October 8, 2012
Scary pix win tix
Calling all modern day Addams Families! Send us a photo of your home’s outlandish spooky décor and some info (such as how long it takes to set up) along with...
Follow Game 2 of Yankees-Orioles with Post writers
The Post has you covered from foul line to foul line with the best writers in the business.The Yankees meet the Orioles in Game 2 of the American League Division...
LIVE BLOG: Yankees-Orioles, Game 2
Want your voice heard? Don’t try screaming during Sunday night’s ALDS Game 2 between the Yankees and the Orioles – they can’t hear you in Baltimore.Instead, post questions and comments...
Yankees great Larsen to sell perfect game jersey for grandsons' educations
Yankees icon Don Larsen has a perfect plan for some old pinstripes in his closet.The legendary hurler hopes to score enough money for his grandsons' education by auctioning the uniform...
MONDAY MATCHMAKER: 'Bigfoot' vs. Overeem in UFC would put the 'heavy' in heavyweight
Every Monday after an MMA fight weekend, The Post’s Marc Raimondi will take a look at the next potential matchup for the fighters who competed. This week, he takes a...
'Animal Practice' Posts it
Hey -- isn't that The Post that's featured in this Wednesday's monkey-grabbing episode of "Animal Practice"? Well, it's close -- the paper in question is called The New York Ledger...
Suspect ID'd in E. Side barber shop shooting death
Cops identified a suspect today wanted in the slay of a man outside a Lower East Side barber shop. Police are looking for Joshua Nunez, 21, in the murder of...
Patriots' Welker: Telling Belichick to 'stick it' was a joke
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker said on Monday that he was only joking when he said that he enjoyed catching 13 passes against the Denver Broncos...
Jets without Keller, Hill, Conner against Texans
The Jets will be without tight end Dustin Keller, wide receiver Stephen Hill and fullback John Conner for Monday night's game with the Texans, according to a source.All three players...
NJ's Jozy Altidore snubbed by US coach Jurgen Klinsmann
Red-hot striker Jozy Altidore was left off the U.S. National Team’s 24-man roster for the two upcoming World Cup qualifiers, the most shocking snub of coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s 14-month tenure....
Beltran homers twice as Cardinals rout Nationals to even series
ST. LOUIS — Never count out the Cardinals in October — especially after they lose a series opener. Carlos Beltran hit the last two of the Cardinals’ four homers and...
Giants' Hill suspended 4 games, Sash returns
The Giants gained one safety and lost another on Monday and the prescription drug Adderall played in part in the return and departure of both players.Will Hill, the promising first-year...
FIVE-STEP DROP: Notre Dame's defense, West Virginia's offense
Every week during the season, New York Post online sports editors Justin Terranova and Marc Raimondi go toe-to-toe on the latest hot topics in college football.This week, they tackle Florida’s...
MLB announces tentative time for Game 3 of Yankees series
When the ALDS comes to The Bronx on Wednesday, it will be in primetime.MLB announced that Game 3 of the ALDS against the Orioles will start at 7:37 p.m., but...
Anti-bigotry ads plastered next to controversial anti-jihad ads in subway stations
Advertisements preaching religious tolerance and an end to bigotry are going up in Manhattan subway stations. A court decision forced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to accept ads implying that enemies...
LIU basketball stars have brawl suspension lifted
LIU-Brooklyn’s hopes of a third straight Northeast Conference title and NCAA Tournament berth were raised significantly yesterday when university provost Gale Stevens Haynes lifted the suspensions of four men’s basketball...
Deron: Mavericks' Cuban missing meeting helped me choose Nets
Part of what brought Deron Williams back to the Nets was not meeting with Mark Cuban.Speaking after Monday’s practice, Williams said that his decision to sign with the Nets was...
Sandusky will speak at sentencing: lawyer
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's lawyer said Monday "it's as certain as certain can be" that the former Penn State assistant football coach will address the judge and assert his...
Knicks coach praises Anthony for carrying over his play from the Olympics
Knicks coach Mike Woodson has seen a new, fit Carmelo Anthony at training camp and he attributes it to his Olympic experience. Both Anthony and Tyson Chandler appear ahead of...
WFAN to be simulcast on 101.9 FM
WFAN will be joining its sports talk competition on FM. CBS Radio announced on Monday that WFAN will be simulcast on 101.9 FM in the late fall. It comes four...
Tiger apologized to Ryder Cup rookies for poor performance: report
Tiger Woods’ Ryder Cup struggles became a secondary story after the Americans collapsed on Sunday’s singles matchups last week. Woods’ match, the final one of the event, was deemed meaningless...
