November 16, 2011
Meet the critics!
Mark your calendar, dear readers: This Monday, thanks to the Drama League, you can watch a panel of critics tear each other apart over the current season. Okay, maybe we won't...
Google unveils new music service
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. said Wednesday it will soon begin selling music online and to Android smartphone users, and will enable buyers to share their purchases with friends...
World surfing tour to return to Long Island next year
The world's best surfers are coming back to Long Island next year. The Association of Surfing Professionals released its 2012 schedule and it lists the Quiksilver Pro New York on...
Afghanistan dogs joyfully reunite with US military members at JFK airport
With yelps and slobbery licks and kisses, some 14 dogs who began life as strays in Afghanistan were reunited Wednesday with the US service members who cared for them on...
Struggling with Thomas Bradshaw's 'Burning'
For each new show, the aggregator StageGrade assigns letter grades to the reviews. I gave Thomas Bradshaw's off-Broadway debut, "Burning," two stars out of four and a mixed-to-negative write-up, and...
Kennedy shocked by Penn State scandal
Jimmy Kennedy’s first year playing defensive tackle at Penn State was 1999 and he was recruited by the school’s defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky.“He was a helluva coordinator,’’ Kennedy said on...
Strauss-Kahn allegedly tied to French call girl ring
PARIS -- French police want to interview former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn over reports that he is linked to a high-end call girl ring in northern France,...
This week's calendar: Nov. 17 to 23
Thursday, Nov. 17 FLOR Store Grand Opening Event Stop by for the grand opening celebrating the newest retail store for FLOR, the premium modular floor-covering system. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres...
Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globe Awards
LOS ANGELES -- Ricky Gervais will host the 69th Golden Globe Awards, show organizers announced Wednesday. The British funnyman will reprise his role as emcee of the show, after some...
Gibson, Maddon named mangers of the year
Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Joe Maddon of the Tampa Bay Rays have been voted Managers of the Year. Gibson won by a wide margin in the National...
Astros being forced out of National League: report
HOUSTON -- Major League Baseball told Houston businessman Jim Crane it would not approve his purchase of the Astros unless he agreed to move the team to the American League,...
B'klyn subway station vandalized with anti-Jewish graffiti
Less than a week after an arson and hate crime in Brooklyn, vandals have struck again, defacing the Avenue J subway sign in Midwood by adding the letters “EW” so...
New judge appointed in Sandusky child molestation case
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A new judge was appointed to oversee the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case Wednesday following concerns about the previous judge's links to the former Penn State...
FA charges Liverpool's Suarez with racial abuse
LONDON -- The English Football Association (FA) charged Liverpool forward Luis Suarez Wednesday with racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during a match last month. "It is alleged that...
Women's World Cup star Hope Solo exits 'DWTS' leaving her partner rooting for his ex
LOS ANGELES -- Bad-boy hoofer Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his partner, soccer star Hope Solo, got the hook Tuesday night on “Dancing with the Stars” after a week of open warfare...
City braces for 'tens of thousands' of protesters set to march on Financial District
The occupation at Zuccotti Park may be over, but wary city officials are bracing for trouble tomorrow when a mob of that could number in the “tens of thousands” is...
Former NBA guard Mobley suing Knicks over 'forced' retirement
Former NBA guard Cuttino Mobley sued the Knicks Wednesday in federal court, claiming the team "saved millions" by sending him to a doctor "they knew would disqualify him from playing"...
Premier Mario Monti introduces new Italian gov't with no politicians
ROME — Premier Mario Monti formed a new Italian government without a single politician Wednesday, drawing upon bankers, diplomats and business executives for a team to steer Italy away from...
Post Power Rankings: Jets, Giants miss chance to join elite
Two weeks ago, the Jets and Giants collected their biggest wins of the NFL season with victories over the Bills and Patriots, respectively. They each had chances to back up...
Tomlinson, Kerley out for Jets vs. Broncos
DENVER -- The short week has officially ended any chance of LaDainian Tomlinson suiting up for the Jets against the Broncos. The running back sprained his left MCL in Sunday’s...
Missing Massachusetts teen found in New Jersey
The missing teen girl from Massachusetts whose disappearance earlier this month sparked a frantic search throughout the city was found this morning in New Jersey by detectives with the NYPD’s...
Tappan Zee Bridge dangler disrupts legislature meeting
NEW CITY, N.Y. — A New York sheriff says the man who dangled from the Tappan Zee Bridge for hours last week briefly disrupted a county legislature meeting and was...
12 gang members arrested in Manhattan and the Bronx
Federal prosecutors and New York police say they’ve arrested 12 members of a street gang on a variety of charges. The arrests follow a yearlong investigation. A 12-count indictment was...
Secret Service says suspect in White House shooting arrested
WASHINGTON — Police on Wednesday arrested the suspect in last week's White House shooting incident, FOX News Channel reported. Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, 21, was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police in a...
