December 19, 2012
Turner not ruling out being offensive coordinator again if fired by Chargers
Norv Turner isn’t ruling out taking a job as an offensive coordinator for another NFL team if he is fired as coach of the San Diego Chargers after this season....
Panel rules Prospect Park West bike lane case was erroneously tossed
Opponents of the controversial Prospect Park West bike lanes are finally getting their day in court. An appellate panel ruled today that Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan “erred” in August...
Yankees, Ichiro complete two-year, $13M deal
The Yankees and Ichiro Suzuki finalized a $13 million, two-year contract Wednesday that keeps the 10-time All-Star in the Bronx. The 39-year-old, who will make $6.5 million in each of...
Thief swipes $700 worth of goods from stroller outside Park Slope day-care center
It was like taking candy from a baby. More than $700 worth of valuables were stolen from a stroller parked outside a day-care center in tony Park Slope, cops said...
Socialite train wreck abused sobriety coach: lawsuit
A socialite train wreck beat up her soberiety coach so badly that the woman is awaiting a spinal fusion, a blockbuster Manhattan lawsuit claims. Joselyn Wohl, 32, daughter of New...
Back from injury, Anthony starting for Knicks vs. Nets
Carmelo Anthony is returning to the Knicks’ starting lineup against Brooklyn after missing two games because of a sprained left ankle. Anthony worked out before the game Wednesday and decided...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Knicks
Fresh off their latest disappointing loss after holding an early double-digit lead, the Nets will hope to get back on track Wednesday night when they make their first-ever visit to...
Looking back at Nets-Jazz
The Nets once again saw a double-digit first half lead evaporate in the third quarter, which they eventually saw them fall behind late and finish on the wrong end of...
Jets' Sanchez respects, but doesn't agree with Ryan's decision to bench him
Mark Sanchez understands and respects Rex Ryan’s decision to replace him as the Jets’ starting quarterback, but he doesn’t have to like or agree with it. And while he says...
'Disappointed' Tebow says he'll address Jets future after season
A clearly annoyed Tim Tebow did not provide many answers Wednesday discussing being passed over by the Jets. What he didn't say was perhaps more telling. Tebow would not address...
POSTING UP: NCAA's transfer rules need amending
Times are tough? Not getting enough playing time? Don’t like your coach?Take your ball and go home.According to NCAA statistics, nearly 40 percent of college basketball players will be not...
ESPN's Parker apologizes for calling Redskins' Griffin 'a cornball brother'
Six days later Rob Parker realized he was wrong. The “First Take” host who said on Thursday’s program that Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is “kind of black” and wondered,...
Mom left school gunman Adam Lanza alone for days before school massacre: report
Mass murderer Adam Lanza spent two and half days home alone with his mom’s arsenal of weapons, giving him plenty of time to hatch one of America’s worst school shootings,...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Recent Giants teams not always great with backs against wall
The Giants have leaned heavily on the fact that for some inexplicable reason they play their best when their backs are against the wall.And it’s a right they earned by...
1 dead, 20 injured in multi-car LIE crash
At least one motorist was killed and 20 more injured, in an explosive pileup on the Long Island Expressway this afternoon, Suffolk County authorities said. An 18-wheel truck crashed and...
Two B'klyn DMV inspectors busted for forging diesel emission tests
Two Brooklyn motor-vehicle inspectors were busted for forging emission tests for diesel trucks, authorities announced today. Mark Asselta, 46, owner of a Bushwick repair shop, and Shlomo Freedman, 54, owner...
The Top 10 shows of 2012
Yes, it's OK to laugh: I enter all the shows I see in an Excel spreadsheet. It certainly makes things easier when it's time to look back and come up...
Blue Jays manager happy about being World Series favorite
Being the oddsmakers' darlings doesn't guarantee anything but Toronto manager John Gibbons isn't running away from the Blue Jays being installed as the favorite to win the AL East and...
Obama on fiscal cliff: He and Boehner 'pretty close' to a deal
WASHINGTON — Optimistic despite a tightening deadline, President Obama says he and Speaker John Boehner are "pretty close" to a grand fiscal deal that would avoid a first-of-the-year shock to...
