October 19, 2012
The Defense of A-Rod
We are 24 hours removed from arguably the second most embarrassing Yankees postseason series of this current era (the Red Sox coming back from 0-3 in 2004 was worse), and...
Nets pick up 2013-14 option on Brooks
In a widely expected move, the Nets picked up the team option for next season on the contract of second-year shooting guard MarShon Brooks yesterday.“It was the right decision,” Avery...
WATCH: Sexy UFC Octagon girl Arianny Celeste stars in music video
It’s been 30 years since “Fast Times with Ridgemont High” first aired in movie theaters. Since then, the gratuitous sexy-girl-getting-out-of-a-pool-dripping-wet scene has probably been done thousands of times.But we’ve never...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Can Baltimore and Pittsburgh survive injury woes?
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week. Injury bug bites big time in Baltimore The Ravens lost not only...
WATCH: Barclays-area 7-Eleven clerks strip shoplift suspect in struggle over candy bar
His chocolate craving cost him his clothes — and his dignity. A group of bold clerks at a 7-Eleven near Brooklyn’s Barclays Center were caught on a video dragging an...
Bald eagle spotted above Brooklyn Bridge
A bald eagle flies in Brooklyn. The symbol of the nation was spotted soaring above the famed Brooklyn Bridge last weekend in a sighting captured by eagle-eyed photographer Theodore Parisienne....
East Village club employees band together to stop 'dipping' robberies
Organized bands of thieves are targeting East Village partiers — but quick-thinking club employees have started fighting back. Pickpockets using a three-man system called “dipping” have been plaguing clubs, authorities...
Iona has lots of local prospects attending 'Maroon Madness'
Iona College is hosting its Midnight Madness a week after most schools, but that has only added to the amount of local prospects set to take in the event, named...
MTA to rename Brooklyn Battery Tunnel after late Gov. Hugh Carey
Bye, bye Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. The MTA is officially renaming the 62-year old tunnel connecting Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan after the late Gov. Hugh Carey on Monday, officials said yesterday....
Hal: 'Bitter end' to Yankees season
Calling Detroit’s four-game sweep in the AL championship series “a bitter end to our year,” Yankees boss Hal Steinbrenner says the team will take necessary steps toward a World Series...
Jets Coples, Maybin fined for hits on Colts' Luck
A pair of Jets got hit with fines Friday. Defensive end Quinton Coples was fined $10,000 for his facemask penalty on Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, according to a...
Tim Tebow patents Tebowing
Surely many of Tim Tebow’s legion of followers have suggested the Jets’ backup quarterback’s patent Tebowing, his signature prayer. Apparently he's done exactly that, applying for and a trademark and...
Megan Draper inspires new 'Mad Men' collection
Banana Republic is adding a little “Zou Bisou Bisou” to their spring collection. The store is collaborating with AMC for their third “Mad Men” collection (out March 1), according to...
Giant 'Big Tex' statue burns down after 60 years as State Fair icon
DALLAS — Big Tex, the metal cowboy whose slow drawl of "Howdy, folks!" made him an icon of the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, was destroyed Friday when...
Burnt to a crisp: Banana Boat recalls sunscreen after people 'caught on fire'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the...
Schmidt: A-Rod cursed by huge Yankees contract
Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt and Alex Rodriguez have both won three MVP awards and a World Series title. Schmidt hit 548 home runs and was a 12-time All-Star; Rodriguez...
Scribblenauts Unlimited Developer: This Is “Definitely the Best Version of Scribblenauts We’ve Ever Produced”
Yesterday was exactly one month away from the launch of the first new game console in years: the Nintendo Wii U. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be featuring a...
Fidel Castro in 'vegetative state' after stroke: doctor
HAVANA — The rumor mill surrounding the health of Fidel Castro churned anew on Friday, despite a letter from the aging Cuban revolutionary published by state media and denials by...
Nicks feeling better, after being 'cautious' in Giants win over 49ers
Against the 49ers last week, Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks was admittedly too cautious. Can’t really blame him: it was his first game after three weeks of being inactive with...
FRIDAY FIVE: Yankees bloody afermath
So for the 11th time in 12 years, the Yankees finished the season without winning a World Series championship. To many Yankees fans, that constitutes a crisis. To others, it’s...
