November 4, 2011
B'klyn boy hit by bus
A seven-year-old Brooklyn boy was hit by an MTA bus near a depot at about 6 p.m., authorities said. The boy was struck on Crescent Street near Flatlands Avenue in...
Countdown to the Breeders' Cup: Dirt Mile
The Post will profile each of the nine Breeders’ Cup races to be run Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Countdown to the Cup spotlights potential nice-price winners as handicapped by...
Rex backs Jets GM against Jenkins' comments
Jets head coach Rex Ryan came to the defense of Mike Tannenbaum after former nose tackle Kris Jenkins said the GM knows more about business than football.“I think Tannenbaum knows...
Greek premier Papandreou narrowly survives confidence vote
ATHENS -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou narrowly survived a confidence vote Friday evening, allowing the embattled premier to stay on to pave the way for passage of Greece's $178-billion...
Gun gang kept weapon stashes all through neighborhood
It was kind of like Zip Cars, only with guns. A gang of young thugs in central Harlem used their neighborhood mailboxes, storm drains and stoops as gun lockers --...
Brodeur will start, Kovalchuk unsure for Devils on Saturday: report
Devils goalie Martin Brodeur will start against the Jets on Saturday at Prudential Center, and it is unknown if Ilya Kovalchuk will be able to play.NorthJersey.com reports that a decision...
Retailer Express eyes 4 Times Square
Popular fashion retailer Express has its eye on a new mega-location — 4 Times Square, the Conde Nast headquarters building at Broadway and 42nd Street, the "Crossroads of the World."...
Review: Sonic Generations (Xbox 360)
Twenty years later, Sonic hasn't missed a beat.Sonic Generations, the culmination of the past twenty years of the blue blur, is a game that seamlessly combines the traditional Genesis-style side-scrolling...
Avery will play for Rangers on Saturday
Injuries to Mike Rupp and Woltek Wolski will open up a spot for Sean Avery in the Rangers lineup Saturday against the Canadiens at Garden.It will be Avery's season debut...
High schools with more high-needs kids more likely to get bad grade, review shows
High schools serving the most challenging students were much likelier to get saddled with a bad grade from the Department of Education than schools that serve few high-needs kids, a...
Patriots receivers plan quick patterns against Giants
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England’s pass routes may be a little quicker this week. The Patriots receivers know the best way they can help Tom Brady this week is by...
Mets lay off 10 percent of non-player staff
The cash-strapped Mets have trimmed nearly 10 percent of non-player staff, including business, clubhouse and scouting personnel, The Post has learned. “Several weeks ago, we made workforce reductions in both...
Big East files countersuit against West Virginia
The Big East filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against West Virginia on Friday, four days after the university sued the conference in a bid to make a quick exit for the...
Groupon soars in IPO, defying skeptics
CHICAGO -- Shares soared Friday in Groupon's debut as a publicly traded company, capping a controversial initial-public-offering process underscored by intense criticism from analysts and experts about the company's viability....
Woman who claims she had Bieber's baby first told ex he was the dad
The 20-year-old woman who claims teen idol Justin Bieber knocked her up originally told her ex-boyfriend that he was the baby-daddy -- and not Bieber, The Post has learned. "She...
Federal mediator to rejoin NBA talks
Federal mediator George Cohen is returning to New York on Saturday and will rejoin the NBA labor meetings in Midtown, according to a source. Cohen stepped in more than two...
MF Global thinks missing customer funds stand in JP Morgan account
MF Global Holdings Ltd. found out in recent days that about $659 million of its customer segregated accounts resided in an account at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., according to...
Cain accuser declines to give detail on 'inappropriate behaviors'
WASHINGTON -- A former National Restaurant Association (NRA) employee complained of a "series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances" by Herman Cain in the 1990's when he was head of...
SEGA partners with Youth UpRising and KaBOOM! to build Sonic-themed playground
And you thought Sonic was fast!A group of over 200 volunteers from SEGA of America and Youth UpRising joined forced with organizers from KaBOOM! in order to build a new...
WATCH: Paula Abdul on her 'X Factor' acts' struggles
It was a rough night for Paula Abdul. The singer-turned-dancer-turned-“X Factor” coach watched helplessly Thursday night as two of the acts she mentored – Stereo Hogzz and inTENnsity -- earned...
