Slog to work (if you’re lucky)

AP

The Battery Park underpass is completely flooded after Sandy slammed the city yesterday.

Getting to and from work during the next several days will be so harrowing that commuters will wish they had their crowded subway trains and traffic-choked tunnels.

Officials began the slow restoration of transit systems yesterday, but there are still weeks of work left before everything is back to normal.

For the next several days, drivers will have an easier time than those who take subways, buses, and commuter rails.

"I can say unequivocally the MTA [Monday] night faced a disaster as devastating as it has ever faced in its history," said agency Chairman Joseph Lhota.

LAKE LA GUARDIA: A passenger ramp at a La Guardia Airport terminal leads to nothing but water yesterday after Hurricane Sandy left the tarmac swamped. La Guardia and Newark will remain closed today, while Kennedy Airport will reopen for only a few flights.

"Sandy wreaked havoc . . . in every single borough of the city and every single county."

The storm was so powerful a 40-foot boat ended up deposited across the Metro-North tracks in Ossining.

The feds have stepped in to help — the Army Corps of Engineers will be in New York to clear flooding in the PATH train tunnels and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

jennifer.fermino@nypost.com

TRAINS

The subway system could be shuttered for up to five days — and when it does return, it will be on a line-by-line basis.

"Rather than talk about restoration of the system, it's going to be more a conversation of restoration of parts of the system first," Gov. Cuomo explained yesterday.

The MTA said it will hold a midday briefing today to discuss a timetable for restoring service.

When asked how long the subways would be off limits, Mayor Bloomberg said a "good four or five days, I think. At this point, we don't know."

Downtown stations will likely be the last to open, because they suffered the worst damage.

The No. 1 line's new $500 million South Ferry station, for example, filled with water up to its ceiling.

Officials said every subway tube under the East River was flooded. The Joralemon Street tunnel, which handles 4 and 5 trains, was being pumped yesterday and should be cleared soon.

As for the commuter railroads, the MTA says it will restore partial LIRR service today.

The current plan is to bring westbound trains to Jamaica, where buses would take riders into Manhattan.

Officials are also trying to bring limited service back to the Metro-North today but are unsure whether it's possible because of serious damage.

The storm tossed a 40-foot power boat across four of the railroad's tracks.

NJ Transit will remain offline with no date set for service.

Amtrak said last night that it would run modified service between Newark and points south.

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WATCH: NYPD helicopter crews rescue 6 from rooftops in flooded Staten Island

NYPD helicopters plucked five adults and a child from rooftops yesterday in a flooded section of Staten Island, in a dramatic rescue captured on video.

The rescued people were trapped in their homes by rising floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy, which killed at least 30 people in the New York City metro area and inundated coastal neighborhoods.

The rescues were carried out by police aboard Helicopter 23, named after the 23 city police officers killed on 9/11. Watch the video below;

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Power fails at NYU hospital, 200 patients evacuate

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Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University's Tisch Hospital.

A backup generator failed at a New York City hospital Monday night, forcing it to move out more than 200 patients, including 20 babies from neonatal intensive care.

Dozens of ambulances lined up around the block outside New York University Tisch Hospital as doctors and nurses began the slow process of evacuation. They started with the sickest and youngest. Some were on respirators operating on battery power.

"It's a challenging situation," NYU Medical Dean Robert Grossman told WCBS-TV. "We drill all the time for this kind of thing. But this isn't a drill. This is the real thing."

Much of New York was plunged into darkness by superstorm Sandy, a monstrous hybrid system that swept across a huge swath of the East.

Most of the power outages in lower Manhattan, where Tisch is located, were due to an explosion at an electrical substation, officials at Consolidated Edison said. It wasn't clear whether flooding or flying debris caused the explosion, said John Miksad, senior vice president for electric operations at Con Edison.

Without power, there are no elevators, meaning patients — some of whom are being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses — must be carefully carried down staircases, Grossman said.

As the patients were evacuated, gusts of wind blew their blankets. Nurses and staff huddled around the patients, some holding IVs and other equipment.

Ambulances came from around the city to help transport the sick. Patients will be taken to other hospitals including Mount Sinai and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer.

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At least 50 flooded houses burn as blaze rages in Breezy Point, Queens

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The fire raging in flooded Breezy Point, Queens, lights up the horizon.

A fire has destroyed at least 50 homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Breezy Point section. He says two people have suffered minor injuries.

Officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through the city earlier.

The neighborhood sits on the Rockaway peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Pitching Form

		(Game time)	2012			'12 vs OPP		CAREER	LAST 3 STARTS
(If necessary)		LINE	W-L	ERA	*REC	W-L	ERA	vs OPP	W-L	IP	ERA	*AHW
Giants	Zito (L)	(8:05pm)	17-8	3.95	24-11	1-0	1.59	8-6	2-0	16.0	1.69	12.4
Tigers	Verlander (R)	10-12	20-9	2.60	24-13	0-1	11.25	0-0	2-1	21.1	2.53	6.3

* REC: Won-lost record of pitcher's team in games he has started.

* AHW: Average total of hits and walks yielded per nine innings.

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Appy days getting closer for city’s cab riders

The city is bringing the old-fashioned art of hailing a cab into the 21st century.

The Taxi & Limousine Commission is expected to announce new rules as early as today that would for the first time allow riders to use smartphone apps to hail yellow cabs.

The apps send alerts to taxis, using GPS technology to tell nearby drivers where potential riders are waiting.

TLC Commissioner David Yassky said, "We want passengers to have the widest range of options and the latest range of technology."

The rules would alter existing regulations that ban pre-arranged taxi pickups.

They would require the apps to download all fare information from the taxi meter using existing technology. They would also forbid app companies — many of which are eager to get a competitive edge in the New York market — from paying drivers to use their specific app.

That rule will help prevent drivers from giving preferential treatment to app hailers over those who find cabs on the street, Yassky said.

The TLC will hold a public hearing on the hailing apps on Nov. 29th. Its board will vote on adopting the rules in December.

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‘Killer’ nanny Yoselyn Ortega awakens in hospital, asks questions about her family

The nanny who allegedly slaughtered two Upper West Side children in her care woke up yesterday — and asked about her own family, sources told The Post.

Yoselyn Ortega — who a source said suffered a broken vertebrae in a failed suicide bid after she allegedly butchered 6-year-old Lucia and 2-year-old Leo Krim — had been unable to speak since Thursday's rampage.

She has since undergone surgery and is "talking a little," according to a source.

Investigators returned yesterday to Ortega's New York Hospital bedside in a bid to learn what sparked the horrific slayings of the Krim siblings, sources said.

William Farrington

SAD: Nanny Yoselyn Ortega (in old college pic, above) spoke yesterday after a suicide bid and alleged murder of two Krimchildren who were in her care.

SAD: Nanny Yoselyn Ortega spoke yesterday after a suicide bid and alleged murder of two Krim children (above) who were in her care.

Ortega, 50, has lawyered up and won't answer questions, said one source. She did speak to her doctor and "asked about her family," the source said.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ortega remained intubated yesterday.

Ortega shares a Harlem apartment with her sister, her niece and Ortega's 17-year-old son, Jesus, who recently moved from their native Dominican Republic and attends a Bronx high school.

A search warrant executed on the nanny's apartment turned up no clues of a motive in the slayings, according to another source.

The children's grieving parents, CNBC exec Kevin Krim and wife Marina Linsley Krim, yesterday remained in seclusion with surviving daughter Nessie, 3 1/2.

The family left a Manhattan hotel early yesterday with friends, according to an employee.

Nessie had been with her mom at swimming lessons at the Jewish Community Center near the family's West 75th Street apartment when the carnage took place.

Mom and daughter were happy and smiling as they left, a worker there recalled. They had planned to meet Ortega, with Lucia and Leo, for Lucia's dance class at the nearby Kaufman dance studio at around 5 p.m.

But Ortega, who brought the kids home from school at around 3:30 that day, never showed up.

Marina Krim returned home shortly after 5:30 to find the nanny stabbing herself in the throat in an apparent suicide bid, and her two young children dead in the bathroom.

The tragedy has brought an outpouring of sympathy from strangers across the country, including one who posted an online message, "All the people are crying with you."

Friends of the family also voiced their heartache and offered prayers and condolences on Facebook, where several relatives had posted tribute photos of the children.

In one poignant shot, Kevin's sister Sarah walks hand in hand in New York with Lucia.

In another, aunt Katie Krim embraces her brother's three beaming children alongside a caption that read: "The loves of my life, my angels."

Additional reporting by Rebecca Rosenberg and Reuven Fenton

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Breeders’ Cup draws

ARCADIA, Calif. — Final entries will be taken Sunday and post positions drawn for the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, which doesn't give trainer Dale Romans much time to decide which race his 3-year-old colt Dullahan will run in: the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf, or the $5 million Classic.

Dullahan, who worked five furlongs over Santa Anita's dirt main track yesterday in 1:00, is a synthetic track specialist. All three of his career wins came in Grade 1 stakes on Polytrack — the Breeders' Futurity and Blue Grass at Keeneland, and the Pacific Classic at Del Mar — but he is 0-for-6, with two thirds, on dirt. The stretch-running son of Even the Score has two seconds and a third from four starts on turf.

"They wouldn't change [the Classic] to Poly for me, so there's nothing I can do about it," Romans said. "We'll see what happens.

"I thought he went really good [in the workout]. We'll talk to [Tammy Fox, Dullahan's exercise rider] and Jerry [Crawford, Dullahan's owner, who races as Donegal Racing]. It'll be Jerry's decision. We'll have it settled by [entry time]."

The big gun in Romans' stable, 2011 Preakness winner and 2012 Met Mile winner Shackleford, worked five furlongs in 1:00 in preparation for the Dirt Mile, a race he finished second in last year. On Oct. 20, Shackleford drilled five furlongs in :59 3/5 at Santa Anita.