WATCH: QVC guest host in on-air emergency as co-host continues to hawk kid's tablet
QVC guest host Cassie Slane was describing the kid-friendly features of a tablet computer yesterday when she clutched her chest and almost passed out on co-host Dan Hughes. The terrifying...
Romney blasts Obama's weak foreign policy
LEXINGTON, Va. — Republican Mitt Romney said Monday the risk of conflict in the Middle East "is higher now" than it was when President Obama took office. He proposed that...
VIDEO: Vaccaro says Yankees in control
After Sunday night's brutal ALDS-opening loss to the Yankees, the Orioles are in trouble, says Post columnist Mike Vaccaro.From Baltimore, Vaccaro talks with CineSport's Brian Clark and believes the Yankees...
Zimmerman asks for delay in trial, information on Martin
ORLANDO, Fla. — Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman will ask a Florida judge to delay his murder trial and request that Trayvon Martin's school records and information from the teen's...
Francona gets fresh start as Indians manager
CLEVELAND -- Terry Francona could have waited to manage somewhere else. At some point, a more talented team in a major market with a massive payroll would make him an...
Braves, Chiefs supporters give fans a bad name
Whether it’s as a player, fan, coach or media member, one thing is common, we all love it.But there’s a fine line of fandom that many straddle, which was crossed...
WATCH: Obama makes fun of his own debate performance
Last night at a fund-raiser in Los Angeles, President Obama finally showed up with a zinger when he cracked a joke about his horrendous performance in last week's debate with...
Commissioner Kelly says grand jury investigation into police shooting of unarmed motorist in Queens likely
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today a grand jury would probably hear the case of a cop who blew away an unarmed motorist last week in Queens. Just before appearing...
New vending machines to show calorie counts
As criticism of sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your fingertips. The move comes ahead...
US embassy staff in Benghazi told to do with 'less security' before fatal attack: report
A former US Special Forces commander in Libya said he pleaded more security in the weeks and months, leading up to the consulate attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens. Lt....
WATCH: Ohio State marching band performs video game music halftime show
The Ohio State marching band channeled their inner gamers during halftime of Saturday’s game against Nebraska.Between halves of the Buckeyes’ 63-38 trouncing of the Cornhuskers, the marching band performed nine...
Yankees Game 1 in review, Soriano and the infamous infield fly
Greetings from chilly Baltimore. Here is my column off last night’s exciting Yankees playoff opener. Russell Martin. Good grief. I love his quote: “You either want to be in that...
Columbus Day Parade kicks off on Fifth Avenue
The Columbus Day Parade has Manhattan's Fifth Avenue awash in red, white and green. Monday's parade includes a float bearing a giant head of Christopher Columbus. Police officers are wearing...
Feds seize 50 pounds of meth, call it largest bust in state history
Federal agents have seized 50 pounds of methamphetamine from a boardinghouse in New York's Westchester County. The Drug Enforcement Administration called it the biggest such bust in New York State...
Russia celebrates Putin's 60th birthday in fanfare
MOSCOW - Kremlin officials like to insist Russian President Vladimir Putin does not care for big birthday bashes and said he was spending his 60th on Sunday quietly celebrating with...
Union: Border agents opened fire on each other
PHOENIX - The head of the US Border Patrol agents' union says the agent killed last week in a shooting in southern Arizona apparently opened fire on two colleagues thinking...
Iran says it blocks cyberattacks on oil platforms
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian oil official says the country has successfully blocked a cyberattack on the computer network of its offshore drilling platforms. The Monday report by semiofficial ISNA...
Van der Sloot impregnates girl while in prison: report
AMSTERDAM - A Dutch newspaper says that Joran van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year-sentence for murdering a young Peruvian woman, has impregnated a woman while imprisoned in Lima....
Poll finds tight Queens state Senate race
ALBANY - State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and City Councilman Eric Ulrich are locked in a tight race for Addabbo's Queens seat in a key battle for control of the...
Police: 4 killed in gruesome Long Island accident; driver only had learner's permit
Four Queens teenagers died in a horrific crash today, when their driver -- who only had a learner’s permit -- wiped out on a rain-slicked “Dead Man’s Curve” portion of...
Pettitte hints he’ll be back with Yankees in 2013
BALTIMORE — It sounds very much like even if the Yankees lose this series, tonight will not be the last career start for Andy Pettitte. Pettitte—who is scheduled to take...
