September 20, 2012
Follow Giants-Panthers with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Giants look to go to 2-1 against the Panthers after rallying past the...
Gillispie resigns as Texas Tech men's basketball coach
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie has resigned due to health concerns, the school said Thursday, ending a bizarre and disappointing one-year run at the program...
Phillies score 8 in 1st inning to rout Mets 16-1
Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley sparked an eight-run first inning, Ryan Howard added a late grand slam and the Philadelphia Phillies routed the inept New York Mets 16-1 before a...
Suzuki, Swisher send first-place Yanks over Jays
Streaking Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a seven-run fourth inning capped by Nick Swisher's grand slam, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-7...
Harlem's Good goes from beating up bullies to MMA star
Lyman Good had a bully problem in high school. Or rather, bullies had a Lyman Good problem.The Spanish Harlem native went to four city high schools and was kicked out...
Anti-jihad 'savage' ads going up in subway
A provocative ad that equates some Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up next week in the New York City subway system, just as violent protests in the...
Tiger shares lead after first round of Tour Championship
ATLANTA — Tiger Woods sure didn’t look intimidated Thursday in the Tour Championship. Woods kept the ball in play at East Lake and chipped in for one of his six...
Ohio State coach Meyer says his QB Miller has 'more talent' than Tebow
Braxton Miller is just a sophomore, but he’s already being compared favorably to Urban Meyer’s best collegiate player.The Ohio State coach said Miller, his current quarterback, actually has “more talent”...
Teixeira headed to Yankees' Tampa complex for rehab
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira plans on traveling to Tampa on Monday to rehabilitate his strained left calf during instructional league games at New York’s minor league complex. The two-time...
Feds bust $20M heroin distribution den in Queens
Federal drug agents raided a heroin distribution den -- in a ground floor studio apartment in Richmond Hill, Queens -- and seized a stash worth $20 million, authorities said today....
Teen dead after being stabbed in stomach during Hell's Kitchen school fight
A 19-year-old with an assault record was fatally stabbed in the heart today during a brawl outside a Hell’s Kitchen high school, sources said. “He collapsed in the middle of...
City sergeants honored for heroism
The Sergeants Benevolent Association honored ten members today for heroism in the line of duty. During a luncheon in Brooklyn, SBA President Edward Mullins awarded plaques to the honorary sergeants...
Pakistan to talk counterterrorism with US, Afghans
WASHINGTON — Pakistan's foreign minister tells The Associated Press that Pakistan will soon hold confidential talks with the US and Afghanistan to combine counterterrorism strategies. But Hina Rabbani Khar wouldn't...
Queens cable guy busted for Facebook rant; said he wanted to 'blow' boss' head off
A Time Warner cable employee in Queens was arrested today on a felony terrorism charge for posting a drunken Facebook rant in which he allegedly threatened to “blow” his supervisor’s...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Which Sanchez will show up for Jets in Week 3?
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week.Which Jets team will we get this week? Remember how everyone was dismissing...
Cable would be nice at right price, CBS CEO Moonves says
CBS boss Les Moonves is interested in buying a cable entertainment network — at the right price. “Are there cable networks we could run better than other people? Yes,” Moonves...
Woman hospitalized after being hit by dump truck in Midtown
A 74-year-old woman is fighting for her life after being struck today by a massive dumpster truck at a Midtown construction site, authorities said. “She jumped a (construction) barrier to...
Knuckleballers make their Cy Young pitch for Mets' R.A.
R.A. Dickey could really ‘knuck’ the trend if he wins the NL Cy Young. Dickey, who leads the National League with a 2.67 ERA, would become the first knuckleball pitcher...
WATCH: Lohan drives near Dream Hotel with no obvious carnage
Grainy black-and-white surveillance footage emerged today, showing Lindsay Lohan pulling into a Meatpacking District club with no obvious carnage left in her wake. Lohan’s black Porsche can be seen rolling...
Drop in stock prices reduced US household wealth in second quarter
WASHINGTON — Americans' wealth dipped about 0.5 percent in the April-June quarter as a drop in stock prices more than offset a gain in home values. Yet since June, a...
Rikers' officers, supervisors having 'rampant' sex on and off the job, guard's suit claims
They keep the prisoners locked up -- but apparently can't keep it in their pants! Corrections officers and supervisors are having "rampant" sex with each other both on and off...
Red Bulls-KC game chippy; rematch could be chippier
Between the star-studded East Coast-West Coast subplots, and Luke Rodgers’ verbal war with Landon Donovan, L.A. clearly would’ve been the Red Bulls’ juiciest potential playoff foe last year, and they...
