October 11, 2012
LIVE BLOG: Orioles beat Yankees, 2-1, in 13 innings
Follow every big play from Game 4 of the ALDS between the Yankees and Orioles here -- and let your voice be heard in our comments section below.Post questions, interact...
Guard describes grisly scene of castration murder
Blood was everywhere -- and face up on the floor lay a man's naked corpse. "There was all this blood on the floor, towels all over the place, glass," a...
Follow Game 4 of Yankees-Orioles with Post writers
The Post has you covered from foul line to foul line with the best writers in the business.After Wednesday night's historic heroics by Raul Ibanez, the Yankees will look to...
Bellhop busted for peddling pot
A Manhattan bellhop was caught dealing marijuana at the posh Bowery Hotel and hauled away in handcuffs by a team of undercover cops, law-enforcement sources said today. Matthew P. Sullivan,...
Cheerleader-turned-teacher can’t wait for 1st real date with former student
INDEPENDENCE, Ky. — The former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who finally confessed this week to having sex with her then-17-year-old student says she’s looking forward to the couple’s first real date....
Aunt accused of luring niece to US to be hubby's sex slave faces girl's mother in court
A Queens woman accused of luring her niece to America to be her husband’s sex slave — and a potential baby surrogate for her — came face to face in...
Banker won't be prosecuted for allegedly drunkenly stabbing cabby
Connecticut prosecutors will not pursue charges against a top Morgan Stanley banker accused of stabbing a cabby in a drunken, racist rage over a fare from Manhattan, the cabby’s lawyer...
Hamptons mayor want to cut police force in half to save $1.4M
A Hamptons mayor wants to slash the number of cops in half to save taxpayers in tony Sag Harbor up to $1.4 million per year. Mayor Brian Gilbride plans to...
Eagles' Vick confirms he is again a dog owner
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who served 18 months in prison on dogfighting charges, has confirmed that he owns a dog. A statement from Vick released Thursday does...
Jets' Slauson fined $10K for illegal block against Texans
Jets guard Matt Slauson was fined $10,000 by the NFL for his block of Texans linebacker Brian Cushing on Monday, according to a source.The NFL deemed his block an illegal...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Will Redskins keep RG3 in pocket?
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week. Does Quinn steal Cassel’s job? I’ve already written about my stance on...
Posey's grand slam sends Giants to series victory over Reds
CINCINNATI — Buster Posey insisted all along — even after San Francisco lost the first two at home — that his team was far from done, no matter how long...
NHL, union talk again -- but not about money
NHL arenas are dark, and now so are its negotiating rooms. Hockey’s opening day came and went Thursday with no games and no reason to think players will be hitting...
Council passes bike delivery crackdown
The City Council voted today to approve a crackdown on rogue commercial cyclist. The plan would require bikers to take a safety course and includes fines of $100 or more...
Espada & son expected to plead guilty tomorrow
Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and his son are expected to plead guilty tomorrow to two serious federal court cases related to their looting more than $500,000 from the...
VIDEO: Schwartz talks Giants' preparation for 49ers
The Giants face one of the best teams in the NFL on Sunday as they travel to the Bay Area to take on the 49ers. San Francisco is hoping for...
Giants' Bradshaw on 49ers game: 'Expect the unexpected'
The last time he suited up, Ahmad Bradshaw got the ball 30 times from scrimmage and rushed for 200 yards, both career highs. That was against the Browns. What comes...
Yankees' A-Rod dropped to fifth, Jeter at DH, Ibanez sitting
Alex Rodriguez is in the lineup for Game 4 of the ALDS against the Orioles, but has been dropped to fifth by manager Joe Girardi. A-Rod had been hitting third...
Nets' Brooks out 7-10 days with tendinitis in foot
Marshon Brooks hopes to win the Sixth Man of the Year Award, but the Nets guard won’t be leaving the bench just yet.Brooks did not participate in practice Thursday, sidelined...
Girardi’s father passes away
Jerry Girardi, the father of Yankees manager Joe, passed at the age of 81, it was announced today. Jerry had been battling Alzheimer’s disease and passed away last Saturday at...
Appeals court upholds National Arts Club's vote to boot ex-president from club
And stay out! A state appeals court has upheld the National Arts Club's vote to boot its disgraced ex-president from the club. In a ruling released today, the state Appellate...
ESPN college football analyst Cook passes away at 81
PITTSBURGH — The folksy ESPN college football commentator Beano Cook has died. The 81 year-old commentator had worked for the sports network since 1986 and was the sports information director...
Hezbollah claims responsibility for sending drone over Israel
BEIRUT — The leader of Hezbollah claimed responsibility Thursday for launching the drone aircraft that entered Israeli airspace earlier this week, a rare and provocative move by the Lebanese militants...
Ex-New York Times publisher had $41M in stock at time of death
Former New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger had $41 million worth of stock in the Old Gray Lady when he died - and his children have already made moves to...
Other big gut decisions in recent New York sports history -- good and bad
In the wake of Yankees manager Joe Girardi’s staggering call to pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez with Raul Ibanez in last night’s ninth inning, here’s a look at some of...
