October 12, 2012
Veep debate out of 'tune' with viewers
The only vice-presidential debate of the 2012 campaign turned out to be a popularity 'no contest' — with fewer people actually tuning in. An estimated 51.4 million watched Vice President...
He should've paid for a cab! Cops nab serial bank-rob suspect as he waits for train
This bank robber needs a better get-away plan. A serial bank robber who’d just ripped off an Upper East Side Chase was nabbed today when eagle-eyed MTA cops spotted him...
Gun and drug conspiracy kingpin Ivan Chavez gets 20 years in prison
He bought stolen cop guns direct from a cop -- and now he's going to prison for 20 years. Ivan Chavez, sentenced today in Manhattan Supreme Court, was the kingpin...
Soft drink makers and servers sue to block city's size ban
Soft drink makers, restaurateurs and other businesses are suing to block the city's move to end the sale of super-sized, sugary drinks in many eateries. The American Beverage Association and...
LIVE BLOG: Yankees win ALDS with 3-1 Game 5 win over the Orioles
Follow every big play from Game 5 of the ALDS between the Yankees and Orioles here -- and let your voice be heard in our comments section below.Post questions, interact...
Dishonored: Bloody awesome revenge
I'm gonna get the things that bugged me about Arkane/Bethesda's Dishonored out of the way up front: The enemies are pretty dumb, the world isn't as open as I'd hoped...
49ers coach: 'Irrational' comment by Giants' Gilbride intended to 'influence officiating'
Jim Harbaugh is gaining recognition as an outstanding NFL coach. He’s also, well, a bit unusual. Thus it comes as no surprise he reacted somewhat unusually to comments made by...
Joining the Twitter hive mind
What's the opposite of an early adopter? You're looking at her -- well, reading her -- at least when it comes to social media. Please, Twitter, give @EVincentelli a great big welcome...
THE MAIN EVENT BEST BETS: UFC 153
Stephan Bonnar is one of the biggest underdogs in UFC history. Some sports books have him as the largest ever.With Anderson Silva favored by as much as 11-to-1 on Saturday...
Judge tosses weapons charges against ex-firefighter busted outside Madonna's apt
Police improperly seized a gravity knife and an ice pick belonging to a Madonna-obsessed ex-firefighter when they arrested him outside her apartment two years ago, a Manhattan judge ruled today...
Follow Game 5 of Yankees-Orioles with Post writers
The Post has you covered from foul line to foul line with the best writers in the business.It's CC Sabathia's series to win for the Yankees right now in decisive...
ESPN's Digger: Lavin has St. John's 'back'
Steve Lavin described St. John’s as a sleeping giant when he was hired three years ago. In large part to Lavin’s work developing the Red Storm brand with his “Hammer...
Police hunt dressed up bank robber
He wasn't clowning around. Cops are hunting a goofy-looking bank bandit who donned a red wig, grey sweatshirt, Yankees ball cap and thick black glasses while knocking off a Queens...
Apple to unveil 'iPad mini' on Oct. 23
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc will host an event on Oct. 23, said a source familiar with the plan, in what is expected to be the unveiling of a smaller...
Taylor returns, Stackhouse, Brooks sit out Nets practice
Finally, it’s time for the games to begin.The Nets had their final practice of training camp – and likely their final practice for awhile – Friday afternoon, before they hopped...
WATCH: Ron Swanson from 'Parks and Recreation' addresses The A-pork-alypse
Last month the world panicked because of an imminent world wide bacon shortage, but Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) from NBC's "Parks and Recreation" has a message to those still worried,...
NJ man gets 5 years for burglarizing homes of Bon Jovi, others
FREEHOLD, NJ — A 22-year-old New Jersey man who admitted burglarizing a string of homes at the Jersey shore, including the home of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, is going to...
Best Buy to match some rivals' online pricing
Best Buy said Friday that it has authorized its store staffers to match online prices of competitors in some cases, as it beefs up service offerings as the all-important holiday...
Giants' Nicks optimistic on playing vs. 49ers
Hakeem Nicks may be listed as questionable for Sunday's NFC title game rematch in San Francisco; but he and his Giants teammates seem and sound pretty optimistic the star wide...
13 suspects arrested for running massive weapons-trafficking networks in Harlem
Time to retire — to jail! A gun-smuggler who will be eligible to collect Social Security next month when he turns 65 was among 13 suspects arrested for running two...
Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. pleads guily to tax fraud
Former New York state Sen. Pedro Espada has pleaded guilty to tax fraud. The plea on Friday also resolves pending charges in a separate case involving the looting of a...
Jets to finally put Revis on season-ending IR
Darrelle Revis is finally going on injured reserve, nearly three weeks after the Jets’ star cornerback tore the ACL in his left knee.Coach Rex Ryan, who had kept Revis off...
Rival rallies turn bloody in Cairo chaos
CAIRO — Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's new Islamist president clashed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, hurling stones and concrete and swinging sticks at each other in...
Mom gets 99 years in prison for gluing tot's hands to the wall over potty training
DALLAS — A Dallas woman who beat her 2-year-old daughter and glued the toddler's hands to a wall was sentenced Friday to 99 years in prison by a judge who...
Players ask Goodell to remove himself from bounty case
NEW ORLEANS — All four players punished in the NFL’s bounty investigation have filed appeals with the league. People familiar with the situation say the players have asked Commissioner Roger...