Giants' Canty waiting for coaches to decide if he'll play
The waiting continues for Giants defensive tackle Chris Canty.Canty (offseason knee surgery), who has been on the physically unable to perform list, said he had no indication if he would...
NYPD sergeant jetted to Paris to visit his murder suspect sweetheart: prosecutor
A French-speaking NYPD sergeant on trial for lying about his romantic relationship with a Brooklyn homicide suspect flew to Paris twice to see his murderous “chéri,” prosecutors said today. Sgt....
McKnight will be 'game-time' decision for Jets
Rex Ryan says Jets running back-kick returner Joe McKnight will be a "game-time decision" on whether he plays Sunday in an AFC East showdown with the New England Patriots.McKnight is...
NHL cancels games through Nov. 1
After rejecting the Players Association’s CBA counter-proposals Thursday, the NHL on Friday cancelled another week of games, running through Nov. 1. Friday’s cancellation makes it 135 games scratched, although the...
Goodell steps down from Saints bounty case, Tagliabue takes over
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appointed predecessor Paul Tagliabue to hear the appeals of four players suspended in the Saints' bounty scandal.Goodell said Friday he notified Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith, Scott...
Driver in LIE cop death pleads not guilty to DWI, manslaughter
A driver involved in two crashes on the Long Island Expressway which led to the death of a highway patrolman responding to the scene was released on bond Friday after...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Sixers
After suffering their first loss of the preseason Thursday against the Celtics, the Nets are right back at it Friday night at Barclays Center against the Sixers. Here are three...
Celtics send message with 30-point rout of Nets
There is plenty to talk about from Thursday night’s 115-85 Nets loss to the Celtics at Barclays Center, and not much of it is good. Let’s get into it:-- The...
Owner of Hart Schaffner Marx, which makes suits worn by President Obama, files for Chapter 11
HMX Acquisition Corp., the owner of tailored clothing brands including Hickey Freeman and Hart Schaffner Marx, is filing for Chapter 11 bankuptcy protection. The labels Hickey Freeman and Hart Schaffner...
Ryan slams Obama for describing deaths of Americans in Libya as 'not optimal'
WASHINGTON — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan slammed President Obama on Friday for describing the deadly attack in Libya as "not optimal" and said the White House is misleading...
LeBron downplays report about Lakers interest
Are you ready for “The Decision 2: I’m taking my talents to Venice Beach?”Well, LeBron James isn’t either. The Heat star downplayed an ESPN.com report that said the Lakers were...
KSM wins bid for early court dismissal after arguing he needs more sleep
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE — He’s an international terror mastermind -- but he needs his beauty sleep! Cranky mass murderer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed griped to the judge that the long...
Cuckoo castration 'killer' Renato Seabra was cold hearted in the sack, testimony reveals
Crazy in murder, calculating in bed. Killer boy-toy Renato Seabra was too nuts to know he shouldn't castrate and bludgeon his wealthy older lover, a defense shrink is telling a...
Queens beauty school being sued for misleading students
ALBANY — A Queens beauty school is being nailed for allegedly charging hefty fees to hundreds of Chinese-speaking students but then misleading them about the license requirements to become nail...
Fields has moved on from Knicks, doesn't know where Lin's couch is
MONTREAL – Everything has changed for Landry Fields as he took his fledgling career north of the border. He now wears his black Raptors jersey proudly, changing from "6'' to...
Jewish charity staffer sentenced to at least 6 years for selling donors' info as part of huge ID theft ring
A young UJA-Federation clerk apologized and wept as she was sentenced to at least six years in prison for selling the personal financial information of donors, including billionaire investor Ira...
44 TSA workers at Newark Airport face firing, suspension over baggage screen errors
NEWARK — The Transportation Security Administration on Friday moved to fire 25 employees at Newark Liberty International Airport and suspend 19 others for what it said was improper screening of...
49ers coach swings millions in bets by declining penalty
Those who bet on the 49ers were not happy with Jim Harbaugh this morning. In their NFC West showdown with the Seahawks, the 49ers were favored by 7 – 7...
Woman jumps to death from UWS building
A woman jumped to her death on the Upper West Side in an apparent suicide this morning, cops said. The 34-year-old leapt from the sixteenth floor of her building on...
Accused Federal Reserve bomber's home country wants to trade info on case
Bangladeshi officials will meet with US officials on Saturday to get as much information as they can about accused Federal Reserve bomber Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis who hails from...