Teary-eyed sisters, best friend say goodbye to Victoria Soto
Jillian and Carlee Soto, the two younger sisters of tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Victoria Soto, gave heartfelt, emotional eulogies today, saying goodbye to their "hero" Below are the...
Benghazi panel: Security insufficient at consulate
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the panel that reviewed the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya say insufficient security staffing led to the weaknesses at the diplomatic post in lawless...
Robin Hood starts distributing $50M from Superstorm Sandy concert
The Robin Hood Foundation says it is beginning to distribute $50 million in proceeds from last week's benefit concert to organizations helping victims of Superstorm Sandy. Madison Square Garden spokeswoman...
Vikings QB Ponder marries ESPN's Steele
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder and ESPN reporter Samantha Steele have tied the knot. Ponder confirmed on Wednesday that the two were married at a courthouse...
Douglas' son argues for break on 4 1/2 year drug sentence
Greed may be good, but seeing your son in the slammer -- not so much. Famed "Wall Street" actor Michael Douglas sat through 40 minutes of appeals court arguments this...
Rex dodges questions about Jets quarterback
For a guy who isn’t too slender in the waist, Jets coach Rex Ryan is wonderfully adept at dancing around questions.One day after naming Greg McElroy is starting quarterback for...
Phillips, Prince return to Giants practice, but plenty others still out
It was not exactly All In for the Giants on Wednesday as far as practice participation but they did welcome back two key members of their defensive backfield, as safety...
'Golden Eagle Snatches Kid' video is fake
A video of a golden eagle swooping from the skies of Montreal to snatch a toddler off the ground flew its way across the internet this morning, instantly becoming a...
Lhota formally announces resignation, considers bid for mayor
Joseph Lhota, the head of the MTA, formally announced today that he is stepping down on Dec. 31 to consider a run for New York City mayor. Lhota is a...
Martha Stewart CEO Gersh out after five months
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said today that CEO Lisa Gersh is stepping down after just five months atop the domestic diva’s rapidly shrinking empire. The move confirms an exclusive report...
My 2013 Hall of Fame ballot
This marks my seventh year as a Hall of Fame voter, and I’d rank this ballot as my most fun. Not heart-wrenching. Not sleep-losing. Not difficult. Fun. It’s a fun...
Shattered Newtown tries to make sense of tragedy as hero teacher buried
She was always a "superhero." Victoria Soto, the young Newtown, Conn., elementary school teacher who selflessly gave up her life trying to save the lives of little kids from a...
Knicks' Melo 'moving around pretty good' at shootaround
Carmelo Anthony still won’t commit to tonight’s game vs. the Nets but he looked limber during the morning shootaround and Mike Woodson said he was “moving around pretty good,’’ raising...
Giants' Cruz learning to 'cherish the little moments' after visit with Sandy Hook family
When Victor Cruz on Tuesday arrived at the Pinto family home in Newtown, Conn. he first saw a bunch of kids from a local Pop Warner team wearing his No....
Isiah signs on with NBA TV, will make debut Friday
Isiah Thomas is going to get another chance . .. on television. NBA TV announced on Wednesday that Isiah Thomas has joined their team of studio analysts and will make...
Man injures cop in elephant tusk attack after believing to be under 'voodoo' spell
A Hamilton Heights man, fearing he was under a “voodoo” spell, badly injured a cop this morning, beating him with a plastic elephant tusk, officials said. The injured officer was...
Bulls' Noah retires gun celebration after Sandy Hook shooting
Joakim Noah is retiring his trademark six-shooter celebration in the wake of the horrific Sandy Hook shootings. The Bulls star, who pantomimes firing off two guns after making a big...
Jets expected to pursue veteran to compete with Sanchez, but Vick unlikely: sources
It's probably safe to cross Michael Vick off the list of potential 2013 Jets quarterbacks.According to a source, it is highly unlikely that Vick would choose to come to the...
Email reveals list of NJ legal marijuana recipients
TRENTON, N.J. — Some New Jersey medical marijuana patients are upset about an email sent to them by the state Health Department. Patient Lisa Segal of Wenonah says the email...
