June 9, 2013
Yankees beat Mariners after Phelps matches Felix
SEATTLE — Is there any obstacle too large for the Yankees to overcome? When they asked David Phelps to share a Safeco Field mound with Felix Hernandez on Sunday, the...
Mets' Davis demoted to Triple-A after Marlins sweep
The Mets demoted slumping first baseman Ike Davis to Triple-A Las Vegas on Sunday after an 8-4, 10-inning loss to the Marlins sealed a weekend sweep. Davis’ status with the...
Boating under the influence: Erin Brockovich arrested with blood-alchohol level over twice the legal limit
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, has been arrested on suspicion of boating while...
Prince Harry performs death-defying stunts in his Apache helicopter
Prince Harry wowed crowds with death-defying stunts in his first ever hair-raising Apache attack helicopter display. Captain Wales was co-pilot as the deadly machine twisted virtually onto its back to...
Ariel Castro to plead 'not guilty' on all 329 criminal counts
CLEVELAND — The Ohio man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them captive in his Cleveland home for a decade will plead "not guilty" to several hundred charges that...
NSA contractor comes forward as source of 'Prism' spy program documents
WASHINGTON — A 29-year-old American who works as contract employee at the National Security Agency is the source of The Guardian's disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, the...
ZERO WEEK: Under the Red Hood
With “Batman: Zero Year” coming out Wednesday, everyone’s talking about this being Batman’s new origin and how the story might compare to the essential “Batman: Year One.”But what is a...
John Malkovich helps rescue Ohio man from bleeding out on Toronto sidewalk: report
John Malkovich played the role of real-life hero, jumping to the aid of an injured tourist in Toronto and possibly saving his life before paramedics arrived, witnesses said. The brilliantly...
Protesters with flares interrupt French Open final
PARIS — A man who jumped onto the court with a fiery flare spurting white smoke briefly interrupted the French Open final Sunday between Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer. The...
Liberty's Carson diagnosed with torn knee ligament
Just four games into the season, the Liberty have received potentially devastating news on the injury front. Guard/forward Essence Carson, a five-year veteran from Rutgers University, has been diagnosed with...
5 injured in 2 separate B'klyn shootings
Five people were shot in two separate incidents in Brooklyn today, police said. A 30-year-man was grazed and a 19-year-old shot twice in the legs on Hegeman and Milford streets...
Paris Jackson transferred to UCLA Medical Center - where dad Michael died four years ago
Paris Jackson was transferred to UCLA Medical Center, the same hospital where her world-famous dad was pronounced dead nearly four years ago. She was quietly wheeled into the famous West...
White House readies to open criminal probe into Prism spy program leak
The Obama administration has taken steps to open a criminal investigation into who leaked out the secret documents that last week blew the lid off the spy program known as...
Nadal wins 8th French title by beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer
PARIS — Rafael Nadal has become the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final,...
South Africa: Nelson Mandela remains in hospital
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African President Nelson Mandela was receiving medical treatment for a lung infection on Sunday after spending a second night in a hospital. There was no official...
Teen stabbed to death near Gravesend home
A teen was stabbed to death near his Gravesend home this morning, cops said. Kenny Chen, 17, was stabbed on the corner of Benson Avenue and 26th Avenue about 3:40...
Sunday Comics: 'Man of Steel' in Pulse
Every Sunday here at Parallel Worlds, we’ll aim to bring you a lengthier feature on something you’ll dig in the world of comics. We’re calling it, naturally, Sunday Comics.For our...
NYC blows up building on Governor's Island
New York City officials blasted a vacant building on Governors Island this morning to make way for a new park. Leslie Koch, president of the trust, said the 7:36 a.m....
Merion will offer unique challenges for U.S. Open field
ARDMORE, Pa. — It is a small ballpark, but do not expect a barrage of home runs. Big hitters beware: Merion Golf Club, which will host the 113th U.S. Open...
