June 29, 2013
Phelps gives up 9 runs as anemic Yankees are pounded by Orioles
BALTIMORE — “76.’’ As this Yankees season quickly evolves into an embarrassment, The Post is the first to present the Tragic Number. Any combination of Red Sox wins and Yankees...
How to fix comics: Stop putting out so many freakin’ titles
Yep. Here we are with another one of these things. If you missed last week’s column, you can read it here.The previous rant was all about how, at least when...
Patriots offer a jersey swap for fans with Hernandez merchandise
The Patriots are doing everything they can to eliminate all traces of Aaron Hernandez from their organization, and who can blame them?Hernandez, the Pro Bowl tight end, was arrested and...
Renowned MMA trainer Gracie says UFC champ Silva is 'not a humble guy'
It’s hard to find someone with the, well, guts to take shots at Anderson Silva. But then again Renzo Gracie has never been afraid to speak his mind.The renowned MMA...
Serena eases into fourth round of Wimbledon
LONDON — Serena Williams earned her 600th career victory by brushing aside 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-2, 6-0 on Centre Court to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon on Saturday. Date-Krumm...
Knicks to decline option on high-flying White, making him a free agent
James "Flight" White never took off with the Knicks and now he'll be looking for a new team, likely in a different country.The Knicks are expected to decline their team...
Deadly contest: Teen kills self, passenger while racing brother on Long Island
A teen driver and a passenger on a Long Island road died early yesterday when he attempted to cut in front of his brother in another car, Suffolk County cops...
No hard feelings: A-Rod says 'all's good' between him and Yankees
TAMPA -- As he closed the passenger-side window of his Maybach to end an interview with reporters following his workout Saturday, Alex Rodriguez was asked if he was OK with...
Devils' Brodeur voted cover boy for EA Sports video game
Martin Brodeur has won a lot of hardware and awards during his 19-year career. Add EA Sports NHL cover athlete to that list.Friday, after nearly four weeks of waiting, EA...
Days after Hernandez murder charge, another NFL player busted for guns
Maybe they should rename it the National Firearm League.Just three days after former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with murder and five other charges, including four...
Rivers says ESPN's Simmons tried to get him fired as Celtics coach
The Doc Rivers-Bill Simmons feud is not going away.Rivers, the former Celtics coach who recently jumped to the Clippers, said on WEEI radio on Friday that Simmons, now an ESPN...
Blockheads! Youths destroy giant 100,000-piece Lego helicopter — worth $23K — in Australia
Reckless youths have destroyed a 100,000 piece Lego helicopter worth $23,000 on display in an Australian mall. The Lego chopper, believed to be the biggest ever made, took Melbourne-based Lego...
Syracuse's Southerland to play in Summer League with 76ers, Warriors
James Southerland knew what he was doing after all. The Queens native and former Syracuse star’s agent was approached by the Spurs during the second round of Thursday’s draft regarding...
Western heat wave temps approach highest ever recorded on earth; 200 treated for heat issues in Las Vegas
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Dan Kail was vacationing in Las Vegas when he heard that the temperature at Death Valley could approach 130 degrees this weekend. He didn't hesitate to...
Gee shuts down Nationals, Mets bullpen holds on this time
Not even the Mets bullpen could give this one away. One night after a terrible meltdown loss to the Nationals, the Mets bounced back and defeated Washington 5-1 Saturday afternoon...
Ex says meeting Amanda Knox was like being 'hit by thunderbolt'; pair talked sex fantasies
The man accused of killing a 21-year-old British student with Amanda Knox has opened up about his sex life with his former girlfriend, saying it "wasn't boring" and involved talking...
Red Bulls try to snap skid without Pearce, Miller
The Red Bulls have lost three straight games, including a U.S. Open Cup tilt, and now defenders Heath Pearce and Roy Miller as well. But they’ll get midfielder Tim Cahill...
Boy, 13, used bowling ball to fatally beat 5-year-old neighbor: cops
FORT WORTH, Texas — Authorities allege a 13-year-old North Texas boy facing a capital murder charge used a bowling ball to fatally beat a 5-year-old boy. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram...