Jackie Chan fights triads with guns and grenades, could go to real life jail
Cops want to grill martial-arts movie star Jackie Chan, after he boasted about using guns and grenades to fend off triad thugs. Chan’s guns-and-grenades comments, published in a mainland Chinese...
CUNY grade 'fixer' pleads guilty
A top administrator at CUNY’s prestigious Zicklin School of Business pleaded guilty today to forging signatures to raise grades for failing students — and alleged that four professors were in...
MTA approves sweeping fare, toll hikes
The MTA's board – including Chairman Joe Lhota, who will step down on Friday in order to run for mayor -- approved sweeping fare and toll hikes at their monthly...
For minor crimes, NYers sentenced to Sandy relief
New Yorkers who got into minor trouble in Manhattan have been sentenced to Sandy. Last week, 70 people who were given community service after pleading guilty to infractions like public...
Watergate linked Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork dies
ARLINGTON, Va. — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the...
Nabes complain Edwards, Hunter's romance too loud: report
America’s anti-sweethearts are back together! Disgraced Democratic pretty boy John Edwards and loopy lover Rielle Hunter have rekindled their on-again, off-again romance in such a loud, passionate manner, their neighbors...
Record setting weekend for New Jersey's gun buyback program in wake of Newtown massacre
CAMDEN, NJ — Residents of New Jersey's most impoverished and murder-prone city turned in a record number of weapons in a recent gun buyback program, and officials on Tuesday surmised...
Man killed in Qns. hit-run
A man was killed this morning by a hit and run driver in the Rosedale section of Queens, authorities said. The 31-year-old victim was crossing Francis Lewis Boulevard and 246th...
Russia gives initial OK to American adoption ban
MOSCOW — Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave overwhelming preliminary approval to a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children, a harsh retaliatory move against US human rights legislation. Top Russian...
Obama named Time's 'Person of the Year'
President Obama has been named Time's "Person of the Year" for 2012. The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show. The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai,...
French judges keep Strauss-Kahn pimping charges
PARIS — French judges decided Wednesday not to drop pimping charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his lawyers said. They quickly vowed to appeal. The case is...
Jets ‘franchise’ QB Sanchez finally benched; McElroy gets nod over Tebow
Mark Sanchez has finally run out of chances. The Jets made a change at starting quarterback yesterday, replacing the ineffective Sanchez with second-year pro Greg McElroy, rather than Tim Tebow....
For buttfumble’s sake, let this Mark the end of Sanchez's time with Jets
For the sake of the Jets, for the emotional well-being of long-suffering Jets fans who are mad as hell and can’t take it anymore, Woody Johnson must next summon the...
From Sanchise to clown prince, the rise & fall of Mark Sanchez
Mark Sanchez stood in a cramped room at LP Field Monday night with the worn look of a player who had hit rock bottom. Five turnovers, three in the fourth...
Woodson not pleased with lack of Knicks defense lately
Mike Woodson allowed himself to daydream for a moment yesterday about a day when all of his key players are healthy and the Knicks have a full roster for him...
Healing Amar’e ‘totally open’ to coming off Knicks bench
The $100 million man is willing to become a sixth man if necessary. Amar’e Stoudemire, with $65 million and three years left on his $100 million contract, said yesterday he...
Injured Carmelo won't rush back to Knicks
Carmelo Anthony wants to take the smart route. And the smart route is not rushing back. So it’s possible Anthony will miss a third straight game because of a sprained...
Final verdict on Mets' Dickey deal will come later
Trading a Cy Young winner is not unique. It now has happened 10 times in just the past 58 months — three times involving Cliff Lee and twice Zack Greinke....
Mets closer Francisco has surgery
Frank Francisco underwent surgery yesterday to remove a bone spur from his right elbow. Maybe that spur was the reason the closer pitched so poorly for the Mets last season....
Prescription for Mets: More Cowgill
The Mets need to trade up in many ways ,and yesterday they addressed their lack of major league outfielders by acquiring Collin Cowgill from the Athletics for Double-A infielder Jefry...
