October 11, 2014
Bumgarner dominates overmatched Cardinals as Giants take Game 1
ST. LOUIS — The “Cardinal Way” might work, but there is also something to be said for the unofficial Giant way. It goes something like this: Bite, claw and scratch...
Triangle looks gorgeous as Jose Calderon puts on a show
UNCASVILLE, Conn.— Andrea Bargnani is hurt again, but his absence didn’t slow the Knicks’ triangle offense. The impact of Bargnani’s buddy, new point guard Jose Calderon, was finally felt in...
Kurds put up fierce fight in battle to hold border town
Kurdish militiamen are putting up a fierce fight to defend a Syrian town near the border with Turkey but are struggling to repel the Islamic State group, which is advancing...
Disaster start nothing new for New York teams
Week after week, game after game, interview after interview, the same pattern prevailed: optimism replaced by confidence replaced by defiance… Replaced by depression. Week after week, game after game, interview...
The untold story of how the buried Chilean miners survived
Jorge Galleguillos, a veteran miner at the San José Mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert, was working 2,000 feet below the Earth’s surface when he saw what he thought was a...
Def Jam's wild early days: An oral history
When Russell Simmons first met Rick Rubin, he couldn’t believe his eyes. Simmons was at a New York party in 1984 with a hip-hop DJ named Jazzy Jay, who had just...
Airbnb founder jokes about company’s loopy logo
Brian Chesky, the Airbnb co-founder and CEO, took some good-natured pokes at his company’s controversial new logo. Cheskey, speaking on a panel at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in...
50 fall handbags under $500
There's a chill in the air...time to cast off summer accessories and update your look with one (or more!) of these tantalizing totes, all under $500. Cool kitsch Upgrade your...
Devils’ scoring surge continues in win over Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Devils scored early and often to spoil the Panthers home opener. Damon Severson scored his first NHL goal to cap a four-goal opening period and the...
Congress proposing to cut corporate tax rate by 10%
Congress has a bill ready to cut the corporate tax rate to 25 percent as a measure in combating US firms merging with overseas companies to solely lower their tax...
Cheaper gas prices spark stock sell-off
This is how a market correction starts: Good news for consumers is bad for investors. Equity markets entered October on a slippery slope, given the historical markers for the scariest...
Dear Bill: Highlights from de Blasio’s mailbox
Letters, he gets letters...boy does he get letters! A whopping 135,750 e-mails and paper missives have poured in to Mayor de Blasio from the public since he took office. Complaints...
'Partners in Crime' shows gritty NYC lawyers' goofy sides
Gym, tan — pedicure? A new reality show shows the lighter side of two tough-guy criminal defense attorneys from Staten Island who, when they’re not representing some of the city’s...
Islanders improve to 2-0 for first time in 7 years
The cheers were loud and hearty and often. And on this historic night, they were deserved. The Islanders gave the fans at the Coliseum a reason to celebrate in the...
The Royals defy all logic, but it's time we pick our jaws up
BALTIMORE — The Royals now are halfway to their goal. Yet they have fully blown our minds already. Coming into Camden Yards and beating Buck Showalter’s Orioles in two tight,...
Tanzanian passenger with arrest warrants claims fever at JFK
A passenger who had just landed at JFK Airport from his native Tanzania Saturday was about to be arrested on an outstanding warrant — until he told startled Port Authority...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with Anthony Duclair
The Rangers’ 19-year-old right wing Anthony Duclair took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Describe what it’s like being Anthony Duclair right now. A: It’s...
Perfect Royals are just two wins from the World Series
BALTIMORE — The Royals need to win two of five games to reach the World Series, and after watching them in the first two ALCS tilts, is there a person...
Camera phones have become the best defense against big government
When a patient exhibiting symptoms consistent with Ebola infection on United Airlines Flight 998 landed at Newark Airport last Saturday, the flight crew took immediate action to contain the possibility...
Top admin tangled in Catholic school sex scandal stripped of athletic duties
Horndog High has benched its athletic director. Richard Postiglione, a top administrator at a Staten Island school where two female coaches allegedly bedded underage students, has been stripped of his...
