October 18, 2012
Tigers trounce Yankees, handing them first seven-game postseason sweep since 1976
DETROIT -- Ninety-five wins, an AL East title and an ALDS victory never looked this empty. Not when all of that is followed by getting swept by the Tigers in...
Rangers hunt animal abuser in Pelham Bay Park
Rangers are on the hunt for an animal-abusing sicko, who is shooting darts at little defense-less creatures in Pelham Bay Park, authorities said today. A maintenance staffer at the Bronx...
Bridge and Tunnel cops save life of 9-year-old on Verrazano Bridge
Two Bridge and Tunnel cops saved a 9-year-old’s life yesterday after the child’s neck became entangled in a seatbelt mid-span on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Little Arthur Tyminsky was riding...
Cops return empty-handed in Mexico hunt for suspect in soccer coach slay
Three NYPD detectives have returned empty-handed from Mexico, where they were sent to aid in the search for a man suspected of savagely killing a soccer coach in the West...
Sandusky asks judge to overturn abuse convictions
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky asked a judge on Thursday to overturn his child sexual abuse convictions and grant him a new trial, claiming...
Queens judge denies perv's request to lower jail sentence to spend Christmas with family
A Queens judge slammed a pervert's request to lower his jail sentence to be with his four children for Christmas. "Give him four months or less judge, I ask this...
'Jacked up' Seabra given anti-psychotics immediately after appearing at Roosevelt Hospital: testimony
He was "jacked up," laughing bizarrely, and promising to save the world. Killer boy toy Renato Seabra appeared so immediately and obviously crazy, that doctors quickly dosed him with anti-psychotics...
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. models given specific rules while serving CEO on jet
The actors and models who worked on an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Gulfstream G550 jet had crystal-clear rules for serving Chief Executive Officer Michael Jeffries. Clean-shaven males had to...
Wretched 'In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel' adds insult to injury
The production of Tennessee Williams' "In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel" that opened last night at New World Stages is so brazenly, so amateurishly ghastly that we decided not...
YouTube goes down for some users, 'trained monkey' message appears
Google suffered its second huge embarrassment within four hours today when its YouTube site crashed mid-afternoon. Visitors to the popular video-streaming site got an error message raising the specter of...
Game 5 of ALCS scheduled for 4:07 p.m.
If the Yankees can win Game 4 of the ALCS against the Tigers in Detroit, Game 5 will be Friday at 4:07 p.m.Friday was a scheduled travel day, but Wednesday's...
Cops hunt thug who assaulted, robbed elderly man in Bronx
Cops are looking for a violent thug who attacked and robbed an elderly man inside of his Williamsbridge nursing home last month. Police released this shocking video, shown below, of...
SI editor McDonell to become Time Inc. adviser, hand reins to Fichtenbaum
Terry McDonell, who has run Sports Illustrated for a decade, will become a senior adviser to parent Time Inc. and hand the reins to Paul Fichtenbaum as SI editor and...
NY federal appeals court nixes Defense of Marriage Act
Saying the gay population has "suffered a history of discrimination," a divided federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled Thursday that a federal law defining marriage as a union between a...
9/11 victim identified from retested remains
The city's Medical Examiner's Office has identified the remains of another 9/11 victim. The office announced Thursday that it had identified 52-year-old Anna A. Laverty. The identification came after remains...
LIVE BLOG: Yankees swept by Tigers in ALCS
Follow every big play from Game 4 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Tigers here -- and let your voice be heard in our comments section below.Post questions, interact...
Suspect tries to hang self in Narcotics office holding cell
Oscar Batista, a 32-year-old money-laundering suspect, attempted to hang himself this afternoon while in a holding cell of the citywide Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in downtown Manhattan, officials...
Giants' Osi now referring to Redskins' Griffin as 'Sir'
You wouldn’t think a rookie would be knighted, but Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora bestowed the title upon Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III.Umenyiora, who famously insisted over the summer...
Brooklyn 'smugglers' busted for selling 154 guns to undercover cops
A Brooklyn gunrunner who carried illegal weapons in a guitar case was busted in an investigation that netted 154 guns and resulted 11 indictments Undercover cops bought the armory of...
Giants' Bradshaw plans on keeping workload despite injury
Given running back Ahmad Bradshaw’s health history, the Giants would love to limit his work load.They’d also love to win the lottery too, but hey, life’s tough.“If the game would...
New UConn coach impressed with defense of CTK's Calhoun
Omar Calhoun is the all-time leading scorer in the famed history of Christ the King, a list that includes Speedy Claxton, Lamar Odom, Derrick Phelps and Khalid Reeves, but his...
Man who tried to blow up Federal Reserve Bank had associate in San Diego
The Bangladeshi terrorist who tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank yesterday in Manhattan had an associate in San Diego whom feds arrested on kiddie porn charges, a source...
Three things to watch in Nets-Celtics
The Nets will face the Celtics for the second time in three days Thursday night. Here are three things to watch for when the ball goes up a little after...