Gal charged with obstruction, conspiracy after taking driving rap for 'homewrecker' boyfriend
Brooklyn hipster Sophia Anderson, was today charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy and "feels betrayed by a man who I was in love with...'' - who talked her into...
Pittsburgh rethinks fracking ban
Here's the truth about enacting a ban on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in your city or town. It may get you some headlines but long-term it is bad for business, all...
Vegas moving betting lines because of replacement refs
Las Vegas casinos think this weekend's NFL games will be the highest-scoring ever thanks to the league's replacement officials.Oddsmakers say casinos are changing their expectations as interim referees add new...
Wal-Mart to stop selling Kindles
Wal-Mart Stores is phasing out selling Amazon.com's Kindle tablet and e-readers, the world's largest retailer said Thursday. Wal-Mart says the decision was made as part of its overall merchandising strategy...
Edward Hopper painting 'October on Cape Cod' expected to fetch as much as $12 million in NYC auction
A painting of a Cape Cod autumn scene by Edward Hopper is coming to a New York City auction, where it's expected to fetch as much as $12 million. Christie's...
Scarlett Johansson to star in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' revival on Broadway
Scarlett Johansson will tap into her feline side later this year when she plays Maggie the Cat on Broadway. Producers on Thursday unveiled the Tony Award-winning Johansson in a revival...
Aurora 'shooter' ditches orange hair, appears in court with new look
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — For the first time with hair that's brown instead of a wild shade of orangish-red, the suspect in Colorado's movie theater shooting appeared in court Thursday as...
'Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo' recap: I don't think she farts
First of all, let's all applaud the producers of "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo," who are thoughtful enough to provide gentle reminders each week about how important setting is to this...
Liberty chief: Sirius will live without Karmazin
Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin may be expensive, but he’s not priceless. That’s according to Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei, who gave more hints today that Karmazin is history. Maffei, speaking...
Bronx bus driver attacked by man trying to skip out on fare
An MTA bus driver was attacked today by a punk trying to skip out on the bus fare in The Bronx, authorities said. The BX41 bus was stopped at 161st...
Pawlenty resigning from Romney's campaign to lobby for financial services industry
WASHINGTON — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has resigned as a national co-chairman of Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to lobby for Wall Street. He has also ruled out a...
NJ bans drivers from making big smiles in license photos
CHERRY HILL, NJ — New Jersey motorists have another reason to frown about their driver's license photos. The state has banned motorists from making big smiles because such expressions don't...
Jets' Revis says he's 'playing' in 'must-win' vs. Dolphins
Darrelle Revis was cleared for a full practice on Thursday, and the Jets All-Pro cornerback has no intention of missing Sunday’s game against the Dolphins. "I'm playing Sunday," Revis said...
'Law & Order' star says Riviera turned $1.7M apartment into moldy death trap: suit
In the civil justice system, there are lawsuits. This is one of those stories. A former "Law & Order" star is suing her Washington Heights building, claiming they've turned her...
Parks staffer gets 12 weekends in jail, probation for taking playground contract kickbacks
A crooked Parks Department employee was sentenced to 12 weekends in jail and probation this morning for taking $30,000 in kickbacks on Bronx playground contracts, officials said. Joseph Sdao, a...
Postal worker acquitted in Dershowitz sister-in-law crash death
A Manhattan jury this morning acquitted the postal worker who fatally drove over the bicycling sister-in-law of OJ Simpson Dream Team lawyer Alan Dershowitz It took jurors only half a...
No obvious stars for NBA's reality show on Nets
So, as I wrote in today’s Post, the Nets will be featured on NBA TV’s “The Association” this season.The move makes plenty of sense from both sides. For the NBA,...
Nissan to be the city's official taxi starting in fall 2013
The Taxi & Limousine Commission this morning approved the Nissan NV 200 for the city's over 13,000 yellow cabs, officially ending the two decade era of the Crown Victoria. City...
Nets questions, No. 7: Best offensive style?
Now that we’re two weeks away from the opening of training camp, I’m going to count down what I think are the 10 biggest questions about the Nets entering training...
Livery driver carjacked, robbed in Bronx
A livery cab driver was carjacked and robbed at knife-point today in The Bronx, authorities said. The 49-year-old driver picked up the two men on Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue...
Chrysler factory employee kills co-worker, self
DETROIT — An employee fatally stabbed a co-worker Thursday at a Chrysler factory in Detroit and then fled to a city park where he killed himself, police said. The stabbing...
Samsung to add iPhone 5 to court case
Samsung Electronics says it plans to add the iPhone 5, set to be released Friday, to the list of Apple devices that it claims infringes its patents in a California...