Stoudemire says he's 'questionable' for Knicks next game
Amar’e Stoudemire said he is “questionable’’ for Saturday’s preseason game in Hartford vs. the Celtics, saying there is no reason “to rush.’’ Stoudemire missed Thursday night’s 108-101 victory over the...
'8 Mile' actress tussled with assistant, but it was not assault: lawyer
An actress, who once starred opposite rap icon Eminem, admitted she got into a tussle with her personal assistant — but doesn’t believe she committed any crime, the starlet’s lawyer...
National Guardsman killed by cop in traffic stop promoted to sergeant at crowded funeral
The Army National Guardsman killed by a cop during a traffic stop on the Grand Central Parkway last week was posthumously awarded the rank of sergeant at a packed Queens...
Yankees bench struggling A-Rod for Game 5 against Orioles
Meet baseball's most expensive part-time employee with a resume that ranks among the all-time greats.When Joe Girardi sat Alex Rodriguez for Friday's deciding Game 5 ALDS game against the Orioles...
Romney accuses Biden of 'doubling down on denial' over Libya attack
RICHMOND, Va. — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday accused the vice president of "doubling down on denial" over the deadly invasion at the US Consulate in Libya, leaving...
Dolphins teammates: Hartline underestimated because he’s white
Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline is having a breakout season, and if you did not see it coming, then you are not alone.Hartline’s fellow receiver in Miami Davone Bess said Hartline...
Families of victims of 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting in Colorado likely to get $175,000 each
DENVER — The families of the 12 people killed and victims who suffered permanent, life-altering brain damage or paralysis in the July 20 shooting at an Aurora theater are likely...
FRIDAY FIVE: Baseball's best deciding games
We had two Game 5s yesterday and two more today, and somewhere - probably Milwaukee - Bud Selig is cackling maniacally. Life is good for him and his sport at...
More New Yorkers think they're worse off today than four years ago: poll
ALBANY -- More New Yorkers think they're worse off than better off today vs. four years ago, according to a new poll. Siena College found 47 percent of Empire State...
Jurors to see graphic photos of corpse and weapon used in brutal castration murder
Today, they saw the corpse -- and the corkscrew. Jurors in a horrific, boy-toy-on-sugar-daddy castration murder heard daylong testimony by an NYPD crime scene detective who walked them through a...
MarShon's injury slows adjustment to new Nets role
The Nets suffered their first significant injury of training camp Thursday, when MarShon Brooks found himself in a boot to try and deal with tendinitis in his right foot.In terms...
VIDEO: Vaccaro previews Game 5 of Yankees-Orioles
Post columnist Mike Vaccaro previews the deciding Game 5 of the Yankees-Orioles ALDS.Vaccaro talks with CineSport's Noah Coslov about the tense atmosphere the Yankees face with all the pressure on...
Where local recruits will be for Midnight Madness
The college basketball season officially begins Friday night as Division I schools across the country celebrate the start with Midnight Madness. It's one of the biggest nights of the year...
Yankees ALDS ticket prices drop drastically for Game 5, over 12K still available
Dying to be at Game 5 of the ALDS in The Bronx?No Problem.Ticket prices for the Yankees’ ALDS Game 5 against the Orioles have dropped by nearly 68 percent, with...
Wholesale prices up 1.1 percent in September
WASHINGTON — A second month of sharp gains in gasoline costs drove wholesale prices higher in September. But outside of the surge in energy, prices were well contained. Wholesale prices...
Freeze warning for NJ
TRENTON, NJ — Temperatures could take a nosedive in parts of New Jersey. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset, Passaic, and...
Eye caramba! Softball sized eyeball washes up on Florida beach
MIAMI —Word that a giant eyeball washed up on a South Florida beach has created a buzz on the Internet and in the marine biology community. The huge, blue eyeball...
Pakistani police arrest suspects in shooting of 14-year-old
MINGORA, Pakistan — Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot and wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and...
Mayor Bloomberg attends Streisand concert instead of Yankees playoff game
Streisand or Yankees? When he had that tough choice to make last night, Mayor Bloomberg went for the singer from Brooklyn over the Bombers in The Bronx. Bloomberg disclosed on...
Trump announces contestants for 'All-Star Celebrity Apprentice'
If at first you don't succeed .... NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" is bringing back 13 players fired from past "Apprentice" contests, plus one notable winner, in the first-ever "All-Star Celebrity...
Wells Fargo earnings rise in third quarter
Wells Fargo posted record earnings in the third quarter as the bank increased mortgage lending and pocketed more fees. Wells, the nation's biggest mortgage lender, expanded its loan portfolio by...
JPMorgan posts record profits, puts 'London Whale' debacle behind it
Home is where the profit is. Mortgage lending drove bank giants JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo to record quarterly profits as an improved housing market and government stimulus spurred a...
Japan utility agrees nuclear crisis was avoidable
TOKYO — The utility behind Japan's nuclear disaster acknowledged for the first time Friday that it could have avoided the crisis. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said in a statement that...
Iran-based hackers responsible for cyberattacks on oil and gas companies, former US official says
WASHINGTON — US authorities believe that Iranian-based hackers were responsible for cyberattacks that devastated Persian Gulf oil and gas companies, a former US government official said. Just hours later, Defense...
Space shuttle Endeavour embarks on slow, 12-mile trip to LA museum
LOS ANGELES — At its prime, the space shuttle Endeavour circled the globe at 17,500 mph, faster than a speeding bullet. In retirement, it's crawling along the streets of Los...
