September 1, 2013

Experts see rising stocks, despite troubl♎ed world  𒉰

Ladies, gentlemen, start your engines! Sweeping aside concerns a🐷bout military action against Syria, slug⛎gish job growth and the much-feared Federal Reserve tapering, Wall Street predicts stocks will head higher over...

𝐆 ‘Futurama’ has final e🥃pisode — or is it?

The series finale of “Futurama” airs Wednesday ❀— and no, you’re not having déjà vu. There have been four “series finales” for the cartoon that refuses to die. “It fee꧒ls... 

‘Futurama’ airing finꦜal episode — or is it? 

The series finale of “Futurama” airs Wednesday —🎐 and no, you’re not having déjà vu. There🥃 have been four “series finales” for the cartoon that refuses to die. “It feels...

'The Great Santinis' are a moving experience

The young guys, Nick and Joe Jr.,🐼 are what the old guys call “light in the ass.” Not even 40, both men have been working in the family moving business...

Gi𒊎ants bring back seven of their own for practice squad 🌳

Clearly, the Giants were fairly happy with the players they cut on Saturday, as Sunday they ওbrought seven of them back to fill out the bulk of their practice squad....

Standing by our friends in Iraq aಌnd Afghanistan

An Afghan interpreter for US forces fears the vengeful Taliban will take his life and those of his family because the State Department cannot get its act together to ma🍒ke...

Gunman shoots dead 1-year-old in stroller; father the 'intended target'

A 16-month-oไld boy was fatally shot in the head as his mom and dad watched in horror Sunday night, when a gunman opened fire as they pushed him along a... ♔

 How to save $15.5 bi𓄧llion? Switch to $1 coins, get rid of penny

 There are many reasons given to do away with the💫 dollar bill and replace it with a coꦐin. It’s better for the environment. It keeps us in step with the...

Mayor Bloomberg is the best friend of 2nd Amendment advocates 🍌

No one has done more for gun rights in the past two years than Mayo🍬r Bloomberg. Oh, he didn’t mean♍ to. Bloomberg has used his political clout and a significant...

🙈 Why are major media outlets ignoring bestselling𒁏 writer Mark R. Levin?

To read the book reviews in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Poꦦst or The Boston Globe, you might be unaware of the existence of the...

♏ US re-emergence as energy superpower shakes up Mideast

As the crisis in Syria continues t꧅o unfold, consider this: For the first time in more than 40 years, an American president can confidently conduct US foreign policy in the...

𓂃  These social insecurities aren’t the retiring type ♛

Dear John: The suggestion to raise the retirement age for Social Security does not take into account how people earn their living: An office🧸 worker ages differently than a shipfitter...

Woman on the 'Bridge'

When Anna꧙beth Gish made “Mystic Pizza” in 1988, she received top billi🅰ng over Julia Roberts. The hit romantic comedy featured a cast poised to become stars: Lili Taylor, Vincent D’Onofrio...

Don't bite at this Apple

If the tens of millions of US iPhone lovers heed Warren Buffett’s advice and onl𒅌y invest in compani🐈es and products they understand, millions of people are going to be tempted to...

The week's winners and losers

WINNERS MARK ZUCKERBERG The magic is officially back, as Facebook founder sees market cap top $100B. DENNIS CROWLEY Social network Foursquare’s CEO draws in🐼vestment interest frꦐom Microsoft and AmEx. ELON...

Ford recalls 370,000 due to loss of sꦏteering risk  ♍

Ford is recalling﷽ 370,000 cars due to potential corrosion to their steering shaft that may result in loss of steering. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The cars include...

🎐 Dolphin apocalypse on New York beaches

A wave of dolphin devastation — the likes of which have not been seen in 30 years — is sweeping New York, and scientists are desperately searching for answe💛rs. At...  🎉

 Scammed lottery winner finally gets $5M 🎉seven years later

SYRACU🦋SE — A central New York maintenance worker duped out of a winning $5 million scratch-off ticket will get his money next month, seven years after being scammed out of...

Thugs caught on camera before deliꦉ shooting ꧟

 Two men who lurked around a Brooklyn deli waiting to open fire on a♓ man and woman were captured on video surveillance, police said. The suspected shooter and his pal...