Galaxy's David Beckham hails 'father' Ferguson as Manchester United?boss celebrates 25 years
CARSON, Calif. -- David Beckham paid a fulsome tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson as the Manchester United manager celebrated 25 years in charge of the English soccer giant, Sky Sports...
VIDEO: 'Do the Mark Sanchez'
It was a fairly light-hearted Jets practice Friday, with players getting a kick out of the loudspeakers playing rapper Adamaz's song "Do The Mark Sanchez.’’ Aaron Maybin could hardly contain...
Jury in Conrad Murray trial to resume deliberations Monday
LOS ANGELES – The jury deliberating the fate of Michael Jackson's doctor did not settle on a verdict Friday and will continue deliberations on Monday. Dr. Conrad Murray is charged...
19 indicted after cops and FBI take down Harlem gang
A violent, destructive gang of gun-toting toughs as young as 17 stashed guns in mailboxes, storm drains and stoops and used them in turf battles with rivals in central Harlem,...
Giants' Pierre-Paul having concussion tests; no surgery needed for Bradshaw
Tom Coughlin said after Giants practice Friday that defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is being tested for a concussion.Pierre-Paul, the second-year star who leads the team and is fifth in the...
Staal move would clear Rangers cap room for Stralman
The Rangers are making plans to borrow close to an additional $3.975 million of cap space by placing Marc Staal on NHL long-term injury (LTI) exemption in conjunction with personnel...
Amy Winehouse was ashamed of being an alcoholic, her mother says
LONDON -- British singer Amy Winehouse was ashamed of being an alcoholic and would not drink in front of her family, the late singer's mother revealed in an interview published...
Daily News axes 10 reporters in ongoing shakeup
In the latest turmoil to rattle the Daily News, about 10 reporters were axed today as the Mort Zuckerman-owned paper tries to stanch the flow of red ink. Zuckerman invested...
Burress, DeVito, Ellis questionable for Jets
Wide receiver Plaxico Burress (lower back), defensive lineman Mike DeVito (knee), nose tackle Kenrick Ellis (ankle) and cornerback Isiah Trufant (hamstring) all participated in at least some portions of Jets...
Cain stays strong after report of sexual harassment claims: poll
WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain entered the worst week of his presidential campaign at the top of most national polls. And for all the missteps and seething allegations of past misconduct,...
Giffords vows return to Congress
PHOENIX — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords vows to return to Congress in a new book that details months of intense therapy and her emotional battle to come to terms with what...
Security guard foils armored truck robbery in Williamsburg
It was an action-packed morning for one security guard who foiled a gunpoint robbery of his armored truck minutes after grabbing breakfast at a Williamsburg deli today, cops and witnesses...
Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander named MLB 2K12 cover athlete
2K Sports announced that Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander would be the cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K12.The announcement was made last night during the 2011 Players Choice Awards,...
Quotes from the Red Bulls' season-ending loss?in LA
The Red Bulls' season ended with a 2-1 loss to the Galaxy last night, and a 3-1?aggregate defeat in the Western Conference finals. Here are what both teams had to...
The pavement did it, parking punch defendant claims in closings
Blame the pavement, not the punch. The buff electrician charged with socking a 4'11'' woman into a coma during a fight over an E. 14th Street parking space last February...
Suspect found guilty in 7 NY bank robberies
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A federal jury has convicted a 39-year-old man of robbing seven suburban New York banks and a restaurant within two months. He faces a minimum sentence...
Israeli navy boards two Gaza-bound aid ships
GAZA -- The Israeli navy intercepted two international ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to break the Gaza blockade Friday. "A short while ago, Israel navy soldiers boarded the...
Russian 'body snatcher' kept 26 female corpses in tiny flat
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia -- Russian police arrested a man who was found to be living with the mummified bodies of 26 women. Historian Anatoly Moskvin, 45, stole the dead bodies...
Ohio deputies faced charging animals during escape
New reports detailing how authorities in Ohio responded when dozens of exotic animals escaped last month show that a lion and a bear charged at deputies before they were shot...
Fantasy Football Week 9 Chat Recap
Post fantasy football writer Anthony Sulla-Heffinger took your questions today.Some of the big questions this week surrounded the status of RBs Ryan Mathews, Willis McGahee and Mark Ingram as well...