Chen gets ‘dream’ job for Orioles vs. Yankees
BALTIMORE — The last time Wei-Yin Chen faced the Yankees was Sept. 7 at Camden Yards, and Baltimore’s lefty fired three scoreless innings to open the game. At that point,...
@The Real Ichiro: All-Star's revival has Yankees fans a-Twitter
BALTIMORE — At the far end of the Camden Yards press box is a single television, and on that set Sunday, about four hours before the scheduled first pitch of...
Inside pitch
HERO CC Sabathia tossed 8 2/3 innings for the win. The Yankees pounced on the Orioles in the ninth inning, but it was the big lefty who kept them in...
Martin’s homer, solid Sabathia lifts Yankees over Orioles
BALTIMORE — Two baserunning mistakes early were followed by flushing a strong scoring chance late. Yet no matter how much trouble the Yankees caused themselves, CC Sabathia wouldn’t let them...
Only relief Yankees need comes from unyielding Sabathia
BALTIMORE — Here were the Orioles, with the Yankees exactly where they wanted them. Baltimore had dragged a close game into the late innings. The Orioles have consistently won just...
Yankees Teixeira, Swisher start to shed playoff slumps
BALTIMORE — Joe Girardi decided he wasn’t afraid of the previous postseason struggles of Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira, slotting the two of them next to each other in the...
More of the lame: Another A-Rod playoff dud
BALTIMORE -- The postseason got off to a rousing start for the Yankees, except for Alex Rodriguez. The third baseman had been dreadful in the final month of the regular...
Avery likens Nets to 'Bad Boys' Pistons
The “Bad Boys” Pistons were built on a ruthless defense – a defense that even managed to corral a young Michael Jordan throughout the late 1980s and early ‘90s before...
Up to Rex to make tonight at least ‘feel’ like a victory for Jets
Bill Parcells used to talk about “the psychology of results.” It’s almost a contradiction to “You are what your record says you are.” The psychology of results suggests the won-lost...
'Underdog' Jets face major hurdle against 4-0 Houston
Houston, the Jets have a problem. Actually, they have a boatload of problems. The biggest one facing them tonight, though, is the 4-0 Texans coming to MetLife Stadium ready for...
WATCH: 'Kony 2012' filmmaker discusses naked meltdown with Oprah
The success made him do it – and it wasn’t really “him.” “Kony 2012” filmmaker Jason Russell appeared on “Oprah’s Next Chapter” Sunday to discuss his instant movie fame, public...
Giants report card
OFFENSE Ahmad Bradshaw came into the game with 133 rushing yards all season and finished with a career-high 200 on 30 carries, plus a TD. Did he come back from...
Giants blitz
HERO Eli Manning shrugged off an awful start in which he underthrew and overthrew receivers while the Giants fell behind 14-0 in the first five minutes of the game. But...
Chiefs sickened over fans cheering after Cassel's head injury
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Members of the Kansas City Chiefs angrily spoke out Sunday against thousands of fans who cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel left a 9-6 loss to the...
No bullpen needed for Yankees with ace CC on the mound
BALTIMORE – Here were the Orioles, with the Yankees exactly where they wanted. Baltimore had dragged this game into the late innings. The time of year it has dominated, in...
Martin's ninth-inning blast breaks tie, sends Yankees to Game 1 win over Orioles
BALTIMORE — Two baserunning mistakes early were followed by flushing a strong scoring chance late. Yet no matter how much trouble the Yankees caused themselves, CC Sabathia wouldn’t let them...
Get time on your side!
At first blush, Robert C. Pozen doesn’t seem like an extreme kind of guy. He doesn’t BASE jump, BMX bike or bodyboard. Instead, he has simultaneously taught a full load...
Go to Greg
I was offered a job with $35,000/year as the starting salary. I have a B.S. in marketing and an M.A. in mass media communications, and my thesis won national honors;...
What’s up with that job?
What does an actuary do all day? Actuaries work for insurance companies, in the areas of life, healthcare and property/casualty insurance. Using statistics, modeling software and formulas, actuaries analyze the...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Gangnam Style, PSY 2. Begin Again, Taylor Swift 3. One More Night, Maroon 5 4. We Are Never, Ever Getting ..., Taylor Swift 5. Die Young,...
Business briefs
Foxconn fireFoxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple iPhones, had to stop production for the second time in as many weeks amid worker protests. Foxconn employs more than 1 million...
NetJets’ exec’s exit lifts leasing upstart
The corporate jet dogfight over the skies of the Big Apple is about to be taken up a notch, The Post has learned. Upstart jet leasing firm XOJet has recently...