Bulgarian pair indicted in $300K ATM skimming scam
Be careful using ATMs, New Yorkers! Manhattan prosecutors today unveiled a nefarious new spin on debit card skim scams: cleverly camouflaged skimming devices and pinhole cameras sneakily attached to bank...
Penn State board member takes over as AD
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State said Wednesday it was turning to a physician and member of its board of trustees, who played football and wrestled for the school, to...
NYC Comptroller John Liu's fundraiser arrested on fraud charge
The feds today busted a New Jersey man for allegedly steering illegal contributions to city Comptroller John Liu. Xing Wu Pan is accused of using phantom or “straw” donors to...
Eagles' Vick unlikely to play vs. Giants: report
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is unlikely to play Sunday night against the Giants after breaking two ribs in last Sunday’s game, ESPN reported Wednesday. Vince Young and...
Kentucky, Maryland commit to Brooklyn tournament
Kentucky will play Maryland in the inaugural Barclays Center Classic next year. Officials of the Barclays Center announced the tournament will be held Nov. 9 in the new arena in...
Boley, Bradshaw miss Giants practice
Michael Boley continues to be considered day-to-day by the Giants after coming out of the 27-20 loss to the 49ers with a strained hamstring. The linebacker did not practice at...
Giants' Cruz, Canty shaken after Manhattan club shooting
Chris Canty is 6-7, 317 pounds, but the Giants defensive tackle was still visibly shaken Wednesday recalling a shooting early Tuesday morning at a popular Chelsea nightspot that left one...
Wright hopeful Reyes gives 'Mets a chance'
Unveiling plans for the Mets' 50th anniversary Wednesday at Citi Field, the team showed a video of highlights from the team’s history. It went from their inaugural season in 1962...
Hawaiian Airlines launches nonstop flights to and from New York
HONOLULU -- Aloha, New York! Hawaiian Airlines will begin daily nonstop service between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Honolulu International Airport in June, the carrier said...
Mets unveil 50th anniversary plans
The Mets began to market a team Wednesday that may be tough to market in a few months.The Mets announced plans to celebrate their 50th anniversary next season by unveiling...
Acting boss of Colombo family not allowed to attend daughter's wedding: judge
The acting boss of the Colombo crime family today lost his bid to win a judge's permission to attend his daughter's wedding. A Brooklyn federal judge ruled against a request...
'We want Stern'
The prospect of Howard Stern as the next judge on “America’s Got Talent” may scare some — but it’s hard to find someone in Hollywood who’s against it. “If you...
St. John's Lavin has special ties to tourney
The tournament's name says it all: 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. A two-day event at Madison Square Garden is part of an initiative to raise money to help...
Devils' DeBoer upset at suggestion team played for OT
BUFFALO – Devils coach Pete DeBoer on Wednesday called Bruins coach Claude Julien "irresponsible" for the suggestion that his former team was playing to get to overtime and a guaranteed...
Devils coach says Kovalcuk 'ready to go' for tonight
BUFFALO – Devils coach Pete DeBoer said this morning he believes star winger Ilya Kovalchuk will return to action from a groin injury here Wednesday night against the Sabres. "I...
Judge sets start of John Edwards trial for Jan. 30
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge has set the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards to begin Jan. 30, a week earlier than the date prosecutors and defense lawyers...
WATCH: Three men caught on video beating subway rider
Cops are looking for three men wanted for assaulting a rider on a subway train in Queens. The NYPD released a video today of three men arguing with the victim...
Feds to re-try ex-Senate leader Joseph Bruno
ALBANY – The federal government intends to re-try former State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on government corruption charges after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled...
Rutgers suffers first loss against Miami
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — With the game on the line, Miami’s experienced guards provided key offensive contributions to clinch it. Durand Scott and Malcolm Grant scored 19 points each to...
OWS regroups, plans to stay in Zuccotti Park in shifts
Life at Zuccotti Park is much different than it used to be -- and it's not much of a life. Tired and weary Occupy Wall Street demonstrators have devised a...
Energy Secretary Chu's political death watch
The folks over at Hot Air have started a poll to guess when President Obama will "accept the resignation" of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. And Chu is indeed in hot...
NYPD seek 4 suspects in connection with Williamsburg rape
The NYPD is looking for four men in connection with the rape of a 22-year-old woman who stopped to ask two of them for directions. They say the incident occurred...
Former NYC stockbroker accused in $200,000 fraud
A former stock broker is accused of pocketing $200,000 from four people who invested in what authorities say were phony stocks. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes says 24-year-old Boris Shteyngart...
VIDEO: Costello on Jets-Broncos
Post beat writer Brian Costello reports from Jets practice as the team prepares for a quick turnaround to face the Broncos in Denver.The game is Thursday night.csprtContainer();
Justin Bieber paternity lawsuit dropped but lawyers still negotiating
Though the paternity lawsuit against Justin Bieber has been dropped, the woman claiming that Bieber fathered her child has a new legal team that is still negotiating for a DNA...