Rock stars' wackiest backstage demands
It doesn’t take much to make Iggy Pop happy — just be sure seven dwarfs are on hand to greet him in his dressing room. And that 13-foot boa constrictor...
In my library: Jeremy Denk
There are plenty of terrific writers and pianists out there, but few people who are both. Jeremy Denk is one of them. He’s received kudos (and a MacArthur “Genius” Award)...
This week's couple: No laughing matter
“Just be yourself” is advice easier to give than to follow, especially on first dates. When Jasmyn and Sasha met for food and wine at Chelsea Market’s popular new wine...
Active girl seeks athletic guy who will make her heart race
Nicole, 28 Is a web producer who’s quick to hop on her bike or go for a run, and she needs a man who can keep up with her. Sweet...
10 ways managers should use their bullpen in October
ST. LOUIS — Bullpen mismanagement is as much a part of October as Columbus Day. Teams endure the grind of a whole season, players have reached a moment for which...
Pronger’s hiring by NHL riddled with conflicts of interest
COLUMBUS, Ohio — So if Chris Pronger comes to his job with the NHL Department of Player Safety free and clear from conflicts of interest, why then would he recuse...
Orioles and Royals fans have put up with decades of losing
BALTIMORE — You don’t get this sort of American League Championship Series, two teams trying to reach the World Series for the first time since the 1980s, without compiling a...
Yankees coach Hillman may bolt for Houston
BALTIMORE — Trey Hillman, a possible candidate to join Joe Girardi’s coaching staff, has talked to the Astros about being new manager A.J. Hinch’s bench coach. Hillman, a special assistant...
Jacquian Williams key to ‘tight’ coverage
PHILADELPHIA — Linebacker Jacquian Williams has emerged as a key player for the Giants. He has been on the field for 322 of the 327 snaps on defense this season...
Touchdown-happy Eagles don't worry Big Blue
PHILADELPHIA — Not only have the Eagles scored touchdowns on special teams four times in five games, they have done so in three straight games, which never has been done...
The Jets' one big strength might not be so strong
You could pick almost any area of the Jets offense from last week to spotlight problems, but one of the more surprising units to struggle was the offensive line. Quarterbacks...
Sorry Giants, Jets and Knicks: NYC is a baseball city
We are, in a sense, Sir Andrew Barton. ‘I am hurt but I am not slain. I’ll lay me down and bleed awhile, Then I’ll rise and fight again.’ That...
8 things to watch this week: Plenty of romance, and zombies
1. The Walking Dead Sunday, 9 p.m., AMC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VCyRga2kk When we last saw Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Carl (Chandler Riggs) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) reached Terminus, they encountered some problems, namely...
From reluctant Red Bulls scrub to goal-binge MVP favorite
Bradley Wright-Phillips arrived in New York a summer ago out of favor and out of a job, a streaky goal scorer whose goals had dried up. Today, he is the...
Media moguls' dreams come true with new restaurant
To hear Dave Zinczenko tell it, there’s no one he could have opened a restaurant with but friend and fellow media mogul Dan Abrams, the chief legal correspondent for ABC...
‘Mad Men’ secretary lands a new job with 'Dear White People'
When you star in a movie called “Dear White People,” haters are going to hate. Just ask Teyonah Parris, who’s seen her share of people flipping out about it. “The...
Some fans buy freedom, instead of overpriced hassles
It’s not all bad news for Jets fans, not all better news for Giants fans. If the Jets continue their nolo contender season, they’re in no danger of having one...
Who is the 'The Best of Me' newcomer Luke Bracey?
Ever since the first trailer for “The Best of Me” arrived, teenage girls have been lusting after its young male lead, Luke Bracey. In the film, which opens Friday and...
Calvin-less Lions won’t be able to handle Bridgewater, Vikings
Sunday VIKINGS (+1 ¹/₂) over Lions: Midweek injury-recovery reports on Minnesota rookie QB Teddy Bridgewater remain positive. Those same reports regarding Detroit’s game-changing wideout Calvin Johnson and RB Reggie Bush are...