WATCH: Whales nearly land on kayakers, surfer
Shocking video captured two kayakers and a surfer being nearly hit by two humpback whales off the California coast. The video appeared as the Coast Guard began monitoring the waters...
Bloomberg says city won’t tolerate Occupy Wall Street violence
Mayor Bloomberg says the violence that erupted in Oakland won’t be repeated in New York. Bloomberg said Friday on his weekly WOR radio appearance that the city won’t tolerate some...
Jets coach to play Patriots fan in Sandler movie
What's more unbelievable: Rex Ryan as a lawyer, or the Jets head coach as a Patriots fan?Ryan will play both in an untitled Adam Sandler movie filmed in Massachusetts this...
Bieber hires crisis management team as he fights paternity scandal
Justin Bieber has hired a crisis management firm in an effort to combat a woman's claims he fathered her child, according to a new report. Bieber has enlisted the help...
Economy adds 80,000 jobs in October, as unemployment rate dips to 9 percent
WASHINGTON — Hiring slowed in October as employers faced more uncertainty over future economic growth. The Labor Department says the economy added 80,000 jobs last month, the fewest in four...
Jon Corzine steps down as CEO of MF Global
WASHINGTON — Jon Corzine stepped down Friday from running the securities firm that collapsed after his disastrous bets on European debt. The move was announced as a criminal probe of...
Class-action monster vs. class-action savior
Talk about no?class. William Burch was?fired from his job?at Champion, which makes air filters. He hired a lawyer in order to file a wrongful termination suit and told him that...
CHSAA Class A boys soccer playoff roundup: Suddenly scoring, Sea routs Blessed Sacrament
Look at the loss column in the standings and you’ll see the just one next to St. Joseph by the Sea’s name. The Vikings, though, finished just third in CHSAA...
South Shore action heats up for anglers
While most of last weekend was wiped out thanks to that nor’easter, it appears that fishing along the South Shore has made a nice recovery. We are still seeing stripers...
INSIDE GIRLS SOCCER: Bayside eyes quarterfinals berth, Hemmings makes quick impact at Riverdale
Friday is hump day for Bayside The Commodores are having their best campaign since the PSAL girls soccer season shifted to the fall after winning PSAL Queens A-IV for the...
Staois strengthens Islanders defense
Two months ago, Steve Staios was an unemployed 38-year-old, a lifelong stay-at-home defenseman who had been drafted the same year as Eric Lindros (1991), had averaged just over three goals...
Girls volleyball roundup: Fieldston flies past Mann, into NYSAISAA semis
Fieldston is one step closer to its first NYSAISAA final in seven years. Arianna Francis had 14 kills, Natasha Trepel had 11 kills and Lauren Weston had 37 assists to...
Girls soccer roundup: Dalton's Hersch scores four, including OT winner
It wasn't the typical Charlotte Hersch goal, but it was equally as effective. The Dalton sophomore, known for her long, well-placed blasts, scored the last of her four goals off...
PSAL Class A boys soccer playoff roundup: Another upset sends upstart Adams into quarters
John Adams has found itself at the right time. And the 20th-seeded Spartans are ruining one favorite’s season after another. The latest victim was fourth-seeded Curtis, the Staten Island A...
Countdown to the Breeders' Cup: Mile
The Post will profile each of the nine Breeders’ Cup races to be run Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Countdown to the Cup spotlights potential nice-price winners as handicapped by...
NYSAISAA boys soccer quarterfinals roundup: Horace Mann escapes UNIS in OT
Neil Berniker was having flashbacks, and not the good kind. When No. 7 UNIS scored twice within the first eight minutes of the second half to draw even with second-seeded...
O/U Rico
Rico went 2-11 (0-3 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week to bring the season record to 55-59-2 (12-12).The selections for Week 9: OVER: Patriots/Giants; Niners/Redskins;Cowboys/Seahawks; Titans/Bengals;Packers/Chargers; Eagles/Bears. UNDER: Bills...
Hondo shows ’em who’s the co-best Best Bettor
Hondo moved into a deadlock for the Best Best lead last week, hitting two of three to vault past fading Brian Costello, whose 03 BB mark inWeek 8 is an...