Girls basketball previews
NYPost.com rolls out its team previews for New York City high school girls basketball over the next two weeks. Here are the links, in alphabetical order, to easily navigate the...
Boys basketball previews
NYPost.com rolls out its team previews for New York City high school boys basketball over the next two weeks. Here are the links, in alphabetical order, to easily navigate the...
PSAL Class A girls volleyball playoff roundup: Upstart Cleveland in quarterfinals
It wasn’t so long ago that the players at Grover Cleveland barely knew what a volleyball tournament was. Anna Dawidowska took the Tigers to the Seward Park tourney last season...
Bart's Tuesday Trenchwork: Weekly NFL wrapup and a look ahead
4-DOWN TERRITORY 1. As insanely good of a year as Aaron Rodgers is having for the 9-0 Packers, the case can be made that Drew Brees isn’t far behind. Not...
Cross country championships roundup: Science, Curtis top rivals for PSAL crowns
There would be no repeat PSAL cross country champion as each team’s rival got the better of them. On the boys side, Bronx Science knocked off Stuyvesant 54 points to...
Reloaded Boys & Girls returns confident it can repeat past success
The core of the back-to-back PSAL Class AA champions is gone, scattered about at junior colleges or prep schools across the country. Mike Taylor, Antione Slaughter, Jeffland Neverson and Malik...
Chemistry the question for talented Hayes
Joe Lods finds himself in a Catch-22. The fourth-year Cardinal Hayes coach is pleased with all the new talent that has come into his program in the last year, the...
Brooklyn Borough president mocks Nets' New Jersey roots
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is crying foul over the Nets’ new marketing slogan. During a Nets event at Borough Hall yesterday, the bombastic Beep goofed on the Brooklyn-bound club’s...
INSIDE THE CHSFL: State's top dynasty looks for title No. 13
When Rich Reichert took the helm 25 years ago, St. Anthony’s was not the St. Anthony’s of today. And the success didn’t happen overnight either. It took the legendary coach...
Hunter in first quarterfinals since 2007 with win over Brooklyn Tech
A graduate of Hunter College HS himself, coach James Kurfess knows what it means to be a Headhunter. “Having gone here, I want to instill the pride that I had...
Midwood's second-round win over JFK worth celebrating -- twice
Midwood’s youth and inexperience was summed up perfectly near the end of the third set. Anna Li smashed a kill to put the Hornets ahead and the bench stormed out...
Brooklyn Borough president: Nets’ slogan is off the mark
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is crying foul over the Nets’ new marketing slogan. During a Nets event at Borough Hall yesterday, the bombastic Beep goofed on the Brooklyn-bound club’s...
Regis star striker wins CHSAA scoring race, NYPost.com Poll
Ryan McLaughlin is used to winning races. His father, Kiaran, is a famous horse trainer and the senior won the CHSAA Class AA boys soccer scoring title by a nose...
WAYNE'S WORLD: Legacies will be shaped in coming weeks
Every other week during the football season, Erasmus Hall star senior quarterback/safety Wayne Morgan, the most highly touted football player in New York City, takes us into his life and...
Markowitz push for massive Fourth Avenue rezoning heads to Council
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz today will formally pitch the City Council his massive, seven-mile plan for reviving Brooklyn’s long-neglected Fourth Avenue corridor.He is scheduled to testify before the Council...
Falcons set to spread wings after disappointing campaign
Bishop Ford followed the best season in program history with an up-and-down campaign. The Falcons showed flashes during games of what they could be, were hurt by injuries and let...
Division I duo set to lead undersized Moore Catholic
Jamie O’Hare is still getting adjusted to her new surroundings. The senior guard decided to join rival Moore Catholic after St. Peter’s closed its doors last June. “I’m still getting...
Whitehead needs to be conductor for loaded Railsplitters
Dwayne (Tiny) Morton would sign up right now for Isaiah Whitehead to emulate his on-court production from last year. He would take his 13 points, five rebounds and three assists...
Business briefs
Sac stakesSAC Capital Advisors, the hedge fund run by Steven A. Cohen, increased stakes in Target to 2.36 million shares and Dollar General to 2.41 million shares in the third...
Pepsi plots fizzin’
A PepsiCo boardroom showdown may soon explode, The Post has learned. The drama inside the soft drink and snack giant’s boardroom revolves around a faction that wants to closely examine...
MF steps ‘nefarious or illegal’: regulator
The heat under former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine was turned up yesterday after a federal regulator said the actions surrounding the disappearance of more than $600 million in client...
Time Inc. reaches new heights with Amazon
Time Inc. said late yesterday that it has reached a deal with Amazon to allow digital subscription access to five of its magazines as the new Kindle Fire hits store...
Vivendi cuts Activision
Vivendi raised $427 million selling a stake in Activision Blizzard, reducing its holding in the world’s largest video-game publisher to 60 percent, people familiar with the sale said. Vivendi, based...
