September 15, 2013
Yankees blow chance to gain ground with another loss
BOSTON — Joe Girardi can discover a flicker of light in the darkest moments. Yet, sitting in the visiting manager’s office after his lethargic club got swept by the Red...
Nina Davuluri named Miss America
Miss New York wins the Miss America competition - again
Eli shown up by brother Peyton in front of home crowd
It isn’t the Manning Bowl anymore for Eli Manning. It is the Moaning Bowl. The scoreboard now reads Peyton Manning 3, Eli Manning 0 after the Broncos’ 41-23 mowing of...
Giants suffer defensive collapse in second half
One of the Giants’ defensive captains admitted he’s worried about how his unit has performed — or underperformed — so far this season. “You are alarmed,” defensive end Justin Tuck...
Giants backfield running on empty
Well, at least no Giants running back lost a fumble in their 41-23 home-opening loss to the Broncos Sunday at MetLife Stadium. So they’ve got that going for them. That,...
Myers the fall guy for the Giants
Brandon Myers knew exactly what play he was going to be asked about. “That’s the last thing I wanted to happen, obviously, but it happened,’’ he said after having a...
Peyton Manning makes it look easy vs. Giants
It didn’t resemble his spectacular, record-tying show on opening night, but then again, it didn’t have to for Peyton Manning. The legendary quarterback has never liked regular-season matchups with younger...
Miss New York crowned Miss America — again
There she is, Miss America — having an incredibly awkward moment with her predecessor. Miss New York Nina Davuluri won the beauty pageant Sunday night in Atlantic City, and was...
Giants report card
Paul Schwartz breaks down how the Giants performed in the loss to the Broncos. OFFENSE Balance? Try dysfunctional. You run the ball 19 times and gain 23 yards you aren’t...
Schumer blasts USDA’s decision to allow US chicken processing in China
WASHINGTON — Despite China’s disgusting food-safety record, the feds for the first time are allowing American chickens to be sent to China for processing — and then imported back to...
Business Briefs
Weaker buck The dollar weakened in Asian trading against all its major peers and US index futures jumped more than 1 percent as Larry Summers withdrew from consideration as the...
UK fashion maven top contender for Saks president
Saks Fifth Avenue may be in store for a taste of British sophistication — and a woman’s touch. The swanky New York chain is in talks with a handful of...
Popular pizzeria to offer kosher pizza at new Madison location
A new pizzeria aims to grab a slice of the market by catering to the kosher crowd. Pizza Luzzo — a partnership between Michele Luzzo and real-estate moguls Alex Sapir,...
Remote possibilities for fall TV schedule
It’s that rite of fall: Leaves change, football arrives and the new TV season begins. You don’t even have to travel or buy a ticket. All you need are batteries...
Brooklyn Nets land key sponsor deal
With the highest payroll in the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets could use a few more sponsorship deals like this one. The high-powered Nets are set to announce a new five-year,...
Firefighters deliver Bed-Stuy baby
Brooklyn firefighters raced to an emergency Sunday — and were tickled pink over the outcome. The Bravest helped a pregnant woman deliver a baby girl in a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment after...
Coughlin holds in anger after Giants loss to Broncos
We have seen Angry Tom before, in the aftermath of especially dyspeptic Giants losses. Angry Tom squints his eyes shut. Angry Tom’s disappointment cuts through the nonsense. There are 285...
Rivera cheered in likely last Boston trip
BOSTON — To the untrained eye, the Red Sox pregame tribute to Mariano Rivera looked more like an homage to the 2004 World Series champions. There were video highlights and...
Leading Fed chief candidate bows out
Larry Summers is out of the running to lead the Federal Reserve, a surprise blow to President Obama, who had pushed hard for his appointment. Summers, who had been blasted...
Letters: Putin putting Obama to shame
The Issue: President Obama's decision to put off a strike on Syria and consider a Russian plan. I find it fascinating that the Obama administration actually believes Vladimir Putin and...
Gee a whiz, but Mets can't make him a winner
Dillon Gee gave the Mets another gem Sunday, but got a tough luck no-decision. He threw 7¹/₃ scoreless innings, striking out eight. He allowed six hits, but held Miami hitless...
Eli throws four more INTs in Manning Bowl blowout
Tom Coughlin made sure to mention in another losing Giants locker room that this is not the first time they have been 0-2. Justin Tuck voiced the same thing. Yup,...
The price of the Syria debacle
Even those who worried about how President Obama would handle the Syrian chemical-weapons crisis are shocked at his weird behavior, which puts the world at risk of becoming even more...
Man who spurred NYPD shooting was on 'suicide by cop' mission
The drugged-up man who jumped into 42nd Street-Eighth Avenue traffic and waved an imaginary gun at police officers — leading them to accidentally shoot and wound two passers-by — was...