Numerous Giants entering ‘show-me’ season
It would have behooved John Tortorella well before the Rangers canned him to ask for a sit-down with Tom Coughlin, a request Coughlin no-doubt would have granted, a meeting that...
Can’t expect world of Zack, but either way, it’ll be fun to watch
TACOMA, Wash. — Not everyone can explode onto the scene a la Matt Harvey. Most newcomers experience some growing pains upon getting The Call. Not to be too much of...
Mets 0-for-19 in clutch
The Mets have a knack for finding new and inventive ways to lose. Even by their impressive standards, yesterday’s 2-1, 20-inning setback to the Marlins was unique. It’s not everyday...
Loss joins ranks of Queens marathons
As long as yesterday’s 20-inning, 6-hour-and-25-minute Mets game was, it wasn’t the longest in team history. The Amazin’s lost 4-3 to St. Louis in a 25-inning affair back on Sept....
Marcum finds no relief after 8 bullpen innings, 1 undeserved loss
Shaun Marcum wasn’t supposed to pitch yesterday. He ended up throwing his longest outing of the year. Coming out of the bullpen, however, didn’t change his luck. Despite working eight...
A-Rod celebrity something Cano doesn’t bring to contract negotiations
Alex Rodriguez hurt Robinson Cano’s negotiations with the Yankees last week — but not how you think. Well, yes, it hardly helps Cano’s cause to get an extension of eight...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Keegan Bradley
With the U.S. Open on the horizon next week, golfer and St. John’s alum Keegan Bradley took a swing at a Q&A session with Steve Serby. Q: What is your...
After five years without major win, Open course sets up nicely for Tiger
ARDMORE, Pa. — Nobody is allowed inside Tiger Woods’ inner sanctum. Not even those closest to him — his girlfriend, his caddie, his buddies, even his family. Not since his...
Disabled fund
America’s much-vaunted Social Security Disability Insurance program is on the verge of collapse, a shocking new study reveals. In just 36 months, the enormous safety net for millions of American...
US firms leave money on table: study
Corporate America is blowing cash, big time. Their opportunities to reap more profit from working capital expanded last year by a record $1 trillion, but many of the largest US...
Most HS grads go to work
Commencement season at the nation’s universities and colleges is over. But this speech is for the 66 percent of young Americans who will graduate from high school this month and...
Getting bothered about bonds
Dear John: I have my 401(k) retirement fund heavily weighted towards bond funds, but am now worried since May had very poor bond-market returns. [But] I feel the stock market...
Beam up this app to transport info
Tired of e-mailing phone numbers and directions to yourself to get them on your phone?Then you might want to try BeamApp, a free service for Apple devices that lets you...
Book reservations
The Justice Department apparently doesn’t get out all that often. In US v. Apple, the ongoing antitrust e-book trial, Lawrence Buterman, one of the government’s lawyers, seemed stunned by the...
Shore War
It’s the war at the shore between older Midwest investors and two modern-day wannabe Great Gatsbys. Adam Manson has a sprawling beachfront estate in Montauk that federal regulators charge was...
No Draper taper for US econ
There’s been much talk of a taper coming from Fed chief Ben Bernanke and his governors, as the central bank attempts to tailor its monetary policy to fit the new...
Samsung shares sink on Galaxy inertia
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, fell the most in more than nine months Friday after analysts at JPMorgan Chase cut profit estimates, citing slowing demand for its flagship...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS ROGER GOODELL NFL commish strikes $1B deal with Verizon to stream Sunday football games on mobile. OPRAH WINFREY Tyler Perry shows lift her OWN network ratings to rival those...
Autistic gridder’s Hail Mary
The parents of the inspiring autistic teen who kicked his way on to his high-school football team — and the national spotlight — are suing a New Jersey athletic panel...
Famous panhandler who won $100K in NYPD settlement died penniless and alone
It was the city’s largest legal payout last year — $15 million to be split among a group of beggars. But the Bronx panhandler who started it all never got...