FTC to nix merger of semiconductor companies IDT and PLX: source
Federal regulators are expected to block the merger of two publicly traded semiconductor companies as early as today, The Post has learned. San Jose-based Integrated Device Technology reached a deal...
Red Bulls Tim Cahill, Thierry Henry praise KC coach Peter Vermes
To a man, the Red Bulls trio of Designated Players insist they can’t worry about coach Hans Backe’s shaky job status, and that can’t impact their performance. But two of...
Local leaders hushed up Boy Scout sex abuse: lawyer
PORTLAND, Ore. — Local Boy Scout leaders, police officials, prosecutors and mayors helped hush up numerous child sex abuse allegations against scoutmasters and other volunteers, according to details in a...
Red Bulls captain Thierry Henry: We don't deserve to be one of the favorites
The Red Bulls have mustered just a single goal in two games vs. East-leading Sporting KC, an own goal at that. And bracing for a third game against a first-place...
Google, Samsung to sell Chrome laptop for $249
SAN FRANCISCO — Google and Samsung are introducing a lightweight laptop computer with a price similar to smaller tablet computers. The computer unveiled Thursday will sell for $249 and run...
MarShon expected to make Nets preseason debut
MarShon Brooks is likely to make his preseason debut Thursday night against the Celtics.The second-year shooting guard, who has been out of action for a week with right foot tendinitis,...
A-Rod's flirt gals had two Yankee admirers: report
Looks like A-Rod wasn’t the only Yankee distracted by a pair of Aussie beauties at Saturday’s game. Aspiring models Kyna Treacy and Katie Quinn tell Inside Edition they received text...
'Emmanuelle' star Sylvia Kristel dies at age 60
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle," has died of cancer at age 60. Her agent, Features Creative Management, said...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Are Giants more than just 49ers ‘kryptonite’
This is the Giants some expected to see following their Super Bowl triumph. They walked into San Francisco and bullied a 49ers team that was considered by some the one...
Smith to miss Knicks' three-game road trip
J.R. Smith has been given the boot on this upcoming road trip. Smith, now wearing a protective boot, didn’t practice Thursday and will not make the Knicks' three-game preseason road...
Google's leaked third-quarter earnings disappoint Wall Street, send shares plunging
Google’s third-quarter results were leaked hours before the search giant was set to report them after the bell, sending the shares down sharply. The results — which missed Wall Street...
No A-Rod, Granderson: Yankees lineup the same for rain-delayed Game 4
DETROIT -- Alex Rodriguez was benched twice for the same game.Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson were still out of Yankees' starting lineup for Game 4 of the AL championship series on...
Dish, Cablevision appear near deal to settle $2.4B Voom case
Dish Network and Cablevision appear to be in talks to settle their long-running legal spat over the cable operator’s defunct Voom TV service. A document filed today in New York...
Jets' McKnight insists he's playing despite ankle sprain
Jets running back Joe McKnight suffered a high left ankle sprain last week, but insists he's going to play Sunday against the Patriots."I'm playing," McKnight said. "For first place? I'm...
Ryan: Jets could use Tebow as running back vs. Patriots
Tebow Time may finally be here – only not as Mark Sanchez's replacement under center. Coach Rex Ryan said during his media briefing Thursday morning there is a chance Tim...
Ann Romney says 'absolutely' no more campaigns if Mitt loses
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wife says her husband will not run again if this race doesn't turn out the way they hope. Ann Romney told ABC's "The...
Jury-duty dope busted for bringing heroin to court
Leave the junk at home. That's a court officer's advice after busting a city high school teacher yesterday for possessing 20 single-use bags of heroin while going through the magnetometers...
NYC exhibition celebrates Katharine Hepburn as fashion icon
A new exhibition is hailing the fashion sense of Katharine Hepburn, whose trademark khakis and open-collar shirts were decidedly unconventional in the 1930s and 40s, when girdles and stockings were...
Revival Circuit: 'Loves of Pharoah' at BAM
This weekend's must-see for NYC's classic movie fans is a spectacular restoration Ernst Lubitsch's long-lost historical epic "The Loves of Pharoah'' (1922), showing Thursday through Saturday evenings at the BAM...
Flavor Flav freed from Vegas jail
LAS VEGAS — Flavor Flav is free from a Las Vegas jail pending a court appearance next week on felony assault and misdemeanor domestic battery charges. A court clerk says...
Randy Jackson’s new artist Mika Newton wants to ‘Come Out and Play’
Mika Newton is not an American idol yet, but the native Ukraine artist is making strides to realizing her singing dreams on the western hemisphere by signing with music producer...
Hookers save broke Greek soccer team
LARISSA, Greece — The world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game. Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys...
Oscar Watch: 'Moonrise,' 'Bernie' lead Gotham nods as 'Sessions,' 'Arbitrage' get snubbed
No film recevied more than two nominations as IFP announced the first kudos nominations of the season today, which are guaranteed to provoke arguments. The Gotham Independent Film Awards will be given out...
Rainouts, A-Rod and moving forward
As Mike Vaccaro writes in his column today, Major League Baseball’s approach toward postseason weather has changed dramatically since the fiasco that occurred in Game 5 of the 2008 World...