Yankees pinch-hitting for A-Rod could be beginning of the end
If you thought pinch-hitting for Alex Rodriguez in a tight playoff game is tough just wait until the Yankees have to release him with, say, $60 million-ish left on his...
European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway — The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering peace on a continent ravaged by war, yet the Norwegian prize jury warned Friday that the financial...
NY son admits to stabbing his father to death while he was high on mushrooms
SYRACUSE — A central New York man has admitted stabbing his estranged father to death while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms. Local media report 24-year-old Herman Tolbert Jr. of Clay pleaded...
Punchless Yankees forced to Game 5 with 13-inning loss
Their security blanket is CC Sabathia, which is pretty good to have when the fall chill slaps your face. Yet, unless the Yankees find a way to dent the Orioles’...
Game 5 a fitting end to Yankees-Orioles race
And still they won’t go away … “It’s been a grind the whole year,” Joe Girardi said. “This is pretty fitting.” “Sometimes,” Buck Showalter said, “the baseball gods let you...
Yankees ace Sabathia pumped for Game 5 start
CC Sabathia pitched 8 2/3 innings and gave up two runs in the Yankees’ ALDS Game 1 win over the Orioles. He may have to do even better today to...
Orioles' Hammel relishes Game 5 challenge
Jason Hammel will be making just his fourth start since mid-July today when he faces the Yankees in Game 5 of the ALDS, but Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he...
Jeter expects to return to shortstop after game as Yankees DH
It sounds like it will be a one-game hiatus at shortstop for Derek Jeter. After fouling a ball off his left foot in Game 3 of the ALDS, Jeter hobbled...
With righty on hill, Yankees can't start Rodriguez tonight
Alex Rodriguez cannot start today in a decisive Game 5 against Jason Hammel. This isn’t punishment or statement. Just the obvious. He is helpless, hapless and hopeless against right-handed pitching....
Knicks great Ewing still searching for coaching spot
The juxtaposition was curious. Of course Patrick Ewing would be the centerpiece of a promotion Madison Square Garden conducted yesterday to unveil an exhibit called “Defining Moments” as part of...
Streisand a hit in Brooklyn homecoming
Barbra Streisand returned home last night to kick off a pair of concerts at the new Barclay’s Center — and Brooklynites were happy to finally see the 70-year-old songstress perform...
'8 Mile' actress arrested for attacking her assistant: police sources
An actress who starred opposite rap superstar Eminem in his debut movie was arrested for attacking her assistant early yesterday in a trendy Chelsea hotel, police sources said. Taryn Manning,...
Yanks-O's winner will face Tigers after Verlander shuts out Athletics
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics finally encountered the one hurdle too tough to overcome in this surprising season: Justin Verlander. The A's struck out 11 times against last year's...
Orioles, living to fight another day, are tied with the Yankees again
This time, it would be Eric Chavez sent up to the plate, the lightning Joe Girardi tried to trap in a bottle. It was Chavez hitting for Alex Rodriguez, a...
Yankees muster just one run as Orioles force Game 5 with 13-inning win
Their security blanket is CC Sabathia, which is pretty good to have when the fall chill slaps your face. Yet, unless the Yankees find a way to dent the Orioles’...
Va. bar patrons debate Joe Biden's smirks and laughs
RICHMOND – There’s a debate brewing at the Three Monkeys Bar and Grill smack in the middle of battleground Virginia – over whether Vice President Biden smirked too much for...
Business briefs
Realogy riseRealogy Holdings, parent of Coldwell Banker and Century 21, rose 27 percent in its first day of trading, to $34.20, as investors bet on a housing recovery.UK scrutinyBritain’s parliamentary...
Cumulus Media to add ESPN rival CBS Sports Radio to 47 stations
ESPN Radio is about to get blitzed. After dominating for two decades, ESPN will take a big hit come January, when Cumulus Media will drop its programming from 47 stations...
Moynihan to follow through on 30K cuts
Wall Street workers got another warning shot across the bow as the nation’s biggest banks gear up to report third-quarter results beginning today. Bank of America chief Brian Moynihan yesterday...
NYC catwalk fight
Carine Roitfeld, the style icon who once ran French Vogue, has landed at Harper’s Bazaar, amping up the rivalry with Condé Nast and Vogue. But don’t look for the cutting...
Disney: It’s all in the wrist
Walt Disney asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to use electronic wristbands that can track customers’ activity at its parks, a feature that may further its plans to tailor...
Slower Net ad $pending
Internet ad spending slowed sharply in the first half of the year after a strong recovery in 2011, but still hit a new high of $17 billion as smartphones and...
Kealy hosts benefit
FoxNewsRadio correspondent Courtney Kealy is taking over media hotspot Michael’s on West 55th Street on Sat., Oct. 20, to throw a benefit for the family of her late brother, Sean....
Very taxing times
Former New York Times publisher Arthur “Punch” Sulzberger had $41 million worth of stock in the Gray Lady when he died — and his children have already made moves to...
Shutterstock IPO clicks
Shutterstock soared 34 percent in its market debut, valuing the company at more than $700 million, as investors bet on strong demand for the company’s stock images from multimedia customers,...
Court rebuffs Apple, lets Galaxy go on sale
A US appeals court overturned a preliminary injunction on the sale of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Nexus smartphone yesterday, dealing a setback to Apple in its battle against Google’s increasingly popular...
