November 10, 2013
Historian splits America into 11 'nation states'
Today’s political strife and voting trends can be traced back to our colonial roots, according to a historian who believes North America can be best explained by dividing it into...
Understanding Veterans Day -- and America's happy few
They’ll be heading north on Fifth Avenue from 26th Street today, 27,000 strong and many with memories of earlier marches — when the lines were a little straighter, the formations...
Rangers finally jump over .500 mark
Let’s stipulate Sunday’s 4-3 victory over the Panthers at the Garden will never see the light of day in a Rangers Classic Marathon on MSG Network, but at the same...
Rangers power play much improved
The Rangers salted away Sunday’s 4-3 Garden victory over the Panthers on Mats Zuccarello’s five-on-three power play goal that gave the club a 4-2 lead at 6:16 of the third...
Islanders grow tired of life on the road
MONTREAL — Without recently acquired forward Thomas Vanek, the Islanders played and lost their second game in less than 24 hours. The Canadiens took advantage of the fatigued Islanders, whose...
Why Mayor Bill should burn Shira
All New Yorkers should wish Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio well as he moves to deal with the many awesome problems that confront the city. An immediate challenge is what position...
‘Thor: The Dark World’ tops at box office as ‘Ender’s Game’ falls
Superheroes continue to defeat their foes at the box office. Disney's "Thor: The Dark World," earning $86.1 million, dominated the weekend box office as it opened domestically at No. 1,...
Taxi driver/minister hears rider confessions
Forgive me, driver, for I have sinned. Yellow-taxi driver Joseph Djan, 52, may seem like an ordinary hack, but he’s also an evangelical pastor from Brooklyn, offering a bit of...
Miley Cyrus smokes blunt on stage at music awards
Just when you thought Miley couldn’t possibly have any more stunts up her sleeve, she pulls a blunt out of her purse. Last night at the MTV EMAs in Amsterdam,...
This week's magazines are a Wintour carnival
With Vogue editrix Anna Wintour shaping Glamour and Lucky, it’s time to take a look not only at those two publications but the women’s mag landscape. The mag makeover award...
Jagr, Brodeur lead Devils rout of Predators
Just a ho-hum game ripped from the annals of 1996. Or so it seemed Sunday night at Prudential Center, where Jaromir Jagr and Martin Brodeur were two of the best...
James Dolan guarantees Knicks victory
Despite the embarassing 120-89 matinee massacre at the Garden to the Spurs, Knicks owner James Dolan was in a confident mood Sunday night. Dolan, performing with his blues band, JD...
Mark Rylance leads all-male casts in new Shakespeare shows
No argument about who’s the king of Broadway right now: It’s William Shakespeare. The guy’s got four shows on the Great White Way — the first time since 1987 that...
Typhoon Haiyan likely the deadliest storm ever
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the thousands believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious...
Twitter’s ad service isn’t ready for primetime
Twitter is not quite ready for primetime. For the past month, CEO Dick Costolo and his team have been pitching TV networks and ad execs on a new way to...
Twitter, Facebook in battle for TV show ad supremacy
So this is how you trash talk in 140 characters or less. Twitter, which is competing with Facebook for TV show ad dollars, has been talking down its rival’s audience...
NYY Steak taps all-star line-up for Midtown location
The New York Yankees have assembled an all-star team to launch their second NYY Steak. The partnership with Hard Rock International is to open at 7 W. 51st St. in...
Principal gets wheelchair lift, freed from school basement
How’s that for a lift? Just three weeks after The Post revealed that a disabled Queens principal had been relegated to her school’s basement — because the building didn’t have...
JPP won't let stinger slow him down
Jason Pierre-Paul came into Sunday’s game saying this was the most healthy he has been all season. He did not have the breakout performance he might have envisioned, but he...
Positives neutralize negatives for Giants
The Giants special teams had been arguably the worst in the NFL coming into Sunday’s game against the Raiders. And even though they were hardly awesome — culpable for a...
Thomas, Brown reward Giants for not giving up on them
Sometimes, when you don’t give up on a player, and when the player does not give up on himself, you are rewarded by memorable moments and days like this, when...
Dolphins take the field amid Incognito controversy
TAMPA — Oh, and by the way, the Dolphins have a game Monday night. Miami is 4-4 and could use a victory over the winless Buccaneers to stay in the...
Win streak keeps Giants' playoff aspirations alive
The game was a two-hour, 49-minute microcosm of the Giants season. Their 24-20 win over the Raiders Sunday at MetLife Stadium began so poorly and was followed by such an...