After 43 years, Rolling Stones to finally make Glastonbury debut
PILTON, England— This could be the last time, as Mick Jagger once sang. For the Rolling Stones, it's definitely a first. The veteran rock rabble-rousers play Britain's Glastonbury Festival on...
Alec Baldwin: I'm not homophobic
Alec Baldwin has apologized to a New York City-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group for a series of tweets that could be interpreted as homophobic. Baldwin's messages were...
Tot orphaned after teen parents die in horrific Queens crash involving intoxicated driver: cops
A teenage couple, who had a 14-month old daughter, died together early this morning in a horrific crash on the Grand Central Parkway when they were ejected from the back...
Barack and Michelle Obama meeting privately with Mandela family
JOHANNESBURG — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are meeting privately with the family of Nelson Mandela. The meeting is taking place at the Nelson Mandela Centre of...
US scrambles to secure Cairo embassy after American student killed in violent clashes
WASHINGTON — The United States is working to ensure its embassy and diplomats in Egypt are safe, President Barack Obama said Saturday after one American was killed and opposition groups...
Darby supper club to close in a month
The celebrity-friendly Darby supper club, known for attracting the likes of Jay-Z and Leonardo DiCaprio, is closing in about a month, The Post has learned. The space’s downstairs lounge will...
Business briefs
Split’s officialNews Corp. split into two companies yesterday. Existing shareholders receive one share in the new News Corp. for every four held in the previous entity. Twenty-First Century Fox and...
SAC’s Cohen takes the Fifth in insider-trading probe
Mum’s the word for SAC Capital’s Steve Cohen. The hedge fund billionaire invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself when called by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara to...
Bacon a huge pig deal
There are growing signs China’s Shuanghui International will succeed in its controversial $4.7 billion buyout of Smithfield, the world’s biggest pork processor.Recently, a possible rival bidder, Thailand’s CP Foods, has...
E*Trade talking tot may fall & go boom
E*Trade’s cheeky investor baby is being pushed out of his high chair. Grey, the agency that created him, resigned the account after a fallout with the firm’s new chief marketing...
Noodles’ tasty IPO
Noodles & Co., the 343-store restaurant chain that serves pastas and soups in 26 states, more than doubled in its first day of trading after it priced its IPO above...
Hachette gets ‘Hyper’
Hachette Book Group has agreed to buy Disney’s Hyperion, publisher of 1,000-plus books for adults. Disney will continue to publish Hyperion kids’ books.
Facebook moves on ad snafu
Mark Zuckerberg has blinked. After refusing for months to acknowledge a problem, Zuckerberg’s Facebook yesterday said it is stepping up its effort to keep ads away from offensive content. Advertisers...
Shutterstock CEO 1st NY tech billionaire
Jonathan Oringer has a billion reasons to smile. The founder of the red-hot stock photography agency Shutterstock became the first billionaire minted from New York’s Silicon Alley yesterday as shares...
June swoon for stocks
The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 fell in yesterday’s volatile session, ending three straight days of gains. The S&P 500 closed down for the month of June...
Hitting bottom
BlackBerry users aren’t as lucrative as they used to be. The fading smartphone maker is losing subscribers — and the ones who remain spend less each month to use their...
Deen loses book deal
Paula Deen’s upcoming cookbook was the hottest title on Amazon yesterday — but it was also a hot potato. Perhaps too hot as Ballantine Books yesterday canceled publication of “Paula...
Student loan doomsday looms
Rates on federally subsidized student loans will double on Monday, adding yet another financial burden for millions of college students — but Congress may act soon to reverse the hike....
Holy bankroller: Vatican cleric busted in euro-smuggling plot
VATICAN CITY — A Vatican cleric and two other people were arrested yesterday by Italian police for allegedly trying to smuggle 20 million euros in cash, or $26 million, into...
Neighbor, cop back George Zimmerman’s account of fight with Trayvon Martin
Two prosecution witnesses supported George Zimmerman’s claim that he was on the ground and being attacked by Trayvon Martin when he shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old. Jonathan Good, one...
$600 million worth of diamonds left open in Swiss airlines cargo container at JFK Airport
Swiss security has more holes than its cheese. A container holding $600 million worth of loose diamonds was left sitting with a gaping hole on the bottom at the same...