Braziller: A mea culpa to Brooklyn boys soccer
The moment I saw the brackets decided upon by the seeding committee, my first thought was, Did Brooklyn soccer get good all of a sudden?I was, of course, being sarcastic....
LSU-Alabama: The matchups
The most anticipated game of the season is here. The Tigers (8-0) and Tide (8-0) boast brutally tough defenses, balanced offenses predicated on punishing ground games and sound special teams....
Storm surge: St. John's Prep wins first girls volleyball title since 1988
It was the set that didn’t want to end. St. John’s Prep would go ahead. Then Bishop Loughlin would get two points and take a lead. That pattern was repeated...
St. John's Prep captures Brooklyn/Queens Class A girls soccer crown
Doug Raba couldn’t help but marvel at the enthusiasm shown by his St. John’s Prep team when the final whistle blew. “Immediately everyone charged the field,” the coach said. “They...
CHSAA Class AA intersectional boys soccer semifinals preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA boys soccer beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at Friday’s Class AA semifinals at St. John’s University’s Belson Stadium. Click here for the live blog, beginning at...
Bertagna, Riverdale best upstart Columbia Prep
Isabella Bertagna had a split second to react. With Riverdale in need of creativity and a goal, the senior headed a 50/50 ball past a defender along the right side...
Tilden exorcises old demons, reaches coach's first quarterfinals
The end of the 2006 season is still painful for Tony Crescitelli. Moments after an emotional victory sent then-undefeated Tilden to the PSAL Class A quarterfinals, he was informed by...
Senior keeper saves the day, extends Bayside's season to quarterfinals
After tying the game with a desperate strike in the final minute of regulation, mere seconds away from elimination, FDR star senior Juan Colorado lined up to take the season-...
Business briefs
Becker passFederal prosecutors told former SEC General Counsel David Becker that they won’t probe whether he violated ethics laws by having a financial interest in a policy he worked on...
Greece is the word, and marts like it
Wall Street heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after Greece caved to political pressure and scrapped a public vote that jeopardized Europe’s latest bailout effort and roiled financial markets around...
Rivals target Groupon as IPO prices at $20
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason had better watch his back. After pushing through an initial public offering, the quirky daily deals pioneer is facing his toughest challenge yet with Web heavyweights...
CBS stays hot with Q3 gains
CBS Corp., owner of the most-watched US television network, reported third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as distribution and licensing sales gained. Profit rose to 50 cents a share, CBS...
DirecTV's $1B bet pays off
DirecTV’s billion-dollar bet on football is paying off. Thanks to a wildly popular promotion for its exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package, the satellite-TV provider added 327,000 US subscribers in the...
Steve Jobs bio surrounded by Apple halo
We all knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was an American legend, but who knew he’d prove more popular than Abraham Lincoln or the latest John Grisham thriller? The authorized bio...
LinkedIn $100M deal
LinkedIn fell 9.14 percent to $79.50 in after-hours trading on news of a secondary offering of $100 million. The professional-networking site, which went public in May, had a third-quarter loss...
Preet probes Corzine’s MF mess
Federal prosecutors for Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara have joined the investigation into the meltdown of Jon Corzine’s MF Global, The Post has learned. A source familiar with MF’s situation...
Abercrombie & Fitch slammed as shoppers nix high prices
Seventy-eight pounds for a hoodie? Bugger off! That appears to be what Abercrombie & Fitch heard during the third quarter as shares plunged 20 percent yesterday after the pricey preppy...
Syms worth more since Chapter 11
A Chapter 11 filing may be the best news that CEO Marcy Syms and the company’s shareholders have had in a long time. In an unusual twist, shares of the...
Thank you, BofA!
Bank of America’s loss is the credit unions’ gain. The nation’s 7,400 credit unions have seen a boom in business since BofA announced Sept. 29 it would start charging customers...
RenTec fund has rebirth
Renaissance Technologies, the super-secretive $19 billion hedge fund started by math whiz Jim Simons, is doing just fine without its founder. Almost two years after Simons stepped back from day-to-day...
Key win for Stuy tenants
A New York state appeals court affirmed a lower court’s decision to deny a motion by MetLife to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by tenants of Stuyvesant Town and Peter...
Apollo sinks
Apollo Global Management, the private-equity firm that went public in March, reported a third-quarter loss after writing down the value of its buyout holdings as equity markets tumbled.Pretax economic net...