Coverup rap in disappearance
A Queens nursing home director has been charged with falsifying medical records in order to hide the disappearance of a 74-year-old man with dementia, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced yesterday....
Snooping’s a slippery slope
A Top Israeli security official zeroed in on the American system of airline security: “You worry about what people are carrying. In Israel we worry about who the people are.”...
She’s ‘milking’ the Scouts
Anna Maria Chavez, the Girl Scouts’ “cookie monster” CEO, isn’t making crumbs. New tax filings peg her yearly salary at $393,380 — nearly four times the $104,000 she made annually...
Afghan ‘ally’ kills 3 Yanks
KABUL, Afghanistan — A man wearing an Afghan army uniform yesterday opened fire on his foreign trainers, killing two American service members and an American civilian. Elsewhere, a grenade attack...
5 knifed in night of mayhem
Five men were brutally stabbed in five hours, in a rash of unrelated incidents last night and early today that left them hospitalized, police and fire officials said.The mayhem began...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn***A man was found stabbed to death early yesterday in Fort Greene, police said. Cops found Leon Avery, 63, with stab wounds to the chest outside the Ingersoll housing development...
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the lonely life that left Paris Jackson bleeding and screaming
‘I want to live!” Those were the words of Michael Jackson’s distraught daughter, Paris, as she was being rushed to West Hills Hospital after cutting herself with a kitchen knife...
Homeless-housing business booming
Homeless services might just be the best business in town these days. A nonprofit agency that operates 23 homeless facilities under city contracts has doubled its revenues in just two...
CUNY and SUNY bigs get chauffeurs as tuition soars
City College President Lisa Coico’s Upper West Side home was just four subway stops from the Manhattanville campus, but Coico was chauffeured the two miles to work and back every...
Cory booked for Sen. race
Newark Mayor Cory Booker yesterday officially dived into the race to finish the Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg. The Democrat launched his bid at a Newark news conference...
Weiner gets heck
Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner was playfully heckled while marching in yesterday’s Brooklyn Pride Parade — and it wasn’t for his orange chinos. “Send me a text!” some in the Park...
Papa’s brand new bag
He’s a bishop without bling. Here’s Pope Francis (pictured) in a wooden chair instead of a golden throne, wearing black shoes rather than his predecessor’s ruby slippers and clad in...
‘Chewie’ chews out TSA
The Force was against him. TSA agents took the lightsaber-style cane of “Star Wars’ ” most famous Wookiee at a Denver airport last week — but a distress call to...
Say cheese for good teeth
Cheese could protect your smile against cavities, according to a study in the latest issue of General Dentistry.Researchers measured the dental pH of 68 subjects before and after they ate...
12,000 Bx. bees get boot to Conn.
A swarm of 12,000 bees that infested a Bronx block was boxed up and relocated to Connecticut yesterday, authorities said.“This is what they call swarm season,” said Andrew Cote of...
Can a bearded politician win NYC's mayoral race?
Anthony Weiner isn’t the only mayoral candidate to have bared his cheeks. Bill de Blasio’s face has evolved from grizzly bear to naked mole rat — right around the time...
Santa Monica College mass murderer was crazed over parents’ divorce: officials
The crazed shooter who gunned down four people in Santa Monica before cops killed him was angry over his parents’ divorce — and was carrying 1,300 rounds, it was revealed...
Ailing Mandela, 95, back in hosp
Nelson Mandela was hospitalized early yesterday for a lung infection — his fourth hospital stay in seven months. The former South African president, who turns 95 next month, was listed...
Campaign contributions go missing in state Sen. John Sampson’s records
Where did the money go? Embattled state Sen. John Sampson’s campaign filings are peppered with missing cash and phantom refunds, The Post has found. In three cases, money paid by...