Bonus round is over
Scratch the Manhattan pied-à-terre this year. Wall Street traders, among the best paid in financial circles, are facing another meager bonus season this year — at least by Street standards...
Halloween and vine
Like Linus in the patch, we look forward to Halloween. These magazines will tell you whether you’ve got a great pumpkin or just a good one. Better Homes and Gardens...
H&M’s Times Square catch: Ex-ESPN Zone
H&M has scored all 42,510 square feet of the long-dormant former ESPN Zone spot in Times Square, along with two huge billboards that wrap above the store’s 185 feet of...
An Onion Crunch to relish
Move over mayo and ketchup, Nick Loeb is banking on getting Americans addicted to a new condiment: Onion Crunch. Loeb has just teamed up with the Old Homestead Steakhouse to...
Fracking for the holidays
New York’s most influential backer of hydrofracking for natural gas is predicting that Gov. Cuomo will give the go-ahead for the widely used drilling technique by late December, while others...
Diver says he’s discovered WWII warships in Coney Island Creek
A Brooklyn commercial diver believes he has uncovered a virtual armada of historic vessels sitting beneath the murky waters of Coney Island Creek. Gene Ritter showed The Post a series...
Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 105
Health officials say the number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 105 cases. The number of deaths rose by one to eight, with another fatality...
Twist in backyard-burial case
Cops are probing whether the 17-month-old boy found buried in a Long Island back yard over the weekend died before his family ever moved there.Investigators have no evidence that little...
Sen. debate shame game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. — The rancor in Connecticut’s close Senate race spilled over yesterday into the campaign’s first debate, with Republican Linda McMahon and Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy accusing one...
Sonic boom or bust for jumper
Call it the ultimate leap of faith.Australian daredevil Felix Baumgartner plans to jump from 23 miles above Earth tomorrow in a death-defying bid to become the first sky diver to...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A dispute that started in a Greenwich Village McDonald’s ended with a man repeatedly stabbed on the staircase of a nearby subway station, authorities said yesterday. The unidentified...
Honda in fiery recall
TOKYO — Honda is recalling more than 488,000 CR-V crossovers for fear that rain or other liquids could cause an electrical-switch meltdown in the driver’s-side door and spark a fire.The...
He’s hedge ‘shunned’
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick has erected a 10-foot “revenge hedge” on his sprawling Bridgehampton estate — infuriating neighbors, who had earlier lobbied town officials to kill his plan to...
2 moms forever joined in anguish
They’re two women bonded by a mother’s grief.Amadou Diallo’s mom, Kadiatou, and the mother of Mohamed Bah, the 28-year-man old recently shot dead by cops, attended a City Hall rally...
NYPD scapegoat never had a shot
It makes no sense. Thirteen years after he fatally shot Amadou Diallo in a dark Bronx doorway, mistaking the African immigrant’s wallet for a gun, Officer Kenneth Boss got his...
Mom’s ‘novel’ way to honor slain cop
A mother’s love knows no bounds.NYPD auxiliary cop Nicholas Pekearo, 28, was a fledgling writer with a world of promise when he was murdered in Greenwich Village five years ago.Now...
Dueling alter-egos of Harlem pill peddle doc have made peace
A once-celebrated Harlem doctor who claims that an alternate personality — one of at least a dozen that inhabit her body — got her busted for peddling phony prescriptions says...
Safe at home
For Valeriya Beloshkurenko, who came here 23 years ago from Odessa, her job — helping elderly New Yorkers “in memory’’ of a beloved grandmother who remained in Ukraine — is...
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez wins re-election
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez won re-election yesterday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign in which the opposition accused him of unfairly using Venezuela’s oil wealth and...
Apple goes Brazil nuts in bid for tourists
We want more of Brazil!New York City officials are lobbying Washington to loosen entry requirements for Brazilians — especially its high-spending tourists.The South American giant already accounts for more overseas...
DA eyes Halloran finance flubs
Controversial City Councilman Dan Halloran may be locked in a heated battle for Congress, but a bigger problem facing him could be state election regulators and criminal prosecutors. Halloran (left)...
GOPers rage as bank forgives LI Rep's $93G debt
Banks and members of Congress have something in common: They both get bailouts. The bank that holds Long Island Rep. Steve Israel’s mortgage has approved a special deal allowing him...
Password ‘secret’
You’d better think twice before you make “abcdef” your next password.If a password contains just six lowercase letters — especially if it’s a common word or combo — a cyber-thief...