IAC soars on its Diller of a quarter
IAC/InterActive, the operator of Match.com and Ask.com, rose the most in more than two months after reporting profit that topped analysts’ estimates and declaring its first dividend.Net income at IAC,...
Seemed like a goat idea at the time
These hungry goats really went out on a limb. Nine of them clambered up the branches of an Argan tree in Morocco to feast on its leaves and olive-like fruit....
On the right road
New Yorkers will get to pave the way for future bicycle lanes.The City Council yesterday unanimously passed a bill requiring community-board input whenever the Department of Transportation constructs or removes...
‘Rape’ gal stares down suspect
A brave Brooklyn woman stared down the man who allegedly raped her, as the alleged attacker, acting as his own lawyer, sat in court at his rape trial yesterday.Adam Wright...
Siri-ous iPhone glitch
The voice-control software in the new Apple iPhone 4S experienced glitches yesterday that forced some users to -- OMG -- use their hands.“Sorry, I am having trouble connecting to the...
Air fees to soar
DALLAS -- US Airways yesterday confirmed that it is raising many fares by $4 to $10 per round trip -- prompting some of its competitors to quickly say they might...
Tragic irony of $15 slay
A former cabby who was beaten to death for a measly 15 bucks had just moved out of the Bronx building in which he was mugged -- in hopes of...
Feds fight crooked-pol wife’s $$ grab
She must have known her hubby was a crook. The feds say the wife of disgraced ex-pol Brian McLaughlin doesn’t deserve any money from the sale of the couple’s luxury...
Throat op will sideline Urban
Country singer Keith Urban said yesterday he’ll undergo throat surgery to remove a polyp on his vocal chords.“The surgery, an outpatient procedure, while minor, will require complete voice rest followed...
It was ‘Jackocide’
Michael Jackson’s kids are fatherless because his selfish quack cared more about his own payday than basic medical care, a passionate prosecutor said yesterday. Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with involuntary...
100 flee retch-id Port Authority stink
The Port Authority Bus Terminal really stinks!A cloud of noxious paint fumes emanating from the bus depot forced the evacuation of a nearby building yesterday and sickened several office workers,...
A piece of sheet
Rooftop-sleeping “French journalist” Hugues Akassy is sporting some dashing fashion neckwear while awaiting a jury’s verdict on his alleged five-woman spree of sex and harassment attacks -- a white ascot...
Yo-niversity!
Gym, tan, lecture? “Jersey Shore” star Vinny Guadagnino made a surprise cameo this week as a guest lecturer at Columbia University -- where he traded in his traditional fist-pump for...
Miner in marathon
Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena is back in New York -- to run the marathon a second time.Pena, 35, completed last year’s run less than a month after being saved...
Jury convicts due-date devil
A Queens jury yesterday convicted a man of brutally stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death on her due date.The panel found Derrick Redd guilty of murdering Naisha DeLain, 25, in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Five men were nabbed yesterday swiping counterfeit sneakers from a Midtown building, police said. Amadou Diol, 28, Douda Dieng, 25, Serigne Goumbala, 22, Papa Coulibaloi, 26, and Diabel...
Israelis split on Iran strike
JERUSALEM -- Israelis are evenly divided over whether their country should carry out a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program, according to a poll published yesterday. The survey was released...
Chinatown meat market bit by ‘err’ of the dog
They were barking up the wrong tree. State inspectors raided a Chinatown meat market after a crusading Minneapolis TV newsman confused dogs and ducks and reported that Fido might wind...
'Bieber' baby mama considered putting kid up for adoption
Justin’s “girl” almost gave away the golden egg. The young temptress who claims megastar Justin Bieber impregnated her during a 30-second bathroom sex session initially considered giving up her baby...
Union caves to save jobs
Albany Saved! Nearly 3,500 state workers will stay on the job after the state’s second- largest public-employee union overwhelmingly passed a new austerity contract -- reversing the rank-and-file’s rejection five...
$254M lottery win in Conn.
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A winning $254 million Powerball ticket was sold in Connecticut -- and it’s the largest prize in the state’s lottery history.The only ticket with all six winning...