Idris Elba kills on BBC's 'Luther'

On “Luther,” Idris Elba plays a brilliant but troubled “copper,” a detective whose unorthodox met♛hods have placed him under investigation. He’s almost too good at his job and his tenacity...

Think outside the box, just not too far: Job-intervi🅘ew gimmicks th꧑at failed

Some people will do almost anything to get a job — like show up🎐 for a job interview dressed asℱ a clown or send the interviewer a bowl of beef...

Out with a bang: Celebs closing summer in H൩amptons blast

A sharknado of banking and media celebrities were expected to descend on David Zaslav’s🌟 inaugural summer party this weekend. The Discovery Communications C🅠EO, who has a home in East Hampton, is...

Recent grads find it difficult to land♔ jobs 

 This is not going to be the🧸 best of Labor Days for Itzy Ramirez. The 28-year-old graphic designer from Brooklyn has been unemployed — more or less — for more... ཧ

Look who's talking: This week's TV talk guests

Kelly & 🎃Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Selena Gomez; Lisa Kudrow. Tuesday: Demi Lovato; Cedric the Entertainer; Jennifer Nettles. Wednesday: Zachary Quinto; Mel B; Tamar Braxton. Thursday: Arsenio Hall; Jennifer Hudson. Friday: Terry Brad♉shaw;Jay...

✅ D’Agostino could lose lease ov𝔍er Sandy snafu 

A longtime West Village supermarket may get the boot from its Greenwich Street location because of a paperwork snafu caused by Hurricane Sandy. ꧟D’Agostino, a fixture at 666 Greenw🍌ich St....

Ivan Nova pitches shutout as Yankees beat Orioles ൩ ⛎

ꦑ Mariano Rivera was warming up in the bullpen with the Yankees holding a two-run lead going into the ninth inning and the heart of the Orioles’ lineup approaching. Still, Joe...

ꦕEgypt expelಌs Al Jazeera journalists in crackdown on Qatari channel

ꦿ Egypt deported three Al Jazeera journalists on Sunday, days after the Qatari-owned channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against 🌃the army-backed...

ღ  Weak schedule coꦯuld hamper Louisville BCS title hopes

It was less than an hour before kickoff on Nov. 29, and Louisville athletic director Tom Juric🌸h was standing on the top row of the press box at Rutgers Stadium...

Historic aircrafღt to circle over Statue 🌳of Liberty

Don’t be alarmed if you see low-flying planes in downtown Manhattan this holiday weekend, as six historic aircraft wi൲ll be circling over the Statue of Liberty, according to police. The...

🐻 Fracking foes demand do-over of entire environmental study 

It’s now been five years since New York placed a moratorium on fracking. It’s been a year since the state Health Department announced its review of ⛎the Department of Environmental...

Newꦺ $130B horizon for Verizon Wireless

Verizon and Vodafone plan to announce a $130 billion deal today that will give the Gotham-based telec🌺om giant complete control of Verizon Wireless, subject to final board approval, people familiar...

Google mistress more into sex than 'love' and kids

She’s more into sex than “love.” The gorgeous Google gal exposed as the m💝istres𝐆s of her married billionaire boss thinks romance and kids are uninspiring. Amanda Rosenberg, 26, mocks a...

🌱 Fat♏igue catching up with Wheeler

WASHINGTON — Zack Wheeler can feel the burn of a long season, but insists that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “I’m a little tired,ಌ” the Mets rookie said before his...

Liberty fall to Fever

🌸 Despite giving up a big early lead, th🐎e Indiana Fever kept their composure and got a big win. Tamika Catchings had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Shavonte Zellous scored 21...

ꦿ  Rex plays delay game on Jets’ QB decꦿision

The quarterback competition that won’t end will drag on for a few more days at leܫast. Jets coach Rex Ryan would not divulge who his starting quarterback will be when...

Microsoft considers board seat 😼for ValueAct Capital 🅠

 Microsoft says it will soon be holding regulꦇar meetings with San Francisco investment firm ValueAct Capital and potentially give the investment firm a seat on its board. ValueAct owns less...

