be a blend of the popular dating Web site Tinder and Airbnb, which allows you to rent rooms in...
Ryan twins take separate paths to coaching success
Rex and Rob Ryan decided to go their own ways in coaching a long time ago, which makes the list of people who played under or coached alongside the identical...
Emotions high for return of New York City Marathon
After a one-year hiatus and a 728-day wait between races, the New York City Marathon returns Sunday (9 a.m, ABC, ESPN2), amid the memories of Hurricane Sandy that forced last...
The incredible women who went to war as men
Over New Year’s weekend 1862-63, more than 1,600 Union troops were killed in the Battle of Stones River, one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War. One was a...
New process muddles Yankees' pursuit of Japanese ace
Though the Yankees don’t know how long it will take to bring Robinson Cano back to The Bronx, there are defined steps to follow in the free agent process. When...
Fate of Astrodome in Houston's hands
The people came early to the Astrodome Saturday morning, thousands of them roaming the building once dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World. They came to plunk down $200 for...
Former Jet ends long career with NFL
Clark Gaines came a long way from Lees-McRae College and Wake Forest University. His NFL career as a Jets fullback last from 1976-82, and four years later he was hired...
Nets Rewind: Depth allowed Nets to beat Heat
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 101-100 win over the Heat in their home opener Friday night: 1. This was the kind of well-rounded and balanced effort that...
Jack Nicholson, horndog for all seasons
Years into a tumultuous, on-again off-again relationship with Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston was beyond frustrated at his refusal to have a child with her. So when she learned that Rebecca...
Tiger Woods shouldn't sue for 'cheater' comment
A pair of jumper cables walk into a bar and order a beer. “OK,” says the bartender, “but don’t start anything.” That brings us to Tiger Woods’ selectively indignant —...
Rex Ryan confident Dee Milliner will bounce back
Jets coach Rex Ryan did not back away from rookie cornerback Dee Milliner despite his struggles last week. Milliner will start Sunday and be asked to slow down one of...
Malhotra's return to ice draws mixed feelings
In February, when Alain Vigneault was coaching the Canucks, he and general manager Mike Gillis essentially forced Manny Malhotra onto injured reserve for the remainder of the 2012-13 season because...
Rutgers beats Temple in final minute
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers saved its season with a couple of momentous plays on both sides of the ball in the final two minutes against Temple. Embattled quarterback Gary Nova...
Anjelica Huston couldn't escape men like her dad
In 1951, a telegram was sent from Los Angeles to the Ugandan township of Butiaba. A local man then took the missive from the post office and ran, barefoot, for...
Darrelle Revis being misused by winless Bucs
Buy a Ferrari and use it only as your train station commuter car. Have a dinner date with Kate Upton, and take her to Wendy’s. Join Augusta National and use...
Lack of QB reliability costing Bears in Packers rivalry
The Bears have built a commanding 26-3 lead on the Packers since 1992, but it isn’t in a competition worth bragging about. That total is the number of starting quarterbacks...
Serby's Q&A with Nick Mangold
Jets center Nick Mangold blocked off some time before Sunday’s showdown with the saints for a little Q&A with Steve Serby. Q: How do you deal with Twitter idiots? A:...
Andrew Wiggins dealing with LeBron-type hype
At some point, the title of the Next Great Basketball Player in the World will be passed. It is inevitable, and unenviable, for the candidates considered. After a generation of...
Everything you need to know about college hoops season
Games to watch Duke vs. Kansas, Nov. 12 Andrew Wiggins gets his first of many tests against Duke and the Blue Devils own hotshot freshman Jabari Parker in the Champions...
The 25 best as college hoops season tips off
At long last, six months after Louisville was crowned national champion, college basketball is back for its most anticipated season in years. There isn’t an overwhelming favorite. Instead, there are...
Witt's NFL picks Week 9
SUNDAY BILLS (+3) over Chiefs: Y Young, underrated ex-Dukie QB Thad Lewis appears very-possible starter for Bills, despite those aching ribs. Buffalo, turning in one spirited effort after another behind...
This week's must-read books
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan (Ecco) The “Joy Luck Club” author’s latest explores the courtesan houses of Shanghai at the turn of the 19th century, as well as the...
How Obama went from bulls--t to dishonesty
How Americans see President Obama changed in an important way this week. It’s because there is a huge difference between lies and bulls - - t. Obama says a lot...
Struggling hospitals being preserved by politics, not good medicine
When a patient reaches the point where further treatment only prolongs the costs and the agony, his doctor does everything in his power to make the patient comfortable and prepare...
Lawmakers should come together to serve the 'Yet-to-Haves'
That’s the shorthand Mitch Daniels uses for Americans aspiring to the middle class: the yet-to-haves. During a press breakfast in Washington, the Indiana-governor-turned-college-president said this is the class of people...