Game On Dude, the likely favorite for the Classic, is scheduled to work this morning for trainer Bob Baffert.

There will be a two-part post draw for the Breeders' Cup today, televised live by HRTV. Thirteen of the 15 races will be drawn beginning at 4 p.m. ET. Then the Ladies' Classic (to be run Friday) and the Classic (run on Saturday) will be drawn at 7 p.m. ET.

ed.fountaine@nypost.com

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Detroit can’t shrug off NL champs’ dominance

DETROIT — Remember when former minor league baseball player Michael Jordan sank six 3-pointers against Portland in the 1992 NBA Finals, turned to the broadcast table and shrugged his shoulders, conveying an "I don't know how I'm doing this" message?

The San Francisco Giants should try a group performance of that this morning.

The Giants are in a zone, which is great for them but also means this: The casual baseball fan is ready to zone out. Expect minimal buzz as the Giants try to win their seventh World Series title tonight in the minimum number of games.

TWO MORE TO GO: Buster Posey and Sergio Romo celebrate after the Giants defeated the Tigers, 2-0, to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series Thursday night.

AP; Getty Images

NATIONAL PRIDE: Tim Lincecum's Giants and Tony La Russa's Cardinals have won the last two World Series titles, both defeating the AL Texas Rangers, and with another San Francisco title this year, the NL would have three in a row for the first time since 1979-82.

The Tigers' return to Comerica Park last night brought colder weather and similar misery, as San Francisco starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong, exceptional long reliever Tim Lincecum and closer Sergio Romo combined to shut out Detroit, 2-0, in Game 3. With a commanding 3-0 lead in games, the Giants need to win just one of the next two games here — with ace Matt Cain starting tonight's Game 4 — to finish off Jim Leyland's reeling group and return West only for a parade.

"I'll say this: The club is playing well," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said.

Vogelsong, a comeback story impressive enough to qualify as R.A. Dickey's opening act, didn't have great stuff, as he scattered five hits and four walks throughout his 5 2/3 innings, striking out three. Nevertheless, he maintained the Tigers' stretch of futility by leaving six runners on base and holding Detroit hitless in four at-bats with runners in scoring position.

The Comerica crowd, amped up for its Tigers and extremely supportive during the early rallies, turned on the team Yankee Stadium-style when Quintin Berry struck out against Lincecum on three pitches in the seventh inning, stranding former Yankees prospect Austin Jackson at first base.

Vogelsong's Tigers counterpart, Anibal Sanchez, actually pitched the superior game, tallying eight strikeouts against a walk and six hits in seven innings. Yet the Giants cobbled together a couple of runs in the second, courtesy of just one hard-hit ball (Gregor Blanco's triple off the lower part of the wall in right-center field), and that was one more than they needed.

The Giants are enjoying an October for the ages. They came back from a 2-0 hole against Cincinnati in the National League Division Series, winning three straight in the best-of-five event, then prevailed after falling behind, 3-1, to St. Louis in the NL Championship Series, again winning three straight in the best-of seven competition. In all, they won six straight elimination games, a remarkable display of resilience.

With just one day off between NLCS Game 7 and World Series Game 1, the Giants seemed to carry over their mojo from one round to the next, while Detroit's American League Championship Series sweep of the Yankees feels longer ago than a time without the Internet.

"I think where we were at in the NLDS and [NL]CS and here, it gave us the momentum and the drive to know that we can do anything if our backs are against the wall," Lincecum said. "So if we're in the driver's seat and we're up 3-0, we are looking to make a statement there. So that's what we're looking for [tonight]."

And that's how the Giants have turned a promising Major League Baseball postseason into a poor one.

Four-game World Series are bad for business, and five-game battles are only marginally better. The television ratings plummet because the series no longer feels competitive, and the revenue from the sold tickets and commercials for the later games must be returned. In all, everyone besides the fans of the champions come away saying, "Well, that was really lame."

Every Fall Classic can't last seven games and feature multiple memorable moments, as did last year's between the Cardinals and Rangers. Yet if this doesn't return to San Francisco — the safe bet now — it would be the seventh World Series in the last nine years to last five games or fewer.

That's too little inventory for baseball's liking and that of its television partners, and there's absolutely nothing that can be done. Sometimes one team gets on a roll like this, so much so that a Jordan-esque shrug would be perfectly appropriate.

Sometimes the other team falls into a collective funk. And if the 1992 Trail Blazers aren't available, then the 2012 Yankees surely would be willing to counsel Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and the rest of the gang.

kdavidoff@nypost.com

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Cup draws today

ARCADIA, Calif. — Final entries will be taken today and post positions drawn for the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, which doesn't give trainer Dale Romans much time to decide which race his 3-year-old colt Dullahan will run in: the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf, or the $5 million Classic.

Dullahan, who worked five furlongs over Santa Anita's dirt main track yesterday in 1:00, is a synthetic track specialist. All three of his career wins came in Grade 1 stakes on Polytrack — the Breeders' Futurity and Blue Grass at Keeneland, and the Pacific Classic at Del Mar — but he is 0-for-6, with two thirds, on dirt. The stretch-running son of Even the Score has two seconds and a third from four starts on turf.

"They wouldn't change [the Classic] to Poly for me, so there's nothing I can do about it," Romans said. "We'll see what happens.

"I thought he went really good [in the workout]. We'll talk to [Tammy Fox, Dullahan's exercise rider] and Jerry [Crawford, Dullahan's owner, who races as Donegal Racing]. It'll be Jerry's decision. We'll have it settled by [entry time]."

The big gun in Romans' stable, 2011 Preakness winner and 2012 Met Mile winner Shackleford, worked five furlongs in 1:00 in preparation for the Dirt Mile, a race he finished second in last year. On Oct. 20, Shackleford drilled five furlongs in :59 3/5 at Santa Anita.

Game On Dude, the likely favorite for the Classic, is scheduled to work this morning for trainer Bob Baffert.

There will be a two-part post draw for the Breeders' Cup today, televised live by HRTV. Thirteen of the 15 races will be drawn beginning at 4 p.m. ET. Then the Ladies' Classic (to be run Friday) and the Classic (run on Saturday) will be drawn at 7 p.m. ET.

ed.fountaine@nypost.com

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Rocket man: Thunder ship Harden to Houston

Unable to work out an extension with James Harden, the Thunder traded the Sixth Man of the Year to the Rockets last night, breaking up the young core of the Western Conference champions.

The Thunder acquired guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick in the surprising deal. Oklahoma City also sent center Cole Aldrich and forwards Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to Houston.

The Oct. 31 deadline to extend Harden or allow him to become a restricted free agent next July had been hanging over the Thunder from the moment they reported to training camp.

"We wanted to sign James to an extension, but at the end of the day, these situations have to work for all those involved," Thunder general manager Sam Presti said in a statement. "Our ownership group again showed their commitment to the organization with several significant offers.

"We were unable to reach a mutual agreement, and therefore executed a trade that capitalized on the opportunity to bring in a player of Kevin's caliber, a young talent like Jeremy and draft picks."

The small-market Thunder already had signed Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka to long-term deals, and apparently realized Harden was going to want a bigger salary than they would offer.

The Thunder got back a good scorer in Martin, who has averaged 18.4 points in his eight NBA seasons, and a promising young player in Lamb, the No. 12 pick in the draft who helped Connecticut win the 2011 NCAA championship.

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Red Bulls clinch playoff spot

CHESTER, Pa. — Kenny Cooper scored twice, and Thierry Henry added a goal to lift the Red Bulls over the Philadelphia Union, 3-0, Saturday afternoon.

The Red Bulls (16-9-9) reached the playoffs for the third straight year, and the ninth time in 10 seasons. The Red Bulls won all three matches this season against the Union (10-18-6), who lost their final three games and will miss the postseason for the second time in three years.

Cooper scored on a penalty kick in the 13th minute after Tim Cahill was taken down by defender Carlos Valdes in the box a minute earlier. Henry scored his 15th goal to make it 2-0 in the 35th minute.

Cooper added his team-leading 18th goal — and fifth against Philadelphia this season — in the 66th minute.

The Union played without defender Sheanon Williams (left ankle), defender Gabriel Farfan (right ankle) and midfielder Freddy Adu (coach's decision).

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Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays

TURNBACK THE ALARM

Belmont Park, eighth race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. 1 1/16 miles, fillies and mares. Post: 4:34 p.m.

LOWDOWN: Arena Elvira looked like a world-beater before Bill Mott put her on the shelf in April, and now she returns showing bullet works for a trainer who has no equal when it comes to having horses ready to go a distance off a layoff. It's worth noting that during Arena Elvira's five-race winning streak, two of those victories came over top opponents in this race, R Gypsy Gold and Afleeting Lady.

TV: HRTV, TVG, NYRA Channel 71

BOLD RULER

Belmont Park, ninth race. Purse: $150,000. 7 furlongs, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:06 p.m.

LOWDOWN: Caixa Eletronica finished like a runaway locomotive in the Grade 1 Vosburgh going six furlongs over this track, and today he gets an extra furlong and what appears to be a spicy pace in front of him. He also holds an edge in class, is 8-for-19 at the distance and runs well at Belmont.

TV: HRTV, TVG, NYRA Channel 71

DE FRANCIS MEMORIAL DASH

Laurel Park, 10th race. Purse: $350,000. 6 furlongs, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:09 p.m.

LOWDOWN: Sean Avery was in the thick of it turning for home as the favorite in the Vosburgh, but flattened out late as his entrymate, Breeders' Cup-bound The Lumber Guy, won the race. Seeing as Sean Avery won his previous start, the Affiliate, coming off a 13-month layoff, there is reason to suspect he "bounced" in the Vosburgh. Last year, the 6-year-old gelding ran a couple of Beyer numbers that would crush anybody in this field.