LI tycoon blasts 'rip-off' matchmakers after spending $65G in search of love
Money really can’t buy you love — just ask this picky multimillionaire on Long Island. Lonely securities trader Larry Greenfield, 47, has plunked down more than $65,000 on high-end matchmaking...
Putting the gag in Gaga
Lady Gaga’s parents are no hit with the city’s health inspectors. Joanne Trattoria, the Upper West Side Italian joint owned by the pop princess’ mom and dad, got a barf-inducing...
S. Korea gets megamissiles
SEOUL, South Korea — The US has agreed to adapt a 2001 accord and allow South Korea to possess longer-range missiles that could strike all of North Korea, officials said...
Upstate official ‘MIA’
POUGHKEEPSIE — A Poughkeepsie official was absent from his $160,000-a-year job for more than four months during a 19-month period in which he spent much of his time at his...
Newark err-port for TSA
Security screeners at Newark Liberty Airport are failing miserably by not properly patting-down fliers and failing to confiscate prohibited items from carry-on bags, according to an internal Transportation Security Administration...
SI pol’s partner is capo’s good pal
Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm investigated the Gambino crime family as an FBI agent — before opening a restaurant with a business partner so close to one of the mob...
Quinn to eBay: ‘Key’p us safe
Christine Quinn wants eBay to lock up its loopholes.The City Council speaker and likely mayoral contender sent the online auction site a letter demanding it tighten the loose regulations that...
Sinking crew is bailed out
CAPE MAY, NJ — Coast Guard crews helped rescue three people from a sinking fishing vessel off the New Jersey coast.The Viking II reported they were taking on water about...
23 yrs. on roe to ruin
No more black gold on the menu for this wily fugitive. A New York caviar smuggler who went on the lam 23 years ago — after pleading guilty to selling...
Mind The Gap: new MetroCards now have front-facing ads
MetroCards were emblazoned with front-facing advertisements for the first time ever yesterday — part of an MTA plan to rake in new funds. “Opening up the front of MetroCards to...
Liam a golden oldie at the box
Liam Neeson may be an unlikely action hero at age 60, but “Taken 2” led the box office with $50 million domestically over its opening weekend, according to estimates released...
Nicole dishes on days when she was married to Tom Cruise
Gentlemen, start your engines. If leggy checkered-flag bearer Nicole Kidman doesn’t get your motor running, you need a tune-up! The 5-11 stunner reflects on her years as Mrs. Tom Cruise...
House eyes $340M in Rx loans
The GOP-run House has launched a probe into the Obama administration’s decision to shower $340 million in health- care loans on the “politically connected” Brooklyn-based Freelancers Union, The Post has...
Big Bird ‘Twits’ back on ‘SNL’
“Sesame Street” star Big Bird appeared on the “Saturday Night Live” segment Weekend Update to wild applause, saying he learned Mitt Romney mentioned him during last week’s presidential debate because...
Arnold: Congress pols fail the testes
WASHINGTON — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a message to Congress yesterday: Grow a pair. The beefy movie actor said members of Congress don’t have the “balls” to accomplish...
Mitt Romney to slam O in first speech on foreign policy
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney will deliver his first sweeping foreign-policy speech today, slamming President Obama on everything from defense-spending cuts to free trade. “I know the president hopes for a...
City's 'gotcha' traffic cameras use short yellow lights to increase ticket revenue: study
It’s roadway robbery. City intersections with red-light “gotcha’’ cameras routinely cut short the time that motorists have to make it through yellow lights, running up the number of tickets issued...
Fire victim in fight for life
A Brooklyn man is clinging to life after an early-morning fire swept through his Greenpoint apartment yesterday, cops said. The unidentified man, in his 30s, was critically hurt in the...
‘Gropez’ grillers’ new dog
ALBANY — The state ethics watchdog agency investigating scandal-scarred Assemblyman Vito Lopez is getting a new member. LaShann DeArcy, a city Taxi and Limousine Commission appointee and a former scheduler...
Boss ‘hot for teacher’
A Queens teacher has accused her boss, a veteran principal, of sexually harassing her on the job, The Post has learned. PS 15 chief Antonio K’Tori — whom the Department...
Two slain in NJ ambush
CAMDEN, NJ — A gunman opened fire on a car parked on a residential street, killing two occupants and wounding three in this crime-ridden South Jersey city, police said yesterday.No...
Rape-murder defendant: I’m a hex maniac
This accused killer wants to call a doctor to the witness stand — a witch doctor. Bakary Camara, of Senegal, who goes on trial tomorrow in the horrific rape and...
