October 13, 2013
‘Gravity’ tops box office again
LOS ANGELES — "Gravity" won't be held down. The Warner Bros. astronaut adventure directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney landed in the top spot at...
Dan Aykroyd throws TV tantrum
“Blues Brothers” star Dan Aykroyd reportedly stormed off the set of an Australian talk show on Thursday, trailing F-bombs out the door, after the host wouldn’t let him plug a...
Death toll in India temple stampede rises to 109
NEW DELHI — An official says the death toll from a stampede near a temple in central India has risen to 109 after many of the injured succumbed to injuries....
20% of NYers are binge drinkers
Sober up, New York! More than 1.2 million Big Apple residents are getting rip-roaring drunk, a shocking new city health survey has found. One in five city adults (ages 18...
Molina guiding Cardinals staff on another playoff run
LOS ANGELES — The one constant for the Cardinals is Yadier Molina behind the plate. He is the difference-maker in this series and for his team. Sure, the Mets are...
Christie’s debate comeback is his Bush moment
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did what’s being called a reverse Rick Lazio last week in his first debate with his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Barbara Buono. In fact, it’s...
Physical Steelers knock Geno Smith off his game
The Jets will not be for real as long as their rookie pilot encounters severe turbulence on Any Unforgiving Sunday. Geno Smith flew into a perfect storm and came back...
Hynes' weapon: opponent's 'corruption ties'
Veteran Brooklyn DA Charles “Joe” Hynes claims he’s found the magic ingredient to win his uphill battle for re-election: by linking opponent Ken Thompson to corrupt ex-Democratic boss Clarence Norman....
In post-Rivera era, not worth splurging on closers
BOSTON – Mariano Rivera is not walking through those bullpen doors for the Yankees again … and the organization should not panic. Forget about finding another Rivera — no one...
How Iran will play the West on nukes
A new round of talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, the 5+1 Group, starts Monday night in Geneva amid a tsunami...
New Giants LB has confidence in middle of chaos
The Giants took an unfamiliar 0-6 record into Sunday’s off day, but the team’s newest member insisted their season is far from over. Jon Beason — who had a strong...
Buffett protégé caught in CEO sex mess
Warren Buffett’s protégé will need some weatherproofing to survive this storm. Tracy Britt — a 29-year-old exec who is chairman of the billionaire’s Benjamin Moore brand — was forced to...
No big changes coming from De Blasio
Mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio says his “big thinking and bold ideas” will make his “vision for progressive change a reality.” But de Blasio’s not really offering change or big...
Improbable late Brady TD upends Saints
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — This isn’t exactly breaking news, but never count out Tom Brady. Victories don’t get much grittier than the one Brady and the patchwork Patriots somehow managed to...
Cronut creator teaming up with chocolatier
Chocolate-lovers are in for a treat. New York’s own Chef Dominique Ansel, creator of the famed cronut craze, has made a deal with Belgian chocolatier Neuhaus. In an inspired bite...
This week's magazines take a look at tech titans
We live in a tech world, and someday the gadgets will take over. In the meantime, the geeks have. For proof, just look at the profiles in the current business...
Newsday truckers rebuff Cablevision
Cablevision once again finds itself in a bitter standoff with unionized workers at Newsday. Angry truckers, by a razor-thin margin, rejected on Sunday the cable company’s new four-year pay offer...
Antonio Cromartie burned twice in Jets loss
With a rookie quarterback and limited offensive-skill position talent, the Jets’ margin for error is relatively scant. So the last thing they can sustain in a game and survive is...
Down 2-0, Dodgers face tall task
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers aren’t ready to call the coroner’s office yet, but also realize they are facing a monumental task in trying to recover in this NLCS. Not...
Charter school movement's demands for next NY mayor
Of all the issues that divide the Democratic and Republican candidates for mayor — taxes, stop-and-frisk, the moral superiority of the Sandinistas — nothing divides them more sharply than charter...
Being a great player doesn't make Peterson a great guy
We in the media — especially those working event broadcasts — have a horrible habit of blindly or wishfully reporting great achievers are additionally blessed: They’re great humans. Among many...
ObamaCare changes to hit 800K Jersey residents
New Jersey’s prosecutor for insurance fraud defines the crime this way: “With the possible exception of murder and drug abuse, no serious crime attracts as wide a variety of perpetrators...