TV: HRTV, NYRA Channel 71

LAST WEEK: At Belmont Park, Kelli Got Frosty (5-3) ran third in the Joseph A. Gimma paying $3.60 to show; Lunar Victory won the Empire Classic paying $3.60, $2.30, $2.10; Lubash (9-5) was fourth in the Mohawk.

ed.fountaine@nypost.com

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Rutgers wary of Kent State’s Archer

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — While fans and media will focus on three huge showdowns that will decide the Big East race, Rutgers can't afford to. The Scarlet Knights need look no further than three league teams falling to MAC foes — and their own Homecoming upset loss to Tulane two years ago — to ensure their focus stays on Kent State.

Saturday's game at High Point Solutions Stadium (3:30, SNY, WOR-710 AM), in which the Knights face a MAC foe before a bye week followed by a game against Army, easily could be called a trap game. But the 18th-ranked Scarlet Knights (7-0) say they can't look past a 6-1 Kent State squad coached by former Rutgers assistant Darrell Hazell and led by running back/wide receiver Dri Archer.

"When you get to this point in the season, teams that are 6-1 are 6-1 for a reason. This team knows how to win,'' Rutgers coach Kyle Flood said. "This is a very well-coached team, and certainly our players know that teams from that conference don't go anywhere in the country and are intimidated. We'll get their best shot, and we need to make sure they get ours.''

Much will be made of unbeaten Louisville's 34-31 overtime victory over Cincinnati, the first of three Big East showdowns expected to decide the league (Rutgers' games at Cincinnati Nov. 17 and against visiting Louisville on Nov. 29 are the others). But The 5-foot-8, 175-pound Archer could single-handedly ruin the Knights' hopes of an undefeated season.

"They have the most dynamic offensive player in the country,'' Flood said. "He has video-game-like statistics. He's a tremendous, tremendous offensive weapon. He's the most dynamic offensive player I've seen on film or television this year.''

Archer is averaging 10.1 yards per carry, 13.9 yards per reception on a team-high 20 catches and an amazing NCAA-best 47.7 yards per kick return. All that adds up to a nation-leading 212.9 all-purpose yards per game, numbers hard enough to put up in EA Sports' NCAA Football, much less in FBS-level football.

"They're a good team and the MAC is showing they have some good teams," safety Duron Harmon said. "They play some good football."

Hazell, who was on former coach Greg Schiano's first Rutgers staff and won a national title as an Ohio State assistant, has Kent State rising in his second year at the helm.

The Golden Flashes, however, lost their only other game against a BCS-conference foe this year, a 47-14 drubbing at Kentucky (1-7), and their defense will give Rutgers quarterback Gary Nova and running back Jawan Jamison opportunities.

brian.lewis@nypost.com

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Red Bulls face key test

Forget all of the mathematical permutations, all the equations tougher than anything in "Good Will Hunting" or "A Beautiful Mind." The Red Bulls' task is simple, if not easy; win at rival Philadelphia on Saturday (1:30 pm, NBC) and they essentially will seal third place in the Eastern Conference and a playoff bye. If they don't, they will be consigned to the capricious wild-card round next week.

"It's very crucial,'' said coach Hans Backe, whose job status has come under constant scrutiny, and appears to rest on winning the team's first-ever MLS Cup. "It's good to know the conditions, that we need to win to finish third. That means we have a full week to the next week. Otherwise we have to play a wild-card game on Wednesday. So it's a massive game."

The Red Bulls can clinch third with a win, coupled with any of the following: a Chicago loss against D.C. Saturday, a Chicago/D.C. tie (the Red Bulls must maintain their plus-nine scored advantage over the Fire), or a Chicago win (the Red Bulls must hold their plus-two goals scored advantage over United).

If they finish third, they will play host to the first leg of the Eastern semifinals either Nov. 3 or Nov. 4 with the return leg on the road either Nov. 7 or 8. But if they fail to win today at PPL Park, they will have to play the knockout round either Wednesday or Thursday.

brian.lewis@nypost.com

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Sandy downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm; East Coast threat still remains

The National Weather Service has downgraded Sandy from a hurricane to a tropical storm but warns that "widespread impacts" are still expected into next week for the East Coast.

The storm was expected to increase in speed and move away from the Bahamas and parallel to the southeast coast of the United States later this weekend.

Maximum sustained winds dropped to near 70 mph early Saturday, pushing it below the threshold for being classified as a hurricane. However, the weather service said it was possible that the storm could regain strength by Sunday night.

Sandy killed more than 40 people in the Caribbean, wrecked homes and knocked down trees and power lines.

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NYPD Daily Blotter

Queens

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Cops are looking for a Rego Park bank bandit who brandished a metal pipe as a weapon, police said.

The suspect allegedly entered the HSBC branch at 137-61 Queens Blvd. at about 10:55 a.m. last Friday and passed a demand note to a teller.

He then displayed the weapon concealed under a newspaper and fled with an undisclosed sum of cash, police added.

The Bronx

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Two brutes were busted in the mugging of two women in Mott Haven, authorities said.

The victims were near Brook Avenue and East 148th Street at about 3 a.m. Sunday when they were cornered allegedly by Rafael Olmeda, 35, and David Cortes, 33.

Cops are looking for a Rego Park bank bandit who brandished a metal pipe as a weapon, police said.

The suspect pictured above boosted a cellphone from a 49-year-old woman after shoving her to the ground in Coney Island, police said.

A cold-hearted crook is wanted for knocking off two ice cream shops, police said.

The suspects pinned the women against a parked car and snatched a purse containing a wallet, debit cards, a driver's license, two cellphones and cash, court papers state.

Cops soon arrested the suspects on charges of robbery, grand larceny and possession of stolen property, records show.

Brooklyn

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A man illegally evicted a neighbor from an apartment in a Bushwick building and stole $8,000 worth of property, authorities said.

Jamar Vasquez, 26, whose uncle owns the building, allegedly changed the locks of the victim's Greene Avenue pad on Oct. 8 and snatched jewelry, a TV, a heater, toys and bicycles.

Vasquez kept some of the items and discarded others at the curb, cops said.

When the victim returned home the following day, he discovered that the locks had been changed and was told by his girlfriend that Vasquez had made off with the loot because of a pending eviction notice, law-enforcement sources said.

Vasquez's uncle had obtained an order of eviction against the victim, stating that he had to leave by Oct. 31, the sources added.

Vasquez was arrested Tuesday on charges of burglary, unlawful eviction and grand larceny, records show.

***

A suspect boosted a cellphone from a 49-year-old woman after shoving her to the ground in Coney Island, police said.

The mugging occurred at about 1 p.m. Monday on Mermaid Avenue near the Coney Island Houses, police added.

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A Sunset Park student attacked a school safety agent trying to bust up a brawl among classmates, police sources said.

Khalil Mann, 17, allegedly choked and pummeled the 32-year-old agent at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 at PS 371 on 37th Street near Fourth Avenue, the sources added.

The victim was treated at Lutheran Medical Center and Mann was charged with assault and obstruction of breathing, records show.

***

A cold-hearted crook is wanted for knocking off two ice cream shops, police said.

The suspect allegedly struck a Tasti D-Lite in Park Slope on Oct. 17 and a Blue Marble Ice Cream shop in Cobble Hill Monday.

In both stick-ups, he pulled a gun on a counter clerk, demanded money and fled with cash, police said.

***

A mugger armed with a metal pipe tried to rob a man in Williamsburg, authorities said.

José Rivera, 36, allegedly approached the victim at Stagg and Union streets at about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday and snarled, "Give me the f--king money."

The victim fled and flagged down officers in a patrol car nearby, who collared Rivera on charges of attempted robbery and weapons possession.

Staten Island

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A teen brandishing a small knife stabbed a foe 11 times amid an Oakwood brawl, authorities said.

A fight broke out between two groups of young men at Primrose Place and Tysens Lane at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, law-enforcement sources said.

During the melee, Albert Rizzi, 17, repeatedly plunged a blade into chest, shoulder and back of the 20-year-old victim, sources added.

Rizzi, who claimed he was acting in self-defense, was charged with assault and weapons possession, court records show.

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MA’s tot-slay nightmare

A Manhattan mom out running errands returned to her luxury Upper West Side apartment last night and walked into a nightmare — her two young children had been stabbed to death by their nanny, who then slit her own throat in a suicide attempt, police sources said.

The mother, Marina Krim, arrived at her West 75th Street home at 5:34 p.m. after nanny Yoselyn Ortega, 50, failed to meet her for swimming lessons with the kids she was watching — Leo, 2, and Lucia, 6.

The building's doorman told Krim the nanny hadn't left, and she went upstairs to find the reason for the hold-up. She found Ortega slashing her own neck, with both her wrists already slit and bleeding.

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HORRIFYING: Nanny Yoselyn Ortega — her shirt bloody from an apparently self-inflicted throat wound — is wheeled away by medics yesterday as police help a devastated Marina Krim and her other daughter into an ambulance outside her apartment on the Upper West Side.

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HORRIFYING: Nanny Yoselyn Ortega — her shirt bloody from an apparently self-inflicted throat wound — is wheeled away by medics yesterday as police help a devastated Marina Krim and her other daughter into an ambulance outside her apartment on the Upper West Side.

Krim rushed to the bathroom of the second-floor apartment and found Leo and Lucia in the tub, lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds all over their bodies.

"Something happened to my kids!" screamed the sobbing mom, who wrapped the nanny's neck with a towel.

The doorman, Glen Loody, heard her and called 911. "She was crying. She was screaming," he said.

The kids appeared to be breathing as they were rushed to St. Luke's Hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival.

Krim and her surviving middle child, Nessie, 3, — who did not see the carnage — were also taken to St. Luke's, where Krim had to be sedated.

Ortega, who was is in police custody, was taken to New York-Cornell Hospital, unresponsive, in critical but stable condition. Police believe she may have taken pills, a law-enforcement source said.

She has no criminal record and had not yet been charged with a crime late last night, sources said.

The children's paternal grandmother, Karen Krim, said Ortega came into the family's life about a year ago.