Family of alleged Federal Reserve terrorist speaks out
Not only did a Bangladeshi man plan to kill Americans, officials said, he wreaked havoc back at home — breaking the heart and bank account of his devastated family. Loved...
Providence will lean on Brooklyn product Council
Providence was picked to finish dead last in the Big East by coaches and media members, but the Friars have one thing nobody else in the league has.The best point...
Romney opens up 6-point lead over Obama as campaigns hunker down in swing states
Mitt Romney opened up his biggest lead yet in a national Gallup survey, with the latest results showing the Republican nominee up 6 points over President Obama — with less...
Weekly unemployment aid applications up to 388,000, the highest in four months
WASHINGTON — Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the highest in four months. The increase marks a rebound from the previous...
Missing Queens boy, 5, found safe
A sleep-challenged 5-year-old went missing from his Rosedale home this morning, before he was found safe several hours later, authorities said. Aeden Wiggins’ mother checked on him at around 5...
Southwest posts small third-quarter profit after weak September
Southwest Airlines eked out a small third-quarter profit in spite of a September slowdown, the company said on Thursday. Traffic at all the big airlines fell last month. September is...
Sprint seeks majority control of Clearwire
Flush with the promise of cash from a Japanese investor, Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said that it wants to buy out the founder of Clearwire Corp. to gain majority...
Verizon's Share Everything plan boosts third-quarter earnings
Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on...
Philip Morris International's third-quarter profit falls six percent
RICHMOND, Va. — Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc.'s third-quarter net income fell more than 6 percent, despite higher prices, as the company sold fewer cigarettes. The seller of Marlboro...
Nokia loss widens to $1.27 billion in third quarter
HELSINKI — Nokia Corp. reported Thursday that its third quarter net loss widened further to €969 million ($1.27 billion) with a 19 percent plunge in revenue, as it struggles against...
Morgan Stanley's third-quarter earnings beat analysts' estimates
Morgan Stanley reported higher revenue and net income for its third quarter Thursday thanks to gains in its bonds and asset management businesses. Excluding an accounting charge, the bank earned...
West Virginia treasurer has unclaimed check for Matt Lauer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia's treasurer has a check waiting for Matt Lauer, albeit a small one. Treasurer John Perdue said Wednesday that the "Today" show co-host is on a...
Nine animals shot with blowgun in Pelham Bay Park
Authorities are looking for whoever is responsible for shooting blow darts at wildlife in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. The watchdog group NYC Park Advocates says nine animals have...
Nassau Co. officer killed on LIE while responding to collision
A Nassau County cop who responded to an accident on the Long Island Expressway was killed early today when he was struck by another vehicle passing the scene of the...
Newsweek set to end print publication, switch to all-digital version in 2013
Newsweek, which has published a print edition weekly for 80 years, will abandon the format and go all digital after its Dec. 31 issue. The digital edition, to be called...
BOE blunder leaves Bay Ridge voters confused, worried about Election Day
A blunder by the city’s Board of Elections has thousands of voters in Bay Ridge thinking they’ll need to schlep nearly 7 miles into a high-crime area of Brooklyn if...
Local leaders hushed up Boy Scout sex abuse: lawyer
PORTLAND, Ore. — Local Boy Scout leaders, police officials, prosecutors and mayors helped hush up numerous child sex abuse allegations against scoutmasters and other volunteers, according to details in a...
Drone attack linked to US kills at least seven suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen: officials
SANAA, Yemen — Suspected US drone strikes killed at least seven al Qaeda-linked militants in southern Yemen on Thursday, Yemeni security officials and witnesses said. The officials say at least...
Signs point to a costly divorce between A-Rod and Yankees
DETROIT — Alex Rodriguez has long insisted that no set of circumstances would move him to waive his no-trade clause and accept a deal out of New York. But that...
Discipline key to Giants containing Redskins QB
Collecting six sacks against the 49ers was the breakout game the Giants vaunted pass rush had been looking for since the season began. It validated all the hype about it...
Eli intelligence leads to lack of sacks against Giants
David Carr never has seen it before and never has noticed anyone else do it. Only Eli Manning. It is unique, and one of the reasons why Manning is the...
Giants’ JPP to Redskins' RG3: 'Don't bring it to my side'
Redskins rookie quarterback sensation Robert Griffin III already has shown the NFL world speed Usain Bolt might admire. And though the Giants fully expect to see it Sunday, defensive end...
Betting against Yankees' Jeter never wise, but Father Time holds all the cards
DETROIT — At first glance, this is what Derek Jeter is surely thinking: You really think it’s going to take me five months to recover from this? Five months? That’s...
With surgery set for Saturday, Jeter could miss Opening Day for Yankees
DETROIT — Derek Jeter will have surgery on his fractured left ankle Saturday, putting his availability for Opening Day in question. The shortstop is expected to make a complete recovery...
Bloomberg rips candidates' gun violence 'gibberish'
Mayor Bloomberg ripped into both President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney yesterday for addressing the issue of gun violence in their second debate with what he described as “gibberish.”...