Cut-rate Couric
Apparently, Katie Couric is not as big as Oprah Winfrey — especially when it comes to the ad rates Disney-ABC Domestic TV is asking from Madison Avenue. The syndication company,...
NFL Network to press TWC
Largely shut out of the New York market, NFL Network will put pressure on Time Warner Cable by teasing viewers of tomorrow night’s Jets game with promotions of the network’s...
iGer at Apple core
Disney boss Bob Iger is getting the most sought-after board seat in corporate America. Apple said yesterday Iger would join the tech giant’s audit committee while promoting Arthur Levinson as...
Saks full of gold
Selling stuff to well-heeled shoppers is proving more profitable — for now. The company that owns Saks Fifth Avenue said its third-quarter margins widened on increased demand for Chanel suits,...
iPhone charges $ales
Last month’s retail sales were better than expected, and we can thank the iPhone 4S. That, at least, was Goldman Sachs’ take on the latest sales data from the US...
LinkedIn shares balloon
Say goodbye to LinkedIn’s lockup.Shares in the social networking company for professionals will flood the market when restrictions on selling stock, imposed after the initial public offering, are lifted next...
New UFC app for Android
UFC is taking mixed martial arts mobile. Ultimate Fighting is launching a beefed-up app for Android smartphones and tablets that will allow users to stream its bloody bouts, The Post...
UBS names Ermotti CEO
UBS Ag said that its board has appointed interim chief Sergio P. Ermotti to become the new permanent CEO, ending uncertainty over the Swiss bank’s leadership following a $2.3 billion...
New room for REITs
Building owners with just one or two properties may soon be able to tap into the real-estate investment trust market. We caught up to Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick at the...
Stocks inch up on Italy hope
US stocks finished slightly higher yesterday in choppy trading, as hopes for Italy’s new government and improving domestic economic data lifted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.18...
‘King Pimp’s chaste escorts
Yes, he ran an escort service — but the escorts didn’t put out, insists self-proclaimed King of All Pimps Jason Itzler. “It was an escort service,” Itzler’s lawyer, Mark Jay...
Legos: The movie
BURBANK, Calif. — Lego fans soon will be able to watch a movie centered around the popular building blocks.Warner Bros. will begin casting and production next year, with the movie...
Ivy dealer wrist slap
There’ll be no bad trip to jail for a brainy Columbia University engineering senior busted for dealing “shrooms” and LSD out of his dorm room.Michael Wymbs — who had a...
Qns. gal describes ‘rape & set-up’ horror
A Queens woman at the center of an alleged diabolical plot to discredit her rape allegations told jurors yesterday about the horrific attack and the sick scheme to cover it...
Giants out celebrating Cruz's birthday when gun fight breaks out
Bullets flew early yesterday at a wildly popular Chelsea nightspot where Giants star Victor Cruz was celebrating his birthday with a group of pals. At least four shots were fired...
A lesson forgotten
It is known as the “broken windows” theory of policing and civic order. Its premise is a simple and accurate barometer of human nature: If a broken window is left...
Bx. plant for eco trucks
ALBANY — “Green” trucks should be rolling off a new assembly line near Hunts Point next year. Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. plans to build zero-emission electric commercial vehicles and create...
‘Demanding’ job
Contract negotiations between the MTA and its raucous labor union kicked off yesterday — and the only thing TWU Local 100 doesn't want is the kitchen sink. The Transport Workers...
Ultimate fighters slam state
They’re fighting mad.The Ultimate Fighting Championship and several mixed-martial-arts combatants filed suit yesterday to overturn New York’s longstanding ban on “no holds barred” bouts.The Manhattan federal court filing charges that...
Bullet hits White House
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service says a bullet hit an exterior window of the White House but was stopped by special ballistic glass. An additional round of ammunition was also...
Pol plea for first response
WASHINGTON — New York lawmakers yesterday urged Congress’ supercommittee to include in its debt-reduction deal a measure to create a nationwide wireless network exclusively for first responders, fixing a problem...
Sweet bird of youth
They’re the cutest chicks in town — and get picked up a lot. Eight penguin chicks, including this beautiful baby, have been hand-raised at the Central Park Zoo and are...
Court smacks union
The city teachers union lost yet another bid to block the Department of Education from letting the public know how classroom teachers are performing — leaving the union with just...
Suspect nabbed in E. Village rape bid
The man who tried to rape an East Village woman after following her into her apartment building was arrested yesterday, cops said. “I’m thrilled,” the woman, Jane Callanan, 27, told...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan***A street vendor was mugged by two gun-toting thugs yesterday morning on the Upper East Side.The 44-year-old victim was prepping his coffee cart on East 75th Street, near Lexington Avenue...
Gabby eager to work
TUCSON, Ariz. — Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords told her southern Arizona constituents yesterday, in a recorded message released on her Facebook page, that she’s anxious to get back to work and...