WATCH: Soccer player almost has grenade explode in hand after fan tosses it on field
And fans in New York have a bad reputation. The bleacher creatures in The Bronx can’t compare to most soccer fans, but especially ones in Iran. That’s where one fan...
NYPD officer injured trying to rescue man from Times Sq. tracks
A New York police officer fell onto subway tracks this morning in Times Square trying to rescue a crazed man, authorities said. Emergency Medical Service Det. James Griffin, 41, spotted...
Robin Roberts thanks viewers on day of bone marrow transplant
Robin Roberts has thanked her viewers for their support as she faces a bone marrow transplant. The "Good Morning America" co-anchor sent a video message taped from her New York...
Madoff Ponzi victims to receive $2.48B payout
Victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud will soon receive $2.48 billion to help cover their losses, more than tripling their total recovery to about $3.63 billion, the trustee liquidating the imprisoned...
Shake Shack now posting calorie counts next to menu items
An upscale burger chain that started with one Manhattan eatery has gotten big enough that it's required to post calorie counts. Restaurateur Danny Meyer opened his 15th Shake Shack last...
Rainfall easing drought in certain corn states
ST. LOUIS — A weekly tracker of the nation's worst drought in decades says parched conditions continue easing in key Midwest states as farmers step up their corn harvests. The...
SI doc used teddy bear to cover face during live Web sex shows: suit
A Staten Island doctor regularly watched live sex shows on Skype while hiding his face behind a teddy bear his kids gave him for his birthday and harassed his office...
Ichiro starts day with great catch, ends it with 7 hits for Yankees
There is very little Ichiro Suzuki has not seen or handled in his long, illustrious two-continent career. And yet as he stood in leftfield in the eighth inning of yesterday’s...
Unemployment claims fell to 382,000 last week
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week to a seasonally adjusted 382,000. The level suggests hiring remains weak. The Labor Department said Thursday...
Libya attack directly tied to al Qaeda, involved former Gitmo detainee: Intelligence sources
Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to al Qaeda -- with a former Guantanamo detainee...
Ichiro's future and Melky's batting title
First, your updated playoff standings:AL: Texas (1) vs. winner of Baltimore (WC1) and Oakland (WC2), Yankees (2) vs. White Sox (3)NL: Washington (1) vs. winner of Atlanta (WC1) and St....
Census data shows US economy has finally bottomed out, stabilizing
WASHINGTON — The US economy is showing signs of finally bottoming out: Americans are on the move again after record numbers had stayed put, more young adults are leaving their...
Endeavour to honor Giffords with Tucson flyover
HOUSTON — NASA says the space shuttle Endeavour will honor former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords with a flyover of her hometown, Tucson, on its way from Texas to a California...
NY comptroller says state tax receipts fall below projections
ALBANY — New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says state tax receipts through August are $147 million below projections and $204.3 million below collections for the same period last year, reflecting...
Two people hurt in school bus/car accident in Brooklyn
Authorities say two people suffered minor injuries in an accident involving a yellow school bus and a car in Brooklyn. A fire department spokesman says the bus did not appear...
Even Democrats admit it isn't about a video
Apparently, the Obama White House didn't get the memo because even fellow Democrats understand that the current violence in the Middle East has nothing to do with an Internet video...
Kelsey Grammer bails on interview after CNN airs ex's photo
Kelsey Grammer is still bitter. The “Frasier” star bailed on an interview with CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” Wednesday after producers aired a photo of Grammer’s ex-wife Camille in the show’s...
Back at shortstop, Yankees' Jeter gets 200th hit
Derek Jeter sat out the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader with the Blue Jays. After he took batting practice following the Yankees’ 4-2 win, he fielded grounders to see if...
Pettitte shines in opener, Ichiro stars in nightcap as Yankees take two
How does five scoreless innings trump seven hits, a game-saving catch and driving in the winning run in the second of two games in the same day by one man?...
Ichiro’s seven hits a wonder for Yankees
Game-saving catch, game-winning hit. Season-salvaging acquisition? Eh. Let’s not get too carried away from a very long day at Yankee Stadium. But we can say this: In the Yankees’ universe,...
Pacquiao-Marquez IV on tap for Dec. 8
The fourth time may be the charm for Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. The two familiar foes will step into the ring against each other for a fourth time...
Yankees closer Soriano performs double duty
After the first game of the day-night doubleheader when he recorded his 41st save — this one of the four-out variety — Rafael Soriano insisted he could be used in...