Up until then, Marina Krim was a stay-at-home mom and cared for the kids exclusively. The Krims decided to hire a nanny when Leo was born.

Marina and Kevin Krim had been extra careful in hiring Ortega — and even spent nine days with her family in the Dominican Republic beforehand.

"Kevin told me that she was a nice girl," the grandmother told The Post, sobbing. "How could she do something like that?

"The children were angels."

Ortega's niece, Katherine Garcia, 28, said her aunt had seemed a little off and was "acting kind of nervous lately."

"This is just shocking," she said. "She loved those kids. I don't know what would make her do this."

The children's father, CNBC executive Kevin Krim, was returning from a business trip to San Francisco and was notified once he arrived in the city last night, a source said.

Police took him to St. Luke's.

Marina Krim diligently posted thousands of pictures chronicling her beloved children's lives in an online journal — from apple-picking and family vacations to strolls down Broadway.

In her latest entry, posted just three hours before finding Lucia and Leo dead, the loving mom wrote about her son learning to put words together.

"Leo speaks in the most adorable way possible," Marina Krim wrote, describing her mood at the time as "amused."

Neighbors described the Krims as a happy, young family.

"It's horrifying," said one resident, who met the nanny for the first time Wednesday.

"She was very quiet — she just stared ahead."

Another neighbor said, "I just don't understand. It's so senseless.

"A nanny would be the last person I'd think would ever do something like that. I'm in shock. Total disbelief."

Originally from the West Coast, the Krims moved to the building, called the La Rochelle, a couple of years ago.

Just last month, all three kids were at their aunt's wedding.

Leo was a ring bearer and his sisters were flower girls.

The family pet was a retired racing greyhound named Babar.

Additional reporting by Linda Massarella, Daniel Prendergast, Kirstan Conley, Rebecca Harshbarger and Antonio Antenucci

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Baby, mom killed in fire-ruse Bx. horror

A 1-month old "beautiful" baby girl was killed last night in a Bronx apartment fire likely set to cover up the murder of her mother, who was found dead with multiple stab wounds, police sources said.

Horrified firefighters — who believed they were responding to a routine apartment blaze on Albany Crescent in Kingsbridge — tried desperately to revive the infant, performing CPR on her atop a car on the street, authorities said.

But she was pronounced dead of smoke inhalation at Jacobi Hospital shortly afterward.

The 32-year-old mother, whose name was withheld, was dead at the scene.

The woman had been stabbed repeatedly in the torso and arms, then dragged to a bathroom and tossed under a mattress, which was set ablaze, according to the FDNY and sources.

"The bathroom was lit on fire, possibly to cover up the crime scene," said Joe Saccente, FDNY Deputy Fire Chief.

The infant was found in the bathroom in a tub, according to the FDNY.

A police source said that authorities are treating the heinous crime as a double murder.

Cops are looking to question the woman's boyfriend, the source added.

It's unclear if that boyfriend is the baby's father.

"She looked like she'd been through a lot," said one neighbor.

The murdered woman had been a victim of domestic violence in the past, and had another child — who was under the care of the city's Administration for Children's Services — said the neighbor.

Neighbors said she was devoted to the newborn.

"I saw her like a week ago, and I was telling her how beautiful she was," said one.

"She was very tiny."

The crime stunned residents of the five-story building.

"It's devastating that this baby could perish," said Kizzy Marte, who lives across from the charred apartment.

"Who would do this?"

Additional reporting by Antonio Antenucci

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Vikings feel right at dome

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's rebuilding project might eventually prove it needs more work. The Vikings, though, have clearly restored a critical piece of their foundation: the dome-field advantage.

They're 4-0 this year under the roof, where their fierce pass rush has been bothering opposing quarterbacks and Adrian Peterson has been powering his way through the other team's defense.

The Buccaneers are next, tonight.

"At times, it gets really loud there. They've got a lot of passionate fans crammed in that dome, and you've got the little horn thing they do," Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman said, referring to the sound effect at the Metrodome, now known as Mall of America Field, that's used for first downs and other big plays for the Vikings (5-2).

Freeman and the Buccaneers (2-4) weren't fazed by the environment last year, when the Vikings led 17-0 at halftime and still by 10 points with less than 7 minutes left before falling 24-20.

"You can't really go back schematically and watch what fell apart, because it's totally different," Vikings defensive end Jared Allen said, noting Tampa Bay has a new staff under coach Greg Schiano. "But the memory's still there. Don't get me wrong: I think everyone on this team remembers."

This is a different Vikings team, though, even if quarterback Christian Ponder has been struggling with seven turnovers in the last three games.

The rush up front, led by Allen's team-high six sacks, is strong again, but the pass coverage in back has been the biggest key to the turnaround from that franchise-worst 3-13 finish in 2011.

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Manager has high hopes CC will be back by spring

Yankees manager Joe Girardi is no doctor, but said he believes CC Sabathia will be ready for spring training despite an upcoming visit to Dr. James Andrews to examine the left elbow that landed the ace on the disabled list this season.

"I expect to have him in spring training," said Girardi, basing his optimism on the left-hander's performance down the stretch and in the ALDS against the Orioles. "You're always concerned that maybe it's more than what you think it is, but I think about both games against Baltimore that he did pretty good. In September, he did pretty good, and that makes me feel good that it's something we're going to get through and have him in spring training."

Sabathia's health is just one of the issues the pitching staff faces going forward, because the Yankees still don't know if two of their top pitchers are going to be back.

Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte haven't told the team if they definitely are returning, though Girardi saw signs from both that they would.

"I never asked Mo if this was his last year," Girardi said. "We're going to find out soon enough. I don't think you would rehab like he did with that intensity if it's not a possibility. Is it 100 percent? No, but I still think it's a possibility."

Pettitte also has indicated a potential desire to pitch again, especially because his season was interrupted by a broken leg.

"I still think the fire is there,'' Girardi said. "Every year as you get older, you have to ask yourself and your family, 'Am I ready to give up eight months of my life?' "

* Girardi said he was a "little bit" concerned about how left ankle surgery might impact Derek Jeter, but is confident he will be on the field to start the season.

"We expect him to be back and playing for us next year on Opening Day," the manager said. "But I think whenever a guy goes through something, there are some concerns because sometimes a player could rush it and tweak something else. … We might have to hold him back a little bit."

* Girardi said he doesn't have any answers for Robinson Cano's postseason flameout, which included an 0-for-29 stretch.

"All of a sudden you're really trying to get into someone's head and what they're feeling, and I'm not a trained psychiatrist or psychologist," Girardi said. "I think they pitched him pretty effectively. It's one of those things that happens. You see guys go through streaks, but I think we were all as surprised by that as anything we saw during the postseason."

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Ryan happy Tim on team

Facing mounting criticism about the team's use of quarterback Tim Tebow, Jets coach Rex Ryan said he is happy Tebow is on the team.

"We've played seven games and we'll see at the end," Ryan said. "I will say this: I'm happy that Tim is with us. There's no question about that and I'll stand by my comments that he is a tremendous football player. He's a quarterback and he's an outstanding football player. What's his role? We will always do what is in the best interest of our football team. If that's an expanded role for Tim or if it's more of a secondary role, then that is what it will be."

Tebow has averaged seven plays a game through the Jets' first seven games. The team seems to have no set plan on how to use him, other than as the personal protector on the punt team.

Tebow did not complain yesterday, sticking to his script of saying he'll do whatever is asked of him, but Ryan acknowledged Tebow wants to be on the field.

"That first run he made [against the Patriots] going to the 1-yard line, that was a tremendous run," Ryan said. "Did he want to finish the drive? He absolutely did. Did he want to run that next play? Of course he did. I do know one thing, he was happy to see Shonn Greene score a touchdown."

* Safety LaRon Landry drew three personal fouls in the team's first two games, but has not been flagged since. Landry said it is something he has worked on, but he is not changing the way he plays.

"If I get penalized, I'm not going to stop head hunting," Landry said. "I'm not going to stop the way I play."

* RB/KR Joe McKnight played Sunday with a high left ankle sprain. He was walking with crutches on Monday, but said yesterday he'll play this week against the Dolphins.

"I'm playing this week, too," McKnight said. "We've got a bye week coming up and I'll rest on the bye week."

The Jets have their bye week after this game. McKnight referenced special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff and his battle with bone cancer as inspiration.

"I was in pain [Sunday]," McKnight said. "If Westhoff can beat his leg cancer, I can play through a little ankle sprain."

* LB Calvin Pace is the latest injured Jet. He did not practice yesterday with a shin injury. The other Jets who did not practice were: McKnight (ankle), RB Bilal Powell (shoulder), C Nick Mangold (ankle), LB Bart Scott (toe), TE Jeff Cumberland (wrist), S Eric Smith (knee) and NT Kenrick Ellis (knee). NT Sione Po'uha (back) was limited in practice. Dolphins CB Richard Marshall (back) did not practice.

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Rex wants apology from Dolphins RB

Don't expect a lot of pregame handshakes between the Jets and Dolphins running back Reggie Bush.

Bad blood has developed between the two parties over the knee injury Bush suffered in their game last month, his belief the Jets were out to injure him and his subsequent remarks about cornerback Darrelle Revis' injury.

All of it adds up to an interesting storyline for Sunday's game between the AFC East rivals at MetLife Stadium.

Bush suffered a bruised left knee in the Week 3 matchup when a group of Jets gang-tackled him and nose tackle Sione Po'uha fell on his leg just before halftime. He did not return to the game, but did not miss any additional time.

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Reggie Bush

The star running back took offense to Jets coach Rex Ryan's remark the week before that his team would put a little "hot sauce" on Bush. A few days after the game Bush said Revis' season-ending left knee injury was an example of "what goes around comes around."

Yesterday, Ryan said Bush misunderstood his "hot sauce" remark and that Bush should apologize for his Revis comments.