Cabbie slay duo cleared 17 years later, but have to wait five days for ankle bracelets
Two wrongly convicted and long-suffering inmates were finally cleared today of charges from a 1995 murder -- but they'll still have to spend another five days behind bars. A Bronx...
Knicks' Stoudemire playing tonight, sitting tomorrow
MONTREAL – Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Amar’e Stoudemire will be held out of Saturday’s game in Albany vs. the Celtics as a precaution.Stoudemire will make his preseason debut Friday...
Eight dead, dozens wounded in Beirut car bomb horror
BEIRUT — A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing a top security official and seven others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into...
Embassy attack may have been aimed at driving US out of eastern Libya: report
The attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi may have been part of a broader campaign to drive the US and western presence -- and particularly a growing CIA contingent...
Stop and smell the roses: scientists turn air into gasoline
The next time you head to northern England make sure to stop and take a deep breath of — gasoline. This strange sounding idea comes from a company that claims...
US home sales dip 1.7 percent on tight inventory
WASHINGTON — US sales of previously occupied homes fell in September after hitting a two-year high in August, in part because there were fewer homes available for sale. The National...
Inaugural NJ F1 race postponed because organizers 'didn't know what they were doing'
PARIS — Formula One postponed the inaugural Grand Prix of America in New Jersey until 2014 because organizers "didn't quite know what they were doing." The race originally was scheduled...
Emergency drill slated for Newark airport Saturday morning
Passengers and motorists are advised there's nothing to fear if they see smoke and emergency vehicles around Newark Liberty International Airport. Emergency responders will conduct a drill between 10 a.m....
Colorado fans upset after Madonna uses guns during concert
DENVER — Some Colorado fans are upset after music superstar Madonna used guns during a performance in a community that is still raw from a mass shooting at a local...
Stronger dollar hurts McDonald's third-quarter results
OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's third-quarter net income fell nearly 4 percent as the stronger dollar hurt international results and the chain faced tough competition in the U.S. The world's...
Bloomberg: Don't hate the Yanks - 'they're trying'
New Yorkers who follow baseball are up in arms over the meltdown of the Yankees, but not Mayor Bloomberg. The mayor refused to criticize the highly-paid team, which lost four...
Starbucks opens first India store in Mumbai
MUMBAI, India — Starbucks inaugurated its first store in India Friday in a historic building in southern Mumbai as the Seattle-based coffee giant seeks growth in a market long associated...
GE earnings up 49 percent in third quarter; revenue up three percent
General Electric Co.'s net income rose 49 percent in the third quarter to $3.49 billion as its recovery from the 2008 financial crisis continues. GE earned 33 cents per share...
Waldorf Astoria collects stolen hotel property
Three small, silver spoons elegantly engraved with the words "Waldorf Astoria" have come full circle: Stolen eight decades ago by an employee of the famed hotel, they passed through two...
Sandusky victim says he contemplated suicide
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The young man whose claims of abuse began the criminal investigation that put Jerry Sandusky in prison said he contemplated suicide because authorities took so long to...
Doctors say Pakistani teen shot by Taliban is improving
LONDON — The British hospital treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban raised hopes for her recovery Friday when doctors said she was able to...
Katharine Hepburn's clothing collection on display
Katharine Hepburn — who created her own style “to save [her] the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear” — is being hailed as a fashion icon nearly 10 years...
‘Perv’ eyed as accomplice in terrorist's Federal Reserve bomb bid
The alleged al Qaeda wannabe accused of trying to wipe out the Federal Reserve had an accomplice in San Diego who was busted on kiddie porn charges, sources told The...
O/U Rico
Another losing week for Rico on the Over/Unders, going 67 (21 Best Bets). The season record is 31572 (810). The selections for Week 7 are: OVERS: Niners / Seahawks; Patriots...
Obama discusses Libya response on 'Daily Show'
President Obama deflected criticism over his administration’s response to the US Consulate attack in Libya in a Thursday appearance on “The Daily Show.” “Every piece of information, as we got...
Google CEO speaks, but Street doesn’t like what it hears
Google CEO Larry Page probably wishes he still couldn’t talk. Making his first appearance before a Wall Street crowd since a springtime ailment caused him to lose his voice, Page...
