Mets championship chase beginning with highlights from Otis Livingston. Reporter it has been a long nine years since the mets were in the post season. A gut check 32 victory in los angeles lasted night. There isnt an mvp in the Division Series but if there was, it would be murphys law, taking home the hardware. The mets struck first. The catalyst was daniel murphy. First he drove in curtis grandson, with a double. This time he used his head and legs. Luke is due to walk. He sees the defensive shift to right field and runs all the way to third. It was key he scored on a no sac fly. Always trying to find an edge. Sometimes it doesnt work but tonight it worked. Murphy not done. Swing and a drive deep down the line. There it goes. Daniel murphy a homerun. I got a liter finally in the spot that i was looking for. And fortunately i didnt miss it. Describe it. Daniel murphy is riding some kind of story. 32 new york. That left 12 outs between the mets and the win. Reese got the final six. He s
Gave a lot of herself, maahs said. Sheryl and her teammates placed a surprising second in the Ncaa National Cross Country meet in milwaukee. That mornrng everybody was sky y high, and that afternoon everybody was in mourning, said tim lane. Tim lane helped organize a memorial ceremory planned for thanksgiving eve in the very spot where the plane fell from the sky. I want this to be a celebration. I want the Running Community to turn out, lane said. A celebration honoring the lives of seven from iowa state. They plan to unveil a new park and everlasting memorial in des moines. Hopefully can go there and reflect about it and if it inspires some people thats great. The Memorial Service will take place tomorrow afternoon in des moines. Members of both the mas and streit families will be there. Friends and colleagues are remembering a former Sioux City Community leader who has died. Joanne grueskin died at her home in carlslsd, lifornia last night at the age of 79. Grueskin served eight yea
Experimenting with tipfree at lunch. The move is similar to the model fond in europe where the employees are paid a regular wage and tipping is rare. But thats a sharp contrast to u. S. Dining tradition. Workers who receive tips are only required by the federal government to be paid 2. 13 an hour. Thats an amount that hasnt been increased in 24 years. But some states have a higher tips minimum wage and seven even require tipped workers to be paid the full minimum wage. The average wage for wait staff is just over 18,000. Generally theres a big difference between the wait staff and those working in the back of the house earn because tips dont make their way to the back of the house to cooks. What do the people who will actually pay for it think . I kind of like the idea of tipping frankly. It seems to be a little more personal relationship with a service. You keep thinking why arent people just paying these people . Not just waiting for me to do a good turn. The question becomes will mo
Services. We are highly committed. Reporter the mayor points out the need for restructuring because it has been in place 20 years and does not meet the current needs. Reporting live, tim fleischer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Tim, thank you. We are following breaking news right now. Two big problems for Long Island Railroad commuters. Westbound service is temporarily suspended on the Babylon Branch because of signal problems in freeport. On the ronkonkoma branch, a truck hit a vehicle near the bethpage station there. Commuters should expect disruptions there as well. We received a someone on board the train struck. No injuries to report. We are continuing to monitor the situation and we will keep you posted on the delays. Now the terror threats against the School System of new york and los angeles. Lots of second guessing of officials in l. A. That got virtually the same e mail as officials in new york threatening an attack on the schools but it was apparently a hoax. The nypd figured t
The dining tradition could be changing. More and more restaurants are experimenting with eliminating tips entirely. It is a steady diet of no tipping a good deal or will it cost you more . Thats our cover story this week. Tipping may soon be coming off menu. Joes crab shack announced its testing a notipping policy but they plan to raise prices 12 to 15 to pay for an increase in wages. Other restaurants are experimenting with tipfree at lunch. The move is similar to the model fond in europe where the employees are paid a regular wage and tipping is rare. But thats a sharp contrast to u. S. Dining tradition. Workers who receive tips are only required by the federal government to be paid 2. 13 an hour. Thats an amount that hasnt been increased in 24 years. But some states have a higher tips minimum wage and seven even require tipped workers to be paid the full minimum wage. The average wage for wait staff is just over 18,000. Generally theres a big difference between the wait staff and th