Big brother helps mold new Mets catcher d’Arnaud
For young Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud, the road to Citi Field began in his driveway. “We have this long driveway that goes all the way to the backyard,’’ Chase d’Arnaud,...
Street.com settles an SEC fraud probe
TheStreet.com and three former executives settled a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into accounting fraud at the company yesterday.The SEC said the fraud occurred from 2008 to 2009 while slapstick...
Business briefs
Luxe exitLouis Vuitton’s new CEO quit suddenly because of health reasons, parent LVMH said. The world’s largest luxury company said Jordi Constans would be replaced by Michael Burke, chief executive...
Say cheesy, Zuck: Instagram user-photo sale plan a p.r. disaster
It may go down as one of the worst marketing blunders made by a tech firm this year. Instagram’s plan to sell users’ photos as advertisements blew up in its...
TWC: Ovation cut just a start
The Glenn Britt broom may not be done sweeping away low-rated channels from Time Warner Cable.The CEO, who yesterday announced that the arts-focused Ovation channel was being chucked from its...
Head-scratcher
Two ratings dinosaurs are betting they can survive in the digital age. Nielsen, which has had a virtual monopoly on TV ratings for decades, has struck a deal to acquire...
Nelson first female Time Inc. EIC
Time Inc. named Martha Nelson editor-in-chief, marking the first time in the publishing company’s 90-year history that a woman has held the top job. “Over the past year, I have...
CEO Gersh packing her bags at Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Lisa Gersh is expected to announce her resignation, possibly as early as this week, just five months after she was elevated to the top job....
Penguin settles with DOJ
Penguin agreed to a settlement with the Department of Justice in a lawsuit claiming the company and others conspired to raise e-book prices, the department said in an e-mailed statement....
Licenser $uits HMX just fine
President Obama is getting a new term, and his suit maker is getting a new chance at success.HMX Group, the New York-based company that owns the Hickey Freeman and Hart...
Trading places: Schonfeld woos talent from shuttered funds
Trading kingpin Steven Schonfeld is ready to turn the hedge-fund industry’s insider-trading pain into his gain. The head of the $2 billion Schonfeld Group, looking to double his firm’s size,...
Producer raising $443M
Legendary Entertainment, producer of film hits including “The Dark Knight” and “The Hangover,” said yesterday it raised about $443 million in new equity financing through investment management company Waddell &...
‘Kill switch’ for stocks
Regulators and exchanges are getting closer to a framework for a “kill switch” that could be used to shut down trading before software glitches get out of control and wreak...
Knight says ‘Yes, Getco’
Knight Capital Group accepted a takeover bid from Getco, ending a four-month saga that began when a $450 million computer error almost ruined the firm, sources said. Knight rejected a...
Setting the ‘Barnett’ high
Gary Barnett is busy shedding unwanted assets and amassing capital as he concentrates on skyscrapers such as the 1,550-foot Nordstrom tower on West 57th Street that will be the tallest...
Judge cool to PE price-rigging suit
BOSTON — A federal judge yesterday sharply questioned whether shareholders accusing private-equity firms of bid-rigging had enough evidence to proceed with most of their lawsuit. Judge Edward Harrington told lawyers...
Bx. judge censured
A judicial-oversight panel has censured Bronx Surrogate’s Court Judge Lee Holzman for his handling of a government lawyer accused of pilfering estates of the deceased, officials said yesterday.The state Commission...
Freed NBC newsman’s nightmare
They were ready to die. Award-winning NBC News foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his three-man crew were blindfolded, bound and subjected to mock executions during their harrowing five days held...
Bus change in a flash
The MTA will scrap flashing blue lights atop some buses because other motorists were confusing them with emergency vehicles, officials said yesterday.Motorists were clearing the way for the Select Bus...
$10M Medicaid Rx ‘rip-off’
State authorities busted five pharmacists for allegedly ripping off Medicaid by billing for nearly $10 million in pills that were never dispensed to patients, officials said yesterday.The five, one from...
JFK strike averted
JFK Airport security workers yesterday nixed plans to strike during Christmas. Employees of AirServ and Global Elite Group decided against walking off their jobs after their bosses agreed to talks....