Business briefs
Slower ChinaChina’s GDP slowed for the seventh straight quarter — expanding at 7.4 percent in the third period — while showing signs of a pickup in September.Telus voteTelus shareholders voted...
FBI steps up Fletcher’s follies probe
The feds have ramped up their investigation of Manhattan hedge fund Fletcher Asset Management, The Post has learned. Fletcher International, the hedge fund run by Alphonse “Buddy” Fletcher, filed for...
Getting off easy
Google, after a year under the antitrust microscope, appears likely to avoid the most severe regulatory penalties — ones that could have forced it to change its business model, The...
Dish exec mea culpa expected
Dish programming boss Carolyn Crawford, whose courtroom antics culminated in a sobbing, finger-waving tirade against a lawyer and her altercation with an elderly man, is expected back in Manhattan state...
A new Fed chapter: bond fire of the insanities
You already know what a bonfire is. How about a bond fire? When you vote for president in 19 days, you aren’t really voting for Obama/Biden or Romney/Ryan. The real...
Not so fast, Hertz!
Hold up there, Hertz! The Federal Trade Commission is scheduled to vote today on the car-rental company’s proposed $2.6 billion takeover of rival Dollar Thrifty — and the vote is...
Going to the mattresses
Sealy directors and controlling shareholder KKR & Co. short-changed the mattress maker’s stockholders by backing a $229 million buyout bid by rival Tempur-Pedic International, investors said in a lawsuit. Investors...
Ex-Sachs P.R. head has shop
Goldman Sachs’ former p.r. chieftain, Lucas van Praag, is hanging out his shingle, The Post has learned. The silver-tongued spokesman — known for his deft handling of the press and...
More Citi to hit fan
Day two of the Michael Corbat era at Citigroup buoyed investor spirits — pushing shares up 3.2 percent yesterday to a 15-month high amid hopes the new CEO will downsize...
Harry Winston might sell the family jewels
Harry Winston is the marrying kind. Shares of the fabled diamond merchant soared as much as 11 percent yesterday on reports it was in talks to sell its chain of...
Street talk: Pandit packing for London hedges
The buzz on Wall Street is that ousted Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit will return to the hedge-fund world. UK hedge fund Portman Square Capital declined to comment on chatter that...
BofA blahs
Bank of America reported that third-quarter profit was almost entirely consumed by litigation expenses and an accounting charge. Net income fell 95 percent to $340 million from a year earlier....
Filthy ‘Riche’ Fifth
Fifth Avenue real estate is getting even pricier. The Swiss luxury group Richemont has just plunked down $375 million to buy a mere 24,800 square feet at the base of...
Lord & Taylor’s Canadian parent company files for IPO
It’s official: the Canada-based company that owns Lord & Taylor is going public. Confirming a Sept. 4 exclusive report on The Post’s Web site, L&T parent Hudson’s Bay filed for...
Sales go bye-bye at eBay
Sales doldrums hitting eBay in the critical months before the holidays are taking a toll on its revenue forecast.The world’s largest online marketplace forecast fourth-quarter revenue that may miss some...
Twist and Shout
Twisted Sister’s biggest hit was the 1984 rock anthem “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” Listening to the band’s lead singer, Dee Snider, talk about how his wife, Suzette, steered every...
Just sold!
Manhattan EAST VILLAGE $3,300,000 425 E. 13th St. Two-bedroom, two-bath penthouse duplex condo, 2,500 square feet, with metal slide, media/game room, home office and terraces; building features doorman, keyed elevator,...
Billions and billions served!
Since it came out in May, “The Avengers” has made more than $620 million domestically. “The Dark Knight Rises” has netted close to $450 million. But they still won’t equal...
Who’s afraid of the park?
Take a big best-seller about a famous apartment building that’s home to some of the world’s leading plutocrats. Cross it with a muckraking documentarian. What you get: “Park Avenue: Money,...
Hay, Matt Lauer!
Matt Lauer closed on his $3 million, 30-acre horse farm on Deerfield Road in Water Mill and has begun to build an indoor riding facility, along with starting renovations to...
Bam, get mad for Malala
She’s just a kid. My heart is ripped to pieces for Malala Yousafzai. Just 14, she is beautiful, poised and precocious beyond her years. She is also brave. Were Malala...
Flav busted in Las Vegas
Entertainer Flavor Flav (pictured) has been jailed on felony charges stemming from a domestic-argument with his fiancée and alleged threats to attack her teenage son with a knife, Las Vegas...
Prison just what doctor ordered for hosp-scam execs
Now they get to kick back in prison for a few years.Two former execs at New York Presbyterian Hospital yesterday got hit with multiyear prison terms for soliciting more than...
Pro-abort mail $lap
An Upper East Side lawmaker misused taxpayer dollars by sending voters a partisan newsletter that blasts “radical right-wing politicians” and promotes his re-election, critics charge. The controversial pro-abortion mailing, published...
Manhattan woman suing pizza delivery boy, pizza shop and doorman company over 'rape' nightmare
The Manhattan woman viciously raped allegedly by a pizza-delivery boy as her young daughter lay in bed next to her is filing suit today against the teen suspect, his employer...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A gun-toting bank robber made off with more than $1,400 after passing a demand note to a teller at a Midtown branch, police sources said yesterday. The unidentified man...