Jets RBs get few chances
The Jets brought what they thought was a pretty stout rushing attack into Sunday’s game against the Steelers at MetLife Stadium. If you go by the statistics, you would have...
Jets Blitz
HERO Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger patiently and methodically dissected the Jets’ secondary. He finished 23-of-30 for 264 yards and one touchdown with a 113.8 rating. ZERO Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie,...
Cuomo’s power game with Con Ed
Gov. Cuomo is at it again, beating up on an easy target — Con Ed — and opposing its rate hikes for 2014. But if he really wants to ensure...
Nicole Beharie takes aim at demons on 'Sleepy Hollow'
Who ya gonna call to fend off the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Make it ghostbuster Nicole Beharie. The 28-year-old actress is kicking butt as Lt. Abbie Mills, Westchester cop...
Jets' Goodson could have serious knee injury
The Jets came out of Sunday’s loss to the Steelers as banged up as they have been all season, with several key players suffering injuries. Running back Mike Goodson (knee),...
Kids, pets taken from Queens 'hell' home
Cops responding to a domestic dispute in Queens Sunday found a squalid apartment filled with endangered children, abused pit bulls, dangerous snakes and a lizard. Jasean Holmes, 29, was arrested...
Knicks taking shape after start of preseason
Late Saturday night, after a 30-point preseason blowout loss to the Celtics in New Hampshire, Mike Woodson called his team’s performance “an embarrassment,” saying he “failed as a coach.” It...
Melo helping Tyson Chandler with shooting
Tyson Chandler so far is shooting 100 percent on jump shots during preseason — 2-for-2 in the two games he has played. The Knicks center said he has Carmelo Anthony...
Brad Richards finding scoring touch
Here was the revelation for Brad Richards, the Rangers alternate captain hesitant to say the wrong thing after a loss, but knowing the truth of the situation was clear to...
Nets players fight during practice
A day after showing little fight defensively, dominated in the paint by Detroit in a 99-88 preseason loss, Nets Andray Blatche and Mirza Teletovic fought at practice. The two big...
The real Roethlisberger shows face vs. Jets
Muhammad Wilkerson had Ben Roethlisberger wrapped up in his tree-trunk arms, a safety there to be converted, but before the Jets defensive lineman could drag down the Steelers quarterback, Roethlisberger...
Jets report card
OFFENSE This unit took a big step back after last week’s great performance. QB Geno Smith (19-of-34, 201 yards, 2 INTs) was not terrible, but the two turnovers were killers...
Work in progress Jets 'not there yet'
This is what a work-in-progress sounds like:“There are times,” Nick Mangold said, “when we look like a very, very good football team. “And times when … we don’t.”This is what...
Cops still searching for missing autistic teen
Cops investigating the disappearance of a missing, mute autistic teen swarmed a Greenwich Village address Sunday after a possible sighting. After a man on the street told police that he...
Det. Munch retiring after 20 years in prime time
John Munch is retiring. After 21 years as a cop, spanning seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on the Street” and 14 seasons on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” —...
Go to Greg: How do I handle an unrealistic boss?
My manager has been out of the trenches for a long time and has lost touch with the amount of work required to meet his deadlines. I’m motivated to deliver,...
Sting’s wife leads cast of 'The Seagull’
The sounds of an Irish jig fill the theater before the action starts — our first tip-off that this Culture Project revival isn’t going to be your typical “Seagull.” And it’s...
Is it OK to air work grievances on social media?
‘I wish I wouldn’t have done it.” So says Wade Groom, a Lacoste salesman who was fired earlier this year for posting a picture of his paycheck to his private...
Don't expect Giants owner to fire Coughlin or Reese
This was 16 months ago, the Giants were the defending Super Bowl champions and their co-owner, John Mara, was discussing how stability in his organization is cherished and valued above...
New TV dramas dress up with haute historical looks
DESIGNS ON 'DRACULA' Set in Victorian England, “Dracula” premieres Oct. 25 and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the iconic immortal who descends upon London in the guise of an American...
Transgender female MMA fighter loses by knockout
Being born a man didn’t help Fallon Fox in this fight. Critics have blasted Fox, the first transgender professional MMA athlete, for fighting women though she lived as a man...
Inconsistent Jets fall flat against Steelers
The Jets are setting a record for one-game win streaks. Gang Green can’t seem to put two good weeks together and that was on display Sunday in a 19-6 loss...