Gardner won't return to Yankees unless he's 100 percent
BOSTON — Brett Gardner reported slight improvement in his strained left oblique Sunday, but acknowledged his season could be over. “I hope I can get back, but I’ve got to...
Obamacare will question your sex life
‘Are you sexually active? If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners?” Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor,...
Manziel one of the most exciting college football players ever
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Notes from this weekend’s college football action: The most exciting college football player seen in person by these eyes: Johnny Manziel. Home field advantage epitomized: Kyle...
What voters really want in NYC's new mayor
The next mayor will be the candidate who realizes that New Yorkers want change — but not too much change. Presumptive Democratic nominee Bill de Blasio is presenting a false...
Yankees not showing hope for this season -- or next
BOSTON — All the Yankee misery this season would be more tolerable — even without a playoff appearance — if positives for next year were derived from the despair. But...
Leiter's candor refreshing, but followup nowhere to be heard
Perhaps the most noteworthy play of the week was followed by the week’s most noteworthy comment. Friday in Fenway, Robinson Cano, against an infield shift, shoved a bunt down the...
Opera takes on extreme life of Anna Nicole Smith
Opera may seem highfalutin’, but it revels in outlandish behaviors and over-the-top plots. And if it can accomodate boatloads of courtesans, why not Anna Nicole Smith? By the time she...
Brooklyn DA Joe Hynes’ primary loss
Of all the upsets from last week’s vote, perhaps none is more striking than the ouster of longtime Brooklyn District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes at the hands of former federal...
Play uses 'The Simpsons' to tell of life in dystopian future
There's been quite a buzz surrounding “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” with tickets for its limited run getting scarcer by the minute.Well, get in line ASAP, because this bizarre, funny,...
De Blasio knocked what Bloomberg did right
Bill de Blasio’s first-place finish in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary, says conventional wisdom, was a wholesale rejection of Mayor Bloomberg and everything he stands for. But was it really? It’s...
Rangers' Kreider gets new life under Vigneault
During the post-lockout minicamp that preceded last season, Chris Kreider played out of position at right wing on a pseudo-checking line with Brian Boyle and Taylor Pyatt, without getting so...
Mayweather to retire after four more fights
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather all but guaranteed Saturday night he’ll retire from boxing after the final four fights of his six-fight deal with Showtime are complete, and he’s targeted...
60 seconds with business authors Brad Kirsh, Courtney Templin
What’s a management rule you’ve seen a millennial manager break or rewrite? Karsh: Millennial managers actually bristle at the word “boss.” What we talk about in our book is “The...
Who will (and should) win an Emmy
Winning an Emmy isn’t going to change anyone’s life in a huge way. They’re just not as important as the Oscars. Until recently, the audience at the ceremony was filled...
Go to Greg: Handling a workplace plagiarizer
I just discovered one of my colleagues took credit for a project I worked on months ago. How should I handle that? There’s only one way to stop bad behavior...
Queen Latifah back with daytime talk show after 12 years
Queen Latifah’s career has blossomed since her first daytime talk show ended in 2001. She’s been nominated for an Oscar (for her role as Mama Morton in “Chicago”), embarked on...
'Downtown Abbey' creators planning Churchill series
The production company responsible for “Downton Abbey” is prepping a TV series about Winston Churchill. Carnival Films, which is owned by NBC Universal, has optioned Michael Shelden’s book, “Young Titan,”...
Gustin cast as The Flash in 'Arrow' spinoff
Grant Gustin has been cast as The Flash in CW’s spinoff of “Arrow.” Gustin, who appeared on The CW’s “90210,” will appear in three episodes of “Arrow” this season leading...
Stepan stalemate puts Boyle, Lindberg into Rangers' center mix
If all Rangers centers were presented and accounted for, Brian Boyle would likely have opened training camp on the wing and Oscar Lindberg would probably be auditioning for a spot...
'GMA' contributor feared losing job due to weight
"This day is going to suck.” That’s what I thought one December morning in 2011 as I got ready to meet Barbara Fedida, the highest-ranking woman at ABC News. I’m...
D'Arnaud plays hero as Mets beat Marlins in 12
Rookie reliever Vic Black got his first major league win and the official scorecard; rookie catcher Travis d’Arnaud the game ball from the first walk-off hit of his big league...
Parcells gets Hall ring at Giants game
Back in East Rutherford on Sunday afternoon, Bill Parcells was preparing for a Hall of Fame honor in his home state and his home stadium. The legendary former Giants coach,...
'12 Years a Slave' wins top Toronto prize, solidifying Oscar lead
"12 Years a Slave'' took the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, confirming its position as the leader in Oscar's Best Picture race. Some 11 previous...
Beaver waste can be used in baked goods, sweets
Beavers anal secretions smell similar to vanilla and can be used in baked goods and sweets, according to the Swedish National Food Agency. Rumors that vanilla aroma can be sourced...