Rex: It’s a good play to keep Jets' Tebow plans secret
Ask all you want how much Tim Tebow will play, Rex Ryan is not going to give you a straight answer. With the backup quarterback’s playing time again an issue...
Sanchez won’t soar with Jets until he shows some backbone
One of these days Mark Sanchez will figure out it’s time to stand up for himself. He won’t become the quarterback the Jets need him to be until he does....
Giants defense must step up tonight to help Manning vs. Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — What already loomed as a Giants-Against-the-World primetime showdown Thursday night has tilted heavily in favor of the world. Hakeem Nicks (foot) Wednesday unexpectedly joined the conga line...
Pettitte still the go-to arm for Yankees
CC Sabathia is the titular ace and Hiroki Kuroda has pitched like a No. 1. But what was reinforced yesterday afternoon was the Yankees still feel most comfortable and confident...
Mets on deck vs. Phillies
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS PHILLIES: Cloyd worked just three innings in his last start Thursday in a 6-4 loss to the Astros, allowing five hits and three runs. He took a...
Yankees on deck vs. Blue Jays
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS BLUE JAYS: Laffey lasted just 3 2⁄3 innings in his last outing, an 8-5 loss to the Red Sox on Friday. He gave up three runs, four...
Giants WR Nicks forced out of Panthers game with sore foot
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Coach Tom Coughlin won’t be blowing into a fife and Eli Manning won’t be banging a drum. But this will be a battered and wounded Giants outfit...
Jets' Sanchez insists he’s on same page with Holmes
Mark Sanchez and Santonio Holmes spent the offseason working on their chemistry, but in Sunday’s loss the Jets duo looked like they had the timing of a $2 watch. The...
Business briefs
NasdaqNasdaq, responding to criticism that it is offering too little to Wall Street firms hurt in Facebook’s glitch-ridden public debut, has no plans to increase the sum, it said in...
Thrills, chills for Penney shares
JCPenney investors got a wild ride yesterday afternoon. The department store’s stock surged briefly by as much as 12 percent after CEO Ron Johnson touted the performance of a slew...
FTC parting shot
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz is planning to step down as one of the country’s top monopoly-busters by the end of the year, The Post has learned. But before...
Houston (St.) to run out of gas
Manhattan’s dwindling supply of gas stations is about to get smaller. Ivan Hakimian’s investment group, HPNY, closed on the purchase of the Exxon Mobil station at 350 E. Houston St....
Bernanke’s QE a real kick in the (oil) can
What could possibly go wrong with Ben Bernanke’s latest quantitative easing scheme? The Fed chairman’s decision last week to continue printing money indefinitely — or until he decides the economy...
Groupon biz pays off
Groupon launched a payment business yesterday that will compete with eBay’s PayPal and startup Square. The service, Groupon Payments, lets restaurants, retailers and others that run Groupon daily deals accept...
Going, going, gone
Sony is moving ahead with the potential sale of its US headquarters at 550 Madison Ave., The Post has learned. The president of Sony’s US unit told workers yesterday that...
Newsweek taps Beantown adman
Newsweek Daily Beast CEO Stephen Colvin is exiting and will be replaced by a Boston ad exec in the first major shake-up for the money-losing venture since Barry Diller took...
Chic UK chips dip into NYC
The British are coming — and waistlines across the Big Apple may be in danger. Tyrrells — a fast-growing potato-chip brand from the UK, where the salty snacks are called...
Banking airball
What’s a $400 million air ball look like? Barclays Bank hopes it never finds out. The embattled UK bank is spending that much cash over 20 years to splash its...
Bank hack attacks
A financial services industry group warned US banks, brokerages and insurers yesterday to be on heightened alert for cyber attacks after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase experienced unexplained outages...
Bias suit against Deutsche
A Deutsche Bank vice president said she was fired this month in retaliation for her gender-bias lawsuit and subsequent complaints accusing the German bank of trying to hinder her career....
Poker big may draw 15 years
Nelson Burtnick, the head of payment processing for poker website Full Tilt Poker, pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to deceive banks into handling Internet gambling transactions that...
Beekman on block
The landmarked Beekman Tower Hotel is up for grabs for around $80 million. The 26-story Art Deco hotel along First Avenue and East 49th St. at Mitchell Place is just...
What’s new
Call it the perfect storm. The supply of NYC condos for sale is down (48 percent from the peak in 2008). Demand is up (with mortgage rates low and rents...
Just sold!
Manhattan HARLEM $719,000 1485 Fifth Ave. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,131 square feet, with renovated eat-in kitchen and central AC; building features doorman, roof deck, gym, pool, party room, laundry and...