Your take on the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's 'Dream'

  A majority of Americansꦇ get along every day, regardless of race or creed (“The Time Is Now,” Editorial, Aug. 28). We work together, live in the same neighborhoods, worship...

Rolle confident in Giants' revival

The tedium of training camp and vagaries of preseason personnel evaluation are ov🐽er. The hated Cowboys and Tony Romo await ๊the Giants eight days from now in Arlington, Texas. So...

John Kerry says Assad is the ne🥂w Hitler

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State 🥃John Kerry today compared Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein as he said new lab tests proved that deadly sarin nerve...

Giants' Wilson: Bring on the extra rushes

David Wilson’s eyes grew w♏ider and wider as the questions came at him, fast and furious, just like the way he runs. Now that Giants running back Andre Brown is...

Rܫo✅ger Federer rolls again, dreams of facing Rafael Nadal 

The two rivals💮 are still each one win away, fourth round matches needing to be played before the dream quarterfinal matchup can take shape, but last night Roger Feder��er said...

ꦏ Floyd: I’m the KO threat vs. Ca🔯nelo  

At first glance, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez would look to be the more dangerous boxer wh﷽en he challenges Floyd Mayweather on Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand. Alvarez, the 154-pound champion,...

Business Briefs

Cruel monthStocks fell yesterday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index capping🐭 its worst monthly drop since May 2012, as investors weighed the prospects for US military action in Syria...

Hedge fund tycoon ups JCPenny sta🅠ke

JCPenney’s trouble with Wall Street cage-rattlers isn’t necessarily over. New York hedge-fund tycoon Richard Perry this week increased his investment in the struggling retailerܫ to 8.6 percent, even as billionaire...

CFO suicide note lists Zuric🍰h boss, but company says no link 🦂 

The suicide of the chief financial officer of Switzerland’s largest insurer took another odd twist yesterday when the company revealed tha♒t the name of its chairman was ღin the suicide...

Apple iPhone trade-in program kicks off ꦑ

Apple, faced with stepped-up competition in the smartphꦇone sector, started paying up to $280 on iPhone trade-ins yesterday. While wireless carr🐠iers Verizon and AT&T, third-party vendor Gazelle and retailers like...

 Nelson Mandela discharged from ho🐟spital 🦹

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, 9🐬5, was discharged from hospital on Sunday while still in critical condition and was taken by ambulance to his Johannesburg home where🍎 he will receive intensive...

 Kri꧃spy Kreme takes a dunk on high costs

Krispy Kreme shares are crashing on the heels of a yearlong, suga🍎r-fueled high. The doughnut chain’s stock — which had tripled over the past 12 months as the 773-unit operation...

Hermès runs on ’fumes

Hermès, the French maker of Birkin bags, said sales of the latest fashi🍰on collections, accessories and fragrances spurred growth in first-half earnings as it reiterated its forecasts for 2013. Operating...

New plan꧟ in the works for LightSquared ☂

Philip Falcone’s LightSquared proposed a reorganization in Bankruptcy Court that includes a potential sale of wireles𒀰s spectrum instead of an auction led with a $2.2 billion bid from a unit...

 Microsoft, American Express compete for Foursquare♈

Microsoft and American Express are vying for an equity stake in Foursquare, said people with knowledge of the talks.The companies are competing to invest in Foursquare rat🐭her than cooperating on...

𝓰  Fans furious Electric Zoo canceled after two ravers died  ♑

Two fans suspected of overdosing on ecstasy died at this weekend’s Electric Zoo music festival on ♓Randall’s Island, prompting organizers to cancel today’s shows - a move that outraged callous...☂

The Jets' long list of bone-headed moves

We care about our Jets, we really do. They make us laugh, they make💜 us cry, thܫey make us wonder why. By no means are the Bozo awards exclusive to... 

 Ex-unpaid iꦯntern sues Donna Karan for making him get coffee 𝄹

The devil wears Donna Karan, acc🌌ording to a new class-action lawsuit against the fashion designer by a former unpaid intern. Valentino Smith, 25, who worked🌊 at the Manhattan studios of...