'Her' makes its bow at New York Film Festival
Another long-anticipated possible Oscar contender, Spike Jonze's "Her,'' had its world premiere as the closing night film at the New York Film Festival on Saturday. Jonze's first film since his...
Vets push through barriers at WWII Memorial
WASHINGTON — Thousands of veterans and their supporters tore down barricades blocking access to the World War II Memorial on the National Mall because of the government shutdown. “Tear down...
Tea Party takes on Cory Booker
NEW EGYPT, N.J. — Former vice presidential candidate and Sarah Palin of Alaska waded into New Jersey's U.S. Senate race on Saturday, telling a crowd that the "eyes of America"...
Let Joe Biden out of witness protection: John McCain
WASHINGTON — Better call Joe. A top Senate Republican called for President Obama to get long-absent Vice President Joe Biden “out of the witness-protection program” to jump-start stalled talks to...
Meg Ryan will return to TV after nearly 30 years
Meg Ryan is returning to the small screen, signing on to star in her first regular TV role in almost 30 years. Hollywood Reporter has reported the "Sleepless in Seattle"...
Police nab Queens hit-and-run driver
Police have arrested a hit and run driver who plowed into a man in Queens early Sunday before dragging his mangled body several yards, authorities said. The 21-year-old victim was...
Cromartie active for Jets against Steelers
Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie is active for Sunday’s game with the Steelers. Cromartie was listed as questionable on the injury report after suffering a knee injury in Thursday’s practice. But...
Will North Korea ever learn Photoshop?
Once again North Korea has been caught faking officials photos. The secretive state has a reputation for doctoring images of the regime and in the past it has been accused...
This simple food could end world hunger
Most of us have it as a breakfast or lunch staple and don't give it a second thought. But the humble peanut butter has the potential to save millions of...
NY foots the bill to reopen Statue of Liberty
Lady Liberty is back in business! The Statue of Liberty reopened on Sunday after the state agreed to eat the cost of running the statue during the government shutdown --...
Google will put user photos in online ads
Google wants your permission to use your name, photo and product reviews in ads that it sells to businesses. The Internet search giant is changing its terms of service starting...
7 Wikileaks on Benedict Cumberbatch
This fall, actor Benedict Cumberbatch steals scenes in “12 Years a Slave,” “August: Osage County,” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and as Julian Assange in this Friday’s Wikileaks thriller,...
Dear John: All the T-bills in China
Dear John: I disagree with you about China. China will never call in our debt to them. They’re our vassal. If they ever did, the next day the Chinese economy...
Bankruptcy trustee targets Catholic schools
What’s a parochial education worth in New York City? Nothing, claims a bankruptcy trustee. In an unprecedented case, trustee Robert Geltzer is trying to claw back roughly $45,000 in tuition...
Carpenter's 50 special years at MSG
Knock on wood — he’s had one helluva half-century. As Madison Square Garden’s head carpenter for nearly 50 years, Malcolm Shaw has seen and done it all — enjoying a...
Strip club catfight ends in stabbing
A tipsy squabble outside a strip club erupted into a bizarre catfight — complete with the stabbing of a helpful bystander — in Queens early Saturday, cops said. A jealous...
Woman 'toppled' by Christmas trees
It was the Nightmare After Christmas. A Manhattan woman claims in a lawsuit that she was toppled by a pile of rotting Christmas trees left out on a sidewalk. Gwendolyn...
Katherine Jackson called Michael homophobic slur
After a chance meeting as a young fan, Stacy Brown became friends with Jermaine Jackson -- and later the rest of the Jackson family, including Michael. He helped write some...
City wants hospitals to hand over 'psycho' info
The city Department of Health wants hospitals to hand over information on patients admitted for a first psychotic episode, as part of a new initiative aimed at delivering care to...
Another new ObamaCare tax
It’s highway robbery! City hacks now have to shell out 6 cents per fare so they can pay for tutorials on ObamaCare, The Post has learned. “Nobody’s happy about it,”...
Novus University Law School turning out 'sham' degrees
Touro College claims an online-only school is turning out graduates with phony law degrees, according to a lawsuit. Marshall Islands-based Novus University Law School “engaged in false, deceptive, misleading and...
De Blasio rips NYPD's 'lazy' use of stop-and-frisk
Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio agreed with Alec Baldwin’s assessment that the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk is “lazy” — a view Republican rival Joe Lhota called “infuriating.” “Bill characterizing...