Girl’s 2nd lung-transplant
PHILADELPHIA — A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who underwent a double-lung transplant amid a national debate over the organ-allocation process has undergone a second transplant after the first failed.Sarah Murnaghan’s parents...
Beauty queen of mean
A beauty queen-turned-dress designer was slapped with a $10 million lawsuit yesterday by several former garment workers who claim she called them “f--king lazy and worthless” before firing them for...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** The man pictured above is being sought for allegedly yanking a gold chain off a man’s neck in University Heights and escaping. Police said he stole the...
Ricin rap vs. Texas ‘Vampire’
TEXARKANA, Texas — A bit-part actress was indicted yesterday on charges that she sent ricin-laced letters to President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg in an attempt to frame her estranged husband,...
Cops release sketch of pervert in South Street Seaport kid-sex attack
Police yesterday released a sketch of the creep wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old boy at South Street Seaport in a public bathroom Tuesday night. The...
Tennis pro accuses chain restaurants of adding illegal tips onto customers' bills
A tennis pro is suing a half-dozen restaurant chains on behalf of consumers in the five boroughs for allegedly illegally adding tips to smaller groups of diners. Ted Dimond claims...
Whitey snitch switch
BOSTON — Lawyers for James “Whitey” Bulger used an admitted corrupt FBI agent yesterday to suggest to the jury at Bulger’s racketeering trial that he was not an FBI informant,...
Gal-beat suspect busted
A New Jersey man caught on a nanny cam brutally beating a woman was arrested last night in Manhattan, authorities said. Shawn Custis, 42, of Newark, was charged with attempted...
Pols do ‘double dip’
Now, this is rich. Ninety members of Congress are double dippers — collecting both a legislative salary and taxpayer-financed pensions.The double-up crowd includes some of the wealthiest members of the...
Women slam Cuomo
Female Democrats in the state Assembly are roaring over the doomed “women’s equality agenda” — and Gov. Cuomo is feeling the wrath. “It was a missed opportunity,” said Assemblywoman Didi...
Outrage after Mayor Bloomberg says whites are stopped and frisked more frequently than minorities
Mayor Bloomberg’s off-the-cuff comments have finally come back to bite him. Hizzoner declared yesterday that whites are stopped and frisked at a higher rate than minorities based on city crime...
Call it Muppy love
This is brought to you by the letter “G” — for gay! The New Yorker magazine “outed” “Sesame Street” characters Bert and Ernie on a new cover — which features...
Amar’e taking shot at owning Israel hoops team
Knicks forward-center Amar’e Stoudemire has said in a Twitter post that he’s part of a group bidding to buy Israel’s Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team. “Excited to join the partnership that...
Administrators mishandled more than $2.2M for estates of people who died in Brooklyn, audit shows
They’ve done a ghastly job. Public administrators responsible for the estates of people who die in Brooklyn mishandled more than $2.2 million in assets — losing a fur coat and...
LI shootout drama
Suffolk County cops shot and wounded a man last night after he fired at them outside a home at 167 Carlton Drive East in Shirley, law-enforcement sources said.The incident began...
Chilling voice mail reveals 'murder' of Queens woman: prosecutors
The harrowing last pleas of a pretty Weight Watchers exec — who was allegedly beaten and strangled by her lawyer boyfriend — were amazingly captured in a recording when she...
Shocking sex attack: CEO and mother-of-two says stranger drugged, raped her at Chelsea hotel
The CEO pal of a retired NFL player was raped in her room at the Dream Downtown Hotel in Chelsea by a fiend she met at one of the hotel’s...
Not my joint: ‘Weeds’ mom
Looking gaunt and glum, alleged suburban pot princess Andrea Sanderlin pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court yesterday to running a huge pot-selling enterprise out of a Queens warehouse. The...
Guilt in killer sex
The Brooklyn prison guard who had sex with cop killer Ronell Wilson behind bars will plead guilty Monday to a charge of illegal intercourse with an inmate, court records show.Nancy...
Gandolfini $$ ghouls
Less than twenty-four hours after fans, friends and family paid their respects to the late James Gandolfini, morbid profiteers were trying to turn a quick buck by selling programs to...