"I apologized for my comments, and I expect him to do the same," the Jets coach said. "I never was saying we were going to try to injury Reggie Bush. That's not even close.

"He's going to get our attention. I'm sorry, but he's the type of player that's going to warrant a lot attention and we're going to give it to him. ... That was what I meant by my comments. If it was taken differently, out of context or whatever, I apologize for that. Trust me, we know when he's in the game.

"He is still going to get our attention, but his things about Revis and all that kind of stuff … look, I understand that he got hurt in the game and that's bad for football. We never want to hurt a player. I respect him as a player. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I never want to see that."

In South Florida, Bush was not buying Ryan's explanation

"I don't believe that. I don't believe that at all," Bush said. "But it is what it is. Like I said, the great thing about divisional games is you get to play them twice."

Meanwhile, Jets safety LaRon Landry added his two cents, saying the Jets might be in Bush's head after the injury. Landry was one of the Jets in on the tackle when Bush was injured, hitting him low and then clapping when he got up after Bush was injured.

"He will remember that hit," Landry said. "Every time he sees me, he'll remember the hit if I'm in the box or coming downhill, he will remember that hit."

Bush has not been the same back statistically since the injury, failing to top 67 yards in any game. Landry said the injury could be on Bush's mind.

"Just watch the way he runs," he said. "We'll see when he comes out here this Sunday. I'm not going to over-talk it and make a story."

Bush was asked if he expected any retaliation for his remarks about Revis.

"Retaliation? They're the ones who started it," Bush said. "If there was ever any retaliation it would come from us. But you know what? With this team, and the caliber of guys and character of guys that we have, we play with respect for the game.

"It's football. I didn't go and complain or whine about being a target of the Jets. I expect that every game. So I wouldn't expect it to be any different this game."

Bush appeared to get injured by Po'uha falling on his leg after getting pushed by Dolphins guard Richie Incognito.

"Nobody intentionally tried to hurt him," defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson said. "If he felt like we intentionally tried to hurt him, that's just stupid on him. Nobody is out here trying to hurt nobody intentionally. His own man accidentally threw [Po'uha] into his legs."

Stopping Bush will be a key for the Jets, who rank 30th in run defense. Last month, the Dolphins rushed for 185 yards even without having Bush in the second half.

"We're going to make sure we stop Reggie Bush," Wilkerson said. "He's definitely not running on us."

The Jets are a confident group entering this critical divisional game.

"This game is a must win," Landry said. "We can sweep those guys and also go into the bye 4-4. That's what we're striving to do and that's what we will do."

brian.costello@nypost.com

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Rutgers RB Jamison runs through the pain

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Shanda Barnes was not going to let even the most heartbreaking event derail the plan she and her son Jawan Jamison had drawn up.

No, not even the shocking, emotionally pulverizing death of Jamison's father, James Lewis Jamison, was going to keep her son from getting out of Starke, Fla., keep him from going to Rutgers, a college program that valued academics as much as athletics — a combination the family searched out.

The timing could not have been worse.

It was the summer of 2010, the last few months the running back would be near his parents, who, despite their divorce, retained respect for each other and a shared love for their son.

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Jawan Jamison

And then the call came — a crash on a back-country road. James Lewis Jamison's car slammed into a tree in nearby Lawtey. He was killed. His son's spirit badly dented.

"He loved his dad and there were a lot of moments, for both of us, when the tears came,'' Barnes said. "But I told him, 'We'll be OK. I promise you, we will be all right. You have to go on with your life.'''

Go on?

It was going to be tough enough going some 1,200 miles from home, to a place with cold winters and classmates with Jersey accents.

But as much as Barnes, a hair stylist who attends every game, had sacrificed to get her son out of public school and into the prestigious Bolles School, it was James Lewis who taught his son right from wrong and that his mother, ''was a good woman and she was never going to steer me wrong,'' said Jamison.

"I thought about staying home,'' said Jamison. "I sat down and I talked to my mom and she said, 'We need to stick to the plan. I want you to do it for me and also for yourself. You need to show everyone in the family you can be strong.'

"I did it for her — and ultimately, for him, too.''

The loss took its toll. Instead of arriving at Rutgers in the summer and getting a jump on conditioning and academics, Jamison, who chose Rutgers over Clemson, South Carolina and Wake Forest, arrived in the fall, slightly out of shape and emotionally fragile.

Kyle Flood, then the assistant head coach and the man many of the players viewed as a surrogate dad, had a heart-to-heart with Jamison.

"When you're an assistant coach or a head coach on a team with a hundred-plus players, tragedy finds its way into every season,'' said Flood, now the Scarlet Knights' head coach.

"This is what I said to him, 'I know that the one thing that your dad would never want would be for his passing to get in the way of your success and what you should do.'''

Jamison got the message, but the hurt and the homesickness were a shadowy, constant companion. Barnes said her son met regularly with Scott Walker, the executive director of academic support, and Gene Bataille, director of football relations.

They kept Jamison's mind right when he red-shirted as a freshman. Last season he beat out highly touted Jersey recruit Savon Huggins.

Rutgers fans looked at the 5-foot-8, 198-pound Jamison and saw a lot of former Scarlet Knights star Ray Rice, who was 5-8, 212.

"He's got excellent vision,'' Flood said of Jamison. "I think every great runner has it. I have no doubt he has it. He's got one-step burst. Those would be the things that I would say are similar to Ray.

"But the last thing he has is the ability to make you miss. That's a unique piece to his game. He has a natural ability to break people down in space.''

Jamison, a junior, caught the nation's attention in Rutgers' 23-13 win at South Florida on a prime-time telecast in September. He broke through the line, did a complete spin and burst 41 yards for the game-deciding touchdown.

Turns out Jamison has been making people miss all his life.

"You could never catch him when he was a toddler,'' said Barnes. "He would get under tables or run around chairs. All of my friends can attest to that.''

Jamison is first in the Big East and 20th in the nation in rushing, averaging 111 yards per game. He never carried the ball more than 13 times a game at The Bolles School, which he led to state titles in 2008 and 2009. But he has become a Rutgers workhorse, averaging about 25 carries per game.

He admits to running angry, to running for his mother and his father and the hurt inside.

"I'm proud of Jawan because some kids make a bad decision in times of crisis and it ends up hurting them for the rest of their lives,'' said former Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. "Jawan stuck to the plan.''

lenn.robbins@nypost.com

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Cop killed by madman who then guns down innocent driver on Cross Island

Dennis Clark

Investigators surround the body of Raymond Facey, who was ripped from his car and shot dead by a gunman who stole his car on the Cross Island Parkway, after gunning down Officer Arthur Lopez dead.

A deranged parolee executed a Nassau County cop during a traffic stop in Queens yesterday, blew away an innocent highway motorist during his getaway, and then tried to kill himself as police closed in, authorities said.

Darrell Fuller, 33, shot himself in the neck and shoulder before he was collared last night for the rampage, which began when he gunned down Emergency Services Officer Arthur Lopez, 29, near a Mobil station on Jamaica Avenue and 241st Street in Bellerose Terrace at 11 a.m., authorities said.

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SENSELESS: Officer Arthur Lopez (above) was killed yesterday by a man who then blew away a driver on the Cross Island Parkway and stole his car to escape.

Rampage suspect Darrell Fuller, 33. He's hospitalized after shooting himself as cops closed in.

Lopez and his partner, Clarence Hudson, had followed Fuller to the station after spotting him fleeing the scene of a car accident on Northern Boulevard in Great Neck, authorities said.

Lopez, an eight-year vet, got out of his patrol truck and went up to Fuller's driver's-side window.

They had a "short exchange" — with Lopez asking him for his driver's license and registration — when Fuller allegedly sprang from the car and opened fire.

Lopez, who was not wearing a bulletproof vest, was struck at least once in the chest.

Fuller then sped off in his Honda, his parents' car. It had at least two flat tires, presumably from the hit-run, sources said.

Hudson stayed at the scene to try to save his fallen comrade. Lopez was rushed to North Shore-LIJ Hospital in New Hyde Park, where he was pronounced dead. He had just attended Monday's funeral of a fellow Nassau cop fatally hit by a car on the Long Island Expressway last week.

"[Lopez's] murderer should hear the screams of his mother and understand what he did today," said Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

After allegedly gunning down Lopez, Fuller drove onto the Cross Island Parkway. He went two miles, then ditched his crippled Honda in traffic and attacked a motorist who had pulled over to talk on his cellphone.

Fuller dragged grandfather Raymond Facey from his Toyota Camry and put a bullet in his head as horrified drivers looked on, authorities said.

Facey, 52, a father of four who went by "Brian," had been talking to one of his adult twin daughters at the time, his family said.

"She heard him say, 'Who's chasing you?' Then she heard him make a frightened, 'Ahh,' " said his stricken brother-in-law, Joslyn Cameron, 53, of Brooklyn.

"They were discussing getting cheap plane tickets to Jamaica for Christmas. [His] mother is celebrating her 80th birthday there.''

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Disdain is the stain on Obama

Michael Goodwin

So, WHAT'S to like? That question danced around my head during Monday night's debate. Every time President Obama mocked, personally attacked and sneered at Mitt Romney, I kept wondering why so many Americans say they like Obama even as they don't like his policies.

How do you like a president who shows utter contempt for his opponent? How do you like a president who responds to criticism of his record with a snide blast at his opponent's personal wealth?

The questions would be easier to answer if the debate were an exception. But it wasn't. Numerous reports from the White House recently have Obama openly expressing raw "disdain" for Romney.

Worse, the Romney treatment is no exception, either. "Disdain" describes the feelings Obama expressed about many others during his term. His slams on opponents and critics as "greedy" and "unpatriotic" and "dishonest" cross a line most politicians don't.

It's odd behavior for a president, or anybody in public life. Even professional football players, who use physical pain to intimidate opponents, usually come away expressing mutual respect when the dust settles.

Is presidential politics more blood sport than the NFL? Or is Barack Obama just less respectful than your average jock?