The agonizing last days of the first Ebola patient in the US
Despite five days of intensive treatment, Thomas Eric Duncan's condition was deteriorating. By the morning of Oct. 2, nurses noticed blood in the Liberian man's urine, and his stools were...
Pettine has Cleveland headed in right direction
Before Mike Pettine coached his first game, the pundits thought they had the Browns’ season all figured out. When Pettine was named the 10th Cleveland coach since 1990, there was...
Finally, all the talking stops: Here comes Giants-Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — Oh darn, time for class. Why does recess ever have to end? By virtue of their three-game winning streak, the Giants earned their way into the big-game environment...
Seattle likely to stop surprising Cowboys streak
As impressive and surprising as the Cowboys’ 4-1 start is, it is hard not to think Dallas is living on borrowed time. And time could be up as soon as...
Ryan hoping Manning has an off day against Jets
This could get ugly. The Jets return to MetLife Stadium on Sunday, riding a four-game losing streak with a quarterback that looks close to cracking, following a 31-0 loss. Oh...
These Raiders look nothing like the champions who came before
There once was a time — long before Lane Kiffin and JaMarcus Russell, before Dennis Allen and Matt Schaub — when Commitment to Excellence was a standard, when Pride and...
The Yankees' A-Rod mysteries are deeper than you think
You do not often find "Alex Rodriguez" and "under-reported" in the same sentence. Yet the problems facing the Yankees in assembling a 2015 roster with Alex Rodriguez have been under-reported....
Girlfriend Snowden 'left' lives with him in Moscow
He’s the spy who loved her. Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden didn’t abandon his pole-dancing girlfriend Lindsay Mills over the NSA leaks after all, a new documentary reveals. The couple has...
Flight attendant refuses to hang up Army Ranger's jacket
A US Airways flight attendant had the brass to prevent a decorated Army Ranger from hanging up his uniform jacket in a first class closet. First Sgt. Albert Marle asked...
Ebola scare in Brooklyn was false alarm
An Ebola scare in Brooklyn turned out to be a false alarm, authorities said Saturday. A Brooklyn teen who had recently visited the Sudan was rushed to Brookdale Hospital on...
Coast Guard checking for Ebola at JFK
A government Ebola-screening program arrived at JFK Airport on Saturday, but officials won’t promise it can keep the deadly disease out of the country. Coast Guard medical corpsmen with temperature...
Mysterious prankster throws flare from sidewalk grate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slPw1RIAg4 The mole men are real! A bizarre video released on Saturday reveals the moment a baseball-cap-clad tunnel dweller emerges from a subway grate to rudely toss a smoking road...
Thousands of venomous spiders drive family from home
WELDON SPRING, Mo. — A family was driven from their suburban St. Louis home by thousands of venomous spiders that fell from the ceiling and oozed from the walls. Brian...
41 UN staffers under Ebola observation
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia's United Nations peacekeeping mission has placed 41 staff members, including 20 military personnel, under "close medical observation" after an international member of its medical team was...
'I can't explain the joy each time I've freed a child': Nobel winner
NEW DELHI/LONDON - In the 34 years since Kailash Satyarthi gave up his job as an electrical engineer to campaign for children's rights, the Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner has...
Rentrak’s methods lambasted by Nielsen
It was one of the most odd press conferences ever held. Nielsen, in the middle of announcing on Friday that it had flubbed the fall TV ratings because of a...
Parents shocked after 'dead' son answers door
An Alaskan couple devastated after officials told them their son had been killed in a car crash got the happy shock of their lives when they drove to his home...
Kennedy, other airports to screen W. African passengers for Ebola
Passengers from Ebola-plagued countries better cooperate with enhanced screenings beginning Saturday at Kennedy Airport — or else. Travelers who don’t play ball could be quarantined for up to three weeks,...
Clinton era e-mail cited Jewish law as defense in Lewinsky scandal
WASHINGTON — At the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, a senior aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton forwarded a far-fetched potential defense to the White House: a Talmudic interpretation that...
Staten Island a hotbed for basketball talent
Staten Island used to be the forgotten borough when it came to basketball. It dominated locally in football, baseball and soccer, but hoops was a wasteland. College coaches avoided it...