Softbank eyes bid for Sprint
Japanese wireless service provider Softbank Corp. is looking to buy roughly 70 percent of Sprint Nextel in a bold move that would make it a major player in the US...
TPG: Sorry, Billabong
TPG International, the buyout fund run by David Bonderman, pulled out of a $712 million bid for surfwear maker Billabong International. The proposal has been withdrawn and talks have ceased,...
Court allows hedge-fund titan Singer to keep seized Argentine naval vessel
That’s Capt. Singer to you! New York hedge-fund titan Paul Singer gets to keep the prized Argentine naval vessel seized last week as partial settlement of a $1.6 billion court...
Jobless down on California claims
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits slid last week to the lowest level in more than four and a half years. The Labor Department report yesterday...
Penney’s ‘gift’ tiff
Is JCPenney breaking its promise to offer no more coupons? That depends on who you ask.In its latest e-mail to customers, the department store chain’s CEO Ron Johnson not only...
Mike dumps on ‘luxe’ tax
Luxury taxes don’t work — even when they’re floated as a possibility by a longtime political ally, Mayor Bloomberg made clear yesterday. “People who buy luxury items travel a lot,...
Court dunks Chelsea hoops man in IRS scam
A judge benched a former supervisor of the recreational basketball program at Chelsea Piers yesterday for helping about 20 referees dodge $120,000 in federal income tax. James Murray, of Yonkers,...
'Castrate-slay' hotel room in all its gory
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 security...
$3M media ‘incubator’ is brewing
The city is going to plow $3 million into a building in DUMBO that once housed the nation’s largest coffee roaster to develop a new “incubator” for media startups. In...
Mom-&-pop Rx
It’s a new twist on pill-pushing: Raid Mom and Dad’s medicine cabinet and then sell the swiped prescription goodies on the Internet.Twenty-one people — including an NYU grad student who’s...
Bellhop pot bust
A Manhattan bellhop was caught dealing marijuana at the posh Bowery Hotel and hauled away in handcuffs by undercover cops, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.Matthew Sullivan, 25, of Brooklyn, was arrested...
Grimm news
The federal investigation into the campaign finances of Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm hit a snag yesterday when an influential rabbi who is a key cooperator in the probe was...
Here’s my card: Kerik
Disgraced NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik didn’t pay a penny for the $255,000 in renovations to his Bronx apartment — but was nice enough to give an architect on the job...
Stab at circumcision law
Three Orthodox rabbis want to cut the city’s new circumcision law down to size.A lawsuit filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court says the Health Department cannot legally regulate a controversial...
Cops' pursuit of 'car thief' ends in backyard fire fight, wounding suspect
Cops shot an armed, ex-con car thief last night in a Brooklyn housing project, police said today. The perp, Dahanj Sam, 29, had first been spotted in an SUV with...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Two animal paws were found in Central Park, part of what appears to be a ritualistic ceremony. The ASPCA is investigating the find after a caller reported the...
Embassy slay in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen — A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the US Embassy in a drive-by shooting yesterday near his home in the capital, officials said,...
Charges dropped against banker accused of stabbing cabby: lawyer
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...
'Jewish Indiana Jones' who peddled fake Holocaust torahs gets four-plus years in jail
He’s headed off to the Temple of Doom! A nebbishy rabbi who called himself the “Jewish Indiana Jones” was sentenced yesterday to four-plus years in the slammer for peddling Torahs...
Dina Lohan is $1.3 million in debt despite raking in percentage of Lindsay's salary
Dina Lohan is a financial train wreck. Not only is she living in a house she can’t afford, but she’s also buried under nearly $1.3 million in debt, records show....
More express buses flying to La Guardia
If only they checked bags. The city announced yesterday that it’s adding Select Bus Service routes to and from La Guardia Airport — complete with dedicated transit lanes — that...
Pols snub Mike’s 350G
A $350,000 gift horse offered by Mayor Bloomberg was rejected yesterday by the city’s largest pension system.The mayor offered to hire a consultant out of his own budget to conduct...
Regs hit takeout bikes
New Yorkers who love their takeout, but not the rogue cyclists who deliver it, can look forward to a new menu of city regulations intended to crack down on the...
Glenn Beck’s SUV-flip scare
LODI, NY — Talk-show host Glenn Beck and his family had a close call when their SUV rolled down a steep hill in the upstate Finger Lakes region just after...
Hell’s Kitchen HS teacher booted after investigators uncover nearly 3,000 text messages with teen girl
These texts don’t lie. A Hell’s Kitchen high-school teacher who insisted he never contacted a student he was suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with actually exchanged nearly 3,000 text...
Rock star! Diamond planet found
WASHINGTON — Twinkling stars are not the only diamonds in the sky, with scientists reporting yesterday the existence of a “diamond planet.” It is twice the size of Earth and...
They’re ‘Mad’ly in love
From on-screen co-stars to off-screen couple. Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser of “Mad Men” go public with their none-too-secret romance on the red carpet at the Bowery Hotel. Kartheiser, who...
Dems: GOPers exploiting Libya slays
President Obama’s campaign yesterday accused Mitt Romney of politically exploiting the Benghazi-consulate terrorist attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.“The only reason this has become...