The issue is not academic, with most polls showing Obama enjoying a big margin on "likability." A July survey gave him a 60-30 edge on that angle, though recent ones show Romney has erased the gap because of the debates.

With his economic record an albatross, the likability factor helped to keep Obama ahead or tied in a race he should be losing. The problem for him now is that the more America gets to know him, the less it likes him.

Likability, of course, is in the eye of the beholder, and with Obama, it requires distance. Up close and personal, he gives a very different vibe. There, the mask comes off to reveal the contempt we saw in the debate.

Neera Tanden, a former top aide, recently told New York magazine that the president is "not close to almost anyone," adding, "It's stunning that he's in politics, because he really doesn't like people."

Repeat: "He really doesn't like people."

Others who worked with Obama reached similar conclusions. "He doesn't listen to anyone," a former top economic aide told a friend. Outsiders invited to meet with him concluded it was all for show, that he was not interested in what they had to say.

That he rarely talks to congressional leaders, including fellow Democrats, has become such a staple of Washington that it has ceased to be news. He apparently believes it is beneath him to consult or get into the details of legislation.

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Disdain is the stain on Obama

Michael Goodwin

So, what's to like? That question danced around my head during Monday night's debate. Every time President Obama mocked, personally attacked and sneered at Mitt Romney, I kept wondering why so many Americans say they like Obama even as they don't like his policies.

How do you like a president who shows utter contempt for his opponent? How do you like a president who responds to criticism of his record with a snide blast at his opponent's personal wealth?

The questions would be easier to answer if the debate were an exception. But it wasn't. Numerous reports from the White House recently have Obama openly expressing raw "disdain" for Romney.

Worse, the Romney treatment is no exception, either. "Disdain" describes the feelings Obama expressed about many others during his term. His slams on opponents and critics as "greedy" and "unpatriotic" and "dishonest" cross a line most politicians don't.

It's odd behavior for a president, or anybody in public life. Even professional football players, who use physical pain to intimidate opponents, usually come away expressing mutual respect when the dust settles.

Is presidential politics more blood sport than the NFL? Or is Barack Obama just less respectful than your average jock?

The issue is not academic, with most polls showing Obama enjoying a big margin on "likability." A July survey gave him a 60-30 edge on that angle, though recent ones show Romney has erased the gap because of the debates.

With his economic record an albatross, the likability factor helped to keep Obama ahead or tied in a race he should be losing. The problem for him now is that the more America gets to know him, the less it likes him.

Likability, of course, is in the eye of the beholder, and with Obama, it requires distance. Up close and personal, he gives a very different vibe. There, the mask comes off to reveal the contempt we saw in the debate.

Neera Tanden, a former top aide, recently told New York magazine that the president is "not close to almost anyone," adding, "It's stunning that he's in politics, because he really doesn't like people."

Repeat: "He really doesn't like people."

Others who worked with Obama reached similar conclusions. "He doesn't listen to anyone," a former top economic aide told a friend. Outsiders invited to meet with him concluded it was all for show, that he was not interested in what they had to say.

That he rarely talks to congressional leaders, including fellow Democrats, has become such a staple of Washington that it has ceased to be news. He apparently believes it is beneath him to consult or get into the details of legislation.

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‘Rape fiend’ memory lapse

Minutes after allegedly beating, stripping and raping a 21-year-old actress in Hudson River Park in TriBeCa, a suspect claimed he was zonked on Four Loko drinks and asked cops, "Did I do something wrong?"

"Because I don't remember," claimed Jonathan Stewart as cops corralled him at dawn on Sept. 22 on a median at West Street and North Moore Street.

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Never-say-die Frisco pours it on to reach World Series

SAN FRANCISCO — An orange-and-black pep rally that seemed to include everything but skinny dipping in McCovey Cove broke out last night, turning the final six innings in Game 7 of the NLCS into almost an afterthought.

It marked another remarkable playoff series comeback for the Giants, who are headed to the World Series after last night's 9-0 demolition of the Cardinals at AT&T Park to win the National League pennant.

"We're a little numb right now to be honest," said manager Bruce Bochy, whose Giants will host the Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series tomorrow night. "This is a special group, and they have that never-say-die attitude. They didn't want to go home and found a way to get it done."

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LET'S GO WETS: Ex-Met Angel Pagan (right) celebrates with Hector Sanchez after the Giants rolled past the Cardinals in Game 7 of the NLCS last night.

Though it might have appeared the Giants could do nothing to top rebounding from an 0-2 NLDS deficit against the Reds — winning all three games on the road in the process — Game 7 completed a comeback at least as remarkable.

Trailing 3-1 in the NLCS against the defending world champions, the Giants outscored the Cardinals 20-1 over the final three games to reach the fifth World Series in the franchise's San Francisco era.

Marco Scutaro was named MVP after of the NLCS after hitting .500 for the series, including a 3-for-4 performance last night, and tying an LCS record with 14 hits.

"All those guys in there, I love every single one," said Scutaro, the former Met who arrived in a July trade with the Rockies. "To win a championship it takes more than 25 guys. It takes from the front office all the way to the bat boy, and you have to have that chemistry going."

The Cardinals are finished after an impressive run that included beating the Braves in the NL's first wild-card game and rebounding from a six-run deficit in Game 5 of the NLDS to beat the Nationals.

Matt Cain gave the Giants 52/3 shutout innings last night, following the example set by Barry Zito and Ryan Vogelsong, who handled the Cardinals in Games 5 and 6, respectively.

"It's about the team that's hot, and we went on a cold streak," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "We got to this point by being the team that was hot and taking advantage of opportunities. We just couldn't make it happen these last [three] games."

Bochy is expected to give Zito the ball against Tigers ace Justin Verlander for Game 1 of the World Series.

St. Louis starter Kyle Lohse was done after two innings in which he allowed five earned runs on six hits with one walk. Joe Kelly replaced Lohse with the bases loaded and nobody out in the third and needed only one pitch to watch Hunter Pence clear the bases.

On a pitch that is sure to be replayed for eternity in Giants lore, Pence hit an exploding-bat line drive at shortstop Pete Kozma. At the last instant, the ball knuckled, veered maybe 10 feet to Kozma's left and landed in the outfield. Two runs scored easily, with a third coming home after Jon Jay booted the ball in center. Replays showed Pence's bat hit the ball three times on the same swing, explaining the knuckleball effect.

"I guess that's the way baseball is sometimes, when things are going your way it seems like everything just works," Scutaro said.

Scutaro's single and Pablo Sandoval's ensuing double started the rally in the third. Lohse then walked Buster Posey to load the bases, ending the right-hander's night.

After Pence's double, Brandon Crawford and Angel Pagan each added an RBI fielder's choice in the inning.

Crawford had the defensive play of the night for the Giants, perfectly timing his leap to snare Lohse's broken-bat line drive in the second. The catch likely saved two runs for the Giants, who led 1-0.

mpuma@nypost.com

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Three times the joy in San Fran

SAN FRANCISCO — This World Series is all about Magic vs. Muscle.

The Tigers, who swept the Yankees, own the muscle. The Giants own the magic. That was never clearer than in the third inning last night at AT&T Park.

Three is a pivotal baseball number. Getting three outs in an inning is what the game is all about. Hitting the ball three times on one swing is crazy. That's what happened on Hunter Pence's at-bat, when three men were on base in that third inning. All three scored.

Joe Kelly's pitch shattered Pence's bat but the ball remained frozen in the air as the barrel of the broken bat came around and hit the ball again, then gave the baseball one final nudge that sent a knuckleball toward shortstop.

The ball started left, darted right, past disbelieving Cardinals shortstop Pete Kozma and out to center field. By the time the play ended, all three runners came around and the Giants were on their way to a five-run inning and their second World Series in three years with a resounding 9-0 victory at AT&T Park.

"That was the biggest at-bat of the game,'' ex-Met Angel Pagan told the Post as the rain poured down on the Giants' victory celebration on the field.

A few feet away, Pence said he didn't even realize he had hit the ball more than once.

"I told [Giants special advisor] Will Clark before the at-bat that good hitters get jammed so I was just going to try to stay through the ball," Pence said. "It's amazing what happened. That's never happened to me before.''

"Only Hunter,'' Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "The baseball gods helped us.''

Thus marked the second straight series the Giants won three straight games while facing elimination. In these last three games of the NLCS, they mauled the defending champs' pitching, scoring 20 runs.

Pagan promised the Giants will keep on rolling through the World Series.

"This is a dream come true,'' Pagan said. "There's one step to go. We're not done yet. This is a special group of players — we are just so confident.''

The mighty Tigers, whose lineup has the biggest of hitters in Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Delmon Young, and all those hard-throwing right-handed pitchers, led by Justin Verlander, had better be prepared for an Orange October tomorrow after so many days of chilling back in Detroit.

This Giants victory came 50 years after the last Game 7 was played in this city at Candlestick Park when Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson snagged Willie McCovey's vicious line drive with runners on second and third to preserve the Yankees' 1-0 World Series clinching win.

Half a century later, the second base tables were turned as Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro was named MVP of this series with three more hits last night to give him 14 for the NLCS.

Redemption is the greatest baseball act. A few months ago, Scutaro was just another veteran playing out the season for the Rockies. Then he was traded to the Giants, whose general manager, Brian Sabean, knows how to build a winner on the fly. Scutaro was taken out by a slide by Matt Holliday in Game 1 and proceeded to take out the Cardinals, as he hit .500 in the series.

"We were written off so many times,'' Bochy said, "but these guys found a way to get it done. We just did not want to go home. We're going to need to pitch well to beat the Tigers.''

In so many ways, these Giants have a New York connection. Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti was a former Yankees star. Sabean worked for George Steinbrenner, developing talent and took a number of Yankees scouts west. His right-hand man is ex-Yankees pitcher Dick Tidrow, affectionately known as Dirt.