Diddy adieu
Sean “Diddy” Combs is looking for a way out of the high-profile Park Imperial building on West 56th Street. Diddy has put his sprawling 66th-floor digs on the market for...
Show time
International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, Oct. 19 to 25 When our collection of swords and snuff boxes is running low, we head to this fair, where dealers showcase...
Man & beast
Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste, 33, is a New England native, but he’s made Greenpoint his home for the last decade. And since 2006, he’s lived in a 500-square-foot, one-bedroom...
Lindsay Lohan charged in 'hit-run' crash at NYC nightclub
It’s the first runaway smash hit she’s had in years. Lindsay Lohan was busted on charges of fleeing a Chelsea accident scene after ramming into a cook with her friend’s...
Teach cleared of sex abuse
A Queens jury yesterday acquitted a high-school shop teacher accused of molesting a female student inside a classroom.George Zola, 58, of Valley Stream, LI, walked out of court shouting, “Free...
Justice probe rips ATF
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog yesterday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe that disregarded public safety and...
Busing problems plague area schools
Bird-brained school-bus officials have scheduled a visually impaired 4-year-old student for pick-up at 5 a.m. — a full 3 1/2 hours before her school day starts, the girl’s stunned parents...
Tot-slay deal stuns judge
A Queens judge was stunned yesterday by a proposed plea deal giving a man accused of brutally beating a toddler to death just five years in prison. Allen Shannon, 29,...
Audit of PA pushes AirTrain, PATH hikes
The cash-strapped Port Authority should consider raising AirTrain fares to JFK Airport and instituting distance-based pricing on the PATH, a new audit of the agency’s finances says. The audit —...
DA punches holes in 'house-crash' driver story
An allegedly drunken driver who prosecutors said smashed his Mercedes through a Long Island home and persuaded his girlfriend to take the rap made blunders that left him parked in...
Alec ‘stalk’ gal slapped
The pretty Canadian actress accused of stalking “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin still faces stalking and harassment charges after a Manhattan Criminal Court judge denied her bid to dismiss the...
Vito ‘Victor’
An ally of scandal-scarred Vito Lopez was selected last night as the new Brooklyn Democratic Party boss — replacing Lopez, who was booted from the post amid a “groping” scandal.Kings...
Mobster in $lice of nice
He pleaded guilty to extortion, but the reputed consigliere of the Gambino crime family apparently draws the line at scarfing down free pizza.Joseph “JoJo” Corozzo, 70, was sentenced to five-plus...
Falling wind-blown futon knocks out college student in Financial District
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! A college kid walking home from class in the Financial District was knocked out cold when he was hit by a mattress that was apparently blown off the roof...
NY snobs go to war
It’s a turf war out there. Forget about the 1 percent. The stinking rich — call them the one-tenth of 1percenters — are flexing slim muscles and fat checkbooks in...
Retiring judge hopes to beat ax
A Bronx judge wants to make sure he doesn’t get fired before he can retire. Longtime Surrogate’s Court Judge Lee Holzman, who’s facing mandatory retirement at the end of the...
NYPD response to crime calls slows to 9 minutes
Crime may be at near record-low levels, but it took cops an average of 9.1 minutes last year to respond to crimes in progress — the NYPD’s worst performance since...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Two burglars are wanted for three commercial break-ins in Canarsie, police said yesterday. The crooks, one of whom is pictured, targeted two Chinese takeout restaurants, one at 1584 Rockaway...
‘Patch’ work
When elementary- school students at Brooklyn’s PS 257 greet one of the teachers, they’re apt to call out, “Hi, farmer Hernandez.’’ It’s because Alexandra Hernandez, 43, a bilingual special-needs teacher,...
A’jad inn: Toss suit
A posh Midtown hotel says it has every right to roll out the red carpet for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he arrives to spew hate at the United Nations...
Et tu! Dem calls for Silver to quit
There’s a break in the once-solid Democratic wall of support for embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Queens state Sen. Tony Avella yesterday urged Silver (pictured) to step down as speaker...
Mike rips Walmart ‘block’ pols
Elected officials lining up with labor unions to block the opening of Walmart within the five boroughs “should have trouble looking at themselves in a mirror,” Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday....
A Bloomin’ fortune
Michael Bloomberg had a very, very good year. The billionaire mayor added another $5.5 billion to his bank account — and saw his net worth balloon 20 percent to $25...
2 disability fakers set to snitch
These former LIRR workers are riding the rails to Snitchtown.Michael Dasaro and Gary Supper both pleaded guilty yesterday to faking disabilities as part of a massive $1 billion scam on...