Street vendor selling cellphone cases fined 2G fine for inches
The priciest real estate in New York is just a few inches of SoHo. A street vendor hawking cellphone cases was slapped with $2,250 in fines for selling from a...
Drug smuggling takes off at Kennedy: feds
More criminals are trying to smuggle drugs into the United States through JFK Airport, Customs and Border Protection officials say. Annual arrests for smuggling at the airport rose 19.8 percent,...
NJ train hits & kills man
RED BANK, NJ — A Manhattan-bound train carrying some 200 passengers fatally struck a man at a central Jersey railroad crossing, NJ Transit officials said yesterday. The accident occurred at...
WATCH: Video shows suspect in beloved soccer coach's W. Village stabbing
A beloved youth soccer coach working for the New York Red Bulls was killed yesterday in a sadistic West Village stabbing that left his severed ear in a pool of...
Backers bogus: play boss
The lead producer of the doomed Broadway musical “Rebecca” yesterday said four people he thought were investors in the show never existed. Producer Ben Sprecher had said a mystery investor,...
Tax-hike fantasies
So it’s unanimous: All five of the leading prospective Democratic candidates for mayor are now on record in support of raising New York City’s top income tax rate. Former Comptroller...
Fighting fires with less than the best
So the city is moving ahead to hire off the results of the latest firefighter exam, after federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis decided the test had been watered down enough to...
Attacking Mitt’s honesty: Bam camp changes course
The Issue: President Obama’s post-debate rebound strategy of questioning Mitt Romney’s truthfulness. *** According to President Obama, Mitt Romney needs to be accountable (“Pinocchio for President!” Editorial, Oct. 5). Here’s...
Those magical jobless numbers
The Issue: The unemployment rate dropping to 7.8 percent for the first time in President Obama’s term. *** What an amazing coincidence that after President Obama got his butt kicked...
Bill de Blasio’s baloney
A 20-year era of reasonably responsible city governance may be lurching to an end — and nothing demonstrates that better than last week’s call by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio...
Hollywood’s teachable moment
‘Won’t Back Down” for Best Picture? Why not? The school-based drama, which opened last weekend, boasts a sterling cast, including Academy Award nominees Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal. More important,...
NY charters ace another test
The latest progress reports for public schools are one more sign that New York City’s charter schools are making exceptional gains with their students. Nearly half of charters got the...
Mauling Morgan
Eric Schneiderman last week pulled a stunt so remarkably absurd as to rival the lows of Eliot Spitzer. No, the New York attorney general didn’t cavort with hookers; he filed...
2 one-acts equal only 1 great reason to watch
As the title suggests, there’s a gimmick behind “AdA (Author Directing Author),” an evening of one-acts by rising Italian playwright Marco Calvani and the ubiquitous Neil LaBute: Each writer has...
Not best or most novel staging
Rona Jaffe’s 1958 best seller “The Best of Everything” certainly pressed a lot of hot buttons. Think “Sex and the City” set in the world of New York book publishing...
Belmont Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 6f(T); $30,000; cl($20,000); 3up KID WANDO gate to wire winner of an off the turf race at this...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2f; $17,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 WellingtnsAppl(L),119A Black5-2-5Vega4-12 Dorothy's Spirit(L),119J Bisono3-8-4C Brown7-23 Don'tmessw'los(L),122J Nguyen7-6-6Herlnge20-14 CherokeMystry(L),117LVillanuev5-4-2McNeely10-15 Stroud Point(L),119C Orm3-3-5Lake5-16 Gluinda(L),119RMontanz3-x-xReese12-17...
Affrunti’s Parx Racing Grade
FIRST-5f; $20,000; cl($5,000); 3up5-Sok Sok 7-22-SerendipperMn8-13-D' Wild Affair 2-14-Pull 20-16-Clam Bake 3-17-AssortedColrs12-11-South Fleet 5-1SECOND-7f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)1-CactusFlwers5-24-StorybookStff12-13-ALadyCalledMx8-55-Rebel Ways 10-16-Run for Fun 20-17-PassinPromises8-11a-Erma Deuce 5-28-SeekngtheLles12-12-Jesk 9-22b-OurMmaDer9-2a,b-CoupledTHIRD-6f; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YO6-Velez...