The day straight from hell
Google’s day from hell started with a misfired earnings release, but it didn’t end there. * Early in the day, the chatter in financial circles was that Google had been...
Printer Donnelley caught in wringer
Printer R.R. Donnelley pushed the send button too soon yesterday — causing Google shares to tumble nearly 10 percent before trading in the search giant’s shares was halted for two-and-half...
Dish deal cookin’
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. The court calendar entry yesterday was entitled,...
Fichtenbaum new QB of Sports Illustrated
Time Inc. tapped Paul Fichtenbaum to be the new editor of the publishing giant’s sports group, replacing Terry McDonell, who has been running Sports Illustrated since early 2002. The legendary...
Bland Chipotle $
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the burrito chain recently criticized by hedge-fund manager David Einhorn, reported third-quarter profits that fell short of analysts’ estimates as store sales growth slowed. Net income rose...
M’soft net dips as PC sales slip
Microsoft’s quarterly profit fell a greater-than-expected 22 percent, as sales of computers running its Windows operating system dipped and some revenue was deferred ahead of new releases of its core...
Orient shares hop at bell
The India-based owner of the Pierre Hotel wants to hop on the Orient Express — again.Shares of Orient-Express Hotels, whose properties include Manhattan’s 21 Club, surged 22.5 percent, to $11.05,...
Business briefs
ETrade loss ETrade Financial swung to a loss of $28.6 million in the third-quarter, due in large part to the failure of third-parties to report important data about loan holders...
Goldman Sachs turns tables on tell-all author
Goldman Sachs will tell you why Greg Smith quit: money. The Wall Street firm — caught off guard by Smith’s broadside against the bank eight months ago — moved to...
Swiss miss for Singer in Argentina squabble
In its battle with hedge-fund honcho Paul Singer of Elliott Management, Argentina may have found at least one safe haven: Switzerland. Switzerland’s Federal Council on Wednesday rejected an effort by...
Turncoat Tina: Newsweek print edition folds Dec. 31
Newsweek, which has published a weekly print edition for 80 years, will abandon the format and go all digital after its Dec. 31 issue. The digital edition, to be called...
Black$tone
Blackstone Group, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, said its adjusted third-quarter economic net income swung to a profit of 55 cents per unit from a loss of 34 cents...
MS beats on bond trade gains
Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected adjusted quarterly earnings yesterday as it boosted revenue from trading bonds, long a sore spot for the investment bank.Income from continuing operations — excluding a $2.3...
Hertz lets FTC mull Dollar Thrifty deal
Hertz yesterday gave regulators more time to review its proposed merger with Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. If the car rental agency didn’t extend the deadline, the Federal Trade Commission was...
Bangladeshi family shocked at terror bust of ‘gentle’ son
The banker dad of the Bangladeshi man accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve spent his last penny so his son could get an education in the United...
Student visas ripe for rip-offs
Student visas are rife for exploitation by scam artists and terrorists. It is easy for bogus diploma mills to fool the Department of Homeland Security and be admitted into the...
84% of New Yorkers OK with NYC
The ultimate Big Apple life would have New Yorkers raising kids on Staten Island, doing retail therapy in Manhattan and picking up groceries in Brooklyn. A poll of Gotham dwellers...
Rider relives losing arms in bus crash
Even without hands to gesture, Ren Xiang Yao gave a detailed demonstration yesterday of how he lost his arms last year in a Bronx bus crash. Yao, 63, said the...
Narrows escape for boy
Two Bridge and Tunnel cops saved a 9-year-old’s life after he was choked by his seat belt on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.Arthur Tyminsky was riding in the back seat of his...
Au revoir, graffiti punk
A European graffiti vandal who spray-painted city subway trains was deported to his native France when the NYPD found out he was wanted on similar charges back home, cops said...
KSM kept in the no by ruling
A camouflage-cloaked Khalid Sheik Mohammed was back in court yesterday, and up to his old tricks. A day after disrupting a pretrial hearing with a rambling, anti-American rant, the 9/11...
Kerik mooch-o greedy: pal
Before he was Bernard Kerik, world-famous NYPD commissioner, he was Bernie Kerik, world-class mooch.Not only did Kerik, by his own admission, take $255,000 in free renovations on his Bronx apartment,...