Ashton Kutcher now TV’s top earner
Sorry Charlie, you left a ton of money on the table. “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher is television’s top-earning TV actor, having raked in $24 million in...
Park dedicated to FDR on Roosevelt Island finally opens
It took nearly four decades, but there’s finally a Roosevelt residing on Roosevelt Island. A spectacular memorial to the nation’s 32nd president was dedicated yesterday at the southern tip of...
No bail in B’way con
A Manhattan federal judge yesterday ordered that Mark Hotten, the alleged con man accused of derailing the planned $14 million Broadway production of “Rebecca,’’ continue to be held without bail.Prosecutors...
Work-comp costs soar
ALBANY — New York’s workers-compensation premium rates were fifth-highest in the nation this year, up from 13th-highest two years ago and 50 percent above the national average, a study by...
Teacher drug bust at court
What a dope!A city teacher was busted yesterday trying to smuggle drugs into the Manhattan State Supreme Court building, cops said.Damian Esteban, 33, a teacher at the Williamsburg School of...
Brooklyn teen sues city, HS teacher for $10M over 'affair'
A Brooklyn high-school student whose teacher was charged with statutory rape after she allegedly carried on a monthlong sexual fling with the boy filed a lawsuit against the city yesterday....
Sicko who set elderly woman ablaze in Brooklyn elevator may get plea deal
The sicko who confessed to burning an elderly Brooklyn woman to death as she cowered in her apartment-building elevator is working on a plea deal with prosecutors, his attorney and...
Bernard Kerik says he lied to two judges in 2006 to cover for pals
He says he lied about lying — but now Bernie Kerik says he’s telling nothing but the truth. The disgraced former police commissioner yesterday testified that he lied to two...
Quinn’s Bravest helmet plea
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants the FDNY to reverse its policy and let firefighters keep their outmoded helmets free.Responding to a Post story, Quinn implored Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano...
East Village ‘house’ band uproar
It’s only rock ’n’ roll — but they still don’t like it.Members of an East Village band have been using their apartment for practice daily, infuriating neighbors who want cops...
Ammon twins conquer ghosts of dad-slay Hamptons mansion for documentary
They believed in their murderous stepfather — even if cops, and eventually jurors, didn’t. Adopted twins Greg and Alexa Ammon lost their dad, Ted, in one of Long Island’s most...
Bank suspect caught green-handed
Three eagle-eyed cops busted a Brooklyn bank robber yesterday still carrying the $8,000 he had stolen, law-enforcement sources said.Kevin Crawford, wearing a Halloween mask, allegedly passed a demand note to...
Bronx motel double-slay suspect kills himself in Florida home surrounded by police
A Haitian musician wanted for killing his wife and her beau at a Bronx motel blew his brains out as police were about to move in on his Florida hideout....
Elex board eyes ‘Indie gift’
The city Campaign Finance Board is probing a $1.1 million payment Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign made in 2009 that was largely ripped off by a political operative, who was tried and...
Catwalker ‘poach’ suit
Hands off our models!Ford Models has filed a $4 million lawsuit against competitor Men Women NY Model Management, accusing the rival firm of brazenly poaching two of its top models.“Women,”...
Dolan to Syria
Pope Benedict XVI is sending a delegation of top Vatican officials, including New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, to Damascus to express solidarity with the Syrian people suffering in their country’s...
Salute to selfless NYC heroes who make a difference
Nine outstanding neighbors whose caring and spunk make us proud to be New Yorkers were honored last night at the 11th annual New York Post Liberty Medal Awards. Regis Philbin,...
Moderate Mike’s $10M pol push
In an extraordinary last-minute push to influence national and local elections, Mayor Bloomberg is going to dispatch his senior political aide with more than $10 million to support moderate candidates...
New York building construction to top $30B for first time since 2008: study
New York is in a building boom as construction in the city is expected to top $30 billion this year for the first time since 2008, a new study found....
Mayor on board Liu’s $1B fast-track projects
Mayor Bloomberg lined up yesterday with Comptroller John Liu — a longtime political foe — to announce a plan for speeding up $1 billion worth of city construction projects. Liu...
‘Pass’ the soap
Bet he thought this would wash clean. A Brooklyn middle-school teacher was hit with a hefty fine for bribing his students with “no homework” passes — if they bought a...
O.J.’s slashing prices!
O.J. Simpson has a knife to sell you! The disgraced gridiron great is peddling the stiletto knife used to kill former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her pal Ron Goldman...
NYU’s musical ‘Roots’
The Roots’ drummer Questlove will likely be the most popular professor this spring at NYU — he’ll be teaching a course on classic albums. The musician — whose Grammy award-winning...
Why the f--k Sue said it
WTF? Blame Chuck! Former WNBC/Channel 4 newscaster Sue Simmons finally explained her infamous 2008 on-air exclamation, “What the f--k are you doing?!?” It was directed at co-anchor Chuck Scarborough, she...