WATCH: Smirky Biden upstages his boss in debate vs. Paul Ryan
DANVILLE, Ky. — Vice President Joe Biden last night gave a powerful debate performance that helped clean up President Obama’s own debate mess, but may have caused another problem —...
Bombastic blather will fool no one
Told ya so. President Obama should have pulled a Joe Girardi and benched Joe Biden long ago. Hillary Rodham Clinton would have knocked last night’s debate out of the park...
Hamptons cop outsource
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 cut...
Former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and son set to cop plea in nonprofit scam
Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and his son are scheduled to plead guilty today in Brooklyn federal court after reaching a deal with prosecutors over charges they looted more...
Mike scoffs at Rudy run
Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that he’d be “shocked” if Rudy Giuliani wanted to return for another stint as mayor. He was responding to a report by The Post’s Cindy Adams...
Queens DA’s vow to ‘police vic’ mom
The grieving mother of an unarmed motorist fatally shot by a cop after he was pulled over on the Grand Central Parkway met yesterday with prosecutors, who promised a thorough...
Andy raps cap foes
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is telling state legislative candidates who oppose his property-tax cap to just stay home.“They’re not going to be able to work with this governor,” top Cuomo...
Court clubs arts exec
And stay out! A state appeals court has upheld the National Arts Club’s vote to boot its disgraced ex-president.The Appellate Division’s ruling, released yesterday, said the Gramercy Park club was...
The big doll house
Goodbye, dollies. An angry judge sentenced an elderly embezzler obsessed with Madam Alexander Dolls to at least 4 1/2 years in prison yesterday for stealing $1 million from the Archdiocese...
Actress busted in aide bop
An actress who starred opposite rap superstar Eminem in his debut movie was arrested for attacking her assistant early yesterday in a trendy Chelsea hotel, police sources said. Taryn Manning,...
Feds quietly letting Con Ed increase your monthly bill by $9
They’re trying to “FERC’’ us again. Con Ed customers in the five boroughs can expect an average $9 monthly jolt to their electric bills starting in January, thanks to a...
Honoring fallen Finest
A record 15 names were added yesterday to the NYPD memorial in Battery Park City. Among them was Peter Figoski, a highly decorated 22-year cop gunned down last year by...
Lots of $$ plans for LES
Nearly a half-century after a swath of the once-blighted Lower East Side was cleared for redevelopment, the city yesterday finally approved plans for construction on the long-vacant lots. The City...
City sacks ‘perv’ teach
The sex-crazed Brooklyn school that’s shed a number of teachers for grossly inappropriate behavior has lost another one, The Post has learned. Former James Madison HS gym teacher Lisa Gutilla,...
Alleged soccer coach killer ‘apologizes’ - but for what?
The fiend accused of fatally slashing a youth-soccer coach in Greenwich Village left a lame note of apology before he bolted the US for Mexico, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly revealed...
King att’y sues over ax misery
All work and no pay makes Stephen King’s lawyer file suit, he says. Jay Kramer claims he was canned by the horror master earlier this year after he was bad-mouthed...
Putin’s power plays
Russia this week signed a contract to export $4.2 billion of weapons to Iraq — which is of special interest for two reasons. First, it is the largest arms-export deal...
No religion — and not a lot of sense
‘I’m spiritual but not religious”: Our secular elites love to utter the phrase. But don’t assume it means something harmless like “I don’t go to church, but I love hot...
Greg Meeks’ felonious friends
Wanna increase the odds of getting hit with a felony? Pal around with Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks. One Meeks pal, real-estate agent Edul Ahmad, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a $50...
More Benghazi lies
Four Americans dead in Benghazi in a 9/11-anniversary al Qaeda attack — and President Obama’s new take is: “Move along, Mitt. Nothing to see here.” Shameful. Utterly shameful. “The entire...
Lance Armstrong’s legacy
“The USPS Team doping conspiracy was professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair competitive...
Washington’s Libya mess: Will anyone take blame?
The Issue: Claims by State Department officials that our consulate in Libya had sufficient resources. *** The congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack revealed a State Department that is sorely...
New York’s kicking butts
The Issue: Smokers with low incomes who continue to spend on cigarettes, despite NY’s high taxes. *** The “Great Cigarette-Tax Lie” (Patrick Basham and John Luik, PostOpinion, Oct. 8) promotes...
Why downtown’s cool to rent control
It’s great news to most New Yorkers that the Wall Street area has become one of the city’s best places to live — evidenced by a Financial District population that’s...
Bird-brained
President Obama can’t even get his snark straight. In an attempt at the cutting cleverness that escaped him in his debate with Mitt Romney, his campaign aired a TV ad...
Raging Joe
Joe Biden did his job last night, which was to buck up Democrats and liberals who had gone into an emotional tailspin following President Obama’s disastrous debate performance and the...
Big Ben
A blue-chip Oscar contender that’s also a rousing popcorn movie, Ben Affleck’s “Argo’’ offers plenty of nail-biting thrills as well as funnier scenes than you’d ever imagine possible in the...
Hollywood's hot new D.I.L.F.
When 47-year-old Kevin James climbs through a window in a waistline-reducing black ensemble in the trailer for “Here Comes the Boom,” out today, audiences may feel a familiar feeling trickle...
Lower the ‘Boom’
This basically harmless family comedy presents a view of American education only slightly less realistic than the union-bashing “Won’t Back Down’’ — here, the staff at a Boston high school...
Crazy like a fox?