Testi-killer struts psych ward
Good thing he didn’t try this at Rikers. Killer boy-toy Renato Seabra strolled the floors of Bellevue Hospital’s jail ward naked, invited psych nurses into his bed, called himself “Jesus”...
Driver busted on DWI, manslaughter charges in Nassau cop's death
A veteran Nassau County cop was killed yesterday as he investigated a predawn crash on the Long Island Expressway involving a drunken driver, law-enforcement sources said. Officer Joseph Olivieri, 43,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island *** Keep it in your pants, fella! A passenger on a Staten Island Railway train allegedly lifted his shirt, exposed his penis, smiled and shook his package for...
‘Gat’ar case
A Brooklyn gunrunner who carried his illegal wares in a guitar case was busted as part of a trio of undercover investigations that netted 154 guns — including one used...
Celeb chef Flay horsing around
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is one of a dozen appointees to a new 17-member panel that will take over New York’s thoroughbred racing industry.Flay, a restaurateur and thoroughbred owner, appears...
‘Rebecca’ producers to file $100 million lawsuit against LI businessman
“Rebecca the Musical’’ had to cancel its Broadway opening — but the behind-the-scenes drama is booked in two Manhattan courtrooms. Producers of the Broadway show are planning to file a...
Dart devil targets critters
Bronx rangers are on the hunt for a sicko who shoots darts at small defenseless creatures in Pelham Bay Park, authorities said yesterday.A maintenance staffer at the Bronx wildlife refuge...
E. Side home a ‘steel’
The 83-year-old Rothschild Mansion on the Upper East Side was snapped up yesterday by a steel magnate for $25 million, sources told The Post. Buyer Leroy Schecter, 85, who owns...
Abercrombie & Fitch CEO’s rulebook for corporate jet staffers
When the high-flying CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch boards his $50 million corporate jet, he doesn’t want to see the “end square” of the toilet paper folded in the lavatory....
Voters to Alec: Hall no!
Big Apple voters have deflated Alec Baldwin’s fantasy of running for mayor. A new NY1-Marist College poll found 66 percent would prefer that Baldwin (below) stick to acting and stay...
Kate has it in the bag
Sizzling Kate Upton is all packed and ready to go. The super-sexy swimsuit model tells November’s Vogue, “I am confident about my body.” Gee, we can’t imagine why. PHOTOS: MORE...
Dancer: Inn tutu unsafe
“Holland’s Sexiest Ballet Dancer Ever” doesn’t have a leg to stand on after partying at The Standard hotel’s pool.Rubinald Pronk cut open his foot on Sept. 28 on a glass...
Cell charges ‘socket’ to the city
There’s simply no denying a New Yorker with a dying cellphone. Crafty East Village pedestrians have found an ingenious way to charge their devices on the city’s dime — by...
Bx. landlord hails stop-by-and-frisk
A South Bronx landlord had nothing but praise yesterday for an NYPD “stop-and-frisk” program that’s under fire from civil-liberties groups. Consolato “Joe” Cicciu testified the low-income buildings owned by his...
Loser A-Rod & gal pal after Yank debacle
A-Rod looks as if he’d rather be anywhere else yesterday as he skulks out of Comerica Park in Detroit with girlfriend Torrie Wilson after the Tigers swept the Yankees in...
Mike in the clear on party donation
The city Campaign Finance Board sided with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday in a case against his 2009 campaign that ended with a political operative going to jail.The board ruled 3-1 against...
Cuomo’s ‘secret’ pol offer
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo wants to close the Lopez loophole. He suggested subjecting more state legislative records — like the “secret,” taxpayer-funded $103,080 payment to settle sex-harassment charges against Assemblyman...
Yelp outs pay-per-review businesses
Yelp is tired of all the “fake” positivity on its Web site — so yesterday, the online giant began outing merchants trying to pay for positive reviews. Nine businesses, including...
School hires DWI-slay cop
A former NYPD cop who served more than a decade behind bars for killing an entire family in a notorious DWI accident is now working as a janitor at a...
Railway ad war spreads
The subway holy war has gone above ground. Pro-Palestinian billboards have sprung up at 54 Metro-North stations — displaying a map of Arab areas they say have been “depopulated ....
Barclays forces fans to walk through metal detectors to pick up tickets
The Barclays Center has been hailed as the pride of new and trendy Brooklyn — but it’s still treating its fans like a bunch of bums. An airport-style metal detector...