Brooklyn 'firebug' has history of stalking and violent attacks

The correction officer accused of setting fire to her ex-boyfriend’s ❀Brooklyn brownstone has a histor🥀y of violent attacks on his home and property, neighbors told The Post yesterday. Yvette Randolph...

Stray shot hits Bronx𒁏🌠 kid 

A 🔴young boy was shot in The Bronx last night after an argument near a Fordham basketball court erupted into gun💛fire, cops said. Two men started arguing at 6 p.m....

Girardi's 'unbelievable' belief in Ivan Nova

A reliable quote more than a reliable pitcher during his time in the big 🌺leagues, Ivan Nova smiled and shook his head Saturday afternoon. He liked a reporter’☂s question about...

Q&A with Jets backup QB Matt Simmsꦆ

🌞 Q: Has your father, Phil Simms, shared Giants stories, Bill Parcells stories or anything like that with you? A: He’s shared a few with me over the years, for sure....

Jets cut quarterback Greg McElroy♌ ꦆ

Matt Simms entered training camp with a slim chance of making the roster. He woke up this morning still on it. The Jets cut their 🦹roster down to 53 players..♊.

 Robinson Cano steps up for Yankeesꦛ in 2-0 victory over Orioles

🃏 Ivan Nova wanted to thank Robinson Cano, who wanted to thank Alfonso Soriano ... and you probably could have kept that production line of Yankees gratitude going forever yesterday after...

🤡 Flu does what MLB can’t: forces A-R🌄od out

𓆉 The first sign that something wasn’t right with Alex Rodriguez was the fact he was walking around the clubhouse yesterday wearing a sweatshirt with the hood up. The second came...

Reaction from Red Bulls' 2-1 win over rival DC

The Red Bulls p𒀰ulled out a ten-man 2-1 win over archrival DC to go into a first place tie atop the East. 💯Here is reaction from both locker rooms to...

Thierry Henry refuses comment on practice dustup, Petke claims peace ✃

Two days after Red Bulls striker 🐟Thierry 🦹Henry and coach Mike Petke had to be separated following a practice field altercation, Petke left his star Designated Player out of his...

Yankees’ season died b﷽ecause of inexcusable August performance ꦬ

ꦉ When the baseball obit writers tell the tale of the Yankees’ 2013 season, they won’t lead with all the games missed by Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter, Kevin Youkilis...

Ten-man Red Bulls go first with 2-1 win over archriva🍸l DC United  ꦿ

Count on a rivalry derby with D.C. to get the Red Bulls testy and seeing red, even amongst theꦕmselves. Two days after a practice field altercation between coach Mike Petke...

Thierry Henry sits 57 minutes of Red Bulls win over DC United  ☂

Lloyd Sam and Ti♚m Cahill scored to lead the Red Bulls in a 2-1 victory over the last-place D.C. United Saturday night at Red Bull Arena. Luis Robles stopped ൲a...

 Second🍷-rounder Marvin Austin cut by Giants

Whenever possible, the Giants, as with most teams, try to give the benefit of the doubt to their own draft picks when it comes to putting together their ro﷽ster. That...

What's next for the Mets after an awful August

One of these years, the Mets will play a meaningful September game. Any long-shot hope of that occurring this year was crushed by an August in which the M🧸ets lost...

 Bama starts🧜 3-peat bid by ripping Va. Tech

ATLANTA — Nick Saban looks like he’s sufferingꦰ from an acid reflux attack when 🧜asked about Alabama’s chances of winning a third straight national title, something no program has done...

Jets ꦬwere leaning t♔oward Mark Sanchez before injury

The J๊ets expect Geno Smith to start next week against the Buccaneers and are now adjusting their mind-sets he will be their starter going forward. According to a source, the...

Another two hits for Mets' d'Arnaud

WASHINGTON — Travis d’Arnaud might have been guilty of worrying too much about results over his first two weeks in theꦰ major leagues. A night after recording his first career...

A-Rod's 2009 words contradict his 2013 PED explanation

🦩 It is interesting what is remembered as time pushes events further and further away. On March 4, 1933, Franklin Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address. It was 1,880 words, but...