Girl improperly strip-searched as dean watched: report
Two security guards strip-searched a Brooklyn high-school student as her dean watched silently, an explosive new report from the city schools investigator reveals. Strip searches are prohibited in city schools....
Crew members: 'Captain Phillips' is one big lie
It’s made for Hollywood: the story of an average American family man, captain of a cargo ship in dangerous waters, his vessel overtaken by armed Somali pirates demanding ransom, saving...
Tenants suffer as Harlem church nonprofit rakes it in
A group of churches overseeing low-income Harlem apartments is subjecting its tenants to deplorable and unhealthy living conditions, residents told The Post. Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement — a nonprofit...
Dozens die in Peru bus plunge
LIMA, Peru — A makeshift bus carrying 51 Quechua Indians back from a party in southeastern Peru plunged off a cliff into a river, killing everyone on board, including 14...
Cops bust skateboarders' 'Broadway Bomb'
These two pipsqueak skateboarders had some pretty long faces after getting arrested while joining a group of hundreds of fellow punks who went “bombing” down Broadway on Saturday. Police converged...
Baby Hope detective: 'She was better off dead'
Conrado Juarez had kept his silence for 21 years — but when cops came to his door, he spilled everything, the former lead detective on the Baby Hope case said...
Israel TV puppets spur gay pride debate
JERUSALEM — The goal was merely to promote clean energy in Israel — but television ads starring a pair of male puppets called "plug" and "socket" have instead unleashed a...
No no-hitter, but game was one for history books
BOSTON — So close. And yet so … irrelevant. The beauty of the baseball postseason is you strive for brilliance and settle for success. Therefore, when the Tigers’ hopes of...
Lawyer shares ObamaCare outrage on Twitter
A Westchester lawyer is so fed up with ObamaCare that he’s taken to Twitter to share up-to-the-minute updates on his outrage with his followers. Greg Crawford railed over all the...
Don't miss: A preview of the week's top shows
QUEEN OF SCOTS After spending a childhood safely hidden away in a monastery, a teenage Mary Stuart (Adelaide Kane) arrives in France where she has been sent to secure Scotland’s...
Rex: 'There will be no letdown' vs. Steelers
If anyone had told you in August that one team entering this game would be winless, you would have guessed the Jets got off to a rough start. But it...
Detroit blanks Boston to win ALCS Game 1
BOSTON — An ALCS between the Tigers and Red Sox that was predicted to be very close opened Saturday night at Fenway Park, following the script from start to finish...
Plenty of reasons why Yankees want to land Japanese star
Mashiro Tanaka entices the Yankees for reasons beyond a splitter that one veteran scout, not prone to hyperbole, called “the best I have ever seen” and a 2013 Japanese League...
FDNY’s court-mandated class flaming out
The first court-ordered class of FDNY trainees — the oldest and most diverse in history — is flaming out. Halfway through the 18-week Fire Academy course, the dropout rate has...
Predators stop struggling Islanders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Tavares scored his third goal of the season for the Islanders, but they were unable to hold a 2-1 lead in a 3-2 loss to the...
How the Giants plummeted from contenders to 0-6
Thanks to the 21-year reign of the salary cap, you won’t find much shock value in an NFL season anymore. Franchises still rise to dominance, but every one of them...
Booker-linked nonprofit involved in pay-to-play
A Newark nonprofit tied to associates of Cory Booker acted as a clearinghouse for lucrative construction contracts in exchange for donations to his charity and mayoral campaign, The Post has...
Jets new wave shows hint of Sack Exchange
If the Jets want to prove they are for real, if they are serious about giving New York a football season no one imagined, then Mo Wilkerson and his boys...
Pols unite to dump Rangel’s censure appeal
At least they can agree on something. House Democrats and Republicans “reached across the aisle” recently when they moved to dismiss Rep. Charles Rangel’s attempts to overturn his censure. Rangel,...
Woodson: Cole Aldrich needs to get 'a little tougher'
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Knicks burly center Cole Aldrich had a golden opportunity to make the club as a backup pivot, but coach Mike Woodson called him out Saturday night, saying...
Rangers' horrid start continues in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — To understand where the Rangers are at, to comprehend how low things actually have gotten, know that there was real and substantial progress made Saturday night at...