Giants report card
OFFENSE Andre Brown (30 carries, 115 yards, 1 TD) in his first game of the season was durable and dependable. Rueben Randle made a play for a TD. The line...
Don't count on Mets signing Shin-Soo Choo
ORLANDO — Are the Mets ready to venture into the choice meats section of the supermarket this offseason? When the annual General Manager Meetings begin on Monday, the rest of...
Giants defense contains 'elusive' Terrelle Pryor
After watching Terrelle Pryor run roughshod over defenses, the Giants held Oakland’s athletic quarterback to arguably his worst performance. He claims he was slowed down by his knee as much...
Eli Manning only concerned with 'getting wins'
For a guy with two Super Bowl MVP awards in his cabinet, Eli Manning was rather bland in Sunday’s 24-20 victory over the Raiders. Manning was 12-of-22 for 140 yards,...
Birth of an Empire (Biscuit)
It's 1:30 on a crisp, breezy Sunday afternoon, and Empire Biscuit in the East Village is packed. A line of peckish New Yorkers stretches to the back of the brand-new biscuit...
A-Rod meets with family of missing autistic teen
Alex Rodriguez understands. He gets that not everyone will react positively to his latest cause. That the many who dislike him will not change their opinions based on the activity...
College hoops announcers just as bad as NFL counterparts
This is another of those times of year when several sports collide, providing TV double and triple the opportunity to prove it doesn’t matter — it can butcher games one...
Giants Blitz: Andre Brown return a monstrous success
HERO Giants running back Andre Brown rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 30 carries in his first game of the season after having been on injured...
Goal-line stand changes momentum for Giants
The first half ended as ingloriously as it began for the Giants — with a turnover leading to a Raiders touchdown. There was the fumble on the opening kick that...
NYC politician pals with anti-American Bolivian president
Liberal East Harlem Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, a contender for City Council Speaker, is pals with Bolivia’s socialist, anti-American president, The Post has learned. The pol even traveled to support Evo Morales...
NBA, union donating $250K to Philippines typhoon victims
The NBA and the NBA Player's Association have joined forces to donate $250,000 to the U.S. fund for UNICEF to help support the group's emergency relief efforts in the Philippines...
Go to Greg: How do I get coworkers to see me as a leader?
I’m what everyone calls a “good soldier” in the office, and now my boss is asking me to take a more leading role. I’m worried my colleagues won’t see and...
Brian Cashman: Yankees don't need 1B help
Brian Cashman has a long list of needs heading to the General Managers Meetings which begin Monday in Orlando, but a first baseman isn’t on it. Though it had been...
J.R. fails to light up Spurs in 2013 debut
After J.R. Smith was yanked late in the second quarter after another airball, a Garden fan was overhead shouting: “Smoke another one.’’ The stench was evident Sunday in Smith’s season...
Hulu's 'The Wrong Mans' better than network brethren
In a season littered with sophomoric new sitcoms (Fox’s “Dads,” CBS’ “The Millers”) and failed dramas (NBC’s “Ironside,” ABC’s “Lucky 7”), Hollywood could learn a lot from the new British...
Struggling Knicks better 'figure it out' fast
There’s a disconnect somewhere and if the Knicks don’t figure it out soon, this season could get ugly in a hurry. If Sunday’s 120-89 loss to the Spurs — a...
NYC to add 4,000 more Citi Bikes
The city is preparing to boost its number of Citi Bikes from 6,000 to 10,000, so if you don’t want one of the clunky kiosks in front of your building,...
Beltran a risky signing for Red Sox or Yankees
ORLANDO — Carlos Beltran is a great idea for the Red Sox — and he is not. My colleague George A. King III reported last week that Boston is interested...
Nets still need time to find chemistry
OK, Nets fans, come off the ledge. Put away all the sharp, pointed objects. A 2-4 start is not reason to trash the NBA and follow professional bocce. True, 2-4...
Schumer: Chicken from China poses food safety threat
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Schumer blasted the Obama administration Sunday for taking steps toward allowing Chinese chicken to be exported to the United States, despite China’s disgusting food safety record....
'Homeland' impossible to take seriously
Seldom in the history of cable TV has a series imploded as quickly as Showtime’s “Homeland.” Once a critical darling — and the winner of a richly deserved 2011 Emmy...
The hottest sales of the week
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A look back at the t-shirt's most iconic moments
In 1913, the T-shirt made its American debut when the US Navy issued crew necks to seamen for chest protection under their sailor suits. 100 years later, A-listers are putting...