 🌳  NYC now producing big-time gridiron recrui🧸ts

In one year, Brooklyn will produce as many All-Americans in football as ♏the entire city has managed to develop in basketball over the past fiv༺e years. Though the five boroughs’...

Ike strains oblique 💃in possible last Mets AB 🍨

WASHINGTON — Just in case the Mets had not lost enough players ဣin August, Ike Davis capped off the month by exiting last night’s game after clutching his right side꧒...

 Isner-Nadal showdown🧜 nixed after American upset in 3rd

Joh꧅n Isner and American men’s tennis died at dusk at the U.S. Open on Armstrong Stadium yesterday. The 13th-seede💯d Isner — America’s best hope in the men’s draw — is...

💃 Yemeni gu🌺nmen attack PM convoy

SANA’A, Yemen — Gun𒆙men opened fire on the motorcade of Yemen’s prime minister in the capital of Sana’a yesterday, but he escaped unharmed, an aide said. The attack on Mohammed...

ꦅ Bronx woman kill🔴ed by hit-and-run driver after clubgoers flee phantom gunman

🎃 “My daughter! My daughter!” a devastated Bronx mom sobbed after her offspring was killed early yesterday in a Mott Haven hit-and-run. A light-colored SUV struck Abigail Lino, 24, and sp💦ed...

San🙈ta Claus cal🤡led to jury duty

🗹 Santa Claus might be the most beloved man in the world — but he still gets called to jury duty. The Long 🃏Islander whose legal name is Santa Claus was...

Staten Island teen was forced to practice until♛ he died, family claims 𓂃

ཧAn ailing teenager trying to bow out of football practice early was ordered back to the gridiron — and his death, a lawyer claims. Nicholas Dellaventura, 15, eventually collapsed at...

Commutꦗe💦r-rail cops rake in huge salaries 

These co♍ps are riding the rails of gold. Nearly nine out of 10 MTA police officers who patrol the Staten Island Railway, Long Island Railroad and Metro-North rake in more...

♈ Obama says it’s up to Congress to auth🐈orize military strikes against Syria 

President Obama yesterday passed the buck on Syria, saying he is ready to strike but Congress should pull the trigger. In a 🐻bizarre speech in the White House Rose Garden,...

🥃 Giants cut Carr, keep Painter ✅ 

A few weeks ago, Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride told Theღ Post that Curtis Painter is a “legitimate’’ NFL quarterback who had a real shot at taking David Carr’s roster...

  What if✅ Congress s♒ays no to Syria strike-authorization?

WASHINGTON — President Obama faces resistance from both the left and the right in his call for congressional approval of a strike at Syria. Liberal stalwarts s🌠uch as Rep. Charles...

  🥀 Jets keep four quarterbacks as they cut roster to 53 ಞ

The Jets hav🅘e announced their roster cuts. Here are five things that jumped out at me.1. I’m surprised they kept QB Graham Harrell. I figured he was a rental for...

US knew of gas plot, but didn't alert rebels

Three days before the horrific chemical attack that killed nearly 1,500 people in Syria, Am🍰erican intelligence ꩵagencies had strong “indications’’ the atrocity was about to happen, according to a shocking...

Unheraldꦜed Italian Camila Giorgi shock🐻s No. 6 at U.S. Open

 🅷 Young, blond and talented. Maria Sharapova isn’t at the U.S. Open, but Flushing has found a suitable replacement. Camila Giorgi, a dashing Italian with the🎃 game to back up her...

♏ Serena Williams ready for Sloane Stephens

Top seed aওnd defending U.S. Open champion Serena Williams never has been accused of modesty, but as she approaches her All-American fourth-round showdown today against 15th-seeded Sloane Stephens, she won’t... 

JR Smith guarꦡantees Knicks title while dissing Pierce, ‘not good’ Nets ꦇ

J.R. Smith guaranteed yesterd⛄ay the Knicks will bring home a championship and claimed the Nets are “stillꦺ not good.” During a question-and-answer session with kid golfers at Chelsea Piers, Smith...

Surviving Nazis' Angel of Death Auschwitz experiments

By all accounts, Ire♍ne Hizme shouldn’t have lived through her three years at Auschwitz, where she suffered daily medical exꦓperiments at the hands of the Nazis’ Angel of Death —... 