Hynoski looking to move on from 'rusty' Cowboys game
Jason Pierre-Paul is not the only Giants player coming off surgery who spent most of the summer on the physically unable to perform list and was not pleased with his...
First review: 'The Wizard of Oz' in 3-D
The brand-new 3-D conversion of "The Wizard of Oz'' had its first press screening in New York Sunday morning on the IMAX screen at the Kips Bay -- ahead of...
St. John's back in the mix for top NYC star Whitehead
St. John’s has jumped back into the mix in the Isaiah Whitehead sweepstakes. The Red Storm reached out to Whitehead’s mother, Ericka Rambert, sources said, and an unofficial visit is...
Fresh rain threatens Colorado flood rescues
Torrential flooding in Colorado reached nightmare proportions on Sunday as more than 1,000 people were left missing and nearly 20,000 homes were damaged by storms that dumped a year’s worth...
Social Security's $1.3B blunder
The Social Security Administration made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who were believed to be employed when they were supposed to be unable to work, according...
Obama praises his 'zig-zag' Syria policy
WASHINGTON – President Obama admitted Sunday that he didn’t win any “style points” for his zig-zag policy moves on Syria, but he insisted the outcome so far "sounds to me...
AL wild-card cheat sheet: Sept. 15
It's coming down to the wire, and six teams remain very much alive in the chase for the two spots in the one-game American League wild-card playoff. Check here every...
Woman killed in hit-and-run
A lovers’ quarrel in the middle of a Bronx thoroughfare ended in tragedy Sunday when a woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver — as her horrified girlfriend looked...
South Koreans win gold in North Korea
PYONGYANG, North Korea — A South Korean weightlifter heard his national anthem played Saturday after winning gold in an international competition in North Korea, an unusual development between the bitter...
Report blasts Port Authority toll hikes
NEWARK, NJ — A new government report has faulted the way the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey implemented toll increases two years ago, saying the agency didn't...
World's oldest man, 112, dies in NY
GRAND ISLAND, NY — The world's oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He was 112. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez died...
Mourners honor SI native killed in Afghanistan
A soldier killed in Afghanistan is being mourned on Staten Island. A funeral was held Saturday for Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, who died Aug. 28 from wounds suffered...
Hospital patient raped by male nurse's aide: police
A man being treated at a Staten Island hospital was drugged and then raped by a male nurse’s aide, the victim and police sources said. The 37-year-old patient was recuperating...
Amanda Knox: Trial hell left me broke and broken
In 2007, British student Meredith Kercher was murdered in the small Italian town of Perugia. Based on DNA evidence, a man named Rudy Guede was convicted of sexually assaulting and...
Exclusive photos: Amanda Knox at home in Seattle
Amanda Knox tries to find normalcy in her hometown of Seattle
RFK’s diary: stars, yachts and falcons
The Post recently reported how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grappled with his “lust demons” and kept a scorecard of more than two-dozen conquests in a secret diary. He also used...
LeBron weds girlfriend in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — LeBron James has another ring. The Miami Heat star married Savannah Brinson at the posh Grand Del Mar Hotel in San Diego on Saturday, according to two...
Oklahoma town to rebuild Woody Guthrie's boyhood home
OKEMAH, Okla. — When Woody Guthrie's dilapidated boyhood home was ordered torn down in the late 1970s, the demolition reflected the strained relationship between conservative Oklahoma and the native son...
Dogs killed by mystery illness
Four dogs in Ohio have died of a mystery illness — and a New York researcher is on the case. The pooches may have died from a “circovirus,’’ which causes...
Assad can keep chemical weapons till '14
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gets to stay in power — and keep his chemical weapons for a year — under a Russian-sponsored deal that critics slammed as undermining American leverage...
NJ man with six DWIs loses license for 12 years
BRIDGETON, NJ — A southern New Jersey man who racked up six DWI charges in three months last year has been taken off the road for even more time. A...
35 injured in Ohio bus crash
CINCINNATI — A Greyhound bus drove off an interstate highway in southwest Ohio early Saturday, struck a tree and a fence and flipped on its side before sliding to a...
Investigators hunt for cause of 'suspicious' NJ blaze
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has pledged $15 million in state aid to help rebuild Seaside Park after a fire that destroyed 32 oceanfront businesses and caused $2 million in...
Bloomberg weasels out of race by claiming neutrality
There’s no sense looking for logic in Mayor Bloomberg’s explanation for why he won’t make an endorsement in the mayoral race. The only way to understand the irresponsible decision is...
Teen in horrific Queens mowdown is on the mend
She doesn’t remember flying — only landing. “It all happened so fast,” plucky 13-year-old Angie Pena told The Post from her hospital bed of being flung airborne when an SUV...