Skateboard race bombs
The city’s going nuclear on the “Broadway Bomb.”City lawyers got a court order yesterday barring the “Bomb” — a massive, annual skateboard race through Manhattan traffic — from proceeding.The order...
WATCH: Obama discusses Libya response on 'Daily Show'
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday used a severe understatement to address the tragedy at the US consulate in Benghazi — describing the deaths of four Americans there as “not optimal.’’...
Obama and Romney's jokes at Al Smith dinner are a welcome break from bitter campaign
Only in America. In the grubby world of the campaign yesterday, there was no let-up as supporters and surrogates kept the bitter battle going. But inside the grace-filled glitter palace...
Benghazi beast scoffs at US
One of the suspected ringleaders in the attack on the US Consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, is living it up in Benghazi with no fear...
Winning ‘national’
The 2012 presidential contest revolves around one central question: Will this be a national or a state-by-state election? If it’s a national election — one dominated by an overarching theme...
Crowley an Obama shill? There’s no debate about it
The Issue: CNN anchor Candy Crowley’s controversial performance as debate moderator. *** What is it that’s got so many fair-minded people upset about Candy Crowley’s performance as moderator during the...
Daughter of Big Bird
Move over, Big Bird — make way for Women in Binders. They’re the latest campaign non-issue to go viral — in pro-Obama circles, anyway. Given Mitt Romney’s surging poll numbers...
The paid sick-leave tax
Pressure for a crushing new tax on small business continues to grow — so three cheers for City Council Speaker Chris Quinn, who’s resisting the crowd. The question is whether...
Shameful attack
I’ve been teaching in New York City public schools for six years — three in a traditional district school, and three at a Success Academy charter school. During this time,...
Ground Zero salute to American heroes
At 10:30 this morning on the World Trade Center grounds, a memorial will be dedicated — a statue commemorating a unique and proud chapter in our nation’s response to 9/11....
Meet Brooklyn's Young Republicans
By the age of 7, Glenn Nocera already identified as a Republican. And already, he was outnumbered. Nocera’s father was a union pressman, and pretty much by definition that meant...
‘Cross’ silly cop thriller off your list
Tyler Perry takes off his director’s cap and his housedress to play the alpha-male lead in this cop thriller, which also reveals that Matthew Fox has totally missed his calling....
Imagine more possessions
There is still activity, I regret to report, and none of it is of the normal variety. When will these obsessive home-video enthusiasts learn? The first time an inanimate object...
There are strings attached
Is “Elsewhere,” a new multimedia piece devised by cellist Maya Beiser, really an opera? Not quite. For one thing, only in the show’s second half is there singing — from...
Three guys, a gal and a bomb: not quite dynamite
Hey, Rahim, is that a bomb in your briefs, or are you happy to see us? The title of Jon Kern’s new play should give a clue. Indeed, it’s option...
On old B’way: It takes a thief
The “Rebecca” scandal has made me nostalgic for the Broadway of the ’70s and ’80s, when the street had a colorful selection of rascals and rogues and ticky-tacky productions that...
My Worst Nightmare
The French fascination with the clash of slobs and nobs, perhaps most memorably illustrated in the comedy that was remade as “Dinner for Schmucks,” gets a formulaic but amusing run-through...
Holy Motors
The sort of enigmatic movie that many critics embrace because it’s open to endless interpretation, Leos Carax’s exhaustingly wacky French flick features former acrobat Denis Lavant playing no fewer than...
That’s What She Said
Despite recent progress for women in front of and behind the camera, the movie scene still has too few female directors and gives short shrift to stories about women. Carrie...
Brooklyn Castle
Hard on the heels of “Won’t Back Down,” a movie about a fictitious failing public school, comes a documentary about a Brooklyn public school that’s succeeding in an old-fashioned way:...
Bad 25
The posthumous campaign to polish Michael Jackson’s tarnished reputation continues apace with this Spike Lee infomercial, commissioned by Sony and the money-grubbing Jackson estate to promote the 25th anniversary of...
Tai Chi Zero
Action star Stephen Fung (“House of Fury”) turns director for the oddball Chinese saga “Tai Chi Zero,” which features action choreographed by Hong Kong legend Sammo Hung. The story concerns...
The First Time
‘sex is so much better before you’ve had it,” complains a character in this inoffensive but bland ode to the talky high school movies of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe....