One for the books! $300M redo for Fifth Avenue Library
Check it out. The New York Public Library’s historic main branch will boast twice as much public space, stunning views of Bryant Park — and the chance to finally borrow...
Toast to subway heroes
They’ll drink to their heroism. Two subway riders — total strangers — who rescued a man from an oncoming 5 train reunited yesterday, and said they’ll soon share some wine...
O, stop this apocalypse . . . now!
This is why we have a president. The question is whether the president we have will rise to the challenge. Barack Obama gave an eloquent, heartfelt address at Sunday’s memorial...
Schizo fraud doc gets 3 years
At least she’ll have plenty of company. A Harlem doctor was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for drug crimes she claims were committed by one of her many...
Drone-revenge NY terror ‘plot’
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Pakistani-born man wanted to avenge deaths from US drone attacks in Afghanistan by blowing up a New York City landmark, but lacked the money and...
Democrats ‘caving’ on Social Security
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers mostly fell in line yesterday behind President Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security payments as part of a fiscal-cliff deal, despite outrage from the party’s liberal...
State Dept failed in Benghazi: probe
WASHINGTON — An independent probe of the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, rips the State Department for “grossly inadequate” security that left the...
Don’t diss piggy! NY pols defend pork in Sandy aid
WASHINGTON — Gov. Cuomo and Sen. Charles Shumer yesterday scrambled to blunt criticism of the $60.4 billion federal Hurricane Sandy bill by Republicans who have blasted some of the spending...
Hoboken reopens
The Hoboken PATH station — the system’s only stop still shuttered after Hurricane Sandy — reopened today, officials said. Trains began running between the busy New Jersey station and West...
Relief for rebuilding
The city Department of Buildings will waive agency fees for work on the 1,000 or more local buildings damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.The charges won’t go back into effect...
Survivor’s FEMA ‘murder’ threat
A fed-up survivor of Hurricane Sandy was charged yesterday with threatening to kill a FEMA inspector because he hadn’t received assistance after losing his home and possessions to the storm....
DNA from ’94 slay fingers suspect
Eighteen years after a young boy stumbled on the body of a raped and strangled pregnant woman on a Harlem roof, her accused killer was hauled before a judge yesterday...
‘Immig’ scam raid
More than two dozen people, including six lawyers, were indicted yesterday for alleged immigration fraud — in some cases telling asylum seekers to falsely claim they suffered forced abortions in...
Gen. gal gets off
Former CIA boss David Petraeus’ mistress faces no charges in the cyberstalking probe that ended his military and intelligence career, federal prosecutors said yesterday. The US Attorney’s Office in Tampa,...
B’klyn bus brawl bust
An MTA bus driver was arrested in Brooklyn yesterday for punching a passenger who spit in his face twice, authorities said. The altercation began when Alexander Rudolph, 23, boarded the...
Lhota quitting: Mayor race next stop for MTA boss
MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota will resign Friday to announce plans to run for mayor, sources said yesterday. Lhota, a Republican who was deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, has been widely...
Macchiarola dies
Frank Macchiarola, the former head of New York City’s school system, died yesterday at 71 after a long illness. Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Macchiarola “was a strong chancellor, known for...
King of deadbeat dads nabbed
Time to pay up!The worst deadbeat dad in the country — a Long Island man who owes more than $1.2 million in child support — has been nabbed at the...
Rape-case cop nixed
He’s out of appeals — but he’s still trying to stay out of Rikers.The state’s highest court has declined to hear the appeal of Kenneth Moreno, the disgraced East Village...
Gov: Work out teacher evals – or blow $250M
ALBANY — The city can kiss $250 million in extra state school aid goodbye if it doesn’t have an approved teacher-evaluation plan in place by the middle of next month,...
Belcher sent slay threat before murder
Less than two months before Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher gunned down his longtime girlfriend and turned the pistol on himself, he sent his other lover text messages that...
Study belies GZ cancers
Breathing the toxic air of the collapsed World Trade Center did not cause an increase in cancer — either among first responders or those who live and work downtown, according...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** An alleged pimp was arrested in East Harlem for sex trafficking and forcing a woman to commit a sex act on him, authorities said. Anthony Rodriguez, 26, allegedly...