Terror ‘boom’ turns to bust
A young Bangladeshi on a mission to “destroy America” tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in lower Manhattan yesterday with what he thought was a 1,000-pound van bomb,...
Texan guilty in DC diplo-slay plot
A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he thought was a drug dealer in Mexico last...
KSM’s camo slammo
The terrorist mastermind of the 9/11 attacks slinked into a courtroom yesterday wearing an American military vest, rubbing coarse salt in the wounds of families whose loved ones were killed...
Incumbent poll-axed
Mitt Romney has expanded his lead over President Obama in a key national poll and caught up in the swing state of Wisconsin.Gallup’s seven-day national tracking survey shows Romney ahead...
Mike gun slap
Mayor Bloomberg ripped into both President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney yesterday for addressing the issue of gun violence in their second debate with “very little honesty.’’ “They had...
Elex Board ‘walks’ it back
A blunder by the Board of Elections has thousands of voters in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, thinking they’ll need to trek nearly seven miles across the borough to East New York...
Obama and Romney continue fight in battleground states after feisty LI debate
President Obama and Mitt Romney took their caustic, finger-pointing debate from Long Island to the swing states yesterday, trading accusations about jobs and making urgent appeals to women voters. Obama,...
Debate moderator Candy Crowley draws fire for stepping in to contradict Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON — Conservatives pounced on CNN anchor Candy Crowley yesterday for correcting Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and giving President Obama more time during Tuesday’s presidential debate. “I think he...
Lance Armstrong dropped by Nike, quits as Livestrong cancer foundation chairman
Lance Armstrong was dumped by Nike and quit as chairman of the cancer-fighting foundation he founded in the latest fallout from damning revelations that he cheated his way to the...
Belmont’s ‘A Rod’ a big loser, too
At least this “A-Rod” doesn’t flirt with the fillies when he’s losing. A 4-year-old gelding racehorse who shares a nickname with performance-challenged Yankee Alex Rodriguez finished seventh in an eight-horse...
A-Rod's 'ball girl' applied for Scores strip-joint ad
A-Rod’s newest ball girl is game for anything — even hawking her wares for a Scores strip-joint ad. Saucy Aussie import Kyna Treacy — who caught Alex Rodriguez’s eye and...
‘Taking responsibility’
What should a political leader do when something goes terribly wrong on his watch? Pointing fingers at others and deferring blame brings two risks: The public may not believe the...
Bam’s Benghazi bull: case closed
Between President Obama and CNN’s Candy Crowley, Tuesday night’s debate seemed to “confirm” a blatant, provable falsehood — that Obama has always called the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens and...
With Bam’s poor record, dems have to Mitt-pick
The Issue: The performance of both candidates in the second presidential debate on Tuesday night. *** Again, Mitt Romney clearly won the debate against President Obama, hitting him hard on...
A win for the good guys
The FBI and the NYPD have once again teamed up to protect the city from terror — without so much as a by-your-leave from the Associated Press. Imagine that. Early...
Candy’s not dandy
Media bias is more often sensed than seen, but America got its faced rubbed in it Tuesday night — by debate “moderator” Candy Crowley. CNN’s Crowley selected both questions and...
In service to the city
Kudos to the winners of The New York Post’s 11th annual Liberty Medal awards. By their exceptional service and outstanding character, these local heroes, who received their awards at a...
One Mideast success
The Obama team’s bumbling response to the fatal Benghazi attack is threatening to obscure the president’s lone success in an otherwise dismal Mideast record. Tuesday’s debate won’t be the last...
Why Mitt’s winning over women
An interesting story from last winter: An e-mail friend who lives in an affluent suburb far from Washington, a staunch Republican, was watching one of the Republican debates with his...
Over the moon for ‘Comet’
Much like the celestial body of its title, the new pop opera “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” has appeared out of nowhere to brighten the theatrical season....
It starts with ‘None’ & doesn’t amount to much
Take a bunch of good dancers, add every modern dance cliché in the book — then multiply by three. The exciting but predictable product would be Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s...
Jets’ Cromartie steps up game in Revis’ absence
The New Antonio Cromartie doesn’t call Tom Brady an A-hole. “He’s a competitor, he hates to lose,” Cromartie said Wednesday. “I’m a guy, I hate to lose, too. And knowing...
Safety net: New Jets DBs brought in to stop Patriots TEs
The last time Jets fans saw Rob Gronkowski, he was embarrassing the Jets safeties. The big Patriots tight end had eight catches for 113 yards and two touchdowns as New...
Fast-break Patriots’ O no slam dunk for success
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For all of the buzz about the numbers being piled up by the Patriots’ new fast-break version of the no-huddle offense, the only ones that matter are...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Vilma returns to practice amid suspension Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma practiced for the first time all season after appealing his one-year suspension for his participation in last years’ bounty...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $73,000; mdn spcl wt; 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Ear D' Rhythm(L),120J Alvarado5-x-xNicks8-11 a-CorporateCltr(L),120RDomingz3-x-xC Brown2-11A a-CurrencyGns(M),115W Garciax-x-xPompay2-13 Winning Scoop(L),120J Lezcano8-x-xMott10-14 CarolineThoms(L),120J Rosario2-x-xTagg5-25...