‘Jacko’ att’y twist
LOS ANGELES — A judge yesterday issued but held an arrest warrant for a law partner of Dr. Conrad Murray’s chief defense attorney.Matt Alford failed to attend a contempt hearing...
Heavy D death puzzle
LOS ANGELES — Results of an autopsy conducted on rapper Heavy D were inconclusive, Billboard reported yesterday. The New York-raised rapper, whose real name was Dwight Arrington Myers, was found...
Brooklyn bloodbath
A hardworking 50-year-old accountant who was parking her new Mercedes convertible was stabbed to death yesterday just steps from her apartment in Brooklyn, cops said. Larisa Komsky’s bloodcurdling screams woke...
Kagan O’Care bias feared
WASHINGTON — Newly revealed e-mails show that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was a cheerleader for ObamaCare — but she hasn’t stepped aside from the legal challenge to it.Kagan, who...
Holocaust $ fight
Thousands of Holocaust survivors in the United States want Congress to let them sue European insurance companies they say confiscated Jewish life-insurance policies during the Nazi era and owe an...
Palestinians eye May elex
RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian official says the Fatah and Hamas movements have agreed to hold elections next May in what would be a major step toward ending their...
Gingrich on grill
WASHINGTON — Now it’s Newt’s turn to take the heat. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, rising in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination, is coming under fire for a...
Cries grow for AG’s scalp
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday heard the resignation calls grow louder on Capitol Hill over his handling of the botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation. The number of...
$11M for Sun-Drop
GENEVA — The 110-carat, dazzling yellow “Sun-Drop Diamond” sold for $10.91 million yesterday to an unidentified buyer at auction in Geneva. The gem (inset) was sold before an audience of...
Nation’s Rx shortage a crisis: docs
NEW ORLEANS — Growing shortages of cancer drugs and other lifesaving medicines are a national public-health emergency, the American Medical Association has declared. The nation’s largest lobby group of doctors...
Missing-tot Web clue
SEATTLE — Police are investigating whether the mother of a missing Bellevue, Wash., toddler — or someone using her name and photos — created a profile on a dating Web...
Schools giving kids free ‘pass’
The city is abusing a system that was intended to help struggling high-school students get back on track, by allowing kids to earn credits even if they don’t show they’ve...
‘Streep’ fight over Thatcher
LONDON — Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep was accused of cashing in on former PM Margaret Thatcher in her movie portrayal of the former British prime minister as a frail and...
The pension reality
Not so fast, Mayor Bloomberg and Comptroller John Liu. Both officials overstated the benefits of their proposed pension reform when they announced a plan that could boost investment earnings, a...
Mike doing an ‘Andy’
Facing a $4.6 billion deficit next year, Mayor Bloomberg is offering the same paltry pay package to city workers that Gov. Cuomo pushed through for state workers. Sources said that...
John’s looking more like Liu-ser every day
The sweeping federal probe of Comptroller John Liu’s alleged fund-raising scams has imperiled his political future — likely dashing the Democrat’s dreams of becoming mayor, sources said yesterday. “The lights...
W’chester layoffs loom
The Westchester County executive proposed that 210 government workers be laid off, saying yesterday their unions won’t consider contributing to health- care costs. In his 2012 budget proposal, County Executive...
Cross off museum film: pols
Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro and six other New York officials are asking the Brooklyn Museum not to show a film depicting ants crawling on a crucifix.Their letter to...
Just a ‘wee’ change
When you gotta go, don’t count on going at Starbucks. The caffeine king, with 190 locations in Manhattan alone, has been steadily closing some of its restrooms. “Starbucks cannot be...
Faceboook smut attack
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook was investigating reports yesterday of a massive wave of pornographic and violent images being posted to its Web site. The content began to appear Monday...
Prostate cancer-‘Pill’ link
TORONTO — Prostate cancer is more common in countries where the contraceptive pill is widely used, scientists claim.Researchers from the University of Toronto said that estrogen and similar byproducts found...
Mila’s heated pool
Mila Kunis, GQ magazine’s “Knockout of the Year,” doesn’t have to dive in to make a big splash — she sizzles in a sexy tank top, bikini bottom and heels...
Killer’s parting gesture
LUCASVILLE, Ohio — A man who fatally shot his three sons while they slept in 1982, shortly after his wife filed for divorce, was executed yesterday with each of his...
Zuccotti sparkles as judge OKs mob boot
The Occupation is over. The squalid Zuccotti Park tent city that became a magnet for transients, vagrants and criminals and a nightmare for the Financial District lost a judge’s ruling...
Sanity prevails -- but 'Occupy' loons just don’t get it
Finally. Common sense and decency — not to mention ordinary rules of sanitation — reign downtown. For two months, the lunatics had taken over the asylum, as if the right...
Conditions just ‘offal’
City sanitation workers yesterday were forced to pick through a filthy pile of property seized from Zuccotti Park including dirty hypodermic needles, moldy food and glass-littered, broken gadgets. “I pick...