Lottery pair’s ‘Flower’ball
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa couple who won a $202 million Powerball jackpot in September is donating $3 million to their son’s high school for a new football stadium...
Icy hot Kate
Brrrrrrrrreathtaking! Creme de la creme supermodel Kate Upton is hot . . . so hot, in fact, that she has no trouble doing a bikini photo shoot amid the icebergs...
A home for the holidays: Sandy victims’ relief
Christmas came early for these Sandy victims. The eight-months-pregnant Staten Island mom left homeless by the storm — because she was booted from her hotel after FEMA bungled her reservation...
Cuomo to make DMV fun
ALBANY — Your long DMV nightmare may soon be over.Gov. Cuomo plans to make Department of Motor Vehicles offices friendlier places, complete with customer-service reps to greet and assist motorists...
NY company dumping biz that makes massacre gun
The massive Manhattan private-equity firm that owns the company that produced the military-grade AR-15 Bushmaster assault rifle used by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook school massacre wants out of...
O push to ban assault weapons
WASHINGTON — After sitting on the sidelines of the gun-control debate for almost all of his first term, President Obama yesterday called for sweeping gun reform, including a renewed ban...
Mike ups ‘pres’sure
Mayor Bloomberg kept the heat on President Obama to reform the nation’s gun laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, while his gun-control organization mulled its next move.“Number...
Killer’s basement his eerie lair of violent video games
For hours on end, alone in his windowless basement den, Adam Lanza studied photos of guns and obliterated virtual victims in violent video games — until the virtual became a...
Double dose of grief: Back-to-back funerals for Newtown kids
The procession of pain continues. Funerals for two more young victims of Adam Lanza’s elementary-school rampage were held yesterday — in the church where both children had been baptized. Under...
Cruz visits family of young Sandy Hook victim, who was a big fan of the football Giant
Little Jack would have loved it. New York Giants star wide receiver Victor Cruz visited the family of his biggest little fan, 6-year-old Jack Pinto, in Connecticut yesterday, paying respects...
Mourning is tough in house of preyer
To some in this devastated town, even their church has been desecrated. I wish these good people could grieve in peace. For the large crowd of mourners who gathered at...
Tears at farewell for hero teacher
STRATFORD, Conn. — Goodbye, Miss Soto. The heroic teacher who died shielding her terrified first-grade students from Adam Lanza’s murderous rage was paid a tearful tribute yesterday at a packed...
Tragic school daze
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Traumatized Sandy Hook Elementary School students won’t return to class until sometime next month, officials told parents yesterday. In an e-mail explaining the Connecticut district’s decision, superintendent...
Fund-raiser for grieving families
A grass-roots effort to raise $100,000 for each family of the 26 shooting massacre victims is taking off — having raised more than $230,000 in just days.The “My Sandy Hook...
LI ‘copycat’ school scrawl
A heartless punk tagged a bathroom with graffiti threatening to “shoot up” Farmingdale State College yesterday — sparking beefed-up security in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre.Officials say...
Queens shares anguish: Borough boy among Newtown victims
He was — and always will be — a New Yorker. Six-year-old Benjamin Wheeler, who died in Friday’s Connecticut school massacre, was born in Manhattan — and “loved . ....
Mourn first — then act
On Friday, in his moving and heartfelt statement in response to the horrific shooting in Newtown, Conn., President Obama said, “As a country, we have been through this too many...
Killer’s access to arsenal: A mother’s fatal mistake?
The Issue: Whether Nancy Lanza bears any blame for her son Adam’s attack at the Sandy Hook school. *** Unfortunately, Nancy Lanza, the mother of the Sandy Hook shooter, is...
A postal pickle
The Postal Service works efficiently delivering the mail (“Postal Dis-Service, Editorial, Nov. 24). 80 percent of the red ink results not from postal operations, but from a 2006 congressional mandate...
Son of the New South
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made some history Monday by appointing Rep. Tim Scott to the US Senate seat soon to be vacated by retiring incumbent Jim DeMint. Scott will...