Cannibal sex fiend flees
A Long Island elementary-school teacher obsessed with cannibalism and kids — who served six years in federal prison on child-porn charges — is missing.Michael Kelly Reiner, 52, has apparently walked...
Jumping ‘jacker’ flashed
She carries the phone — and wears the pants. A fearless wife confronted the crook who jacked her van by snapping a cellphone photo that led to his arrest —...
Horror in Penn mug aftermath
A desperate crook made a wild car getaway through Midtown yesterday, running over a cop and mowing down a bicyclist as he sped away from a violent robbery, cops said....
Kidney donor for hero
A 9/11 hero in desperate need of a kidney transplant has been rescued by a big-hearted anonymous donor. Rich Volpe, an NYPD narcotics detective, was diagnosed at age 34 with...
Culture of FDNY groupies rages out of control as 'badge bunny' obsession turns scary
She was hot for the FDNY. Christine Cuocolo, 34, started out as a typical firefighter “buff,” one of legions of groupies to the hunky heroes. But her desire to get...
Exposed educator anguish
She claims she was only helping a truant student, unaware he was helping himself to her phone — and images of her most intimate moments.Now Sheila De La Cruz faces...
Wash. Hts. wall collapse
A retaining-wall collapse destroyed three Washington Heights apartments and caused the evacuation of nearly 100 residents in two buildings early yesterday, officials said.The aged wall between 67 Pinehurst Ave. and...
Speeder in fatal car slam
A Long Island driver died yesterday after taking off “like a rocket” and crashing into an auto body shop, cops and witnesses said.The victim was speeding west on Northern Boulevard...
Biker on LIRR tracks killed
A father of seven on a bicycle was fatally struck by a Long Island Rail Road train yesterday, officials and relatives said.Miguel Angel Reyes, 46, of Center Moriches, was hit...
H’wood tells of the ‘ricin’ fall of a TV nobody
Actress Shannon Rogers Guess, charged with sending ricin-laced letters, finally earned the attention of Hollywood producers — when they took to Twitter yesterday to slam her as a showbiz nobody....
TV anchor Molly Rokasy says politician hubby dumped her for state employee
Months after beautiful news anchor Molly Rokasy and Queens power broker Austin Shafran married, she claims, he left her for a state employee who’s steadily risen in the government ranks....
‘You sold us a squatter!’
The buyers of a Brooklyn building got a most unwelcome gift with their purchase: the former owner’s son, who refuses to leave, a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit says.Silvershore Properties 13...
9/11 cancer kills cop, 60
Nicholas Finelli, a 30-year NYPD veteran, died yesterday of esophageal cancer related to the 9/11 attacks. He was 60.Finelli worked in the 43rd Precinct in The Bronx and was a...
Tears for tragic hit-run kid
More than 50 friends, relatives and neighbors gathered last night, lighting candles and releasing white balloons to remember little Ariel Russo — the 4-year-old tragically struck and killed by a...
Top spy: Pols OK’d snooping
In the face of anger over government spying, the nation’s top intelligence official yesterday stressed that a previously undisclosed program for Internet data surveillance was authorized by Congress and can’t...
I never promised you the moon . . .
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel Hachette Books The Space Race heroes had the right stuff for space travel, but the wrong stuff for happy and lasting...
How they learned to stop worrying and love nuclear
‘Nobody can look you in the eye and say you shouldn’t be worried” about nuclear energy, says British environmentalist author Mark Lynas in the new documentary “Pandora’s Promise,” which opens...
State of denial
In 2008, the American economy was hit with the most devastating economic crisis since the Great Depression. Now, nearly six years later, the American economy is recovering — but deeply...
Bill Cosby: A plague called apathy
He was the New York City dad we all wish we had Cliff Huxtable, the strict, funny and understanding father on “The Cosby Show,” played for eight years by actor...
Israel’s juiced up lemons
A US-founded, Israeli-based car-battery startup named Better Place is now in a, well . . . better place — having proved yet again that greenie fantasies can’t repeal the laws...