"We don't give up,'' added Pagan, who guaranteed this Game 7 victory Sunday night. "We're a tough team and we're hungry.''

Hungry like the wolf.

The Giants own the magic. The Tigers own the muscle. Let the fun begin.

kevin.kernan@nypost.com

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Cards crushed by drench warfare

SAN FRANCISCO — The comeback kids were beaten at their own game.

After a 13-month magic-carpet ride, which included an improbable playoff berth in 2011 and world championship, the Cardinals last night watched the Giants steal their script.

With their 9-0 victory in Game 7 of the NLCS, the Giants became the first team since the 1985 Royals to win six straight elimination games in the postseason.

"It stinks not getting to the World Series, but we're very proud of what we accomplished this year," Cardinals third baseman David Freese said.

Maybe nobody was stung more than Carlos Beltran, who is still searching for his first World Series appearance. Beltran's previous Game 7 losses in the NLCS came with the Astros in 2004 and Mets in 2006.

Getting Beltran to a World Series became a rallying cry of sorts for the Cardinals, who were in strong position to fulfill that goal after building a 3-1 series lead.

"There's a lot of players that don't make it to the World Series, so they shouldn't feel sorry about me," Beltran said. "I was trying to do the best I could to get there, and it didn't happen."

Beltran had no explanation for the fact the Cards scored only one run over the final three games.

"Somebody needed to lose and it was meant to be us," Beltran said.

Lance Berkman, who missed the playoffs with a knee injury — he was a key component of last year's world-championship team — made the rounds in the clubhouse after last night's defeat and told his teammates to keep their spirits high.

"I just told them they would be back," Berkman said. "I feel real good about the group of players the Cardinals organization has brought in."

First-year Cardinals manager Mike Matheny also wore a brave face.

"There's quite a bit to be excited about if you're a St. Louis Cardinals fan and I just want to make sure these guys don't forget how we got here and the character and the heart it took to get where we are right now.

"It wasn't how we scripted it to finish, but it was certainly a great run that these guys need to be very proud of."

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Yankees GM Cashman: Curtis still grand

Brian Cashman has had time to reflect on Curtis Granderson's flameout during the Yankees' ALCS loss to the Tigers, but the general manager's opinion hasn't changed.

"To get 43 home runs from a center fielder isn't easy," Cashman said yesterday. "And I don't think one series erases that."

Granderson's future is on the list of things Cashman has to figure out with the Yankees staying home instead of going to the World Series. With a $15 million team option for 2013, Granderson figures to be a lock to be picked up for next season despite the poor showing against Detroit, when he went 0-for-11 with two walks in the four-game sweep.

N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg

BUMMIN': Despite Curtis Granderson's poor performance in the ALCS, Yankees GM Brian Cashman doesn't seem prepared to jettison the center fielder in the offseason.

And if Alex Rodriguez's benching didn't draw so much attention, the struggling center fielder's issues would have been even more glaring.

Although he was replaced in center by Brett Gardner in Game 4, Rodriguez's problems at third base — with five years and $114 million heading his way — made Granderson's problems secondary.

But going forward, Granderson's status remains something that needs to be dealt with. While the Yankees do have a $2 million buyout, they won't let his postseason failure impact how they deal with him for next season.

Still, if they decide to keep him around, Granderson's performance against the Tigers, as well as his decreased doubles, triples and even stolen bases, figure to be matters for discussion.

Perhaps more important is Granderson's confidence.

While Cashman didn't seem concerned with Granderson's mindset, hitting coach Kevin Long hinted that could have led to some of his problems down the stretch.

"He started to struggle in situations where [his] swings and misses become more glaring than usual," Long said after the season ended. "I think Curtis can take something out of this: 'Where was my head at?' And 'Was I confident enough? 'There might have been a little bit of self-doubt that I saw."

If Long were right and the Yankees keep Granderson, they still may not find out until next October if that doubt has been straightened.

dan.martin@nypost.com

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Official: Body of missing NJ girl believed found

AP

Members of the community are overcome at a candlelight vigil for missing Autumn Pasquale in Clayton, N.J. Officials believe the've found the 12-year-old's body in a recycling bin.

CLAYTON, N.J. — A body found in a recycling container has been preliminarily identified as that of a missing 12-year-old southern New Jersey girl, officials said Tuesday.

The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement early Tuesday that the body found 10 p.m. Monday in Clayton is believed to be that of Autumn Pasquale, who was last seen on Saturday.

AP

Grim find: Officials believe they've found the body of missing 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale in a recycling bin.

AP

Jennifer Cornwell, mother of the missing girl Autumn Pasquale, comforts her other daughter Natalie Pasquale, 11, during a candlelight vigil.

Officials did not say exactly where the body was found. An autopsy to confirm the body's identity will be conducted Tuesday morning by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner's office, officials said.

Pasquale was reported missing from her Clayton home at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, and had been the subject of a large search over the last two days.

Investigators with the Gloucester County prosecutor's office found the body shortly after an emotional candlelight vigil was held for the girl in her hometown.

Bernie Weisenfeld, spokesman for the Gloucester County Prosecutor's office, said Pasquale's family was notified of the discovery.

"This is a very sad day for the Pasquale family," Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton said in a statement. "Our hearts go out to the family and to all the residents of Clayton who stood together in support of this young girl."

No other information was released, and officials continued their investigation through the night.

About 200 law enforcement officials and hundreds more volunteers had searched Monday for Pasquale.

Dalton had said Monday afternoon, 48 hours after anyone had heard from the girl, that 75 people had been interviewed. At that time, investigators didn't have any suspects or a sure sense of whether the quiet BMX biking enthusiast had left on her own or was the victim of foul play.

With the girl's parents flanking him while holding back tears at an afternoon news conference, Dalton announced a $10,000 reward for information leading authorities to the girl. The parents — Anthony Pasquale and Jennifer Cornwell — did not speak at the news conference. Both wept during the evening vigil.

Authorities said Autumn, whose 13th birthday is Oct. 29, was last seen around 12:30 p.m. Saturday pedaling her white bicycle away from the Clayton home where she lives with her father, her two siblings, her father's girlfriend and the girlfriend's children.

A friend, 11-year-old DeAnna Edwards-McMillen, said Autumn was at her house Friday night and they exchanged text messages on Saturday. She said she received the last one at 1:22 p.m. and didn't believe it was intended for her. She said it read, "don't be like that."

DeAnna said her friend was nice and easy to be around. "She didn't hate people," she said in a tearful interview with The Associated Press, "and people didn't hate her."

DeAnna's mother, Debi McMillen, said that Autumn was often at their house and that she always went home before her 8 p.m. curfew.

The last known communication was in a text message she sent around 2:30 p.m. Dalton would not say who received the message or what it contained. But he said that there was nothing alarming or unusual about it.

It wasn't until about 9:30 p.m. that she was reported missing — 90 minutes past her 8 p.m. curfew, said Paul Spadofora, a family spokesman, the uncle of Autumn's father and the girl's godfather.

Dalton said 50 county and local law enforcement officers were on the case shortly after she was reported missing.

By Monday, the number grew fourfold as FBI and state police got involved in a search that has employed helicopters, horses, bloodhounds and computer experts. The computer experts were charged with seeing if any information about her whereabouts shows up on Facebook or elsewhere online.

Dalton said investigators accounted for all the registered sex offenders in the area, interviewed them and were searching their properties.

The weary crew of volunteers, meanwhile, was looking in area malls, handing out fliers at intersections in Clayton's tiny downtown and searching wherever they could.

Early Monday, Weisenfeld said the girl's bike had not been found. By the afternoon, Dalton would not say whether it had been located.

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Hondo Bears down

Hondo, who hit with the Saints and Vikes yesterday but missed with the Rams and Raiders, gained some ground last night when the SF Giants forced a Game 7 to lower the NRN (nasty red number) to 1,445 perrys.

Tonight, Mr. Aitch will grin and Bear it with Chicago over Detroit – 10 units. Also, he will go to the mat with Cain – 10 units on the Giants.

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Now that Romney has been vilified in some quarters for his "binders full of women" remark, it will be interesting to see what sort of reaction Obama draws at tonight's debate when he delivers his binders full of BS on Benghazi . . . Boston fans are said to be excited about having new manager John Farrell in the fold. They're hoping he can do for the Sawx what he did for the Blue Jays – get them into fourth place.

hondo@nypost.com

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Giants blitz

HERO

With just 83 seconds left and the Giants trailing 23-20, Victor Cruz hooked up with Eli Manning as they connected on a 77-yard game-winning bomb. The Giants' big-play wideout did it again, beating cornerback Josh Wilson and safety Madieu Williams. As Jason Pierre-Paul said with a laugh, "Thank God for Victor Cruz."

UNSUNG HERO

The word "unsung" fits Chase Blackburn perfectly, and the linebacker delivered again in the closing seconds. On the Redskins' final drive, Blackburn stripped wideout Santana Moss at the Washington 43-yard line, his second forced fumble of the game. The Giants recovered the ball to seal the victory.

KEY STAT

4 Turnovers the Giants forced, all in the second half. They intercepted Griffin once and recovered fumbles from him, Morris and Moss.

ZERO

The Giants' run defense had virtually zero success stopping either running back Alfred Morris (22 carries, 120 yards) or the magnificent Robert Griffin III (nine carries, 89 yards). Washington ran for 248 yards overall, averaging 6.5 per carry.

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RG3 throws big scare into Big Blue before Cruz, Manning steal show

The kid quarterback was on his way to ruining the day for the Giants, making them feel old and slow. Robert Griffin III was not as good as advertized yesterday, he was better.

"He takes away from your enthusiasm for the game a little bit,'' Justin Tuck said with a shake of the head.

After more than 58 minutes, Griffin had his Redskins ahead, offering a scintillating view of the future in the here and now. He ripped through the Giants. They couldn't stop him and were about to lose to him until the other quarterback in this drama ripped out the heart of yet another opponent with an emphatic reminder that no mantles would be passed on this day at MetLife Stadium.