Belmont Park Charts
October 17th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Yielding 2,7,8 Off 6, 9©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7f(T); $40,000; cl($20,000); 3upOff: 12:51. Good. off duel,3w,ask 3/8plTime: 23.65, 46.57, 1:1.77, 1:23.76.Trainer: Rudy RodriguezWinner:...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 18FRIOct. 19SATOct. 20SUNOct. 21MONOct. 22TUEOct. 23WEDOct. 24YankeesDetroit4:07TBSWCBS 880 AMESPN 98.7 FM$Det.TBATBSWCBSESPN$Det.8:07TBSWCBSESPN$Det.8:07TBSWCBSESPNTBDTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMEK.C.7:00MSGWPATNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEKnicksNOGAME&Tor.7:00MSG2&Bos.7:30MSGNOGAME&Phil.7:00MSGNOGAME&Nets7:30MSGNets&Boston8:00TNT&Phi.7:30YESNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME&Knicks7:30TBDHOMEAWAY
Hondo won’t Duck the action
Slumping Hondo was deprived of an opportunity to knock a chunk off the deficit last night when Yanks-Tigers was rinsed in Detroit, which left the NRN (nasty red number) holding...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)Underdog49ERS7 1/27(37 1/2)SeahawksSundayGIANTS6 1/25 1/2(50)RedskinsPATRIOTS1110 1/2(47)JetsBILLS3 1/23(46 1/2)TitansVIKINGS46(40)CardinalsCOLTS33(45)BrownsTEXANS4 1/26 1/2(48 1/2)RavensPackers45 1/2(44 1/2)RAMSCowboys22(45 1/2)PANTHERSSaints33(49 1/2)BUCCANEERSRAIDERS54(43)JaguarsSteelers1 1/21 1/2(45 1/2)BENGALSMondayBEARS66(47 1/2)LionsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogOregon8 1/2 (68)ARIZONA ST.Houston5 1/2 (60 1/2)SMUTomorrowSYRACUSE4...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball4 p.m.ALCS, Game 4: Yankees at Tigers TBS, WCBS (880 AM), ESPN (98.7 FM)8 p.m.NLCS, Game 4: Giants at Cardinals FOX, ESPN (98.7 FM)Basketball8 p.m.Preseason: Celtics at Nets TNTFootball7:30 p.m.Hampton...
Players expected to reject NHL’s offer
Now the puck is in Donald Fehr’s end, and the union head will have to perform the stuff for which he was hired. He’ll certainly reject the offer today which...
NFC West battle for 1st
SAN FRANCISCO — Last October, the 49ers were all alone in first place and already on their way to winning the NFC West title in commanding fashion in coach Jim...
Jets coach tips his cap to Patriots' Belichick
There’s a man who Rex Ryan looks up to constantly, who seems atop this pedestal the Jets head coach himself wants to reach one day, a perch of immortality. But...
Giants’ Canty aims to suit up vs. Redskins
Defensive tackle Chris Canty practiced Wednesday for the first time since off-season knee surgery and while admitting he has “a long ways to go before I can help and contribute”...
Jets terminate FB Conner
Hasta la vista, John Conner. The Jets fullback known as “The Terminator” was waived by the team Wednesday after reaching an injury settlement. Conner has been battling knee and hamstring...
Knicks’ Camby vows to be ready next week
Marcus Camby is on the way back. Next week. In his first comments since going down on the third day of training camp with a calf strain, Camby Wednesday said...
Nets bask in new light of winning
There are plenty of new things about the Nets this season — a new city, arena, uniforms, roster. But there’s also a different feeling around the team, as well. Coach...
Rasheed’s Knicks contract not guaranteed ’til January
Coach Mike Woodson has time to decide if out-of-shape Rasheed Wallace can help the Knicks before owner James Dolan is on the hook for the entire $1.3 million veteran’s minimum....
Carpenter hits 2-run HR in place of injured Beltran to ignite Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Neither losing Carlos Beltran nor sitting through a three-hour and 28-minute rain delay with a two-run lead made the Cardinals complacent yesterday. Matt Carpenter came to the...
Tigers can be playoff mainstay
DETROIT — Considering the Yankees’ age and contractual situations, this season may be one of the last runs for the core of this team. That’s not the case with the...
Strong drafts are paying dividends for Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — There are lots of reasons why the Cardinals are successful. One of the big ones is their ability to find talent in the draft, especially in the...
Yankees can’t let postseason shape forward thinking
DETROIT — In the offseason of 1998-99, following their winningest season of all time, the Yankees faced a significant decision: Who would be their third baseman going forward? They could...
Kobe: A-Rod ‘forgets’ he’s great
Kobe Bryant has not been benched often, if ever, and certainly not in the playoffs. But in a recent coversation, the Lakers star did try and cheer up his friend,...
Before rain, Yankees benched A-Rod again
DETROIT — Joe Girardi made out last night’s lineup card knowing it could the team’s last game of the season. Yet he still left Alex Rodriguez’s name off it for...