NYPD security eye on gay pride
The NYPD is beefing up patrols at gay-pride events this weekend following a spate of recent bias attacks, including a cold-blooded murder in Greenwich Village. There will be “roughly double...
Brooke Astor’s son Anthony Marshall in maximum lockup
The Parkinson’s-stricken son of Brooke Astor landed in a maximum-security lockup Wednesday, The Post has learned. The harrowing assignment was not because of the risk he poses, but rather because...
PUPPY LOVE: LI man accused of stealing Rottweiler from pet-rescue store
For a young Long Island pet admirer, puppy love led to an arrest for alleged dognapping. Suffolk County cops said Justin Geiger, 23, walked into a pet-rescue store in his...
Car-rental sticker shock
New Yorkers planning to rent a car over the Fourth of July holiday should be prepared to open their wallets.Car-rental prices are up from the year before, according to AAA...
Jacko was flipping his wigs: aide
Michael Jackson’s scalp was so bald and scarred from burns that he needed five custom wigs before he left for London for his last concert tour, his hair and makeup...
Aaron Hernandez friend arrested in NFL star’s murder case
Cops collared the third man tied to the murder that put former NFL star Aaron Hernandez behind bars — as investigators probed the disgraced player’s role in a 2012 double...
Ford recalls 13,000 cars
DETROIT — Ford is recalling just over 13,000 Explorer, Taurus and Lincoln MKS cars and SUVs because the child-safety locks may not work on the rear doors.The recall affects 2013...
GOP ‘Fifth’ graders: IRS gal lost immunity
She shouldn’t have opened her mouth. A House panel investigating IRS targeting of conservative groups decided yesterday that a top agency official forfeited her Fifth Amendment rights when she was...
Snowden dad in WikiLeak smack
WASHINGTON — Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s dad doesn’t like the crowd his boy has been hanging out with, slamming the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, even though it’s helping his son...
Bam’s brass balls: Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright probed in leak of Stuxnet Iran cyber attack
WASHINGTON — Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright — former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — is the target of a criminal investigation into who leaked details of...
Egypt on the brink
Cairo Muhammad has had it with the Muslim Brotherhood. From the moment we meet, it takes the 30-something Egyptian three minutes, tops, before he expresses his crashing disappointment with his...
All hail king Anthony Kennedy!
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has contempt for a swath of his fellow citizens. If you disagree with him about gay marriage, indeed, if you merely think the federal government...
Deen’s biggest flaw? It’s her rotten recipes
The Issue: Comments by celebrity chef Paula Deen that have been called racist, and her cooking advice. *** Thank you for finally calling out the clowns of the Food Network...
Color by numbers
Let’s be clear about the mayor: We would not have defended stop-and-frisk the way he did yesterday. Let’s also be clear about the critics now piling on: Pretending that Bloomberg...
Shelly’s penthouse lawyer
Top-shelf lawyers such as Bettina Plevan charge close to $1,000 an hour. But Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver may be getting her services free. It’s not that Plevan is giving up...
The business of religion
Just before the Obama administration released its final rules on the contentious contraceptive mandate, a federal appeals court weighed in on behalf of an American business fighting it in court....
Chinese labor talks: Lock up the boss
One of the turning points in American labor history was the Ford strike that began Dec. 30, 1936, and ended Feb. 11, 1937. The strikers locked themselves in the plant,...
Is Cory too Jewish?
The question before the voters of New Jersey is a simple one: Is Newark Mayor Cory Booker too Jewish to be a US senator? I bet you didn’t know this...
NYC’s rental car wars
Why should New Yorkers on two-wheelers get all the fun this summer? Citi Bike isn’t the only transportation-sharing game in town. Car sharing is all the rage for urban dwellers...
Dreamy spectacle
Stravinsky meets Cirque du Soleil in “A Dancer’s Dream,” an intriguing but confusing grab bag of a show, in which the New York Philharmonic, puppeteers, opera singers, dancers and even...
Kid stuff
Today PRIMARY COLORS: Help to make the summer bright at Madison Square Park’s Red, Yellow and Blue Family Art Workshop, inspired by the park’s large-scale installation of the same name....