Obama has time to meet with Jay-Z and Beyonce at fund-raiser, but can't fit Netanyahu into his schedule
WASHINGTON — What happens when the leader of the free world meets the leader of the hip-hop world? All eyes turn to a beautiful woman, of course. In fact, maybe...
Monica Lewinsky set to reveal Bill Clinton's sex secrets in tell-all
Monica Lewinsky is promising to reveal secret love letters to Bill Clinton and his penchant for kinky sex in a new tell-all about her days as his favorite intern. Lewinsky,...
Worth the climb of the ancient mariner
It looks like any other penthouse above Central Park: same dazzling views, glossy floors, massive flat-screen TV. Except there’s a 13-foot-tall sculpture of Christopher Columbus on the coffee table. Welcome...
Christopher Columbus gets a Central Park penthouse in new public art project
In 1492, Columbus crossed the ocean blue — and 520 years later, wound up in a makeshift penthouse high above a corner of Central Park. Starting today, New Yorkers and...
French cartoons stir up Mo’ trouble
PARIS — A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed yesterday, brandishing its right to free speech amid global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam.In response, the...
Andy’s GOP love
Democratic Gov. Cuomo left the door open yesterday to endorsing two upstate Republican state senators come November. Cuomo yesterday sang the praises of Sens. Stephen Saland and Roy McDonald, calling...
‘Phony’ PA cop is fired
The politically connected Port Authority Police big shot who padded his résumé with shady college degrees and wore fake medals was fired yesterday, authorities say.Jay Alpert, an ex-Bergen County sheriff...
O eyes ‘blind sheik’ release
The Obama administration is weighing the release of blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman — the spiritual adviser to the 1993 World Trade Center bombers — in a stunning goodwill gesture toward...
White House staffers may be involved in Colombian Secret Service 'hooker' scandal
White House staffers may be involved in the Colombian Secret Service sex scandal, it was reported last night. Fox News Channel said it’s been told by “multiple’’ law-enforcement and congressional...
Espadas still looting Bx. nonprofit: prosecutors
Is there anything these guys won’t steal?! Prosecutors are demanding that a federal judge revoke disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr.’s bail and lock him up immediately — saying he...
Swanky nabe nightclubbed
Rowdy clubgoers who pack a Midtown hot spot on the weekends are trashing surrounding businesses and terrorizing residents of a nearby swank high-rise, The Post has learned. “I’m a prisoner...
Cheats at DMV used spy cams
A husband and wife who ran a Brooklyn truck-driving school admitted yesterday that they used miniature spy cameras and transmitters to help students who spoke little English cheat on their...
6 mil face O’Care tax
WASHINGTON — Nearly 6 million Americans — most of them in the middle class — will face a tax penalty for not carrying medical coverage once ObamaCare is fully in...
Lawbreak big gets a pass
WASHINGTON — The White House said yesterday it won’t punish Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for breaking federal law by making political comments in favor of President Obama...
Mitt eye on the ‘100%’
MIAMI — Mitt Romney yesterday moved to turn his controversial “47 percent” remark into ballot-box gold, courting Latino voters and pledging to break Americans’ growing dependency on government handouts. “My...
Prez honors Burmese freedom hero
WASHINGTON — President Obama met yesterday with Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another milestone for Suu Kyi’s troubled nation. Suu Kyi is on a 17-day visit to...
An ugly way to get insurance
The good news: More Americans have health insurance. The bad news: It’s because they don’t have jobs. ObamaCare supporters hail the drop in the number of uninsured, announced by the...
GM’s devil’s bargain
The Obama campaign raves about how it “saved the auto industry” — that is, the government’s bailout mainly of General Motors — and so preserved millions of jobs. But if...
Videos and violence: team O’s lame response
The Issue: The Obama administration’s response to anti-American Muslim violence in numerous countries. *** The insistence by UN Ambassador Susan Rice that the Libyan attack on the anniversary of 9/11...
Two-wheeled terror
Mayor Bloomberg talks endlessly of getting guns off city streets, but what about crazed bicyclists? If ever there were an urban scourge, they are surely it. But now, as The...
Lock ’em up
It takes quite a lot to be Albany’s most appallingly shameless crook. But former state Sen. Pedro Espada has just clinched the title. Espada was convicted last May of stealing...
A shocking assumption
Why did The New York Times just defame Muslims? In a story yesterday, the paper termed a planned subway ad as “another potentially inflammatory rendering of Islam” — even comparing...
Redistribution & reality
The recently discovered tape on which Barack Obama said back in 1998 that he believes in redistribution is not really news. He said the same thing to Joe the Plumber...