Nobody Walks
A visit from a dull artist making what appears to be an unbearably pretentious movie inexplicably turns the life of an LA couple upside down in the lackluster indie drama...
Ohm me to sleep
Watching this yoga documentary mirrored how I feel about taking weekly classes: The ancient Eastern tradition is demonstrably beneficial for both mind and body, but its execution can be so...
Ready, willing & disabled
To call Ben Lewin’s inspiring and Oscar-baiting “The Sessions’’ a cross between “My Left Foot’’ and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin’’ may be somewhat flip, but it’s not entirely inaccurate. Mark O’Brien,...
Giants’ Canty progressing, but no lock to face Redskins
Chris Canty has been making his case. Now it’s coach Tom Coughlin’s move. Canty, the Giants’ veteran defensive tackle, who’s eligible to come off the physically unable to perform (PUP)...
Q&A: Alex Rodriguez’s Yankees future
1. Can the Yankees really trade Alex Rodriguez, and if so who might be interested? Anyone could be traded — under the right circumstances. And the circumstances for the Yankees...
It’s not hard to see Yankees' Cano not playing hard
...And into the stretch for home, it’s Ridiculous opening a 10-length lead! Tuesday afternoon, with the Yankees down 2-0 in the ALCS, a WFAN update included a sound bite of...
Punchless Yankees rocked to sweep by Tigers
DETROIT — Ninety-five wins, an AL East title and an ALDS victory never looked this empty. Last night in Game 4 of the ALCS against the Tigers at Comerica Park,...
Swisher quiet on Yankees future
DETROIT — There is a good chance that Nick Swisher played his final game with the Yankees yesterday afternoon. The most significant position player among the Yankees’ free agents this...
Yankees sent home in ‘embarrassing’ fashion
DETROIT – Outside, there were 42,477 people refusing to budge, refusing to exit, leave their seats, leave the night behind. They knew how rare this moment was. They knew the...
McCarver fan of increased intensity of MLB playoffs
Tim McCarver switched to a later flight on Tuesday morning in an attempt to get more sleep before leaving San Francisco for St. Louis as the NLCS shifted to the...
5 questions for... Phil Simms
Giants great and host of “NFL Monday QB” on CBS Sports Network Phil Simms talks Jets-Patriots with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Simms will be calling the matchup between the two...
Yonkers Grade
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Blacktuxwhitesocks ((8th) FIRST: mile pace; $11,500; claiming 3 Allamerican Inca (GBrennan) 1-1-1 7-5 4 SharkDressedMan (Holland) 2-2-2 9-5 1 Kamanche Sun (LStalbaum) 1-1-2 5-1...
Brookyln's Malignaggi excited to defend belt at Barclays
In this corner, at 33rd and Seventh, the champion, host of Ali-Frazier, the building they call “The World’s Most Famous Arena” ... Madison Square Garden! And in this corner, at...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $52,000; mdn; 2YO(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Lisalisalee ,120RDomingzx-x-xRodrigez6-13 Stellerite(L),120I Ortiz, Jr4-2-xDonk10-11 a-Wild Child(M),120E Pradox-x-xBush12-14 MyFavoriteTwo(L),120CVelasquz2-5-5Zito15-15 Shake Senora ,120A Garcia5-x-xKimmel8-16 Princessbellncl(M),113K Coax-x-xGranvlle30-17...
Belmont Charts
October 18th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Yielding©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)Off: 12:50. Good. duck ins 1/4, up lateTime: 22.91, 46.33, 58.35, 1:11.07.Trainer: Dominic GalluscioWinner: DK B/...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 2:15 p.m. FIRST-1m(T); $15,000; clm($12,500); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4 EastBoundTranL121S Uske3-5-56-51 a-Crafty Star(L),123RMntnz4-8-410-13 Silent Honor(L),111OMayt7-2-315-11 a-UptownBall(L)121PFrags10-7-210-15 PeantbttrbrwnL116SCmch5-6-412-16 Meatbeau(L),121F Ortiz7-3-28-12 b-Karobushka(L119CLopez4-3-68-17 OneHotRunnerL123FMysnt8-6-610-18 LakotaBrave(L),123LRivrJr2-x-x12-19 Luanns Boy(L),121RCuratl6-2-74-110 ChristiansRcktL123CDeCrl3-5-21-111 City Sky(L),121ERdrgz9-6-530-12 b-Influence(L),121CLopez5-7-58-1SECOND-1m(T);...