Belmont Park Charts
October 7th, 2012 Rain And Good Turf Off..©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST- 1 1/16m; $75,000; alw opt clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:50. Good. 3w turn, hand urgedTime: 23.92, 48.09, 1:12.15, 1:37.61,...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-1m&70y; $13,000; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)7Tugh Engh (Cmch)4.002.402.104Princess Perfect (Ayuso)2.602.106Emotionltrainwreck (DeCarlo)2.10Scr: Midway Dream.* Exacta (7-4) $8.60 * $1 Superfecta (7-4-6-3) $29.20 * $1 Trifecta (7-4-6) $8.80Exacta picked by AffruntiSECOND-6f; $14,000; cl($5,000);...
Nets feeling right at home on new court
With their home opener again`st the Knicks a little more than three weeks away, the Nets still have to get acclimated with their new home. So, with that in mind,...
Sports Shorts
NASCAR: Kenseth tops at Talladega Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth won at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, where a last-lap crash turned defending NASCAR champion Tony Stewart upside down. Michael Waltrip hooked...
Home Team Lineups
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Hondo: Let’s Go Jets!
Hondo wiped out with the Steelers, Bengwads and Panthers yesterday, but he’s no four-flusher – the Yanks came through for him to limit the expansion of the deficit to 1,220...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball4:30 p.m.Nationals at Cardinals TBS, ESPN (98.7 FM) 8 p.m.Yankees at Orioles TBS, WCBS (880 AM)Basketball7 p.m.Real Madrid at Raptors NBATV8 p.m.WNBA: Eastern Conference Finals, Connecticut at Indiana, Game 2...
The Post Line
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Jets' Greene: We can run on Texans
Jets running back Shonn Greene knows how good the Texans defense is. He knows it’s the No. 1-ranked unit in the NFL. Still, Greene said he thinks the Jets can...
Saints' Brees breaks Unitas TD-pass mark in win
Drew Brees broke a half-century-old record by throwing a touchdown pass in his 48th straight game, and the Saints defeated the Chargers 31-24 last night in New Orleans. Brees’ 40-yard...
KC fans cheer QB injury
KANSAS CITY — Members of the Chiefs angrily lashed out yesterday against thousands of fans who cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel left a 9-6 loss to the Ravens with a...
Moore’s 2-run single propels Nationals over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — The chess match between managers began in the middle innings and ended with the Nationals’ Davey Johnson calling “checkmate” on a postseason stage for the first time...
Arroyo blanks Giants to give Reds 2-0 series lead
SAN FRANCISCO — Because Bronson Arroyo was practically untouchable last night, this National League Division Series is close to being out of reach of the Giants. The Reds right-hander deployed...
Knicks' Stoudemire learned tricks of trade from NBA legend Olajuwon
Amar’e Stoudemire never attended college, entering the draft out of high school in Orlando, Fla. But this summer, the Knicks power forward matriculated at Olajuwon University in Houston. Stoudemire, who...
Rookie Shurna takes his shot at Knicks dream
John Shurna is frequently compared to Steve Novak because of his height, shooting prowess and appearance. At one point during Knicks practice yesterday, in fact, the two marksmen basically matched...
Making MLB harder to follow
While watching Saturday night’s Reds-Giants NL Division Series game, it hit me that if a first-time baseball-watcher, a Brit, perhaps, asked us to explain the all-the-time, on-screen inclusion and intrusion...
5-0 Falcs KO RG3, ’Skins
LANDOVER, Md. — Robert Griffin III isn’t the type of quarterback to run out of bounds, and Sean Weatherspoon knew it. The Falcons linebacker kept up the pursuit and went...
Three fumbles costly for Eagles in loss to Steelers
PITTSBURGH — Fourth-quarter comebacks and close wins allowed the Eagles to emerge from September in first place despite a negative turnover ratio. But engineering another late go-ahead drive wasn’t enough...
Pagano on Colts’ minds in upset of Packers
INDIANAPOLIS — All Chuck Pagano asked the Colts to do was focus on football. Andrew Luck and Reggie Wayne did that — and a little more to honor their ailing...
Brady outdeuls Manning; Patriots hold off Broncos
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Peyton Manning was great late ... but too late. Manning did his best to add a memorable chapter in his storied rivalry with Tom Brady yesterday, but...
Giants' Randle catches chance in stride
Well, Rueben Randle certainly looked “NFL-ready’’ yesterday. In his fifth NFL game after a very quiet first four, Randle, the Giants’ second-round pick, backed up the draft night prognostication of...
Chase’s on when it counts for Giants defense
It seems like every season — heck, every game — there is a hue and cry from Giants fans who want middle linebacker Chase Blackburn replaced, with somebody younger, faster,...