Real-life death-row drama will set you free
‘the Exonerated” is about a very exclusive club no one would ever want to join: those who made it out of death row alive. Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s play...
Get a new ‘Job’
‘Why do the righteous suffer?” That question’s at the heart of the Old Testament’s Book of Job — one that will feel newly relevant to theatergoers who sit through “Job,”...
Ballet smiles on Greek god
There’s no better way for New York City Ballet to kick off its fall season than with a celebration of its Dynamic Duo: George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky. Tuesday night’s...
Provin’ it again
All summer long, European Springsteenites have been smugly Tweeting and Instagramming the epic sets performed during the “Wrecking Ball” (one date in Helsinki, Finland, even went past the four-hour mark)....
Sports Shorts
MLB: Melky may win title Bud Selig and Major League Baseball appear unlikely to interfere if Melky Cabrera wins the NL batting title while serving his 50-game suspension for a...
Fairplex Graded Entries
Post Time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-1/2m; $14,000; clm($12,500); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3 C'MonMarquisL124AAlbert1-1-18-55 FastTracking(L),122R Guce1-2-35-21 PrideofWilshirL124OFigur6-2-612-12 Nate Dawg(L),121MPedrz8-6-46-14 MacksGoldBlltL124EMldnd8-5-26-16 Ol'dogtown ,124CChrltn5-6-24-1SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $20,000; cl($32,0); 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4 Last Equity(L),122KKriggr3-4-58-53 Move...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-11/16m(T); $47,000; cl($35,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Perfect Footprint ,121SHusbnds9-7-5Figuero15-12 Irish Lion(L),121I Ortiz, Jr3-4-2Badgett8-13 Bell bytheRidge(L),121JCastellan4-4-9Maker7-24 CinnamonBech(L),121CMontalv2-9-5Scott8-15 East Indies(L),114W Garcia4-9-5Signore20-16 Liston(L),121RDomingz6-5-2Asmssen5-27 Volcano Run(L),121RNaprvnk5-1-4A...
Belmont Park Charts
September 19th, 2012 Clear And Good. Turf Off©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7f(T); $56,000; alw opt clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:50. Good. vied 2p, hand urgedTime: 23.02, 45.8, 1:09.12, 1:21.54.Trainer: Anthony QuartaroloWinner:...
Hondo takes artful Dodger
Hondo, who was nipped with the Nats, registered some slight progress last night when Adam Jones packed an extra-inning wallop that lifted the Orioles and trimmed the deficit to 1,500...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYSept. 20FRISept. 21SATSept. 22SUNSept. 23MONSept. 24TUESept. 25WEDSept. 26YankeesToronto7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMOak.7:05WWORWCBSOak.1:05YESWCBSOak.1:05YESWCBSMinn.8:10YESWCBSMinn.8:10WWORWCBSMinn.1:10YESWCBSMetsPhiladelphia7:10SportsNetNYWBBR 1130 AMMia.7:10SNYWFANMia.1:10WPIXWFANMia.1:10WPIXWFANPitt.7:10SNYWFANPitt.7:10SNYWFANPitt.7:10SNYWFANLibertyTulsa8:00No TVNOGAMETulsa2:00MSGEndofReg.SeasonRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEN.E.7:30MSGWPATNOGAME NOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
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Baseball7 p.m.Blue Jays at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Phillies at Mets SNY, WBBR (1130 AM)7 p.m.Dodgers at Nationals MLBNBasketball7 p.m.WNBA: Chicago at Los Angeles NBATVFootball7:30 p.m.Ark.-Pine Bluff at Alabama...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogGiants1 1/21(51)PANTHERSSundayJets33(40)DOLPHINSBEARS87 1/2(44 1/2)RamsCOWBOYS77(46 1/2)Buccaneers49ers67(43 1/2)VIKINGSLionsPk3 1/2(47)TITANSREDSKINS3 1/23 1/2(49)BengalsSAINTS109(53)ChiefsBills2 1/23(43 1/2)BROWNSCOLTS1 1/23(42)JaguarsEagles44(43 1/2)CARDINALSCHARGERS1 1/23(47 1/2)FalconsTexans+12(46)BRONCOSSteelers4 1/24(44 1/2)RAIDERSRAVENS33(49)PatriotsMondayPackers4 1/23 1/2(47)SEAHAWKSHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogBOISE ST.7 1/2 (49)ByuTomorrowBaylor7 1/2 (68 1/2)LA.-MONROESaturdayW....
Tiger shrugs off Norman comments that he’s ‘intimidated’ by McIlroy
ATLANTA — With every week, and every win, Rory McIlroy gets a new moniker. Two-time major champion. The world No. 1. Heir apparent. The latest nickname was courtesy of none...