BOMBS AWAY: Redskins DB Josh Wilson dives in vain as Victor Cruz breaks free for the game-winning touchdown, 19 seconds after Washington had taken a lead, in the Giants' third straight victory yesterday.

Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post

DON'T GET UP: Osi Umenyiora drops Robert Griffin III for a sack. The Giants made plenty of big plays against RG3, but the dynamic quarterback had an answer every time — until the very end.

"We hate we let it get like that because we had opportunity to slam the door shut and we didn't do that,'' Osi Umenyiora said. "But that's why Eli Manning is Eli Manning.''

He has no fancy calling card such as RG3, but Easy Eli made sure as much as he might be upstaged he would not be outdone. His 77-yard catch-and-run connection with Victor Cruz with 1:13 remaining wrapped up a hang-wringing 27-23 victory.

Beating a division rival is always a big deal, but forgive the first-place Giants (5-2) for feeling as if they all had what Tuck said he showed co-owner John Mara after the frantic finish was complete: More gray hair. They learned all the hype about the rookie they call RG3 was actually muted compared with the in-flesh experience of chasing a quarterback who qualifies as the NFL's newest most-exciting player.

"I'm pretty mad at the football gods for putting him in the NFC East,'' Tuck said, sounding a bit shaken by his first up-close-and-personal look at Griffin.

"Let me tell you something, that guy's flat-out unbelievable,'' echoed Umenyiora. "The best quarterback we played this year, for sure. It's unfortunate he's a rookie because he's gonna be around here forever doing stuff like that and that's just crazy.''

What was crazy was the way the Giants often could not get a handle on Griffin, then forced him into turnovers, then watched in disbelief as Manning, coughed the ball and the lead up with a deadly fourth-quarter interception when, leading 20-13, he never saw linebacker Rob Jackson drop into coverage. The Redskins gained a field goal with that turnover and with 1:32 remaining went ahead, 23-20, when Griffin floated a perfect pass to Santana Moss for a 30-yard touchdown, as Moss beat rookie Jayron Hosley one-on-one.

"I needed to make a play and help out our team,'' Manning said.

Nineteen seconds later, he did. The Giants got the ball back with 1:27 left on their own 23-yard line. Manning on second down looked for Cruz and won the game, Cruz hauling in Manning's pass in stride at the Redskins' 35-yard line and cruising in the rest of the way for a 77-yard touchdown. It was the longest game-winning touchdown in the final two minutes of a fourth quarter in Giants history.

"Looking at the back of [number] 80's heels there at the end, holy cow,'' Tom Coughlin said. "What a great feeling at that point in time.''

The elation was followed by reality: RG3 gets another shot. The Redskins took over with 1:13 to go, but Moss after a catch was stripped by Chase Blackburn and Hosley recovered the fumble to allow the Giants to exhale as they finally won their first NFC East game in their third try.

"We found a way to win … thank God for that,'' Coughlin said.

The Giants won despite getting gashed for 248 rushing yards. Griffin passed for 258 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 89 yards, aided and abetted by another rookie, Alfred Morris, who rushed for 120 yards — 94 in a first half that ended at 13-13 and clued the Giants in that this was going to be a possible nightmare.

In the third quarter, safety Stevie Brown picked off Griffin, returned the interception 41 yards to set up Ahmad Bradshaw's 1-yard scoring run to make it 20-13. Griffin on the ensuing series was nailed by Pierre-Paul, fumbled and Joseph recovered as the Giants seemed to seize control.

Manning was intercepted on the next play. Griffin, trailing 20-16, on fourth-and-10 danced around Pierre-Paul, bought time and fired for 19 yards to Logan Paulson in what will be a highlight for years to come. Soon enough, RG3 found Moss, the Redskins where ahead but then came Manning and Cruz.

paul.schwartz@nypost.com

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Florida man struck, killed by city garbage truck

Wayne Carrington

A Florida man died this morning after he was struck by a city Sanitation Department truck, police said.

A 31-year-old Florida man died this morning after he was struck by a city Sanitation Department truck, police said.

The accident happened at 1:20 a.m. at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and East 84th Street.

Police said the victim – identified as Andrew Schoonover of Neptune Beach, Fl. – was trying to cross the street at the time of the accident. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police don't expect to file charges against the driver.

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Yonkers Results Friday

FIRST-mile pace; $11,500; claiming

OFF: 7:15 TIME-27.2; 55.3; 1:23.2; 1:52.0

4	ShrkDrssdMn(BHllnd)	5.60	3.10	2.20
1	Kamanche Sun(LStalbaum)		7.30	2.30
3	Allamerican Inca (G Brennan)			2.10

* Exacta (4-1) $25.20 * Triple (4-1-3) $70.50

SECOND-mile trot; $23,000; cond

OFF: 7:35 TIME-28.3; 57.4; 1:27.2; 1:56.3

3	AltrntThrsdys(GBrnnn)	6.10	3.20	2.80
6	Pio Power (B Holland)		3.80	2.70
4	Justanotherspur (L Stalbaum)			9.00

* Exacta (3-6) $20.00 * Triple (3-6-4) $282.50 * Daily double (4-3) $15.00

THIRD-mile pace; $11,500; claiming

OFF: 7:56 TIME-27.1; 55.4; 1:25.2; 1:54.4

8	SwndDroppr(JStrttn)	44.00	19.40	7.30
5	Kiasma (L Stalbaum)		9.90	4.80
4	Ittakestwobaby (M MacDonald)			21.00

* Exacta (8-5) $333.50 * Triple (8-5-4) $4,734.00 * Superfecta (8-5-4-1) $60,239.00

FOURTH-mile trot; $26,500; cond

OFF: 8:14 TIME-27.3; 57.2; 1:26.4; 1:56.0

6	WindSurfer(JBartlett)	9.60	4.50	3.40
3	PembrokePryr(MMcDonld)		4.00	3.10
1	Yozhik (J Pantaleano)			3.80

* Exacta (6-3) $37.80 * Triple (6-3-1) $186.00 * Pick 3 (3-8-6) $441.00

FIFTH-mile pace; $17,000; claiming

OFF: 8:34 TIME-27.4; 56.4; 1:25.3; 1:54.4

1	LterteHnovr(LStlbum)	8.70	4.00	2.40
5	AbomnbleSnowpn(JBrtlett)		5.50	2.70
8	Activator (D Dube)			3.40

* Exacta (1-5) $47.80 * Triple (1-5-8) $231.50 * Superfecta (1-5-8-3) $917.00

SIXTH-mile pace; $44,000; Open

OFF: 8:55 TIME-27.3; 56.0; 1:24.3; 1:53.1

5	Nughtytlthnd(BHllnd)	13.40	5.40	4.80
2	Best Boss (P Lachance)		6.40	4.30
7	Rock N Soul (J Bartlett)			4.90

* Exacta (5-2) $115.00 * Triple (5-2-7) $753.00 * Pick 4 (8-6-1-5) $18,154.00

SEVENTH-mile trot; $33,500; cond

OFF: 9:14 TIME-28.2; 58.0; 1:27.3; 1:56.1

5	GrnOfTruth(JStrtton)	8.20	4.70	3.50
1	For You Almostfree(DDube)		3.60	2.50
4	The Evictor (J Bartlett)			2.30

* Exacta (5-1) $22.40 * Triple (5-1-4) $112.00 * Pick 3 (1-5-5) $505.00Scr: Sugar Queen Gabby.

EIGHTH-mile trot; $44,000; Open

OFF: 9:35 TIME-28.1; 57.4; 1:27.0; 1:55.4

8	Blcktxwhtscks(Brnnn)	2.40	2.10	2.10
6	BackstreetHnover(BHollnd)		4.30	3.40
1	Bank President (D Dube)			2.80

* Exacta (8-6) $10.00 * Triple (8-6-1) $46.20Scr: Jc Mik Mac Jillio, Mystical Starlight.

NINTH-mile trot; $31,000; cond

OFF: 9:55 TIME-29.0; 58.4; 1:28.1; 1:57.0

1	Bambino Hall(DDube)	4.50	3.20	2.80
3	Carnegie (G Brennan)		4.30	3.70
8	Fire In The Cell (J Bartlett)			6.40

* Exacta (1-3) $18.80 * Triple (1-3-8) $213.00

TENTH-mile pace; $26,500; cond

OFF: 10:15 TIME-27.0; 55.4; 1:24.2; 1:54.0

7	DocdorLbby(GBrnnn)	18.80	7.70	4.90
5	Mystical Mj (J Stratton)		8.30	4.10
1	Cs Kentucky (C Manzi)			3.60

* Exacta (7-5) $111.00 * Triple (7-5-1) $557.00 * Superfecta (7-5-1-8) $3,474.00 * Pick 3 (8-1-7) $56.00 * Pick 4 (5-2,3,8-1-7) $379.50

ELEVENTH-mile trot; $31,000; cond

OFF: 10:35 TIME-28.0; 58.0; 1:26.4; 1:55.3

5	RookeMstk(LStlbum)	12.20	5.20	3.60
4	Klm Express (J Marshall)		3.70	2.90
1	Play Fair (P Lachance)			3.50

* Exacta (5-4) $67.00 * Triple (5-4-1) $328.00

TWELFTH-mile pace; $31,000; cond

OFF: 10:55 TIME-27.4; 57.2; 1:25.4; 1:54.1

3	Athltclynclnd(JBrtltt)	7.70	2.50	2.80
4	UpFrontKelleJo(MMcDonld)		2.20	3.10
1	Shaky Hanover(LStalbaum)		2.40	3.30

* Exacta (3-1) $16.60 * Exacta (3-4) $13.40 * Triple (3-1-4) $57.50 * Triple (3-4-1) $54.00 * Superfecta (3-1-4-6) $467.00 * Superfecta (3-4-1-6) $329.50 * Late double (5-3) $36.40

Total Handle-$693,709.

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