NCAA bans use of Instagram for recruiting purposes
College coaches won’t be able to send potential recruits grainy photos of their breakfast thanks to NCAA regulations. The NCAA clarified its stance on the use of photo-altering software such...
Judge slams woman for 'outrageous' $1M theft from Archdiocese, sentences her to 4 1/2 years
Goodbye, dollies. An angry judge sentenced an elderly, Madam Alexander doll-obsessed embezzler to at least 4 1/2 years today for stealing a whopping $1 million dollars from the Archdiocese of...
PC shipments suffer steepest decline since 2001 as Lenovo replaces HP as top manufacturer
China's Lenovo Group Ltd edged out Silicon Valley icon Hewlett-Packard Co to become the world's No. 1 PC maker in the third quarter, according to data released by research house...
Jets safety Smith likely out vs. Colts with knee sprain
Jets safety Eric Smith sprained his knee at practice Wednesday and is unlikely to play this week, coach Rex Ryan said.Smith had been dealing with hip and knee injuries since...
Carl Icahn offers to buy Oshkosh for $3 billion
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn plans to make an unsolicited bid for truck maker Oshkosh Corp. that values the company at almost $3 billion. Icahn says he also plans to nominate...
Jets' Ryan hasn't lost confidence in Greene
Jets coach Rex Ryan said he still believes in running back Shonn Greene on Thursday.Greene has rushed for just 217 yards and 1 touchdown on 76 carries this season. The...
Meet Zara’s big sister
Owned by Zara’s parent company, Massimo Dutti is less about ripped-from-the-runway trends and more inclined toward classic and sophisticated items like blazers, bomber jackets and knits at slightly higher prices...
Suspected soccer coach slayer left behind 'sorry' note: Kelly
The fiend suspected of fatally slashing a soccer coach in Union Square left behind a note apologizing for the murder, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today. "It's a note that...
Hedge fund honcho Singer can hold Argentina’s ship, court rules
That’s Captain Singer to you! New York hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer gets to hold on to Argentina’s prized navy vessel, the ARA Libertad, a Ghana court ruled today. The court...
Nicks returns to Giants practice, says Friday will be key day
A sight the Giants have waited for happened on Thursday as Hakeem Nicks was on the practice field, running around and participating in individual drills, running routes and catching passes....
Former French Vogue editor lands at Harper’s Bazaar
Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of French Vogue who left abruptly at the end of 2010, has teamed with Harper’s Bazaar as global fashion director in a move that ramps...
Site of Caesar's death to open to tourists
The area among Rome's ancient ruins where general Julius Caesar was assassinated will be open to tourists starting in 2013 following long-running excavation work, local officials told AFP on Thursday....
Girardi 'expects' A-Rod to be in Yankees lineup; Ibanez could be back on bench
Alex Rodriguez may have been pinch hit for last night but that doesn't mean he won't be in tonight's Game 4 starting lineup.Manager Joe Girardi said this morning he 'expects'...
21 prescription 'peddlers' busted in Craigslist probe
The Craigslist ad offered Percocet pills for sale, but warned: "No LE please." Meaning: No law enforcement. Like that made a difference. The 40-year-old man accused of placing the ad...
Lakers' Bryant didn't like Girardi pinch-hitting for A-Rod
At least one Yankees fan didn’t think Joe Girardi pinch-hitting for Alex Rodriguez was a slam dunk move.Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, a Yankees fan, was allegedly upset that Girardi pulled...
Japanese cellphone company Softbank could make a potentially substantial investment in Sprint
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said Japanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. is in talks about making a potential substantial investment in the US company. Sprint, the third-largest cellphone company in...
City to add three high speed bus routes to LaGuardia
The city announced today it will add three high speed bus routes to LaGuardia Airport starting next year that could save as much 40 minutes in travel time, officials said....
Amar'e out of Knicks preseason opener with bruised knee
WASHINGTON – The first chance to see Amar’e Stoudemire’s new low-post game has been delayed. Stoudemire will miss Thursday night’s Knicks preseason opener in Washington with a bruised left knee,...
WATCH: The Rolling Stone's new single 'Doom and Gloom'
Evergreen rock and roll legends The Rolling Stones today released their first new song together in seven years titled, "Doom and Gloom." With a classic Keith Richards bluesey guitar riff...
'Bad News Bears' remake actress killed in car crash
LOS ANGELES — Sammi Kane Kraft, whose baseball skills earned her the role of a youth league pitcher in the 2005 remake of "The Bad News Bears," has died in...
T.O.: I'm not 'desperate,' Jets are
Terrell Owens has not heard from the Jets since his Monday night Twitter pitch, but he has heard plenty of criticism. “I’ve read a lot of the tweets and everybody’s...
Syria's Islamist rebels join forces against Assad
BEIRUT — Powerful Syrian Islamist brigades, frustrated at the growing divisions among rebels, have joined forces in what they say is a "liberation front" to topple President Bashar al-Assad. Mistrust...
Robin Roberts returns home
Robin Roberts is back home — one month after undergoing a bone-marrow transplant to battle a rare blood disease. "I am finally home," Roberts wrote in a message posted on...