Red Bulls fall to first-place Sporting KC
The Red Bulls’ Supporters Shield dream of having the best regular season record in the league died last night, killed and buried six feet under their own stadium by Sporting...
NHL nukes 60 preseason games
The gears of the NHL owners’ lockout continued to grind in depressing and methodical fashion with the league’s cancellation of September’s 60 scheduled exhibition games, plus a 61st on Oct....
Nets to star on NBA TV
The Nets are bringing everyone along for the ride through their first season in Brooklyn. The NBA announced Wednesday the upcoming Nets season will be chronicled on NBA TV’s “The...
Harvey shines in final 2012 outing, but Mets fall in ninth
Matt Harvey can ditch his glove for a New England Patriots foam finger and start contemplating his offseason. But given a choice, the Mets rookie still would have opportunities awaiting...
Phelps has big outing in Yankees nightcap victory
David Phelps saw what went on in the first game. Just about anybody with a working pulse came out of the Yankees bullpen and worked. So he knew as the...
Orioles go extra innings again to top Mariners
SEATTLE -- Those involved in continuing Baltimore's late-season surge - whether it's taking nine, 11 or 18 innings to get the victories - continue to marvel at what the Orioles...
Giants rookies Wilson, Randle need to make progress
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The injection of talent the Giants anticipated producing immediate results hasn’t taken hold yet. In the first two games, first-round draft pick David Wilson has five rushing...
Jets' Keller expects to play; Revis not cleared
Jets tight end Dustin Keller said he believes he will be able to play this week in Miami barring a setback with his injured right hamstring. “I feel good,” Keller...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows A mom’s guide to what to watch when the kids are home from school and what to watch after they...
Happy feet
Reality TV may be in Elmo’s future. “Elmo would love to do ‘Dancing With the Stars’!” the fuzzy, red kids’ magnet told The Post yesterday. “That’s so cool, because Elmo...
Stallone niece tries out for ‘X Factor’
Cocky sexpot Lexa Berman — who Simon Cowell called “Jersey Shore” meets the Kardashians during last Thursday’s auditions — is the stepdaughter of Sylvester Stallone’s recently deceased sister, The Post...
God’s country
'Homeland” is to TV what killing Osama bin Lardass is to black ops: A good, clean hit. Two episodes in, and I almost had to call EMS to start my...
Tony back to crime
James Gandolfini is returning to the scene of the crime(s). Gandolfini, who starred as Mob boss Tony Soprano on “The Sopranos,” will be back on HBO in an adaptation of...
Monkey don’t
PETA is planning a protest today at noon in front of 30 Rock to bash NBC’s new sitcom, “Animal Practice” — which co-stars a Capuchin monkey named Crystal. “The cheap...
Would you pay $8,000 for these brows?
A few minutes into her visit with plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, a 40-something brunette pulls up a photo of Megan Fox on her iPhone. But it’s not Fox’s nose...
Weird but true
No good deed goes unpunished. A Philadelphia city agency is threatening to sue a man if he doesn’t return 40 tons of garbage to a weed-choked, government-owned lot he dared...
Swamp tilt’s all a-Gators
Football expert Phil Steele is the owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of college and pro football 24/7/365...
Arkansas will cover vs. Rutgers
When last season ended a lot of college football experts — coaches, analysts, reporters — circled Sept. 22, 2012, on their calendars. It figured to be one of the great...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The line CHRISSHAW LENNROBBINS BRIANLEWIS DAVIDSATRIANO TEDHOLMLUND JUSTINTERRANOVA HONDO RICO BOISE ST 7 1/2 Byu (Tonight, 9:00, ESPN) ★ Boise St. Boise St. Boise St. ★ Boise St. ★ Boise...
UConn hoop slate coming to Garden
A host of national powers will make the pilgrimage to the Mecca of college basketball this season. In addition to St. John’s, the only college team in the nation that...
Bun-derful!
That girl on the subway with the perfect bun might actually be giving new meaning to the phrase “put a sock in it.” Yes, the latest style sensation can be...
Red Bulls' first home loss dents title hopes
The Red Bulls’ Supporters Shield dreams died tonight, killed and buried six feet under their own stadium by Sporting KC. They didn’t allow another early goal in tonight’s first-place clash;...
Judge argues he shouldn't be fired before he can retire
A Bronx judge wants to make sure he doesn't get fired before he can retire. Longtime Surrogate's Court judge Lee Holzman, who's facing mandatory reitrement at the end of the...