War with Canada
On the Canadian side, the Toronto Star calls it “The War of 1812, Part 2.” The “it” is a dispute between the American and Canadian sides of the “Peace Bridge”...
Truly super
It is very easy to rate Superman as a shallow character, as a persona very hard to empathize with or as just a Boy Scout and nothing else (“In Praise...
Required reading
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) One-time New York Magazine staffer Walls wowed everyone with her stunning and beautifully written memoir, “The Glass Castle,” and followed up with “Half...
What went wrong with Hollywood
Sleepless in Hollywood Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business by Lynda Obst Simon & Schuster In May, after many months of shaky box-office receipts, theaters in North...
In my library Alton Brown
The heat is on — not just in the streets, but at the Food Network, where season 9 of “Food Network Star” is under way, and Alton Brown and his...
New York strip
Behind The Burly Q The Story of Burlesque in America by Leslie Zemeckis Skyhorse Publishing Women paraded topless through Times Square, while men sitting in the balconies of nearby theaters...
Adopt me!
Tiffany is an inquisitive, 13-month-old cat with a unique tortoiseshell coat. She can be quite friendly, but she also loves alone time with her puzzle toys. Meet her from 11...
‘Bling’ babe’s big break
Look for actress Katie Chang around New York City this fall. Or better yet, don’t. The 18-year-old star of Friday’s “The Bling Ring” is headed to Columbia University, and she’d...
A healing touch?
If my cat Baron could talk, he’d be the feline equivalent of the angry guy in the bar, whiskey in paw, griping to anyone who will listen. “Nine months ago,...
Meet Krypton's killer cutie
Zod’s found a friend! While most of the characters in “Man of Steel” will ring a bell to movie-goers, Krypton citizen Faora will be a fresh face. The bad girl...
Dudes look like a lady
Not since Harvey Fierstein’s Tony-winning turn in “Hairspray” have Broadway’s leading men gotten so much mileage from a dress. This time around, it’s Bertie Carvel and Billy Porter, whose cross-dressing...
Mitch Broder: My vintage New York
Mitch Broder respects his elders: venerable chop houses, hot dog stands with aged neon signs, timeworn diners, classic bookstores. A journalist who has spent two decades writing about the city,...
No pain‚ no Lane
He's always made us laugh — now he’s making us cry. Or, at the very least, squirm. Nathan Lane, the bigger-than-life star of “The Producers,” “Guys and Dolls,” “The Odd...
Engine Super Bowl
Even among players who take chess really seriously, few are aware of the strongest tournament of 2013 — or of its unique features:* Fifteen of the players were rated over...
Bridge
“did you make it to church this morning?” I asked Unlucky Louie. His family attends a nearby house of worship.“We had a visiting speaker,” Louie said. “They said he was...
Send in the divas
It's time to overhaul the Tony Awards. Tonight’s telecast, to be broadcast on CBS at 8, will look like, well, last year’s telecast. And like the one the year before....
It’s not easy being blue
In the 75 years since Superman debuted in Action Comics No. 1, he’s faced down threats from near and far, fending off Kryptonite-toting evil geniuses, sentient supercomputers bent on destroying...
When ‘Seth’ met ‘Jay’, ’James’ & ‘Craig’
Actors, Seth Rogen says, are probably the least prepared group to survive the end of the world. “We can’t do s - - t,” he jokes. True enough. When the...
Knee injury KOs Liberty’s Carson
The Liberty’s loss on Friday to the Atlanta Dream was painful in more ways than one. That’s because they might be without Essence Carson for the rest of the season....