Colleg🔥es are pimping out their athletes for TV money, forcing them to play at ridiculous times

Big-time college football teams now keep the same hours as street prostitutes. No coincidence, given that both ho⛄okers and “student-athletes” are pimped as part൲ of the same, bottom-line, tight-ends-justify-the-means sales...

 Jesuits in holy war ꧂over sacred Staten Island site

Politꦉicians are now suing priests in an intensifying holy war over a sacred Staten Island site. Two pols accuse the Jesuits who run the beloved Mount Manresa Retreat House of... ಞ

Naive reporter's living hell as Somalia hostage

Bored with her life and fresh off a New Year’s Eve epiphany, a 24-year-old Canadian named Amanda Lindhout 🐷quiꩲts her job as a cocktail waitress and decides to become a...

When health could have led local teams to the champio🍸nship 

Sportiꦦng What-Ifs are never fun, no matter the context. But there is something about the What-If that arrives because of injury, bꦛecause an ankle snapped or a knee popped or...

Sea ya! South St.ౠ shedding historic ships 

This is one hull of a mess. More historic ships at the South Street Seaport could disappear as a Texas devel🦂oper prepares to build a mega-mall at Pier 17 —...

Freshman 🐬QB leads Penn St. to a win in 1s𝐆t game

When Penn State was hit with NCAA sanctions due to the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal, keeping top prospect Christian Hackenberg committed to the school was coach Bill O’Brien’s biggest 𒊎off-the-field...

Your take on Miley Cyrus, Joe Lhota and 🔴Ted Cruz

Cruz Control! Frankly, it will take a stron⛄g conservative Republican like Sen. Ted Cruz to right our “ship of🦂 state,” which has been listing too far left for many years...

Brit rugby rats charged 💙in cop assault

Six British arꦓmy rugby players were tossed back into jail last night after being charged in Manhattan with assault and robbery for their alleged scuffle wit☂h an off-duty NYPD cop... 

Guilty in India bus 'slay' rape

An 18-year-old man was sentenced to three years in jail for the🀅 brutal December gang rape of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, India, that sparkeওd...

$8M over Rikers death

🌄 City♎ taxpayers will have to cough up more than $8 million for the wrongful death of a Rikers Island inmate whose chest pains were ignored by guards. Bronx jurors awarded...

 Film eyes mystery of missing Grou🗹nd Zero flags

The famous flag raised over Ground Zero on Sept. 1꧟1, 2001, flew for just hours🧔 that day, and hasn't been seen since. And the whereabouts of the banner that filled... 

NYU: 'Brainiacs' stiffed us!

It’s not smart to skip out on your bills, but that’s exactly what a scie🏅ntific foundation for brain research has done, according to an NYU School of Medicine law💙suit. The...

Obama puts politics over morals in aꦰbdicating presidential authority in Syria 

As the scheduled time for President Obama’s address on Syria came and went yesterday, reporters in the Rose Garden could see him through the Oval🌺 Office windows, talking on the...

Thousands protest for and against Syrian intervﷺention

Proteste⛎rs across the nation held rallies yesterday s🍌upporting and opposing US military intervention in Syria. In Houston, home to a large Syrian-American population, some 100 people turned out. Tamer Barazi...

Israel has guard up

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has deployed an “Iron Dome” missile-defense battery in the Tel Aviv area. With the US꧑ threatening to attack Syria over its alleged use.ꦚ..

Putin: Assad didn't use chems

Ru☂ssian President Vladimir Putin yesterday dismissed US claims that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own peopl💧e — and warned President Obama to tread lightly. Putin said it...

NYers: Make Gus' den a cub hub

Fur-crazy New Yorkers are calling on the Central Park Zoo to replace Gus th🔯e polar bear with a🅺 cuddly orphaned cub — just like the one Buffalo adopted earlier this...

LI golfer sues after losing fingers to crocodile at Cancun golf course 💙

Talk about a golf hazard.༒ A Long Island duffer seeking birdies and eagles on a Cancun golf course instead found a crocodile — and lost two finger𝓰s in the encounter....