Giants safety Brown makes up for early miscue
Say this for Stevie Brown: He makes good on a promise. The way the day began for Brown Sunday, it looked as if it might be one he’d like to...
Giants rookie Wilson flips switch on first TD run
Chris Snee was not on the field when rookie David Wilson in the fourth quarter took a handoff and motored 40 yards for his first NFL touchdown, but he felt...
Bradshaw’s performance quite the rush for Giants
Someone asked Chris Snee if Ahmad Bradshaw was obligated to buy the offensive line some sort of trinket after paving the way for him to gain a career-high 200 yards...
Eli hits Cruz control when it matters most to Giants
The sky was falling on the Giants, but it never rained panic. It was Browns 7, Giants 0 within a minute, and then Browns 14, Giants 0 within five minutes,...
Giants overcome early deficit for easy victory over Browns
One play in, Ahmad Bradshaw was trotting off the field, having lost the ball on a fumble. Two plays later, the turnover was turned into points and the Giants trailed...
Kelly’s sac fly gives Tigers 2-0 lead in ALDS
DETROIT — Don Kelly, the Tigers’ all-purpose utility man who has played every position in the field in his career, added two more listings on his resume yesterday. Hero. And...
Alburquerque’s smooch before the out irks A’s
DETROIT — One more loss and the A’s can kiss their season goodbye. As far as the Oakland players are concerned, Tigers’ reliever Al Alburquerque can kiss their A’s. The...
Fielder: Tigers reliever’s lip service ‘coolest thing ever’
DETROIT — The Athletics were not amused by Al Alburquerque kissing a baseball he fielded off the bat of Yeonis Cespedes before getting the out at first. The Tigers? Well,...
Yankees annoyed at troopers asking for autographs in 9th
BALTIMORE -- Two Maryland state troopers couldn’t have picked a worse time to ask for autographs Sunday night. In the top of the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 7-2 win...
Yankees' Martin comes up clutch with his latest game-turning blast
BALTIMORE — It has seemed, pretty much all of the time, as if Buck Showalter’s Orioles won a yearlong sabbatical from reality, and they had invited us to bear witness...
Yankees find way to silence Camden faithful
BALTIMORE — You could sense the pixie dust had maybe reached its expiration date in the bottom of the eighth, when J.J. Hardy led off lacing a line drive into...
Closer Johnson blows game for Baltimore
BALTIMORE — There were 51 saves during the season, a major-league best. And there was a season-ending stretch of 48 games where he gave up no home runs, including the...
Orioles reliever Matusz baffles Yankees
BALTIMORE — One of the most important people in this series for the Orioles is the equivalent of their Boone Logan. And that would be Brian Matusz. Matusz has been...
The Simon Cowell of dance
It should surprise absolutely no one that opinionated, tart-tongued “Dance Moms” doyenne Abby Lee Miller is very taken with herself on “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition.” As fans of “Dance Moms”...
New molls on ‘Mob Wives'
'Mob Wives” is opening up the books — and adding two new women to the cast, says the show’s creator, Jennifer Graziano. The show, about a group of Staten Island...
Fatal Fattie
You may have heard about the murder of a 4-year old child that occurred over two years ago in a Texas border town. The woman who confessed to the killing,...
Talk show guests
MONDAYDEREK JETER - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 7 a.m., (OWN)BEN AFFLECK, JOHN CENA - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7EMMA ROBERTS - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., (OWN)KERRY...
Wild card works on TV first time out
Major League Baseball’s first-ever wildcard round was a big hit on TV. The two games on Friday averaged 4.6 million total viewers. Baseball instituted a new one-game round this season...
Time for board meeting
Stop us if this sounds familiar: ABC has bought a new TV show for next year where celebrities compete against each in . . . diving. Called “Celebrity Splash,” the...
Pulse sales
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Weird but true
In Wisconsin, this is just called lunch. The IGA grocery store in Prescot grilled a 52-foot 2-inch bratwurst over the weekend to celebrate its 100th anniversary. “I’m relieved,” store owner...
SEC teams thrive on defense
Two schools of thought have emerged in college football. One will get you a BCS championship, the other will get you a highlight package and a bag of chips. The...
Filion sets record North of the Border
Thanksgiving came a day early at Rideau Carleton Raceway as the fans celebrated with a special once in a lifetime night dedicated to the great Herve Filion.The 72-year-old Filion, who...
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez wins re-election, electoral council says
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez won re-election on Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles, Venezuela's electoral council said. With most votes counted, Chavez had more than 54 percent of the...