WARNING GRAPHIC : First photo of shot TSA killer
This is the bloodied face of a madman, moments after his rampage through Los Angeles International Airport. A blood-drenched Paul Ciancia lay stunned on the floor of LAX, critically wounded...
Dog saves hiker from bear, hiker eats dog
It’s a dog-gone shame. A stranded hiker was forced to eat the beloved pooch who saved his life after nearly starving to death in the Canadian wilderness. Marco Lavoie, 44,...
Goetz hit on pretty cop who busted him for pot
He can’t Goetz no satisfaction. Subway vigilante Bernard Goetz had been lamely hitting on the young undercover narcotics cop who busted him on pot-sale charges Friday night, The Post has...
Obama had doubts he would win 2012 election
He almost became America’s Quitter-in-Chief. President Obama had serious doubts about whether he’d be successful in his re-election bid, according to a New York magazine excerpt of the new book,...
9-year-old boy dead in Fort Greene crash
A 9-year-old boy was killed Saturday after he was pinned beneath an SUV that smashed into a building in Brooklyn, police said. The victim’s 5-year-old brother, their mother, 47, and...
When did white trash become normal?
When Snooki, whose talents include getting sloppy drunk and throwing up on camera, made Barbara Walters’ “Ten Most Fascinating People” list a few years back, one could only ask: Was...
Working Families Party benefits if de Blasio wins
Batten down for Superstorm Bertha. That would be Bertha Lewis, a far-left founding sister of New York’s rolling-in-clover Working Families Party — who stood next to presumptive mayoral shoo-in Bill...
Mich. man wants $25M reward for Osama 'tip'
DETROIT — A Michigan man claims he tipped federal investigators to the location of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan eight years before his killing and has hired attorneys to...
80-year-old fights giant bear...and 'wins'
It was an uneven fight before it started: an elderly Russian shepherd versus an aggressive bear which attacked him in a raspberry field. But although he was bitten, kicked and...
LAX gunman 'pissed off' about TSA searches
The New Jersey native who killed a TSA agent and wounded five people in a wild Los Angeles airport shootup left a note describing himself online as a “pissed off...
Barclays UK suspends 6 traders in currency probe
LONDON — Barclays bank has suspended six traders amid an investigation into whether international currency markets were rigged, the BBC, the Financial Times and other outlets reported Saturday. Barclays, Britain's...
Johns, Warhol pieces on block in Lautenberg collection
Christie's auction house is planning to sell pieces from the art collection of the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey. The auction house said Friday it would be...
Casino foes use Mario Cuomo's words against son Andrew
TV ads, invoking the words of then-Gov. Mario Cuomo 19 years ago, are being used to fight an expansion of casinos in the state — a proposal that is favored...
Grace Kelly's childhood home trashed by animal 'hoarder'
PHILADELPHIA — The once-stately childhood home of American actress Grace Kelly, who starred in the 1950s films "Rear Window" and "High Society" and later became Princess of Monaco, was raided this week after...
Nets owner Prokhorov was all in on Celts deal
When Nets general manager Billy King alerted owner Mikhail Prokhorov the team could potentially get both Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in a trade with the Celtics, Prokhorov’s response was...
This Nets team is deep — scary deep
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov arrived at his team’s home opener Friday night in Brooklyn armed with a new catch-phrase: “Aiming for Amazing.” It’s unclear whether the Russian billionaire was aware...
Queens museum brought back to life
The Queens Museum of Art for decades had to work within the confines of a building that originally was constructed as a pavilion for the 1939 World's Fair. But no...
Snowden asks world's help against US charges
BERLIN — Edward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released Friday after...
Toll collector convicted of stealing accident victim’s wallet
MAYS LANDING, NJ — Jurors have convicted a New Jersey Turnpike toll supervisor of stealing a Massachusetts man's wallet at the scene of a car crash. Thirty-five-year-old Thomas Giberson of...
Oops — Truck backs up on $295K Ferrari
Ferrari 0, refrigerator truck 1. A Baldor food-delivery truck’s attempt to double-park on the Upper West Side turned ugly for the owner of a $295,000 sports car that was in...
Consumer group: JPMorgan shouldn’t tax-deduct $13B
A consumer group is aiming to bar JPMorgan Chase from taking a tax write-off on a potential multibillion-dollar mortgage settlement led by the Justice Department. The US Public Interest Research...
Burkle hostile after Morgans Hotel bid rejected
Billionaire activist Ron Burkle has gone hostile. The 60-year-old investor has declared war on Jason Taubman Kalisman, the 34-year-old grandson of real estate developer Alfred Taubman, revealing late Friday that...