Ousted stop-and-frisk judge's lawyer slams NYC motion
A lawyer for the federal judge removed from cases concerning the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy said Sunday that the city's attempt to have her orders vacated is bringing...
Bloomberg gives Prospect Park a nice farewell gift
It’s a farewell gift to the operators of Brooklyn’s biggest park -- courtesy of Mayor Bloomberg.The city is planning to set up the nonprofit Prospect Park Alliance with a sweetheart...
Ex-Nazi getting 'used to' protesters outside Queens home
He’s dropped sieg heil — for ho hum. It was another year, another protest for unrepentant ex-Nazi Jakiw Palij who wasn’t fazed in the least by the 130 angry demonstrators...
Texas governor: Obama should admit to health 'fraud'
WASHINGTON – Sorry just doesn’t cut it. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday that President Obama’s apology last week for telling Americans they could keep their current health plans under...
Thomas INT saves Giants from season-burying defeat
The wind was swirling, light rain was falling, the boos were cascading down and the Giants were losing, in dreary fashion, to the Raiders, who thrive on the East Coast...
'Fire Woodson' chants as Knicks embarrassed at home
The Knicks’ whole game went to pot Sunday. No heart. No effort. No smarts. And a terribly rusty version of J.R. Smith. Carmelo Anthony twice called the performance “embarrassing.” Coach...
John Kerry defends US negotiations with Iran
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry pushed back Sunday at charges the White House is being duped in nuke talks with Iran, insisting that “no deal is better than...
Gunfire at house party kills 2, injures 22
HOUSTON — Two people were killed and at least 22 others were injured late Saturday night when gunfire rang out at a large house party in a Houston suburb, sending...
Nets Rewind: Mason Plumlee joins shortened rotation
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 96-91 loss to the Pacers in Brooklyn on Saturday night: 1. Whether Nets coach Jason Kidd read this space or not prior...
Driver dead after horrific SUV crash
A driver in the Bronx was killed in a horrific car wreck when his SUV struck the pillar of an elevated subway, flipped and caught fire, authorities said. The unidentified...
Bryant Park 'shooter' all but confessed online
A 16-year-old suspected gang-banger virtually confessed to shooting two people over a coat at the Bryant Park skating rink as he ranted online about keeping the cops at bay and...
Chris Christie to Republican Party: Follow my lead
WASHINGTON – Reveling in his landslide re-election victory, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared Sunday that he’s got what it takes to win the White House for Republicans – even comparing...
Politician wins election by pretending to be black
"Every time a politician talks, he's out there deceiving voters," Dave Wilson, a conservative white Republican who ran for office in Houston, Texas, told K Houston. Wilson, whose tactics were...
Incognito: Martin said I did nothing wrong
In his first interview since being suspended by the Miami Dolphins, Richie Incognito said he and Jonathan Martin shared more than 1,000 text messages in the past year -- including...
Snoopy's 'seven' heaven
Meet Snoopy 7.0! The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade unveiled its seventh incarnation of the popular Peanuts character Saturday — an adorable balloon float featuring the cartoon pooch soaring, belly-down, while...
The impact of Nanny Bloomberg
With the election of Bill de Blasio, Mayor Bloomberg may be on his way out — but his pro-health policies will continue to mold New Yorkers from the cradle to...
'Hellish Hanukkah' involves tow row, cop fight
It was a hellish Hanukkah for a publicity princess and her writer hubby, who claim they were thrown in the slammer over a tow row during a holiday shopping trip....
Power tool mishap kills French theater director
PARIS — A theater technical director died of a heart attack after a malfunctioning power tool set off an explosion at the venue, investigators said Saturday. An initial investigation determined...
New York Times’ Obama cheerleading harms the nation
Poor Barack Obama. Ending his fifth year as the world’s most powerful man, he is running out of scapegoats and fairy tales. Blaming George W. Bush has lost its punch,...
4 charged with blowtorch and penis-hack torture attack
Four people are accused of torturing a California marijuana-dispensary owner with a blowtorch and cutting off his penis in an attempt to force him to reveal where he had buried...
Warren Buffett's 9/11 payday
Mayor Bloomberg has recruited fellow billionaire Warren Buffett to take over a taxpayer fund set up to pay claims stemming from the toxic Ground Zero cleanup, The Post has learned....
Most of statewide canal system closing until 2014
ALBANY — The New York Canal Corp. plans to close the statewide canal system this Friday until next year. Most sections of the system, which means about 524 miles across...
John F. Kennedy's most notable affairs
For affairs of state, no one beat John F. Kennedy.