Few legends on the poster will attract my attention as much as these: “Written and directed by Martin McDonagh.” McD once wrote a play and showed it to Woody Harrelson....
‘Buttons’ just doesn’t snap
Seeing the French Resistance through the eyes of little kids yields a cutesy, simplistic and sentimental would-be fable in “War of the Buttons.” The story, based on a novel that’s...
Gayby
A straight single woman aims to have a baby with her gay best friend in this amusing New York-based indie. The subject’s hardly revolutionary (“The Next Best Thing” trod similar...
Middle Of Nowhere
Los Angeles nurse Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) has put her life on hold while her husband Derek (Omari Hardwick) is in jail, halfway through an eight-year sentence. Her single-mom sister (Edwina...
Least Among Saints
Iraq veteran Anthony Hayward is so tough he can take a blow to the gut from a police flashlight, but on the inside he’s pure jelly. So is this movie,...
There’s nothing shining here
C’mon, Ethan Hawke, you’re better than this. Isn’t there a “Before Sunset” sequel that needs your attention? In “Sinister,” a heavy-handed horror movie from director Scott Derrickson (“The Exorcism of...
Saw the film & shrugged
Pardon me boy, is this the capitalist choo-choo? Yes, but if “Birth of a Nation” was supposedly “history written with lightning,” “Atlas Shrugged: Part II” is political economy written with...
Simon And The Oaks
The classical music is soothing, the cinematography handsome and the acting strong, but the Swedish coming-of-age saga “Simon and the Oaks’’ is burdened with a sappy, soap-opera-ish script. It spans...
‘Picture’ perfect vision
In the first moments of Eric Lartigau’s thriller, Paul Exben (Romain Duris) answers the call of the baby monitor and rises to comfort his crying son, while his wife (Marina...
Nothing to love in this punch-drunk flick
Hi! My name is Kyle and I’m an acerbic. I haven’t been mean to anyone in 12 hours. But I saw “Smashed,” and now I’m having a relapse. Mary Elizabeth...
3, 2, 1 . . . Frankie Go Boom
The title character of Jordan Roberts’ raunchy, sporadically funny comedy returns from self-exile when his older brother, Bruce (Chris O’Dowd), who recorded an incredibly humiliating video of his abortive wedding,...
It’s not on the nose
The title character in Edmond Rostand’s swashbuckling romance of a play, “Cyrano de Bergerac,” has a big nose. Make that a huge nose. But don’t mention it to Cyrano, because...
Oh, for God’s sake
It’s not safe to preach Gospel to an anticapitalist. Just ask Chris, the unseen college student who, in A.R. Gurney’s new comedy, “Heresy,” is jailed for arguing that the mere...
Totally awesome recall
Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee’s best subject has always been himself, whether it was in his hilarious search for a wife (his 1986 masterpiece “Sherman’s March”) or using his family’s possible...
The way she still is
‘The last time I sang in Brooklyn was on a stoop on Pulaski Street,” joked Barbra Streisand last night, just moments after taking the stage at the Barclays Center. Believe...
Stoudemire hopes to play vs. Celtics
WASHINGTON — Kurt Thomas is 40 going on 30. Amar’e Stoudemire is almost 30, going on 40. In the Knicks’ 108-101 victory over the Wizards in Thursday night’s preseason opener,...
Girardi honors his father by staying on task
We all deal with loss in our own way, we place our feelings in different boxes, separate compartments, try to grind from today until tomorrow, this week to next. So...
O/U Rico
Fifth straight losing week for Rico on the Over/Unders, going 5-9 (1-2 Best Bets). The season record is 25-50-2 (6-9). The selections for Week 6 are: OVERS: Steelers / Titans;...
Aikman: Giants will need to be at their best to beat Niners
The 49ers look like a team destined for the Super Bowl, while the Giants resemble one that will be fighting for a playoff spot. But that is nothing new for...
5 Questions for... John Smoltz
TBS baseball analyst and former Braves ace John Smoltz breaks down the MLB playoffs with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: You’re somewhat new to the booth. Were Raul Ibanez’ heroics...
Affrunti’s Monmouth at the Meadowlands Grade
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1m(T); $22,000; cl($25,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds8 CertainAppeal(L117RCuratl2-6-25-14 Raging Lion(L),118ASerpa4-3-45-23 RestructrngPlnL118PFrags8-8-17-21 MonkeyChnkyL117JPizarr7-12-415-12 Addemup(L),119LRivrJr6-8-620-15 Cocodimama(L)116FMysnt3-2-64-16 Sammy'sTrip(L)119PCottJr3-5-612-17 CosmotheCmtL113SCmch7-8-712-19 Doodleman(L),122F Ortiz5-1-36-110 Battle Call(L),118NMngl2-2-620-111 Bombardo(L),117S Uske6-10-712-112 Part One(L),119J Ferrer3-7-18-113 AllfortheTrip(L),118PCottJr7-6-210-1SECOND-1m(T); $14,000;...
Belmont Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m; $77,000; alw opt clm; 3upKEEP ME INFORMED drew rail for local return after finishing third in the...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $31,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 LureoftheSouth(L),120A Smith5-8-4P Kelly4-12 King Keene(L),120P Morales5-7-9Contess15-13 Bundestag(L),123CVelasquz2-3-3Day7-24 PromisedDstny(L),120R Maragh6-4-6Hennig10-15 Life's a Roar(L),120J Lezcano2-4-2Goldberg3-16 CurrentAqustn(L),120A...