Live-streaming increasingly popular at music festivals
AUSTIN, Texas — Music festivals are booming, and so is one alternative to paying soaring ticket prices to spend a long weekend packed among 50,000 or more typically sweaty concertgoers:...
US strike kills to Pakistani militants
PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Pakistani security officials say a U.S. drone has fired four missiles at a compound of militant commander in a northwestern tribal region, killing 10 militants. The officials...
Safeway's profitability slips on launch of customer loyalty program
Safeway Inc. says its profit margin slipped in the third quarter as it spent money on launching a new customer loyalty program, an investment the supermarket operator said should drive...
Hello, Tiffanys? Astronomers discover gigantic diamond planet
LONDON — Forget the diamond as big as the Ritz. This one's bigger than planet Earth. Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a...
ALDS Game 3 in review
Well. That was interesting.Here's my column on Raul Ibanez, the Yankees' MVP last night and, arguably, for the past month. I asked Joe Girardi, a Yankee on and off since...
New US ambassador to Iraq arrives in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Washington's new ambassador to Iraq arrived in Baghdad and was sworn into his new position on Thursday after President Obama's original pick for the job had to withdraw...
Beard is the word in Fort Hood shooting appeal
FORT WORTH, Texas — An Army appeals court will hear arguments today about an issue that has indefinitely postponed the murder trial for the suspect in the worst mass shooting...
TOP THAT! Friends vie for bragging rights in new video-based online network
SAN FRANCISCO - Brandon Caruana thinks friends are ready to swap online social network niceties for trash talk and competition in a virtual arena that challenges people to "TopThat." TopThat.com...
US trade deficit rose to $44.2 billion in August
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit widened in August from July because exports fell to the lowest level in six months. The wider deficit likely dragged on already-weak economic growth....
Unemployment applications fall to 339,000 last week, the lowest level in more than four years
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted last week to seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest level in more than four years. The sharp drop, if sustained, could...
Numerical significance of 10-11-12 could create wedding, lottery-ticket frenzy
So what are you doing on Thursday? Not you, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan — we already know you're a little busy with that debate thing. But others may be...
Shutterstock shares pop after $76.5 million IPO
Shares of Shutterstock jumped nearly 30 percent in their first hours of trading, after the Internet provider of stock photos and videos raised $76.5 million in its initial public stock...
Wendy's logo updated for first time since 1983
Wendy's pigtails are getting a tweak. For the first time since 1983, the Dublin, Ohio-based fast food company is updating its logo in a move intended to signal its ongoing...
Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize in literature
BEIJING — Novelist Mo Yan, whose popular, sprawling, bawdy tales bring to life rural China, won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday, the first time the award has been given...
Yemen security officer at US Embassy killed
SANAA, Yemen — A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the US Embassy in a drive-by shooting Thursday near his home in the capital, officials said,...
Mom meets with DA over Grand Central Parkway shooting
Queens prosecutors today met with the grieving mom of motorist Noel Polanco – fatally shot in his car by a cop on the Grand Central Parkway last week -- and...
Mets should adopt low-budget A’s winning formula
OAKLAND, Calif. — Billy Beane remolded the A’s by going with young aces and building a core of players who are dirt dogs, talented players who will run into or...
Ump muffs another call at 1st base in Cardinals-Nationals game
WASHINGTON — Jim Joyce and first base are a bad combination on baseball’s biggest stages. The veteran umpire — notorious for his blown call at first base in 2010 that...
It’s not a must-win, but Yankees' Hughes ‘excited’ for shot
Phil Hughes was two outs away from having to save the season Thursday night. But the 26-year-old righty got a pretty large reprieve. Late in the regular season, Raul Ibanez...
Saunders gets ball for Orioles vs. Yankees
Orioles left-hander Joe Saunders and righty teammate Chris Tillman sat shoulder to shoulder awaiting the questions about Baltimore’s starter for Thursday night’s Game 4 against the Yankees. It will be...
Inside pitch
HERO Raul Ibanez delivered a pinch-hit solo homer with one out in the ninth inning off Jim Johnson to tie the game and then homered again in the 12th to...
Girardi pulls A-Rod in ninth, Ibanez saves Yankees with two homers
The man criticized by some for making too many moves and by others for not making enough, made the boldest managerial move in Yankee history last night. Because Joe Girardi...
Girardi's ‘gut move’ pays off big for Yankees
All across the city, at Yankee Stadium and beyond, thousands of volunteer managers had already made the choice for the one who gets paid to do the job. Out Here,...
Hobbling Jeter vows he’ll play tonight for Yankees
With a limping Derek Jeter pulled from last night’s game, major questions have emerged about the shortstop’s health. In the first inning of the Yankees’ pulsating 3-2, 12-inning ALDS Game...
Hiroki does everything but win for Yankees
Hiroki Kuroda pitched nearly as well as he has all year, yet he was headed to a defeat until Raul Ibanez homered with one out in the bottom of the...
Three dead in Miami parking garage collapse
MIAMI — A man who was pulled early today from the rubble of a collapsed parking garage at Miami Dade College has died, police said, bringing the death toll to...
THE FIX IS IN: Tim Tebow will start at QB for Jets soon
Woody Johnson was on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” yesterday squawking about Tim Tebow, and you got the feeling if Tebow ever needed a personal punt protector, the owner would be at...