Inside story of why Mike finally had to act
Mayor Bloomberg finally decided to wipe Zuccotti Park clean after learning about a rancid outbreak of scabies, lice and lung ailments among protesters — and most importantly because his reputation...
Joy-filled locals get cooking again
There was a collective sigh of relief — and good riddance — from the residents and business owners surrounding Zuccotti Park yesterday. After two months of impenetrable barricades, aggressive panhandling,...
Battle lines in Albany
ALBANY — State Police have arrested nearly 60 “Occupy Albany” protesters across the street from the state Capitol, setting up a potential showdown between Gov. Cuomo and the George Soros-backed...
Wiki court fight
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange filed a bid yesterday to challenge his extradition to Sweden over rape and molestation allegations in Britain’s highest court, said the Judicial Office. Assange...
Murderer’s evil smirk
A teen who fatally stabbed a WABC Radio newsman he met over the Internet and agreed to hook up with for sex was found guilty of murder yesterday by a...
Aide now says he halted rape, called cops
A Penn State staffer now claims that he stopped ex-coach Jerry Sandusky’s alleged shower rape of a 10-year-old boy and even called the cops — a glaring contradiction of what...
Heart attack kills Bx. cop
A beloved Bronx cop — and married father of four — died yesterday after apparently suffering a heart attack while on duty and getting involved in a fender-bender. Police Officer...
Sandusky laughs at perv questions
Accused Penn State pedophile Jerry Sandusky continued his bizarre public display of creepiness yesterday — laughing through serious questions about charges that he abused young boys. The former football coach...
Fire Island disco inferno
A popular dance club in an exclusive section of Fire Island was destroyed by a fire Monday night that took more than 12 hours to bring under control. “It’s shaken...
Kennedy slay tape for sale
A newly discovered audio tape of urgent messages recorded from Air Force One right after the Kennedy assassination is up for sale for $500,000. The tape was found in a...
Book of moron
There was apparently no treasure too small to be plundered. City Councilman Larry Seabrook’s alleged sales-slip scams included padding the prices on a stack of children’s books — including the...
The biggest ‘Fat Cat’ of all
All the folks protesting the “wealthiest 1 percent” seem so earnest — how could anyone not take drum circles seriously? — and yet they all blatantly ignore America’s most egregious...
Blame the politicians
In the weeks before the NYPD finally cleared Zuccotti Park, the Downtown Community Coalition formed to demand action. For some in the group, the last straw was the incessant drumming,...
Occupational hazards: Was crackdown overdue?
The Issue: Mayor Bloomberg’s overnight eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park. *** Mayor Bloomberg said if the OWS protesters come back, there will be no more tents,...
What a Liu-Liu
Now comes news that the feds — appropriately — are turning up the heat on city Comptroller John Liu’s campaign fund-raising machine. They want to know if Liu got public...
Read Andrew’s lips
“You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states in the nation, have a reputation for being anti-business — and have a rosy economic...
Well played, Mr. Mayor
Zuccotti Park was looking spiffy yesterday afternoon — and for that, kudos to Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. And, if we may be so immodest, to this newspaper,...
How the GOP really lost its way
In 2006 and 2008, voters inflicted on Republicans the worst back-to-back electoral drubbing any party has received since the Great Depression, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt all but destroyed the Party...
Letting others lead
Syrian mobs-for-rent are attacking embassies of countries that have turned against President Bashar Assad — with one glaring exception: The US embassy in Damascus was largely unmolested this week. Arab...
Brooklyn’s New ‘Inn’ Spot
Not so long ago, the only area hotel for traveling bands playing local venues like Williamsburg Music Hall and Union Pool was Hotel Le Jolie, a forgettable stop offering a...
By George, he's got it!
Great movies like “The Descendants’’ don’t only take an audience on an absorbing journey — in the hands of a master director like Alexander Payne and a superb cast headed...
No ‘Standing’ ovation, but it’s worth a sitting
Following in the feel-good footsteps of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” here comes “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays.” The basic presentation is the same. Likable actors —...
‘Honeymoon’ on B’way likely
On the fast track to Broadway: a musical version of the Nicolas Cage movie “Honeymoon in Vegas.” A backer’s audition was held last week and the “checkies,” as Max Bialystock...
Girls will be boys, in France
A pre-pubescent “Boys Don’t Cry” with a much sweeter tone, this thoughtful French comic drama follows Laure (Zoé Héran), a 10-year-old girl who yearns to be a boy. With her...
Oasis bro flies high in NYC debut
The Gallagher brothers so dislike each other that they dissolved Oasis, started new bands and released new records. They won’t even talk about each other. Yet at Noel Gallagher’s New...
New York expands crossbow hunting
The opening of New York's regular big game season on Saturday will see the use of crossbows for the first time and bear hunting in areas that were historically closed...