Bill Thompson hoping for runoff
Bill Thompson is still in it to win it. The former city comptroller who placed a distant second in the Democratic primary is holding out hope there will be a...
Vietnamese firefighter tormented by 'slurs'
The city’s only Vietnamese firefighter says he was almost fried by some of his fellow smoke-eaters. A handful of bigots at Brooklyn’s Engine 207 tormented Minh-Bao Pham with racial slurs...
Relatives file $9M lawsuit over Park Ave. fall
A laborer who died after falling out a third-floor window of a Manhattan co-op had less protection than the apartment he was working in, according to a lawyer for the...
Kelsey Grammer’s ex sued for 'sexual harassment'
From Frasier . . . to super man? Kelsey Grammer’s ex-wife Doreen Alderman carried on a seven-month sexual romp with the superintendent of an East Village building that she owns and then...
Mayweather dominates Alvarez to remain unbeaten
LAS VEGAS — Mexico’s Saul Canelo Alvarez might become boxing’s pound-for-pound champion someday — especially if he applies the lessons he learned in the ring Saturday night against Floyd Mayweather....
Top 50 public schools in NYC
How The Post ranked them: The Top 50 is based on the latest data for 4-year-graduation rate (weight: 10%); percent of students scoring over 85 on Regents Integrated Algebra and...
How to survive elementary school
Elementary school is harder than ever. Kindergarten is going beyond the ABCs, crayons and building blocks to teach kids how to write “informative reports” and develop “algebraic thinking.” The goal,...
How to survive middle school
Middle school is perhaps the most important — and challenging — of the grade levels. It’s a time when kids can get turned on by school — or turned off....
Let kids be kids in NYC schools
Headaches? Stomach pains? Trouble sleeping? If your child is exhibiting one or more of these symptoms, before surmising that he’s caught a bug, consider it may be his overpacked schedule...
How to survive high school
NYC kids travel all over the city to attend a vast smorgasbord of more than 400 high schools, many with specialities from law, health and engineering to food, finance and...
'Flag Man' looking for successor
Oh, say can you see — yourself being the next flag man? For 40 years, Queens resident Dominick Papa has donated the Star-Spangled Banner to homes, schools and firehouses where...
Wright hoping for Mets return Tuesday
David Wright, on the disabled list since Aug. 3, may return to the field during the San Francisco series that starts Tuesday. Although Mets manager Terry Collins insisted the All-Star...
On the Money: Forget IPO, these are Twitter's top performers
As the Twitter initial public offering hit the tape Thursday, everyone scrambled to find the numbers. How much was the raise? What price for the shares? When would they come to...
What the rich know: a college advisor on how to help your kids even if you don't give out endowments
Sometime around 2010, when the college admissions frenzy was reaching its current heights, a woman called to ask if I could help her daughter with college applications. These calls started...
Small businesses gun shy on loans
The credit crunch is a big illusion — there are just not enough borrowers. A scathing new report critical of the Fed’s massive quantitative easing program shows banks are crying...
Pathmark offers 'blue-barrel' deal for overseas welfare food
It’s the blue barrel special. Pathmark is selling 77-gallon shipping drums filled with rice, corn oil and sugar — a $59.98 package deal for those looking to ship food abroad....
Jobs program gives newbies a sweet start
A year ago, Luis Vargas seemed stuck in the ranks of New York City’s 172,000 young adults who are not in school or working. Now he’s a full-time pastry chef...
After five years, Lehman decision still haunts global economy
On this, the fifth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, millions of Americans will be looking back on that terrible Monday and trying to put a figure on the damage...
Tapering banking careers
Call it a wage taper. This past week, Wall Street banks began peppering the news with layoff announcements pegged to the departments most affected by rising interest rates. Mortgage-lending and...
Cops shoot two bystanders on Broadway
Cops trying to subdue an emotionally disturbed man with a long rap sheet accidentally shot two female bystanders outside Port Authority Bus Terminal on Saturday night, source said. Theodora Ray,...
On-demand delivery systems finding their footing
We want it now, if not sooner. Ours is a time in which consumers increasingly demand instant gratification, and, as usual, tech companies foresaw the need long before it became...
Ex-Lehman CEO can't get a Wall St. job
Dick Fuld remains a Wall Street pariah. The ex-Lehman CEO Fuld and many of the company’s former executive team are unloved on the Street years after presiding over the epic...
Miss New York's pudgy past
It’s the “potbelly” calling the kettle fat. Miss New York — who allegedly slammed her predecessor, the current Miss America, for being “fat as s- -t” — has wrestled with her...
Michael J. Fox returns in most personal role yet
If anyone can get you to laugh at what it’s like to live with Parkinson’s disease, it’s Michael J. Fox. A scene from his NBC series “The Michael J. Fox...