Ryan: Sanchez is Jets starter ‘this week’
A lot can change in 11 months. Jets coach Rex Ryan sounds nowhere near as definitive now when he speaks about quarterback Mark Sanchez as he did in last November....
Giants-49ers battling for NFC supremacy brings back memories
Carl Banks sounded like he was ready to suit up and see if Mark Bavaro, Phil Simms and Mark Collins might be ready to join him. It might be more...
Giants' Cruz ready to dance circles around Niners CB
Victor Cruz says seeing 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers mimic the salsa dance touchdown celebration Cruz created to honor his grandmother was “a slap in the face’’. Cruz said he “felt...
Coughlin uses us-against-world as Giants prepare for rematch vs. Niners
Tom Coughlin bases so much of his preparation on statistics, numbers and tendencies, but yesterday he was just sort of winging it. He has no proof, but that didn’t stop...
Gimpy Jeter removed from Yankees game in ninth
There is a major question about Derek Jeter’s health right now. In the third inning of Wednesday night's 3-2 Yankees win over the Orioles, Jeter fouled a ball off his...
Business briefs
WalmartWalmart shares rose 1.7 percent to $75.42, the highest level ever, after the retailer said its back-to-school season was “very strong” and sales would grow as much as 7 percent...
Duped granny’s $18M revenge on JPM
Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house Jamie Dimon goes — to recklessly hawk complex derivatives to an elderly scion of an oil fortune, that is. That’s...
Cable channels score big ad bucks on tight race
President Obama’s debate stumble was a game-changer not only for challenger Mitt Romney but also for the cable guys. With the race tightening just a month before the election, the...
Jobs report gets curiouser and curiouser
Did someone rig the unemployment figures last Friday? Former GE head Jack Welch thinks they did, and so does Donald Trump. A lot of other people probably share that opinion,...
OWS tweets go to prosecutors
Manhattan prosecutors finally have their hands on a stack of Twitter messages written by an Occupy Wall Street protester who was arrested for blocking the Brooklyn Bridge last year, The...
Massif’s combat wear goes upscale
This is taking “dressed to kill” to a whole new level. Massif — a supplier of combat clothes to elite US military units — is launching a mens wear line...
PE titans in ‘smoking gun’ e-mails
Perhaps now we should call them “A Group of Barbarians at the Gate.” Pages of e-mails sent by the country’s most powerful private-equity titans allegedly showing a pattern of collusion...
Stock scammer may drop a dime on pals
Stock scammers better watch out! A notorious pump-and-dump artist nabbed in an international sting operation in March is coming clean and has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Swiss national Jean-Pierre...
Ascension of True Religion
True Religion Apparel, the maker of the namesake designer jeans, surged the most in more than three years after saying it will explore strategic alternatives, including a possible sale. The...
Auto sales boost Sirius
Sirius XM Radio, the satellite-radio broadcaster, rose the most in two months after boosting its forecast for 2012 subscriber gains to 1.8 million from 1.6 million, helped by growth in...
Self magazine hit by Condé Nast cutbacks
Cutbacks started at Condé Nast late yesterday, with a least one corporate vice president and eight editorial staffers on Lucy Danziger’s Self magazine getting the ax. The cutbacks are expected...
NYC hedge fund gets heat in telco case
A Manhattan hedge fund’s no-brainer investment in a Canadian telecom is turning into one huge headache. Mason Capital Management is being widely criticized for its attempt to scuttle a move...
NY Times mediator is named
Only days after a mini-walkout at the New York Times by members of the Newspaper Guild, the union and the company have suddenly agreed to bring in a mediator to...
Due South
Ayear ago, Alyssa and Mathieu Palombino moved into the Gretsch, the 10-story South Williamsburg building on Broadway between Wythe and Berry that was converted into condos back in the early...
Hump day
After scouting several New York City apartment buildings, Brooklyn Nets power forward Kris Humphries, who’s still tangled in divorce proceedings with Kim Kardashian, has settled on a rental at Liberty...
Just sold!
Manhattan UPPER EAST SIDE $2,470,000 303 E. 77th St. Two-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath duplex penthouse condo, 1,652 square feet, with kitchen with Viking appliances and quartz counters, master bath with Kohler...
It’s not you, it’s me
My good friend is a broker and will be offended if I don’t give him my apartment listing. Unfortunately, I don’t think he’ll get me the best price for my...
Snow days
Perched on the sixth floor of a Mott Street walk-up building, musician Andrew Wyatt’s one-bedroom feels like a retreat. The wood paneling in the living room and many of the...
Ally creates a 10G ‘bundle’ of grief for Liu
With supporters like this, Comptroller John Liu doesn’t need enemies. The feds say a Liu fund-raiser charged with scheming to violate campaign-finance laws has revealed that the comptroller’s 2013 campaign...
EIGHTH Bronx HS Science alum wins Nobel Prize
Yeah, baby! The Bronx is up! They must be doing something right at the Bronx HS of Science, because the Nobel committee yesterday awarded an eighth prize to a graduate...