Boehner boxed in
America’s economic outlook just grew grimmer — whether Washington avoids the fiscal cliff or not. That’s because Republican House Speaker John Boehner agreed to bump up taxes to the tune...
Frank Macchiarola, 1941-2012
Frank Macchiarola was one of New York’s most dedicated public servants, playing critical roles — most notably in the city schools — during an otherwise bleak period in the late...
The endless lies about tax reform
Almost everyone thinks we should broaden the tax base; that is, reduce the number and size of tax deductions, exclusions and credits. The Bowles-Simpson fiscal-reform plan went after tax breaks...
Transformation, not
By the time they near the end of their second year in office, it’s not unusual for first-term governors to shift their focus from tackling problems to taking bows —...
Babs guilty of boring comedy
This holiday season, when you care enough to do the very least, why not start with an e-card, then invite your liked ones over for a meal of Dinty Moore...
Not quite enough heat for ‘Pan’
In most crime novels, you try to figure out who did the deed. In Amy Herzog’s new drama, “The Great God Pan,” the big question is whether the deed even...
Hit & a ‘Miss’ for producer
Five hundred million dollars. That’s the magic number. If the movie version of “Les Misérables” pulls in $500 million or more at the box office, producer Cameron Mackintosh and Universal...
Portrait of true ‘Amour’ till the end
It’s the opening shot of the year: a head-on view of battering rams, as the French police crash into a locked apartment. They move in, and as the camera lights...
Cowboys boot Brent from their sidelines
Josh Brent will not be permitted to be on the Cowboys’ sideline for the remainder of the season, team and league sources said yesterday. The Cowboys and officials in the...
Giants' Phillips vows he'll play Sunday vs. Ravens
Kenny Phillips at various points this season has said he expects to play and ends up on the sideline or back at home when the Giants are on the road....
Affrunti at Tampa Bay Downs Graded Entries
FIRST-6f; $10,000; cl($8,000); 3up; (f&m)2-Promise Me Joy9-54-Dstnctvepckes12-11-Eclectic Run 4-15-Shan's River 15-16-Swift Feather 5-27-Slam Runner 15-13-Thoarra 9-28-Hi Tide Girl 15-1SECOND-1m&40y; $21,400; alw opt clm; 3up1-Harrison Bay 9-55-Riversrunrylee 3-14-Generalissimo 7-26-Bold Captain 10-13-ThankUPhilippe5-21a-ArgentineTng9-52-Phantom...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-5 1/2f; $11,000; cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)5Clckn fr Gld (Gurr)11.003.802.407Tebowmania (Reid)2.202.101Uniqua (Hamel)2.60* $1 Exacta (5-7) $16.00 * $1 Quinella (5-7) $5.40 * $1 Superfecta (5-7-1-6) $130.20 * $1 Trifecta (5-7-1) $35.20SECOND-7...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Rays sign ‘Fausto Carmona’ The Rays signed right-hander Roberto Hernandez, the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona, to a one-year deal worth $3.25 million. Hernandez, 32, pitched seven years...
NHL: Players' vote won't help end lockout
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly yesterday dismissed the players’ current vote to authorize their union’s withdrawal from negotiations as a “card” to “play” in the talks. “I certainly don’t think...
Gulfstream Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 7f; $52,500; mdn spcl wt; 3upRISKY ASSET adds blinkers and drew the rail while coming in with a bullet...
Tomorrow’s Gulfstream Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $33,700; mdn cl($50,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Free RangeMan(L),120E Nunez7-x-xTortora15-12 MisterWoolmn(L),120J Lezcano3-4-4Zito9-53 Kiss of Thunder(L),120C Lanerie9-x-xBradley10-14 El Gran Joyful(L),120L Saez3-3-2Sano2-15 Brat(M),120P Lopez6-x-xHamm8-16...