Mets' Dickey OK after surgery
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Sports Shorts
COLLEGE: No. 2 Oregon trounces Sun Devils Kenjon Barner ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns, Marcus Mariota added 135 yards, and No. 2 Oregon (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) was a...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogGIANTS6 1/25 1/2(50)RedskinsPATRIOTS1110 1/2(47)JetsBILLS3 1/23 1/2(46 1/2)TitansVIKINGS46(40)CardinalsCOLTS32 1/2(45)BrownsTEXANS4 1/26 1/2(48 1/2)RavensPackers45 1/2(45)RAMSCowboys22(45 1/2)PANTHERSSaints32(49 1/2)BUCCANEERSRAIDERS54(43 1/2)JaguarsSteelers1 1/21 1/2(45 1/2)BENGALSMondayBEARS66 1/2(47 1/2)LionsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogSYRACUSE4 (43 1/2)UconnTomorrowNebraska6 1/2 (61)N'WESTERNWISCONSIN17 1/2...
Cardinals showing they can win without Pujols
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Cardinals crush Giants with Beltran out
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Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 19SATOct. 20SUNOct. 21MONOct. 22TUEOct. 23WEDOct. 24THUOct. 25Red BullsNOGAMEK.C.7:00MSG+WPATNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEKnicks&Toronto7:00MSG Network&Bos.7:30MSGNOGAME&Phil.7:00MSGNOGAME&Nets7:30MSGNOGAMENets&Philadelphia7:30YES NetworkNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME&Knicks7:30TBDNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Hondo’s Syr-ious selection
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Bettman nixes union’s three counter offers
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Coach: Lack of confidence may have hurt Granderson
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Injured Smith to miss Knicks road trip
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Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICO49ERS 7 (37 1/2) Seahawks (last night)49ers (T) ★ Seahawks (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)Seahawks (T)Seahawks (T)49ers (T)GIANTS 5 1/2 (50) Redskins (Sun., 1:00, Fox) ★ GiantsRedskinsRedskinsRedskinsRedskinsGiantsGiantsRedskinsGiantsPATRIOTS 10 1/2...
NYG all over RG3
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Don’t mess with Texas twosome
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Prime-time Lions loaded for Bear
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Hondo makes a move
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Tebow lets Jets do more than just punt
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49ers rebound from Giants loss to stop Seahawks
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Giants' Bradshaw will tough it out through foot injury
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Antrel keeps lighting fire in Giants teammates
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Giants extra wary of improved Redskins
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Giants' Canty progressing, but no lock to face Redskins
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Jets' Ryan mum on McKnight's status
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Jets need some Coples therapy
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Tim Tebow as running back against Patriots 'a possibility'
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Patriots defense preparing for Jets’ Wildcat, Tebow
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Pettitte hopes to make 'quick' decision on retirement
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Yankees hitting coach: Bats just never got going
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Rodriguez says he’ll stay in marriage with Yankees
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Sabathia rocked with Yankees season on line
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Series end for Swisher & wife
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ALCS exposed myriad flaws Yankees need to correct
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Starr Report
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Can ‘Dead’ be top scripted show?
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Talk show guests
FRIDAY HELEN HUNT, JOHN HAWKES, BOBBY FLAY - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 MICHELLE OBAMA - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 SUNNY ANDERSON - Rachael Ray,...
'Animal Practice' cancelled
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Sliding into second
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How can Beirut sue ‘Homeland’?
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Who's zooming who!
1. Pres. Debates 7,200,000 2. Walking Dead 2,959,093 3. X Factor 2,149,224 4. Yankees vs. Orioles 1,803,717 5. Vampire Diaries 926,787 6. Yankees vs. Tigers 726,023 7. WWE Monday Night...
Weird but true
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NYC voters don't want Alec Baldwin running for mayor: poll
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City gives discount to companies late with paying $6.4M in parking tickets
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State Supreme Court justice faces DWI charge
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Ex-cop working as janitor in SI school after serving 10 years for killing a family while drunk driving
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VOTE: You're the Yankees GM -- decide who stays and goes
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Dreadful playoffs lead to many offseason questions for Yankees
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