Cartel coke cash seized
The feds have seized more than $31 million allegedly stashed in American banks by Peruvian drug traffickers who’ve been disguising their cocaine-processing operations as gold-mining businesses.The money was deposited in...
Voodoo a voo-don’t in slay trial
There’ll be no “witch doctor” testifying as an expert witness for a Senegalese-raised man who claims he fatally slashed his ex-girlfriend in her new boyfriend’s bed because a “curse” compelled...
Pussy ‘Rioter’ set free on appeal
MOSCOW — A member of the band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal yesterday, but a court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed for their raucous cathedral protest against...
Chasing down a hero’s ‘killer’
Officer Peter Figoski went down the stairs leading to the basement. His partner, Glenn Estrada, was outside the Brooklyn house, struggling with a suspect who had run out. Estrada heard...
Thou shalt not run Torah scam
A nebbishy rabbi who called himself the “Jewish Indiana Jones” deserves up to five-plus years in the slammer for whipping up tall tales about unearthing Torahs lost during the Holocaust,...
NFL and TV icon Alex Karras dead at 77
On the gridiron, Alex Karras was the ferocious “Mad Duck” of the Detroit Lions. On the silver screen, he was the doltish Mongo who punched out a horse in “Blazing...
Judge faces censure for 250G in ‘disguised’ cash
A Manhattan judge should be censured for accepting $250,000 in “disguised” campaign contributions, a state commission found yesterday. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct determined that Surrogate’s Court Judge Nora...
Crook-pol presence ‘missed’
At least he had a good excuse. Disgraced Bronx pol Larry Seabrook — who was on trial twice in the past 12 months — had the worst attendance record in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A bank robber knocked off an East Village branch yesterday, police said. The crook entered the Valley National branch at Fourth Avenue and East 12th Street just before...
AD WAR: City putting up subway billboards touting diversity
The city is jumping into the subway-ad holy war. The Commission on Human Rights is countering controversial billboards that call enemies of Israel “savage” with a new ad campaign promoting...
I say, Brit PM’s a fine chap: Mike
British Prime Minister David Cameron is A-OK with Mayor Bloomberg.“He has governed with integrity,” Bloomberg told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, England, where he was invited to speak yesterday.The...
Meeks pal cops plea
A Queens businessman who had been pressed by prosecutors to dish dirt on his friend, embattled Rep. Gregory Meeks, pleaded guilty yesterday to a $50 million mortgage-fraud scheme. Edul Ahmad...
Panel pushing 21% fare hikes
And you thought subway fares were already too expensive. The MTA should hike fares by 21 percent over the next four years to pay for maintenance projects and plug projected...
Down side of NY job growth
New York will add 700,000 jobs over the next 13 years — but most will be in lower-paying service industries, according to a study released yesterday by the city’s leading...
Halloran clears his $late
City Councilman Dan Halloran is no longer a campaign-finance scofflaw, according to the state Board of Elections, now that he’s filed 2 1/2 years worth of delinquent forms in Albany,...
No hue turn for vehicles
DETROIT — If you bought a new vehicle this year, chances again are it was white or silver.Twenty-two percent of cars and trucks built for the 2012 model year have...
Lohans diss and make up
They should probably be called the Loathsome family from now on. Lindsay Lohan’s life reached a new trailer-park low yesterday when she ended a night of hard partying with her...
Astro-Soprano
Sarah Brightman, the world’s top-selling soprano, says she has booked a trip to the International Space Station. Brightman, who had a 1978 hit, “I Lost My Heart to a Starship...
App finds you a Jew
Are you Jewish and single? There’s an app for that. Yenta, a new iPhone application that connects Jewish singles based on their location, debuted about a month ago, the latest...
Pink stone to brownstone
The new owners of a pink-painted Brooklyn brownstone are asking the city for permission to change it back to brown. Joseph and Jeanne Accetta forked over $2 million for the...
Teammates ratted on 'dope' Lance Armstrong: authorities
Lance Armstrong’s heroic cycling career — which included a record seven Tour de France wins — was a monstrous lie, US anti-doping authorities said yesterday. They released a devastating 164-page...
Firefighter in court fight vs. FDNY suspended after positive pot test: sources
He was riding high after a landmark federal-court victory — and then apparently got even higher. A black city firefighter who was one of the named plaintiffs in the bitter...
And the rentals are too damn scarce
Manhattan rents soared 10.2 percent in the past year as tenants scrambled for new apartments in the tightest, fastest-moving market in years, new figures show. The median rent hit $3,195...
Silver is for ‘rich’ tax hike
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday endorsed boosting the city income tax on the wealthy — clashing with Mayor Bloomberg, who called such a tax hike a “dumb” idea. “People who...
iPhone thief prowls Qns.
An iPhone thief is wreaking havoc in Queens, police said.The robber is responsible for stealing eight of the smartphones between Aug. 1 and Sept. 20 in neighborhoods such as Astoria...
Bronx students set up fake Web page to prove school IT staffer was 'creepy'
And he would have gotten away with it, too — if it weren’t for those meddling kids! Two crafty Bronx high- school students thought the computer technician at their school...
Stunning airport find
Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport yesterday seized a stun gun that was designed to look like a cellphone.A screener working at a Terminal-A checkpoint spotted the weapon as it...