Parx Racing Charts
December 18th, 2012 Rain And Muddy.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70y; $24,000; cl($16,000); 3upOff: 12:26. Good. rail trip, edged aheadTime: 22.78, 46.74, 1:12.34, 1:4.34, 1:44.88.Trainer: Jose CorralesWinner: DK B/ C, 3,...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Mount St. Mary's at Indiana BIG TEN7 p.m.Nets at Knicks MSG, YES ESPN (98.7 FM), WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM)7 p.m.Xavier (Oh.) at Cincinnati ESPN27 p.m.Western Michigan at Duquesne...
R.A. regrets contract talk during Mets party
R.A. Dickey is sorry he turned the Mets’ holiday party for Hurricane Sandy’s young victims into his own contract pity party. “At the Christmas party I’d like to admit to...
New Mets pitcher Syndergaard apologizes for anti-gay slur
Noah Syndergaard headed off any questions at the pass. Asked to make an opening comment before answering any queries yesterday on the conference call in which he and catchers Travis...
Cashman: Yankees talking to Ibanez
When the free-agent market opened following the World Series, Brian Cashman prioritized pitching over any other position. Eventually, the Yankees general manager signed Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Hiroki Kuroda...
Knicks ready for Round 3 with Nets
Round 3 is at the Garden this time. The Knicks-Nets Battle of the Boroughs has gone through two legs at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with the teams managing a split in...
Bigger workload for Nets' Lopez
Things are slowly getting back to normal for Brook Lopez. The Nets center was under a pair of minute restrictions — with a cap of about 24 minutes and not...
Favors has solid game against Nets team that drafted him
Derrick Favors played with a chip on his shoulder last night against the Nets — who drafted him in 2010 and then traded him halfway through his rookie season —...
Nets coach unfazed by Deron’s shots against offense
Avery Johnson says he can handle any criticism his point guard throws his way. A day after Deron Williams pointed out some issues he has with the offense Johnson has...
Nets blow lead to Jazz, now get Knicks
It was a little more than three weeks ago when the Nets took down the Knicks in the first matchup between the now intra-city rivals and took over the top...
Eli needs to do what he does best — lead the Giants
Clutch is not isolated to down the stretch of a Super Bowl staring down Bill Belichick and the Patriots or throwing through the arctic blast at Lambeau Field or repeatedly...
Jets stick it to Tebow ... again
Tim Tebow gets screwed, Part Deux. A year ago, even when he was helping the Broncos on an improbable rally into the postseason and winning a playoff game, Tebow was...
Starr Report
There’s a lot to be said for cross-promotion, even if it’s of the unspoken sort. Case in point: Steve Harvey and “Family Feud.” Harvey, who’s been (justifiably) getting a lot...
Letterman tells Oprah about sex scandal
"Late Show" host David Letterman will talk about his sex scandal, his battle with depression and more in a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey airing next month. The interview, airing...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYKATIE COURIC, ROCCO DISPIRITO - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7JENNA BUSH HAGER, MICHELLE OBAMA, RICHARD GERE - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4JOHN TRAVOLTA, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - LIVE! with...
Home wrecker: Lindsay got $200g makeover then bailed on show
Lindsay Lohan’s upcoming appearance on the Bravo home decorating show “Million Dollar Decorators” has blossomed into a p.r. nightmare for the cable channel. The cash-poor star — whose bank accounts...
‘Thrones’ beer in March
What’s Dothraki for “Call me a cab?” “Game of Thrones” fans will have the chance to party like barbarians with the release of Iron Throne Blonde Ale, based on HBO’s...
‘Vikings’ attack
Here’s a Norse of a different color. The History channel is putting the finishing touches on it new dramatic series, “Vikings,” set to debut early next year. And this is...
Redone spot fits the Bill
When the Bill’s Food & Drink waiter displayed a boxed set of knives for me to choose from, I noted that the blades looked exactly the same— only the handles...
Weird but true
A husky trapped in a truck in London, Ontario, with two other dogs and two cats for at least a week saved all their lives by honking the horn until...
Benghazi review finds systematic security faults
WASHINGTON — An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has concluded that systematic management and...
MTA Chairman Lhota to resign, announce plans to run for mayor
MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota will resign from his post on Friday to announce plans to run for mayor, a surprise development that comes a day before the agency greenlights fare...