Rangers coach breaks up 'ARF' line
Well, the Sean Avery-Brad Richards-Ruslan Fedotenko unit -- known in these parts as the ARF Line for Avery's uncanny ability to find himself in the doghouse -- didn't last all...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogJets 5 4½(40½)BRONCOSSundayGIANTS 3½OFF(OFF)EaglesFALCONS 6½ 6 (44) TitansDOLPHINS 2 2½(43) BillsRAVENS 9 7 (40½)BengalsJaguars+1½ 1 (35½)BROWNSRaiders 1½ 1½(45) VIKINGSLIONS 7 7 (47½)PanthersPACKERS14½14½(49½)BuccaneersCowboys 7½ 7½(41½)REDSKINS49ERS10 9½(41½)CardinalsRAMS 3 2 (39)...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 6f; $20,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m) ROCK STAR ROYALTY should show improvement after chasing the pace and tiring in first start since breaking maiden in February. MISS TINY ROLECKS drops...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/8m; $60,000; 3up Sunny and Mild Stakes PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Bigger Is Bettor(L),121 A Lezcano 6-4-1...
Parx Racing Charts
November 15th, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m; $24,000; mdn clm; 2YOOff: 12:26. Good. 3 wide bid, drivingTime: 24.31, 49.78, 1:15.7, 1:42.02, 1:48.97.Trainer: Cathal LynchWinner: CH...
Crossbows zero in on opener
The opening of New York’s regular big game season on Saturday will see the use of crossbows for the first time and bear hunting in areas that were historically closed...
Affrunti’s Parx Grade
FIRST-6f; $24,000; mdn cL($16000); 2YO2-Derg Master 8-54-Lil' Dante 4-11-Maritime Magic5-15-MelissasGdBy12-13-Easy Summer 5-26-Happy High 12-1SECOND-5f; $20,000; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)2-Peggy's Hope 15-13-Imagine Now 8-15-Bank'n On Gold 5-24-Great Intuition 6-17-Queen Rolex 7-26-Secretmdemsel4-11-Victoria Charm...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Verlander wins Cy Young Justin Verlander breezed to the AL Cy Young Award yesterday in a unanimous vote. The Tigers’ ace led the majors with a 24-5 record and...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 16THUNov. 17FRINov. 18SATNov. 19SUNNov. 20MONNov. 21TUENov. 22RangersNO GAME NO GAMENO GAME Mont.7:00MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEIslandersNO GAMEMont.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEBost.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEPitt.7:00MSG WRHUNO GAMEDevilsBuffalo7:30TV - VersusWFAN 660 AMNO GAMENO GAMET.B.7:00MSG+2...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Ticketcity Legends Classic: Princeton at N.C. State ESPNU10 p.m.Hofstra at Oregon State WRHU (88.7 FM)Golf9 p.m.Presidents Cup: Foursomes Matches GOLFHockey7:30 p.m.Devils at Sabres VS., WFAN (660 AM)Horse Racing12:20 p.m.Aqueduct...
Tiger, ex-caddie in pair at Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Presidents Cup will start with a reunion between Tiger Woods and his ex-caddie. U.S. captain Fred Couples and International captain Greg Norman, hopeful of putting an...
Devils lose to Bruins
BOSTON — Taking a swipe at the Devils’ strategy, Bruins coach Claude Julien made the point that playing for a tie isn’t playing to win. The Devils have gained 11...
Rangers top Islanders, extend winning streak to 7
This was a case of the big-time player making the big-time play. This was a case of Page Six Brad Richards stepping up when the Rangers required it. For it...
Time on beach not such a reach
Locked-out Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert is writing a periodic diary for The Post, detailing his offbeat transition to the NBA due to the work stoppage.The news hurt.The NBA and NBPA...
Knicks' Anthony, Billups file lawsuit
It’s Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups vs. the NBA. Attorneys for the locked-out players filed a 25-page federal antitrust lawsuit last night in California, setting off commissioner David Stern’s worst...
Islanders power play fueling slump
The Islanders’ power play has been an Achilles’ heel all season long. And last night was no different, as they fell to the Rangers 4-2 at Nassau Coliseum for their...
UFC sues to overturn New York ban on live bouts
The Ultimate Fighting Championship, mixed martial arts’ largest promoter, sued yesterday to overturn New York’s ban on live bouts, saying the 1997 law runs roughshod over its freedom of expression,...
Cashman says Yankees bound to add pitcher
MILWAUKEE — These are the Bizarro GM Meetings in which the Marlins are chasing the top of the free-agent market, the Nationals are considered financial stalking horses and the Yankees...
Mets GM assured picks if Reyes departs
MILWAUKEE — When the Mets decided against trading Jose Reyes during the season, they believed their fallback position if the shortstop left via free agency would be to receive high-end...
Marlins want Reyes to help new look
MILWAUKEE — Jose Reyes likely won’t be landing in the Marlins’ lap immediately — if he does choose South Beach — but the team’s president of baseball operations is allowed...
Mets plan to keep Pagan
MILWAUKEE — It’s probably safe to eliminate center field as a position the Mets will look to upgrade this offseason. Without officially saying Angel Pagan will be tendered a contract...