Monmouth Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $20,000; clm($25,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 It'sPomPom(M),115MFrancx-x-x12-12 LegendaryPal(L124G Saez7-x-x5-13 What aParty(L),124ASerpa2-4-65-24 Dreamcastle(L),118ETrujill2-2-73-15 My BigAngel(L),124PSolan5-4-22-16 Rockette Jet ,124PFrags3-x-x6-1SECOND-6 fur; $17,000; clm($5,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-6 fur; $21,000; clm($16,000); 3up 2 Pnot Grgo (Trujllo) 6.80 3.80 2.80 4 Really Bullish (DeCarlo) 4.80 3.20 3 Saint Goldie Locs (Saez) 3.20 * Exacta (2-4) $26.40 * $1...
Meadowlands Results Friday
FIRST-mile pace; $10,000; cond 2 Big Art (S Allard) 8.00 3.80 3.60 9 Real Marriage (C Callahan) 3.00 2.60 1 Itsahardrocklife (J Baggitt) 10.00 * Exacta (2-9) $25.80 * Trifecta...
Hondo: It’s time to Buc Up
Hondo rewarded the loyal citizens of HondoNation with the cold trifecta in the Belmont yesterday but he put only a unit on Palace Malice to win. Thus, coupled with the...
Sources: Pens’ chairman Lemieux may order ouster of coach Bylsma
The call on Dan Bylsma’s future behind the Penguins’ bench may not be Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero’s to make. Several individuals within the industry have told Slap Shots Penguins...
Kane’s trick puts Blackhawks in Cup
CHICAGO — Patrick Kane scored his third goal of the game 11:40 into the second overtime period and the Blackhawks beat the defending champion Kings 4-3 to advance to the...
Home Team Lineups
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Gang set to give free agent TE Winslow a look
The Jets are giving Kellen Winslow Jr. a chance to resurrect his career this week. The veteran tight end and former top-10 pick confirmed yesterday that he has been invited...
Thurman preparing Jets for defining stretch
Jets defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman glanced up from his desk to the team’s schedule hanging above it and rattled off a succession of foes: Falcons, Steelers, Patriots, Bengals and Saints....
Shaw has big fan in Walsh
At the outset, Phil Jackson was the flavor of the hour for the Nets’ coaching job. Then it was Lionel Hollins. On another day, it was Scott Skiles. Cue usual...
Sports Shorts
HOOPS: Collins marches in gay pride parade Jason Collins marched in Boston’s gay pride parade yesterday with Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III, his onetime roommate at Stanford. Collins, the ex-Net,...
Serena captures French title after 11-year drought
PARIS — Serena Williams knew, of course, that 11 years had passed since her only French Open championship. She also knew, of course, what happened a year ago in Paris:...
What ‘miracle’? Nadal in final yet again
PARIS — His words catching in his throat, Toni Nadal called it “really a miracle” that his nephew is back in the French Open final. Seriously? Miraculous? More like expected,...
Long bans won’t stop drug cheats
* Alex Rodriguez and his ilk made their multi-millions already. Suspending A-Rod for 100 games makes no difference whatsoever to him at his stage in life. I do not see...
Miami faces ‘must-win’ in Game 2
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade said the Heat face “a must-win’’ in the truest sense. Game 2 of the NBA Finals is Sunday night at AmericanAirlines Arena and another Miami loss...
‘Birdman’ flew close to Knicks
MIAMI — Chris Andersen became the bird who flew away for the Knicks. In mid-January, the Knicks were exploring big-man options because of fears Rasheed Wallace’s foot injury would not...
Pletcher colt outlasts Preakness champ Oxbow, Ky. Derby winner Orb
A pair of Hall of Fame jockeys were just about nose to nose as their horses hit the middle of the final turn of the Belmont Stakes. Gary Stevens, aboard...
What happened to hating the Heat?
Maybe you will tell me I’m wrong. Maybe you’ll tell me there is as much dislike and distaste in your heart now as there was almost three years ago, when...
Pettitte stems Mariners’ tide in 250th career win
SEATTLE — Jeremy Bonderman beat them Friday night and Felix Hernandez awaits the Yankees at Safeco Field today. Though baseball players rarely admit one game means more than another, it...