Pondexter’s 23 points help Liberty weather the Storm
SEATTLE — Though the Liberty still haven’t solved their turnover problems, it didn’t matter against the Seattle Storm. Cappie Pondexter scored 23 points to help the Liberty overcome 22 turnovers...
National treasures — and fool’s gold
With the All-Star Game a little more than two weeks away, Roto Files is looking at the best-of-the-best and the worst-of-the-worst from the first half of the fantasy season in...
Ace flubs, but reality is Yanks roster full of jokers
BALTIMORE — Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. In case you thought the Yankees could fake their way through more of their demanding schedule than they already have, we present last...
Nets owner spends big to win big
Mikhail Prokhorov has backed up his words with his wallet. If anyone was wondering whether the Russian billionaire owner of the Nets was committed to trying to compete for a...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. FIRST: Mile pace; $24,000; cond 3 Noble Falcon (JPantaleano) 6-2-2 4-1 2 Ise The By Boy (PLachance) X-5-2 6-1 5 Eagle Luck (DDube) 3-8-3 5-1 1...
Debbie Little at Meadowlands
Post Time: 7:15 p.m. Best Bet: Raven Victory (1st) FIRST: Mile trot; $61,400; Survivor 3 Raven Victory (MJohansson) 7-1-5 5-2 2 Here's Johnny (MLachance) 3-1-11 3-1 5 Lady Dynamite (MHarder)...
Monmouth Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $15,000; clm($7,500); 3up2-Get the Dream20-15-Lady Teresa 7-23-Beach PlumJam5-11-a-Real Peaceful3-11-a-FrAlltheKthys3-16-Brooklyn Road 5-24-Jean's Treasure6-17-Lit'l Edna 6-1SECOND-6 fur; $17,000; clm($20,000); 3up1-I'mtwentyfrcrt10-15-Love Scat 15-12-SothBechQeen5-26-Casino Cat 2-13-PureSweetness5-17-Time for...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing8:45 a.m.MotoGP World Championship: Dutch Grand Prix SPEED3:30 p.m.AMA Motocross: Moto-X 338 National NBCSN7:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Quaker State 400 TNT9 p.m.TORC: The Off Road Championship Crandon ESPN2Baseball1 p.m.Nationals...
Hondo goes four the gusto
The Royals gave formerly slumping Hondo the jolt he needed last night, toppling the Twins to trim the deficit to 750 purkeys.Today, Mr. Aitch is getting busy with a batch...
Tseng’s plight shows it’s hard to sustain dominance in women's golf
SOUTHAMPTON — Dominance is elusive in golf, although in recent years in the women’s game it has been the norm. But even in the women’s game, once dominance has been...
Park, Kim have redemption in mind at U.S Women's Open
SOUTHAMPTON — There will be some compelling subplots at play inside the final pairing at the U.S. Women’s Open third round today at Sebonack Golf Club. Inbee Park, the No....
Ex-Jets QB: Sanchez has stripped before
If not for Erik Ainge, we would have seen Mark Sanchez’s butt on the Internet a lot sooner. The former Jets backup quarterback recalled a story to Metro New York...
Sharapova beau Dimitrov eliminated from Wimbledon after ‘sit-in’
LONDON — With girlfriend Maria Sharapova cheering him from the stands, Grigor Dimitrov, one of tennis’ rising stars, lost in the second round at Wimbledon yesterday in a five-set, rain-delayed...
Rangers to hold on to Richards
And so the Rangers essentially decided to grant Brad Richards amnesty for 2012-13 rather than use their lone remaining amnesty buyout on the 33-year-old center. The decision, communicated to Richards...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Braves retire Chipper’s No. 10 Chipper Jones was greeted with a long ovation as the Braves retired his No. 10 jersey last night after his 19-year career with the...
Sources: Sharpshooter Korver on Nets’ radar
In 2003, the Nets drafted Kyle Korver with the 51st pick in the second round and promptly sold him to the Sixers — and general manager Billy King — for...
J.R.’s tease to Knicks fans: ‘Fun while it lasted’
J.r. Smith, with his Knicks status blowing in the wind, caused a commotion among fans yesterday when he tweeted, “It was fun while it lasted...” Did the sharpshooting free-agent guard...