Stabbed coach ‘a hero to kids’
He wasn’t just a coach; he was a beloved hero. Slain youth-soccer coach Michael “Jonesy” Jones, 25, was remembered yesterday as a role model idolized by the kids he mentored....
Doctors remove bullet from 14-year-old Pakistani girl targeted by Taliban
Surgeons removed a bullet from a courageous 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a would-be assassin from the Taliban in a crime that shocked the world....
Pols get into war of words at stop-and-frisk hearing
The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy came under fire yesterday during a heated City Council hearing as members pushed a package of bills that would drastically roll back the crime-fighting strategy. A...
Ballsy killer’s eerie hotel statement
“Carlos is not coming out of that room anymore,” Portuguese underwear model Renato Seabra announced ominously as he left his lover’s bludgeoned and castrated corpse behind on the floor of...
Jeter pad a steal
For once, Derek Jeter wasn’t the one who scored. A Brazilian businessman got a killer deal on the 88th-floor UN Plaza Trump Tower penthouse that the Yankee slugger has called...
Bernie’s bribe job plain ugly
You blew being secretary of Homeland Security for this, Bernie? The $255,000 in renovations for ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik’s Bronx apartment — which he didn’t pay for — were decidedly...
Bieber’s LI cyberbully deal saves pals
Justin Bieber has filmed a public service anti-cyberbullying video at the request of Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice — to get his handlers off the hook for criminal charges for...
Bad cop a far ‘cry’ from dad
A second-generation cop was sentenced yesterday to a year and a day in the slammer for joining in a corrupt smuggling scheme.John Mahoney, 27, broke down in tears as he...
Hill aide reamed over Libya
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a House Oversight Committee yesterday ripped into a State Department official who declined requests to beef up Libya security two months prior to the Benghazi...
Big Bird ad runs afowl
WASHINGTON — If President Obama keeps going ahead with his Big Bird TV ad, he’s going to need a timeout.The Obama campaign said yesterday that the ad — which features...
Christie ‘life’saver for Romney in Ohio
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney hit the campaign trail yesterday in battleground Ohio, where he brought New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to vouch for his pro-life record and clarify his recent...
Paul Ryan and Joe Biden are pumped up for tonight's VP debate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Paul Ryan is pumped up for the big debate. He will clash tonight with Vice President Joe Biden, who faces an extra-heavy lift to repair the damage...
An ‘Appropriate’ fiasco
At yesterday’s incendiary, four-hour hearing in Washington, congressional Republicans ripped into two high-ranking State Department officials who struggled to explain away the administration’s utterly baffling behavior before and after the...
Obama’s medicare cuts: real & deadly
Expect Joe Biden to tee up Medicare in tonight’s debate against Paul Ryan. In campaign stops this week, the vice president repeatedly harangued that the Romney/Ryan ticket “says that we’re...
O, What a tangled web: the democrats’ distortions
The Issue: Accusations by Democrats that Mitt Romney was lying in his debate with President Obama. *** Kudos to Rich Lowry for “Team O’s Pathetic ‘Liar, Liar’ Attack,” (PostOpinion, Oct....
School film’s flaws
The Post has a right to endorse the movie “Won’t Back Down” (“Hollywood’s Teachable Moment,” Editorial, Oct. 7) and its anti-union message. But why not step back and consider the...
The UFT proves a point
File this under “TP” for Totally Predictable: A charter school run by the United Federation of Teachers isn’t cutting it — and may soon be shut down. The charter saw...
Bam team’s bloody failure
‘What is the difference between chaos and control?” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) posed that question yesterday to a witness at a House Oversight Committee hearing into the State Department’s cascading...
Losing NY’s golden goose
‘Five years after the beginning of the financial crisis,” Wall Street “remains in transition,” state comptroller Tom DiNapoli reported Tuesday. The industry is “still working through the fallout from the...
A death knell for affirmative action?
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, a challenge to UT’s use of racial and ethnic preferences in undergraduate admissions as unconstitutional. From the...
Still mad as hell
The years haven’t exactly mellowed Lewis Black. But why would they? If they had, he wouldn’t have an act. He gets angry so we don’t have to. In “Running on...
O tell it: a villain’s triumphant betrayal
So fascinated was Giuseppe Verdi with the villain’s role in “Otello” that he toyed with renaming his 1887 opera “Iago.” Tuesday’s performance of this tragedy at the Met suggested his...
Hardly the best Foote forward
Playwright Horton Foote made his name with wistful family dramas rooted in home and neighborhood. He left a big void when he died in 2009, and now the shoe is...
One midlife crisis, many yawns
Welcome to the most boring midlife crisis of the year. No matter what happens to Harper Regan, the title character of Simon Stephens’ new drama, it’s hard to care. Her...
Injuries concern NHL GMs
This was to be NHL Opening Night. Instead, more stars are examining playing in Europe as the owners’ lockout heads toward Monday night’s one-month anniversary with little to show for...