Airstrikes in Syrian town only delay ISIS advance
ISIS militants were on the verge of taking a key Kurdish border town in Syria on Friday — and were just eight miles from the capital of Iraq, by some...
Homeless Services breaks own rules, lets people sleep overnight at office
The Department of Homeless Services has broken its own longstanding rules by letting people sleep overnight on chairs at its Bronx office, The Post has learned. At other times, DHS...
Striking out Beltran in '06 springboard for Wainwright
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals might want to send the Mets a Giant thank-you card. Success must start somewhere, and for Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals, it really started with...
Teachers union files 'gag order' suit over exam confidentiality requirement
A federal judge in Albany is going to get to decide if free-speech rights allow teachers to disclose confidential questions from completed state exams. That’s what the state teachers union...
Why the Cardinals are looking for revenge against the Giants
ST. LOUIS — These would be the three-time defending National League champion Cardinals if not for a Giant uprising that occurred in October 2012. The Cardinals were ahead 3-1 in...
Ryan irked by ex-Jet Edwards' harsh critique of team
The Jets reacted with dismay Friday at pointed criticism from former wide receiver Braylon Edwards in a TV interview this week. Speaking to SNY, which is an official partner of...
Ex-con 'shot man' just released from prison after 15-year grudge
The ex-con accused of shooting a rival who had been released from an upstate prison that same day had been harboring a 15-year grudge against the man for fingering him...
Brooklyn teen hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms
A teen who had recently returned home to Brooklyn following a trip to Sudan was rushed to the hospital with Ebola-like symptoms on Friday night, authorities said. The 14-year old...
Juice Press founder sued by his father over business opporunity
A health-food guru who has opened a successful chain of juice bars across the city gave his dad a cut of his mini-empire — and even helped him shed 20...
Somehow, the Royals still haven't lost -- is this KC magic for real?
BALTIMORE — This offense. This bullpen. This manager. Good grief, this manager. Royals Magic is thriving like Halloween candy, as baseball’s Cinderella already has the upper hand in this American...
Hondo's Giant wagers
Hondo pushed with Stanford Friday night but scored with the Royals in a Game 1 sweat job, so the deficit dropped to 1,345 mccoveys. Saturday night: Mr. Aitch will load...
Slow, sloppy, wild and crazy Game 1 -- but the Royals escape
BALTIMORE — A three-run, broken-bat double. An infielder hitting a runner with a throw in the back to flush a sure out. How about an RBI single that blooped over...
Winston could face expulsion as FSU defends investigation
Florida State University released a document Friday defending its handling of the sexual assault investigation of quarterback Jameis Winston and detailing its own timeline of events after a FOX Sports...
Facebook refuses to remove subway death-drag video
Facebook refuses to take down a subway surveillance video that an NYPD cop leaked of a Bronx man being dragged to his death by a train at Penn Station —...
Two killed in separate homicides on Friday
Two people were killed in the city in separate homicides on Friday, cops said. Cops first responded to a 911 call at 2630 Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn, where they discovered...
Mejia-Ramos admits killing wife, 2 daughters
The evil Queens dad who slashed his baby girls to death because he had already killed their mom and didn’t have car seats to transport them to Mexico pleaded guilty...
Jordan admits she went about mundane tasks as son lay dying
The pharmaceutical executive on trial for murdering her severely autistic son with a fatal dose of pills admitted on the stand Friday that she tended to mundane tasks as her...
'Daily Show' adds two comedians to lineup
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” is adding to its ranks — hiring comedians Hasan Minhaj and Trevor Noah to start on the Comedy Central series later this year. Minhaj...
Probst, Keoghan share secrets of 'Survivor,' 'Race' success
TV’s two top reality shows, “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race,” are showing no signs of slowing down in their 29th and 25th seasons, respectively. Even more remarkable is that “Survivor”...
Open House New York takes you inside the city’s secret treasures
There's a voyeur inside every true New Yorker, and on Saturday and Sunday, everyone’s inner snoop will have a chance to emerge at Open House New York. Inspired by a...