Giants can virtually end Eagles’ season with win
The Eagles are having one of those seasons that get people fired. And who usually gets fired, the people who put it all together or the people who could not...
Giants expect 'dogfight' from Eagles
The Giants have a chance to deliver a knockout blow to the Eagles’ hopes for a NFC East title when they play the supposed “Dream Team” Sunday night at MetLife...
Jets QB says things OK with coach
After Jets coach Rex Ryan took a scathing shot at Mark Sanchez, calling the quarterback’s timeout Sunday night the stupidest play in football, both are saying their relationship is just...
Cowboys RB Jones now backup
Cowboys running back Felix Jones is set to return Sunday from a high ankle sprain, but impressive rookie DeMarco Murray will remain the starter, team owner Jerry Jones said yesterday....
Jets say Broncos run-first attack can't last
The Jets have spent the past two days preparing for Tim Tebow and the Broncos’ option offense. If you ask cornerback Darrelle Revis, they won’t ever have to do it...
Jets RB Tomlinson unlikely to play
All indications are the Jets will not have running back LaDainian Tomlinson for tomorrow night’s game with the Broncos. A source said the Jets had not officially ruled Tomlinson won’t...
Broncos QB hard to figure, hard to stop
DENVER — As we’ve all come to know, Rex Ryan loves making guarantees as much as he loves eating Mexican food. So in the spirit of Rex, here’s a guarantee:...
Starr report
Mo Rocca has snared an exclusive "CBS Sunday Morning" interview with Michelle Williams, who's playing Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming big-screen flick, "My Week with Marilyn" (opening Nov. 23). It's...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYERIC STONESTREET, CHEF SANDRA LEE - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7KIM KARDASHIAN, KHLOE KARDASHIAN-ODOM - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4DAVID LETTERMAN, BRET MICHAELS - Live with Regis &...
‘View’ish girl goes after Maher
‘The View” has a new feud. “View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck ambushed comedian Bill Maher on the morning show yesterday — payback, it seems, for a joke he made about her...
‘DWTS’ hope-less
Bad-boy hoofer Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his partner, soccer star Hope Solo, got the hook last night on “Dancing With The Stars” after a week of open warfare with the show’s...
Giffords beats Sandusky
The weeps destroyed the creeps on Monday night as ABC’s interview with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords drew almost three times as many viewers as NBC’s interview with disgraced ex-Penn St. football...
Casey Anthony movie
It’s not a real scandal unless it’s made into a Lifetime movie, so it is perfect that Casey Anthony’s story is headed to the cable channel. The rights to Casey...
Gayle leaves OWN
CBS officially unveiled its newest morning-show lineup yesterday — hoping a focus on news will turn the tide at the perennial third-place program. The new show (no title yet) replaces...
Point & shoot
We’re not quite sure what’s going on in this exclusive photo from an upcoming episode of “Revenge” — but it doesn’t look like it’s very cheerful. A shutterbug in LA...
This Promenade lives up to its promise
It doesn’t take a magician to convert food to fantasy. Add a few foreign-sounding ingredients, doll up the house with exaggerated references to an exotic distant locale, and, voila! —...
Weird but true
A 12-year-old Florida girl was so moved by the plight of Haitian earthquake victims, she single-handedly raised enough money to build new homes for 27 families. Rachel Wheeler started by...
Krzyzewski passes Knight for most all-time wins
By the time his mentor, Bob Knight, whispered in his ear, “Boy, you’ve done pretty good for a kid who couldn’t shoot,’’ the tears were running down Mike Krzyzewski’s face...
NBA stars watch Coach K’s big night
Carmelo Anthony finally got to see the transformed Garden in its completion last night, the same evening he was first plaintiff named in a 25-page federal lawsuit filed against the...
Balanced Kentucky rolls over Kansas
It’s not very often Kentucky plays in what the media refers to as the “other’’ game. Fear not, Wildcats fans. Based on the performance of this young but immensely talented...
Players file antitrust lawsuits against NBA
NBA players filed two antitrust lawsuits against the NBA on Tuesday, as the 138-day labor dispute moved to the courts. One complaint was filed in a Northern California court, said...
Paterno in line for six-figure annual pension
HARRISBURG, Pa.— Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's long service at the university theoretically puts him in line for a pension of more than $500,000 a year, according to...
Richards' late goal Rangers 7th straight win
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Brad Richards' go-ahead goal with 4:55 remaining snapped a tie and sent the New York Rangers to their seventh straight victory, 4-2 over the New York Islanders...
Duke's Krzyzewski becomes NCAA Division I's winningest coach
Duke men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski on Tuesday passed his mentor Bob Knight to become the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, notching his 903rd victory in a...
McQueary email: I stopped Sandusky, went to police
Mike McQueary, under a barrage of criticism for not doing enough to prevent Jerry Sandusky allegedly raping a boy in a locker room shower in 2002, claims he did stop...