Belmont Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $28,000; mdn cl($20,000); 3up; (f&m)AZASECRET set the pace and finished second at this distance and level in first...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m; $77,000; alw opt clm; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 KeepMeInfrmd(L),121J Alvarado3-1-2Mott2-12 Indy Scent(L),121A Smith6-3-2Gyarmati5-23 Beautyinthplpt(L),121J Lezcano5-5-1B Brown7-24 Ea(L),121A Garcia1-1-1Jacobson4-15 Star ofNewYork(L),121CVelasquz5-4-2Quick5-1SECOND-1 1/16m(T);...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 11FRIOct. 12SATOct. 13SUNOct. 14MONOct. 15 TUEOct. 16WEDOct. 17YankeesBaltimore7:37TBSWCBS 880 AMESPN 98.7 FM$Bal.>5:07TBSWCBSESPNTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEKnicks&Washington7:00MSG NetworkNOGAME&Bos.7:30MSGNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENetsNOGAMENOGAME&Phil.7:00TBANOGAME&Wash.7:30TBA&Bos.7:30TBANOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Hondo sticking with Reds
Hondo, who had already lost with the Nationals, was about to go double-draino last night when Raul rushed to his rescue in El Bronx, clubbing the Birds to put the...
Manningham excited to face former Giants teammates
Despite the fact he was one of their Super Bowl heroes, as soon as the free-agency signing period began last offseason, Mario Manningham knew his Giants career was finished. “I...
Keller sees himself back in Jet huddle
Dustin Keller admitted yesterday his excitement last month got the best of him. Eager to play in the Jets’ season opener against Buffalo just days after injuring his hamstring, Keller...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogSteelers65 1/2(43)TITANSSundayJETS33 1/2(42 1/2)Colts49ERS5 1/25(44 1/2)GiantsBengals31(44)BROWNSBUCCANEERS3 1/23 1/2(40)ChiefsFALCONS9 1/29(48 1/2)RaidersRAVENS43 1/2(44 1/2)CowboysEAGLES6 1/24(47 1/2)LionsDOLPHINS33 1/2(37 1/2)RamsPatriots43 1/2(44 1/2)SEAHAWKSCARDINALS54 1/2(43)BillsREDSKINSOFFOFF(OFF)VikingsTEXANS43 1/2(48)PackersMondayCHARGERS31 1/2(49 1/2)BroncosHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogArizona St.22 1/2 (57)COLORADOTULSA16...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing2 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, Practice ESPN23:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Practice ESPN26 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, Practice ESPN27 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Qualifying ESPN21 a.m.(Fri.)Formula One: Practice SPEEDBaseball1 p.m.NLDS: Giants at Reds, Game 5...
Giants blow past Reds to force a Game 5
CINCINNATI -- Tim Lincecum in flashback brilliance out of the bullpen Wednesday. Matt Cain on the mound to start today. Hunter Pence leading tub-thumping revival meetings in the dugout. The...
Cardinals, Carpenter grab 2-1 lead on hapless Nationals
WASHINGTON — The first postseason game in this city since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s initial term as president was a FDR — Freakin’ Disaster, Really — for the Nationals. Manager Davey...
Block by Jets' Slauson under review
Jets guard Matt Slauson has come under fire for a block he threw on Texans linebacker Brian Cushing on Monday night that resulted in Cushing being lost for the season...
Steelers ready to start winning streak at Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Steelers may have picked the right place to start winning on the road when they visit the punchless Titans tonight. The Steelers (2-2) have two home...
Sports Shorts
GOLF: : Woods-McIlroy postponed The anticipated showdown between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the World Golf Finals yesterday was pushed back until today because of thunderstorms at the Sultan...
Knicks open preseason with injuries and a peeved Smith
WASHINGTON — The Knicks’ championship ride starts tonight in the nation’s capital and they already have one unhappy player — J.R. Smith — and a lot of injuries. When the...
Mel-O: Knicks' Anthony rooting for Baltimore
WASHINGTON -- Say it ain’t so, Carmelo. Yes, Carmelo Anthony, who moved from Brooklyn to Baltimore when he was 8, admitted he is a diehard Orioles fan. He even showed...
Nets look to live up to early hype
These aren’t the same old Nets. It was hard to find the Nets over the past several years in national NBA coverage, as the team was winding down its tenure...
A's stuns Tigers with 3-run ninth inning, force Game 5
OAKLAND, Calif. — The scoreboard at O.Co Coliseum said it all: “We Ain’t done yet!” Coco Crisp singled in Seth Smith for the winning run in the bottom of the...
Improbable victories norm for A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — On a night everything went right for the Yankees, the A’s made a dramatic comeback to beat the Tigers and send the ALDS to a deciding fifth...
Ibanez joins Yankees legends
With apologies to Allen Iverson, the Yankees have their own version of “The Answer.” His name is Raul Ibanez. Why didn’t the Yankees try to bring back Johnny Damon or...
Yankees offense continues to falter
Raul Ibanez’s two homers not only turned what would have been a killer loss into a victory, it also glossed over the Yankees’ inability to hit for the second straight...
Yankees bullpen impresses Mariano
Mariano Rivera threw out last night’s ceremonial first pitch and though the Yankees would certainly like to have him around to close games, they showed again they are able to...
Orioles vow not to let loss crush their spirit
The defeat was pure agony. Two outs away from being able to clinch a division series tonight, the Orioles now find themselves fighting for survival. “It breaks your heart,” said...