Mama’s boys on the rise
Forget about “Go west, young man” -- today the battle cry for the younger generation is “Move back in with Mama!”A new study by the Census Bureau shows nearly 1...
Narcs just see no
Drug dealers have caught a huge break from the NYPD, which has halted virtually all counter-narcotics operations citywide that do not include an undercover cop -- giving the pushers free...
Kristen in the ‘nude’
Kristen Stewart, in sky-high stilettos and a skimpy nude dress, makes quite an impression during a hand- and footprint ceremony yesterday at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Along with “Twilight”...
Deranged homeless man goes on violent rampage in Zuccotti Park
This is the new face of Zuccotti Park! A deranged homeless man who has been squatting among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in lower Manhattan went on a violent, early-morning...
Charges reduced against 'Rubber room' Occupy Wall Street protester accused of scooter-cop shove
Yes, he's a rubber room alum. Yes, he sometimes calls in sick. But he's not a cop-shover, and he doesn't play hooky by calling in with the Zuccotti Flu, a...
Pressure cooker pops in Oakland
More than 80 Occupy Oakland protesters were arrested yesterday after a peaceful rally turned into a violent postmidnight clash between police and masked, fire-setting, concrete-tossing vandals. The mayhem erupted after...
Sachs and sex add to insanity
It’s gone from simple chaos to sheer madness. The violence and depravity continued to mount at the Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday, as cops busted 16 people for blocking the...
Protesters: Hell, no, we won’t cop a plea!
It was Occupy Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday.There were only nine takers when the DA’s Office offered no-brainer dismissal deals to the first horde of Occupy Wall Street protesters arraigned on...
GOP wants O to return 500G in Corzine dough
Now this is rich. Republican leaders called on President Obama to return $500,000 that scandal-scarred Jon Corzine helped raise for his re-election campaign. The Wall Street firm that Corzine headed,...
Solyndra heat on Obama
Washington The Solyndra investigation is heating up. A House panel yesterday voted to slap the White House with a subpoena demanding thousands of documents about the questionable $528 million federal...
Jobs bill ‘road’block
Washington Senate Republicans yesterday killed a $60 billion roads-and-bridges repair bill, delivering the third conse-cutive defeat to pieces of President Obama’s jobs package. Republicans this time balked at the tax...
I was very, Perry wrong
Washington Herman Cain’s campaign yesterday backed off explosive charges that GOP rival Rick Perry’s campaign was the source for a damaging story linking Cain to sexual harassment of female staffers...
Royally furious at The Plaza
The princess is peeved.A United Arab Emirates royal whose Plaza hotel room was plundered of $230,000 worth of bling and handbags has moved out of the building and is considering...
The ‘Ali’ in ‘bialy’
The city’s oldest bialy business has been brought back from the dead by a pair of unlikely heroes. It was nearly toast, but Coney Island Bialys and Bagels is on...
Laser your eyes blue
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue? A brand new surgery can.LA Dr. Gregg Homer has conjured up a new procedure that uses a laser to permanently change brown eyes...
DSK ancestor owned brothel
PARIS -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn is descended from the owner of a whorehouse, according to a new book, “Le Tout-Politique.”The author found that the scandal-scarred politician’s great-great-grandfather ran a hotel in...
SNL skits ‘stealing’ the show
“Shy Ronnie” needs a lawyer. Funnyman Andy Samberg was slapped with a copyright-infringement suit yesterday for allegedly stealing the music for a “Saturday Night Live” skit featuring sultry pop princess...
In New York, the enablers wake up
With a little help from the residents of Lower Manhattan and a little more from the denizens of Occupy Wall Street’s tent city, significant parts of Community Board 1 and...
It’ll only get uglier
Even before some of them girded themselves for combat with police, donning masks and wielding black shields emblazoned with skeletons, the “Occupy” protesters in Oakland, Calif., engaged in a willfully...
Decision time for City Hall: Does OWS stay or go?
The Issue: The Post’s call for Mayor Bloomberg to put an end to the Occupy Wall Street protests. *** What started out as a noble campaign has turned into a...
Call the cops, Mike
Regarding the layabouts of Zuccotti Park, Mayor Bloomberg went all wobbly yesterday. Bloomberg vowed “to keep this city safe and, at the same time, to protect people’s right to protest....