Yankees GM Cashman: No A-Rod trade talk
DETROIT — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman strongly denied ysterday discussions between the club and the Marlins about a trade involving Alex Rodriguez have been held. According to MLBlogsNetwork, the...
Ace Sabathia will start for Yankees today but not in potential Game 7 due to rainout
DETROIT — Dream big, right? For the Yankees the dream of forcing the ALCS to a Game 7 is borderline impossible. Yet, when Major League Baseball postponed Game 4 of...
Extra day in Detroit not worst thing for dysfunctional Yankees
DETROIT – At 9:45 p.m., the field was still dry as a bone, the stands at Comerica Park empty and the clubhouses quiet. The tarpaulin was stretched tight over the...
Starr Report
Golden oldies . . . Veteran Chicago media reporter Robert Feder — who covers the TV beat like a glove — is reporting in Time Out Chicago that NBC-owned stations,...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows A few final summer vestiges wrap up this week: “Copper” (Sunday, 10 p.m., BBC America) As we close in on...
Kimmel kinda apologizes to Bristol
Talk about your backhanded apologies. Jimmy Kimmel gave Bristol Palin a halfhearted “sorry” for poking fun at her mom, Sarah Palin, on Tuesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Bristol was visiting...
It’s sketti!
How many 7-year-olds from small-town Georgia can say they spent their fall break on a whirlwind media tour? “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star Alana Thompson and her mom, June...
Robin Roberts ‘Nashville’ cameo
Robin Roberts, who’s recovering from a bone-marrow transplant, will appear on ABC’s “Nashville” in an episode airing on Halloween. The “Good Morning America” co-anchor, who’s been off the show since...
Spy who shagged me
And you thought Lauren Reed was dead. Wrong. Clearly Lauren did not die on “Alias,” way back when, because for one thing she’s back. Reincarnated with a different name, but...
Weird but true
Want a kid who’ll be rich enough to support you? A new Web site called “Fame Daddy’’ will offer women “celebrity sperm’’ from top athletes, actors and rock stars for...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The lineCHRISSHAWLENNROBBINSBRIANLEWISDAVIDSATRIANOTEDHOLMLUNDJUSTINTERRANOVAHONDORICOOregon 8 1/2 ARIZ. ST. (Tonight, 9:00, ESPN)OregonOregon ★ Arizona St.OregonOregonOregonOregonOregonSYRACUSE 4 1/2 Uconn (Tomorrow, 8:00 ESPN)SyracuseSyracuseUConnSyracuseSyracuseUConnSyracuseUConnLsu 3 1/2 TEXAS A&M (Sat., Noon, ESPN)LSU ★ LSUTexas A&MTexas A&M ★...
Pitino-Boeheim have war of words over Syracuse's Big East departure
Here’s the deal with being a true New Yorker, in Rick Pitino’s case, a native New Yorker: Sometimes you’re going to tick off some people and other times you’re going...
South Carolina will give coach cover vs. Florida
On the list of “People You Don’t Want to be This Week,” we humbly offer Jerri Spurrier, the wife of South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. The Gamecocks are coming off...
Gators pick is a snap
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...
Sue Simmons blames Chuck Scarborough for on-air F-bomb
WTF? Blame Chuck! Former WNBC/Channel 4 newscaster Sue Simmons finally explained her infamous 2008 on-air exclamation, “What the f- -k are you doing?!?” It was directed at co-anchor Chuck Scarborough, she...
Meet the blowout junkies
Clad in an animal-print fur coat and clutching a Céline bag, Gabby Fraenkel has a sleek attitude to match her silky new ’do. She gives herself a once-over in the...
How Nora changed my life — or, at least, my hair
Life is short — and my hair is long, thick and frizzy, as if I’m trapped in my own cumulonimbus cloud. Yet until recently, I reserved the only remedy —...
Manhattan woman to file lawsuit against alleged pizza delivery boy rapist, his employer and doorman company
The Manhattan woman viciously raped by a pizza-delivery boy as her young daughter lay in bed next to her is filing suit Thursday against her alleged attacker, along with his...
Council Speaker Quinn wants FDNY to allow firefighters to keep old helmets free of charge
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants the FDNY to reverse its policy and let firefighters keep their outdated helmets free of charge. Responding to a Post article, Quinn implored Fire...
Yankees-Tigers ALCS Game 4 postponed until Thursday due to rain
DETROIT — Game 4 of the AL championship series between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers was postponed because of bad weather in the area Wednesday night — although...
New film captures WTC redevelopment battle
The political battle royal over the World Trade Center site is meticulously captured in the new revealing documentary, “16 Acres.” The flick covers the decade of twists and turns from...
Knicks to play before less fans with MSG transformaton
The Knicks are expected to extend their home sell-out streak this season at the Garden, but will play before less live fans. With the second stage of the Garden transformation...
The Roots drummer Questlove to teach music class at NYU
Questlove, the drummer for The Roots, will likely be the most popular professor this spring at NYU — he’ll be teaching a course on classic albums. The musician — whose...