Girardi will keep going to Wells despite dry spell
SEATTLE — It’s not as if Joe Girardi has options when it comes to right-handed-hitting outfielders, so the Yankees manager continued to start Vernon Wells in left field yesterday, hoping...
Andy hits milestone as Yankees draft his son
SEATTLE — David Robertson faced a first-and-second, eighth-inning, one-out situation yesterday afternoon, a Yankees victory in the balance. But the better story was occurring behind the closed doors of the...
Coming close to Amazin’ disaster
Not him. Anyone but him. From the time Matt Harvey was forced to leave in the top of the eighth inning with what was termed “back tightness” until the Marlins...
Harvey exits with injury, Mets bats go quiet in ugly 20-inning loss to Marlins
First the Mets lost Matt Harvey when he was forced out after seven innings with lower back tightness, the ace later saying he will be fine for his next start....
Don Draper's rival
The first time Kevin Rahm stepped into a popular TV series mid-run, he knew he’d be playing a major character. That was in 2005 during CBS’ “Judging Amy.” But Rahm’s...
Don't miss
Going for the ‘Burn’ Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) returns to Miami from the Dominican Republic to track down a sociopath who is trying to blow his CIA cover. Tempers flare, however,...
Let us entertain you
TNT’s new summer drama, “King & Maxwell,” is basically a buddy-cop drama, except that one of the buddies is a super-hot former super model. That formula isn’t entirely original. Another...
The 'Liars' club
According to ABC Family, the third-season finale of “Pretty Little Liars,” which aired in March, was the top show on all of television that night for females 12-34 — and...
NPR’s curious radio daze
The funny thing about National Public Radio is that it takes itself so seriously it doesn’t seem to realize how funny it is. For starters, it continues to present long...
Reel good
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008 sun., 8:00 PM, Fox Movie Channel Not very well know is the fact that this movie was made from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922...
Look Who’s Talking
Live With Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Jennifer Connelly; Little Mix Tuesday: Seth Rogen; Judith Light; guest host Andy Samberg Wednesday: Goo Goo Dolls; Mark Feuerstein The...
5 incredible works of art made in latte foam
Mike Breach is bent over a latte, furrowing his brow in concentration. With a tootpick, he’s jabbing away at the foamy surface, taking care in shaping a part of the...
Weird but true
This bank is generating quite a buzz. Scientists at Washington State University are doing their part to help the nation’s waning bee populations by developing a sperm bank for the...
I left New York looking for love — and came back
MOST single New York ladies have found themselves indulging in a certain geographic fantasy. It’s the one where they give up their studio-for-one, quit their high-pressured job and U-Haul it...
Meet market: Peppy personal trainer is looking for the perfect fit in a man
Come Bach Lindsay’s ideal date is catching a performance at the New York City Ballet or the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. Girl talk Lindsay is the first to admit...
This week's couple: Their art’s desire
Could it be? Had our daters Jaclyn, 28, and Ethan, 31, met prior to their blind date at David Burke’s the Garden in SoHo? Considering she, a teacher, visited a...
Top 5: pick-up lines for The Met rooftop
“Are you going to buy me some art? Then how ’bout a drink?” — Emilia “This exhibit’s great, but you should see the art in my bedroom.” — Diego “It’s...
D’backs draft Xaverian’s Soto
Elvin Soto finally got to enjoy the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.Surprisingly, the former Xaverian star from The Bronx went undrafted his senior year, but after two stellar seasons...
Man, 39, wounded in Inwood apartment stabbing
A man is fighting for his life after he was stabbed inside of an Inwood apartment yesterday following a fight over a woman, police sources said. The 39-year old victim...
Harvey exits with back tightness as Mets drop 20-inning marathon
The Mets lost the longest game in Citi Field history Saturday, a 2-1, 20-inning marathon affair to the Marlins. But that paled in comparison to potentially losing the Franchise: Matt...