Read Andrew’s lips
Gov. Cuomo got it exactly right a couple of weeks ago when he said, “You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states in...
Faith in government doomed Corzine
Jon Corzine appears to have committed more than a few sins in the runup to the demise of MF Global, including possibly using client money to pay for the risky...
A diaper bailout?
Economics 101 teaches that if you want less of something, you tax it, and if you want more of something, you subsidize it. It appears that Richard Blumenthal, the newly...
Cop melodrama for no one
The latest star-filled fiasco passing a contractually mandated week on a rental screen between its Sundance premiere and arrival on DVD, the third film from Queens auteur Dito Montiel (the...
Men of steal
I would have thought the most obvious idea for a slick Hollywood movie about big business would have been “The Thing That Ate Donald Trump’s Scalp,” or you could make...
You’ll feel pro about con man
Veteran character actor Dennis Farina gives one of the best performances of the year in a rare lead part as an aging, down-on-his luck small-time hood in “The Last Rites...
Stoner comedy’s a mari-winna
‘Hasn’t the whole 3-D thing jumped the shark by now?’’ asks a character in the often clever and intermittently hilarious stoner comedy “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.’’ I’d...
Young Goethe in Love
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the German literary giant best known for “Faust,” is an unlikely subject for a romantic comedy. But that hasn’t stopped director and co-writer Philipp St?lzl from...
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
‘You wake up and you’re one day older,” says Charlotte Rampling. “You either accept it or you don’t.” In Angelina Maccarone’s revealing documentary “Charlotte Rampling: The Look,” the 65-year-old actress...
Killing Bono
A charming admixture of “Goodfellas” and “Almost Famous,” “Killing Bono” is a fanciful rock tale that is nevertheless based on a true story. In the 1970s, Neil and Ivan McCormick...
Pianomania
‘Pianomania” is an enticing but flawed character study of a Viennese piano tuner and technician, Stefan Knupfer. It has a pleasing smallness -- it’s cinematic chamber music -- that almost...
Dry wit & slick acting in ‘Desert’ dramedy
There are a few plays within Jon Robin Baitz’s drama “Other Desert Cities,” which reopened on Broadway last night, after a successful run earlier this year at Lincoln Center. The...
Albee’s ‘Egg’ is ova-due
Edward Albee is America’s greatest living playwright. But even the greats can get hung up on a pesky third act. This week, the Signature Theatre Company pulled his latest play,...
Don’t let this wind instrument pass you by
The title of the show is “The Fartiste.” There will now be a brief pause; the review will resume after you’ve stopped tittering. All right then. You may be surprised...
He’s airing his hang-ups
String ’em up! For the first retrospective of the wacky world of Maurizio Cattelan, opening today, the Guggenheim did just that. Suspended from the museum’s ceiling are some 130 works...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
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5 questions for ... Eric Mangini
Former Jets and Browns coach Eric Mangini talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about Sunday's big matchups between the Giants and Patriots, and Bills and Jets. The ESPN analyst also...
Santa Anita Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Post time: 3:50 p.m.FIRST-6 ? fur; $22,000; cl($30,0); 2YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds10I Feel Free(L),113EFlors3-4-x7-22Ello Guv(L),120MPdrza8-2-x2-11McAllstrBys(L),120KStra12-x-x30-13Warrn'sBndt(L),120VEspna11-8-x20-14Level Up(L),120CSntgo7-x-x12-15CaptainMagc(L),120ADlgdo5-x-x10-16CheezyBrezy(L),120BBlancx-x-x6-17Jffry'sPrde(L),120HBerrs2-2-43-18Chapito,120KJohn3-x-x6-19Nemrac(L),120ACstnn10-6-x20-1SECOND-7 fur; $17,000; cl($10,0); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds8ManChestrMn(L),122AQunnz1-2-13-110Exclamation(L),122MPdrza1-1-55-21Colrsfthgln(L),122MGtrrz6-8-530-12Dress Code(L),113EFlors5-1-26-13SparklingKt(L),122DVrgra10-6-1215-14CertifdDmnd(L),122VEspna3-2-68-15Classy Lion(L),119CSntgo4-5-415-16RummyscrtWr(L),122ADlgdo4-4-25-17CafeConLche(L),122HBerrs1-2-36-19Maker(L),120KStra11-6-720-1THIRD-1m(T); $27,000; cl($25,0); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds8IntlImprssn(L),122CSntgo2-3-18-53Hameildaeme(L),122VEspna3-2-85-21PrtyWthBrno(L),122AQunnz7-4-815-12Bella Roja(L),120HBerrs7-4-47-24Powerofvodo(L),113JMedna8-4-420-15Vikkilee(L),120DVrgra4-10-68-16Dalian(L),122KStra8-5-68-17CoolHaleigh(L),120BBlanc4-4-512-1FOURTH-5 ? fur; $18,000; cl($20,0);...