Belmont Park Charts
October 11th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Yielding 5,8, Off 2,7,9©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $28,000; mdn cl($20,000); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:50. Good. alter in 3/16, up lateTime: 23.49, 47.04, 59.3,...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Bosox to interview Wallach The Red Sox will interview Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach today for their vacant managerial job. Boston also is interested in John Farrell, the...
NHL lockout talks remain at stalemate
Besides the canceled Opening Night for all three metropolitan-area hockey teams, today marks the one-month anniversary of the last pay proposal made by either side in the NHL lockout.Snails move...
Woods blitzes Rory, loses semi to Rose
BELEK, Turkey —Tiger Woods defeated Rory McIlroy by six shots yesterday at the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final, but he couldn’t take down Justin Rose in the semifinals of the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 12SATOct. 13SUNOct. 14MONOct. 15TUEOct. 16 WEDOct. 17THUOct. 18YankeesBaltimore5:07TBSWCBS 880 AMESPN 98.7 FMTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEKnicksNOGAME&Bos.7:30MSGNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENetsNOGAME&Phil.7:00No TVNOGAME&Wash.7:30YES&Bos.7:30No TVNOGAME&Bos.8:00TNTHOMEAWAY
Hondo likes the Nat attack
The Big Red Choking Machine put the finishing touches on its gag job yesterday, but the Tigers kept Hondo from getting swept last night when they spanked the A’s to...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogJETS33 1/2(43)Colts49ERS5 1/26 1/2(45 1/2)GiantsBengals31 1/2(44)BROWNSBUCCANEERS3 1/24(40)ChiefsFALCONS9 1/29(48 1/2)RaidersRAVENS43 1/2(44)CowboysEAGLES6 1/24(47 1/2)LionsDOLPHINS33 1/2(37 1/2)RamsPatriots43 1/2(44 1/2)SEAHAWKSCARDINALS55(43 1/2)BillsREDSKINSOFF1 1/2(OFF)VikingsTEXANS43 1/2(47 1/2)PackersMondayCHARGERS31(49 1/2)BroncosHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogC. MICHIGAN2 (60)NavyTomorrowx-Oklahoma3 1/2 (60)TexasMICHIGAN...
Knicks win preseason opener; Stoudemire sits with bruised knee
WASHINGTON — Carmelo Anthony showed he is still superb without Amar’e Stoudemire, and Steve Novak made a case that if the Knicks star power forward isn’t producing, he can do...
Amar'e hopes to play in Knicks next game
WASHINGTON — Kurt Thomas is 40 going on 30. Amar’e Stoudemire is almost 30, going on 40. In the Knicks’ 108-101 victory over the Wizards in last night’s preseason opener,...
Foot injury keeping MarShon on Nets bench
MarShon Brooks has set a goal to win the Sixth Man of the Year Award this season, but the Nets guard won’t be leaving the bench just yet. Brooks did...
Quinn KC’s QB after Cassel concussion
Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel has been ruled out for Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay with a concussion, and Brady Quinn will start an NFL game for the first time since...
Titans shock Ben, Steelers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Titans gave themselves a little breathing room with a much-needed victory, and the Steelers still can’t win away from Heinz Field.Rob Bironas kicked his fourth field...
Tiny graphics, mindless chatter clutter playoffs
It’s The punchline to the old solar-landing joke: “So we’ll go at night.” ... Except now there’s a flight scheduled every night. It remains astonishing how networks, and at great...
Giants WR Nicks practices, hopes to play Sunday
There have been stops and starts, too many of them for Hakeem Nicks and so initially he didn’t want to talk about what he did yesterday out on the field,...
Giants' Bradshaw not 'satisfied' with 200-yard game
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...
Giants psyched for physical battle vs. 49ers
GIANTS-49ers in the NFC Championship game was Bloodbath I. Giants-49ers Sunday will be Bloodbath II. Just the way the Giants like it. “It’s going to sound like being in the...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICOSteelers 5 1/2 (43) TITANS (26-23)Steelers (L)Steelers (L) ★ Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Titans (W)Titans (W)Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Steelers (L)JETS 3 1/2 (43) Colts (Sun., 1:00, CBS) ★ JetsJetsJets ★ JetsColts ★...
Revenge of the niners
Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers never have accepted losing the NFC Championship Game to the Giants the way they did, and will be hell-bent on exacting revenge this Sunday at...
Cowboys & Chiefs star in ’dog show
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...
Hondo’s Gore-y story
Hondo nailed nine winners last week, but was shut out on his Best Bets, which came as a shock to the two-time defending BB champ. However, after discussing the situation...
Cromartie stepping forward for Jets — on and off field
As a senior at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Fla., Antonio Cromartie played quarterback, running back, wide receiver and defensive back and returned punts and kickoffs. Playing multiple positions in...
Jets' Slauson fined 10K for illegal block vs. Texans
The NFL fined Jets guard Matt Slauson $10,000 yesterday for his block on Texans linebacker Brian Cushing in Monday’s game, according to a source. Cushing tore his left ACL on...
Colts’ Stanton got Tebowed by Jets
Players face their former teams every week in the NFL, but no one might have a more unusual reunion than Colts backup quarterback Drew Stanton this week with the Jets....
Sparano: Jets will start to run wild
Remember when the Jets were going to “Ground and Pound” their way past opponents? That was the narrative throughout the offseason. The team was committing to the run under new...