Gracie Mansion could remain unoccupied ... sell it!
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said this past week that he may not be moving into Gracie Mansion because of the commute it would impose on his son, Dante. That would...
The day the nation lost its innocence
It is now a half-century since President John F. Kennedy was cut down by rifle shots on the streets of Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Few events in the postwar...
How Jackie Kennedy shaped the myth of JFK
Even in the thick of tragedy, Jackie Kennedy was aware of her husband’s legacy. In his new book, “End of Days,” author James Swanson reveals how the first lady knew...
Gambling mom 'ditches' daughter in casino gift shop
This mom allegedly thought it was OK to gamble with her kid’s safety. Carol Grandison, 41, was arrested Saturday after leaving her 9-year-old daughter alone for an hour in the...
Better wipe down this gym equipment!
A Manhattan woman claims she and her boss knocked boots throughout the posh Upper West Side gym La Palestra. Kasey Dexter, 32, says La Palestra manager George Peters gave her...
EMT tests voided due to ‘cheating’
The state has pulled the plug on the recent EMT-certification test scores of 25 people because of blatant cheating, The Post has learned. Rabbi Ezra Max, who runs a Brooklyn...
Meet the seemingly unfireable female firefighter
She’s the Teflon probie. Despite failing a required FDNY running test five times, Wendy Tapia was allowed to graduate from the Fire Academy and become a firefighter. On Dec. 2,...
That's a hooker outfit?
Call the fashion police! A Manhattan judge dismissed a woman’s prostitution case, saying the NYPD failed to recognize what constitutes a working girl’s wardrobe. Police arrested Felicia McGinnis, 26, after...
Curtains for movie-theater matrons
It’s finally curtains for movie-theater matrons. The city has officially repealed the last vestige of a municipal job that hasn’t been filled since the Johnson administration. The matrons — a...
Broken ObamaCare promise remains on White House Web site
Guess he isn’t that sorry. Despite his public apology last week, the promise President Obama made and broke remains on a White House Web site for all to see. The...
Two more cases of killer virus in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has recorded two new cases of the MERS virus, the health ministry said on Saturday, a day after authorities in neighboring Qatar reported one new case. Saudi Arabia...
Blood on the Bryant Park ice; Innocent teen shot
Blood stained the ice at the Bryant Park rink Saturday night, after a feud over a coat erupted in gunfire and two skaters who had been struck by bullets were...
Family grateful for return of aviator's Purple Heart
Gordon H. Yates was a tall, skinny redhead who joined the Navy during World War II when he was 17. Two years later, the young aviator was dead, beheaded by...
Ring medics could have done more for injured boxer: experts
The Russian boxer left comatose after a bloody bout at Madison Square Garden broke two bones in the first round — but the referee and ringside doctors failed to stop...
Man turns waiting in line into a business
He’s on the front lines — of making dough. Chelsea resident Robert Samuel has made a business off lazy New Yorkers, hanging tight for those desperate for Cronuts or the...
Menswear retailer Danny Zarem dead at 86
Danny Zarem, the legendary men’s fashion retailer photographed by Andy Warhol, died Thursday in his Midtown apartment after suffering complications from a gall-bladder-related illness. He was 86. Zarem, who ran...
France sinks possible nuclear deal with Iran
No oui! Even the French, often seen as cheese-eating surrender monkeys in the face of foreign aggression, think President Obama has gone too soft on Iran. They’ve effectively scuttled a...
Actor Anthony Mackie arrested for DWI
Anthony Mackie, who starred in the Eminem flick “8 Mile” as well as “Gangster Squad,” was arrested in Harlem early Saturday for driving drunk, authorities said.Mackie, 35, was stopped on...
Workers REMOVED sandbags at Pier A before Hurricane Sandy
The head of the Battery Park City Authority admitted he intentionally allowed Hurricane Sandy floodwaters to inundate a historic city pier — a controversial move that could soak taxpayers. Dennis...
Germany remembers 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht
Germany on Saturday began marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht with solemn ceremonies and touching and innovative tributes to the victims. Rather than conducting one central memorial...
Key issues in spotlight at MLB GM meetings
If one team spends $30 million-to-$40 million on outside acquisitions this offseason, and another spends roughly double that, how is it that the first club is looked at as opening...
Doolittle Raiders make a final toast to comrades in 1942 mission
DAYTON, Ohio — The last of the Doolittle Raiders, all in their 90's, offered a final toast Saturday to their fallen comrades, as they pondered their place in history after...