Orioles' Johnson blows Game 3
For so much of the season, the Baltimore bullpen was in the category of death and taxes as far as sure bets. Closer Jim Johnson converted a major-league best 51...
Ibanez bypasses Rodriguez as A-Rod’s lineup spot is no longer a sure thing
In 1992 Raul Ibanez was taken by the Mariners in the 36th round, the 1,006th player selected. The following year, with the first pick in the draft, Seattle grabbed a...
Jeter leaves game with a sore foot
There is a major question about Derek Jeter’s health right now. In the third inning of the Yankees’ 3-2, 12-inning victory over the Orioles last night, Jeter, who has been...
An 0-fer night for Cano
Alex Rodriguez wasn’t the only player in the middle of the lineup to have Raul Ibanez to thank after last night’s 3-2, 12-inning win over the Orioles in Game 3...
Kuroda shows his postseason mettle
Hiroki Kuroda has been dealing with a lack of run support that hurt him throughout his first season as a Yankee and that didn’t change last night.Until Raul Ibanez’s dramatic...
Starr Report
Trisha Goddard’s freshman daytime talk show faces a disadvantage in that it’s airing on mostly lower-rated independent stations and CW stations nationwide. But “Trisha Goddard” has, by all accounts, acquitted...
Drama mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows Mama heads into dangerous territory this week — the land of beautiful young people and their series: “Supernatural” (Wednesday, 9...
‘Thrones’ seeks game amputees for big scene
Filming starts tomorrow in Northern Ireland on the most famous scenes of the epic “Games of Thrones” series — the Red Wedding. And, according to a casting notice, the show...
Dead serious
Fans of “The Vampire Diaries” know that their heroine, Elena, faces a life-altering — or is that un-dead? — decision on tonight’s season premiere (8 p.m./Ch. 11). But they’re in...
Rot of ages
Hide if you value your non-undead life because yes — dammit! — they’re walking again! After what seems like, er, a lifetime, “The Walking Dead,” the flat-out scariest, best, most...
H’wood assistant blog turned into show
The creator of a blog documenting bad things about being a Hollywood assistant has sold it as a TV show. The heretofore anonymous Lauren Bachelis sold a sitcom to CBS...
Weird but true
The gals weren’t “dying” to get their hands on this dirty cash. A bank-robbery suspect was busted at a Southfield, Mich., strip club after he allegedly hung red-dye-coated bills on...
Ride the gamecocks
Steve Spurrier is doing what he loves best — taking downtrodden college football programs and making them nationally relevant. He did it at Duke and a Florida and now he’s...
No letdown for Florida
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...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The lineCHRISSHAWLENNROBBINSBRIANLEWISDAVIDSATRIANOTEDHOLMLUNDJUSTINTERRANOVAHONDORICOAriz. St. 22 1/2 COLORADO (Tonight, 9:00, ESPN)Arizona St.Arizona St. ★ Arizona St.Colorado ★ ColoradoColoradoColoradoArizona St.Louisville 3 PITT (Sat., 11:00, ESPNU)LouisvilleLouisvilleLouisvilleLouisvilleLouisvillePittsburghLouisvillePittsburgha-Oklahoma 3 Texas (Noon, ABC)OklahomaTexasTexasTexasOklahomaOklahoma ★ Texas ★ OklahomaRUTGERS...
A-Rod should be out of Yankees lineup, at least against righties
This no longer is about moving Alex Rodriguez down in the lineup. This is about moving him out. Joe Girardi took the first dramatic step Wednesday night when Raul Ibanez...
In for A-Rod, Ibanez's homers tie, win game for Yankees, who take series lead
Joe Girardi didn't succumb to heavy fan and intense media pressure to delete Alex Rodriguez from the third spot in the lineup for last night's pivotal ALDS Game 3 against...
Secrets of Jacko's wardrobe
When costume designer Michael Bush met Michael Jackson on Bush’s 27th birthday in June 1985, Bush instantly felt a strong connection. And so apparently did Jackson, who hired Bush and...
Gowanus Canal luxury apartments get green light
A controversial plan to build 700 units of luxury apartments along the shores of the toxic Gowanus Canal was greenlighted last night by a Brooklyn community board. But Community Board...
No 'witch doctor' testimony in 'curse' case
There’ll be no “witch doctor” testifying as an expert witness for a Senegalese-raised man who claims he slashed his ex-girlfriend to death in her new boyfriend’s bed because a “curse”...
Lincecum, Giants beat Reds to send series to decisive Game 5
CINCINNATI — Angel Pagan connects on the second pitch of the game. A Giants team that finished last in homers goes on to hit three. Tim Lincecum pitches like a...
VIDEO: Costello talks Jets keeping positive vibes vs. Colts
Monday night was not a total disaster for the Jets like many thought. Actually, Gang Green had a number of chances to win the game against the Texans.The Jets will...
WATCH: 'Here Comes the Boom' actor, ex-UFC fighter Miller melts down on podcast
Jason Miller was given a chance to set the record straight following his arrest for vandalizing a church naked in August. The former UFC star, nicknamed “Mayhem,” used the platform...