Werth's game-winning blast keeps Nationals alive
WASHINGTON — Hitting a home run to extend your team’s season: So easy, a caveman can do it. The Nationals’ Jayson Werth, with his shaggy hair and beard, at least...
Posey, Giants slam door on Reds
CINCINNATI — The question of how the Reds suffered the greatest collapse in best-of-five baseball post-season history by losing three straight at home to the Giants after taking the opening...
Verlander is ‘V’ man for Tigers
OAKLAND — The Yankees cannot afford to look ahead. They have enough to worry about with those pesky Orioles and today’s do-or-die Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. They’ve been pushed...
Verlander throws complete-game shutout to lead Tigers over A's
OAKLAND — The A’s magic went up against Tigers ace Justin Verlander — and Verlander won. The Tigers’ all-everything veteran ace starting pitcher threw a complete-game, four-hit shutout that shut...
Orioles' McLouth makes plays at bat and in the field
Like a pain-in-the-neck neighbor, the State Farm sign was there when Nate McLouth made the defensive play of the game. With one out and Russell Martin on first in the...
Orioles closer gets some redemption
Jim Johnson picked up a Game 2 save but was better recognized as being a human incendiary device in Game 1, the guy who blew the save in Game 3...
Yankees' Cano went from scorching to ice cold
What happened to the hottest hitter on the planet? Going into the postseason Robinson Cano had gone 24-for-39 (.615) in the final nine regular-season games and looking every bit the...
Yankees' Girardi manages to cope after father's death
Joe Girardi found out his father, Jerry, passed away Saturday but still decided to manage in the playoffs. Jerry Girardi died at the age of 81 from Alzheimer’s disease on...
Yankees' Joba laughs through the latest pain
In a grim Yankees clubhouse late last night, their season on the brink once more, Joba Chamberlain assumed the role of team comedian, cracking one self-deprecating joke after another as...
Granderson's offensive struggles continue in Yankees loss
Curtis Granderson destroyed the Orioles during the season. But in the ALDS, Baltimore has shut him down. During the regular season, Granderson played 17 games against manager Buck Showalter’s crew...
Hardy does just enough for Orioles
For five at-bats last night, Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy told himself be calm, take it easy, don’t try to do too much. And he didn’t do much at all. Oh,...
Starr Report
HLN has made some changes to its prime-time lineup — but getting a grasp on these changes requires a Ph.D in linear mathematics. Since I got Ds in high-school math,...
Details in ‘Melrose’ manslaughter trial
Former “Melrose Place” star Amy Locane-Bovenizer, on trial for aggravated manslaughter, allegedly killed a woman with her car after first getting into a fender-bender with someone else. Maureen Ruckelshaus testified...
Way out there
I’m happy to announce for the first time in a major metropolitan newspaper that Jesus Christ was not an extraterrestrial. I’ve gotten that firsthand from the expert on all things...
Talk show guests
FRIDAY KEVIN JAMES, HENRY WINKLER - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7 DONALD TRUMP, CHRISTY VEGA FOWLER, ANTHONY BOURDAIN - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 SALMA HAYEK, KYLE MACLACHLAN,...
Erica Hill leaves CBS for ‘Today’
Anderson Cooper’s ex-sidekick Erica Hill looks like she’s going to the “Today “ show as weekend anchor after a short, unhappy stint on CBS’ “This Morning.” Hill, 36, was left...
Rockin’ Robin
Robin Roberts is home from the hospital — one month after undergoing a harrowing bone-marrow transplant to fight a rare blood disease. “This doesn’t mean that my journey is over,”...
Eww! Whitney daughter to wed step-bro?
Well, that’s interesting. The late Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, says she’s engaged to her “adopted brother,” Nick Gordon, in a shocking clip from Lifetime’s upcoming reality show, “The Houstons:...
Who's zooming who!
1. BET Hip Hop Awards 4,169,781 2. X Factor 2,589,552 3. MLB: Yankees vs. Orioles 1,211,791 4. Jersey Shore 994,290 5. NFL: Texans vs. Jets 896,638 6. The Voice 878,389...
Weird but true
This place will again be the hottest property in Nebraska. The fire department in the Omaha suburb of Gretna will burn down a 14,000-square-foot mansion once owned by a retired...
St. John's Tip-off draws big crowd
The buzz is back at St. John’s. Carnesecca Arena was rocking Friday night for the Red Storm Tip-Off as an event-record 3,158 fans filled up each corner and crevice of...
Joba leaves Yankees game in 12th after being hit with broken bat shard
ankees reliever Joba Chamberlain was hit by a flying broken bat in the 12th inning and left Game 4 of the AL division series against Baltimore with a bruised right...
MSG to unveil great moments
Madison Square Garden is about to present a chance for fans to relive some of the greatest moments in the 132-year history of the building. “Garden 366” and “Defining Moments”...
Patriots' Spikes says 'homophobic' tweet was a joke
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes says he was joking when he tweeted that he was “homophobic.” Spikes, who is having a strong season, is a prolific...
Joe Biden, Paul Ryan face off in VP debate
DANVILLE, Ky. — At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. "That...
Bellator's Freire brothers open to fighting each other
Two biological brothers have never fought in mainstream MMA. Could Bellator’s Freires become the first?They’re not knocking the idea.“We fight every day, so if there’s money on it, it would...