Vic Cangialosi's Monmouth Grade
Post Time: 12:15 p.m.?FIRST-6 fur; $19,000; clm; 3up5-Beacon Beach 9-21-PamperedSr 5-22-TrplA.Rtng 5-13-HardlyaSnt 6-14-ValuAdddTx 5-16-Capixaba 9-5SECOND-6 fur; $18,000; clm; 3up7-Jungle Rain 3-11-Bavaria 7-22-DapperTppr 15-13-BlackTSprt 10-14-ToughJoltr 9-25-Ling Ling Qi 7-26-Brady Baby 5-18-Ishikawa...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEBRIAN COSTELLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSBILLS 2 (44) Jets (Sunday, 1:00, CBS)Bills★ JetsJets★ JetsBillsPATRIOTS 9 (51) Giants (4:15, FOX)PatriotsGiantsGiantsPatriots★ PatriotsFalcons 7 (44?)COLTS (1:00)ColtsColts★ FalconsFalconsFalconsSAINTS 8...
Sports Shorts
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Trainers angry at lack of Breeders' Cup workout
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Red Bulls season ended by Beckham, Galaxy
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Aqueduct Analysis
1. 1 1/16m(T); $41,000; mdn; 3up(f) NOTELL: drew the rail and switches to excellent turf jock Bravo after closing to finish second as the favorite this distance and level. MADAME...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries Post Time: 12:20 p.m.
FIRST-7 fur; $20,000; clm($10,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Controversial ,120A Lezcano8-8-5H Jerkens4-12 It's the Big Cat(L),120A Smith2-9-6Gyarmat10-13 LaunchNRelnch(L),115R Curatolo6-5-2R Dutrow2-14 Pavlov's Dog(L),120JRodriguz3-5-6Fisher15-15 Tiz Clear(L),120D Cohen8-3-1Levine3-16 Hammersmith(L),119J Bravo3-9-1Pletcher7-27 Cella Muffler(L),119CMontalv6-7-5Toscano30-18...
Churchill Downs Charts
November 3rd, 2011 ?2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $18,000; mdn cl($30,000); 2YO; (f)Off: 12:41. Good. 3 wide, drivingTime: 22.24, 47.2, 59.97, 1:13.45.Trainer: Dale RomansWinner: B F, 2, by Sharp Humor-CouldabeenabenzScr:...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 4 SATNov. 5SUNNov. 6MONNov. 7TUENov. 8WEDNov. 9THUNov. 10RangersNO GAMEMont.7:00MSGESPN Winn.7:00MSGESPNNO GAME NO GAMEOtt.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEIslandersNO GAMEWash.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEBost.7:00VS.WRHUNO GAMENO GAMEColo.9:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNO GAMEWinn.7:00MSG+2WFAN NO GAMENO GAMECar.7:30VS.WFANNO GAMENO GAMERed BullsNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBILLS1 1/22(44)JetsPATRIOTS8 1/29(51)GiantsFalcons87(44 1/2)COLTSSAINTS7 1/28(50)BuccanneersTEXANS10 1/211(41)BrownsCHIEFS54(40)Dolphins49Ers4 1/23 1/2(37 1/2)REDSKINSCOWBOYS12 1/211 1/2(44)SeahawksRAIDERS78(42 1/2)BroncosTITANS33(41 1/2)BengalsCARDINALS3 1/22 1/2(41 1/2)RamsPackers5 1/25 1/2(51)CHARGERSSTEELERS33(42)RavensMondayEAGLES77 1/2(47 1/2)BearsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent(O/U)UnderdogKENT ST.1 (43)C. MichiganSouthern Cal21 (58)COLORADOTomorrowW. VIRGINIA13...
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