VG: I quit
Jeff Van Gundy resigned from the Knicks nearly 12 years ago and he hasn’t gotten over what he calls a “stupid decision.” Van Gundy defended Clippers coach Doc Rivers, who...
Knicks sign undrafted free agent they could have picked in first round
If the draft shook out a certain way, North Carolina State 6-foot-9 combo forward C.J. Leslie could have wound up a Knick with the 24th pick. That’s how high the...
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: NYC gridders get exposure
The country’s top football prospects will descend on Nike’s headquarters in Portland, Ore., next week at The Opening, a four-day showcase for elite talents to test themselves against other highly...
Mets, Yankees have little in minors at SS
In a gentle sort of coincidence, the Yankees’ Eduardo Nunez and the Mets’ Ruben Tejada each get into minor league rehab assignments this weekend in Florida. Going into 2013, they...
Nova staying with Yankees for at least one more start
BALTIMORE — Ivan Nova is staying around a little longer than planned. Nova, summoned six days ago for a start against the Rays because of the workload strain a doubleheader...
Mets' Collins not about to overplay his ace
After the Mets wasted yet another great start by Matt Harvey and their ace took another tough-luck no-decision in a 6-4 loss to the Nationals last night at Citi Field,...
Yankees, Red Sox eyeing Phillies’ Young
BALTIMORE — While Michael Young would be a perfect fit for the Yankees, the AL East rival Red Sox have informed people they would be very interested in acquiring the...
Yankees' Cervelli says A-Rod 'wants to play more than everybody'
TAMPA — Francisco Cervelli was behind the plate for Alex Rodriguez’s at-bats in a simulated game Friday, giving him a good vantage point to judge the third baseman. “He looked...
Bat’s all for Yankees silent offense
BALTIMORE — When Yankees catcher Chris Stewart singled to center with two out in the third inning, Robinson Cano scooted home to give the visitors a 3-0 lead as Zoilo...
Mets' Wheeler not talking about tipping pitches
Zack Wheeler is not scheduled to start until tomorrow, but everyone’s eyes were on the Mets rookie right-hander as he threw a bullpen session prior to last night’s 6-4 loss...
No bull: Mets ace Harvey deserves All-Star start at Citi
The first pitch of the All-Star Game will be thrown in 17 days. Matt Harvey should throw that pitch. The dominating Mets right-hander deserves to start the Citi Field All-Star...
Mets relievers stomped in 8th, costing brilliant Harvey 8th win
The positive vibes from a great road trip. Another dominant outing from Matt Harvey. A three-run lead with two outs in the eighth inning. The Mets bullpen took all that...
Hardaway Sr. says it's 'ironic’ his kid now a Knick
Tim Hardaway Sr. is not only a former five-time All-Star point guard and hated member of the Heat. He’s also a Heat scout, and yesterday stated his son, Tim Jr.,...
Knicks not quite ready to yield city to Nets
The Nets stole the headlines on Draft Night with their sexier moves that have them threatening to replace the Knicks as Atlantic Division favorites. But the Knicks aren’t done yet,...
After trading for Garnett, Pierce, the Nets have short window for bold plan
There is little arguing that the Nets won the championship of buzz the past few days, that they are the heavyweight champs of social media and water coolers. There is...
Yankees' Sabathia blows 3-run lead in crushing loss to Orioles
BALTIMORE — As the ball climbed into the oppressive heat and humidity that smothered Camden Yards last night, CC Sabathia followed the arc from home plate toward the right-field seats....
‘Today’ No. 2 again
Former Food Network staple Paula Deen, who has lost three more endorsement deals, with Sears, J.C. Penney and QVC, respectively, was a one-day wonder for “Today.” Wednesday’s Matt Lauer interview...
Sheen on lookout for new foil
A casting call has gone out to replace Kate, Selma Blair’s character, on “Anger Management.” The show wants a Latina or Caucasian actress in her 30s or 40s to play...
Summer’s hot color: 'Orange'
Netflix strutted its stuff yesterday, proving they’re very proud of their newest original series, “Orange is the New Black.” The video-subscription company announced they’re already renewing the prison dramedy executive...
Uncover the deals and steals at Park Slope's stoop sale central
It's only 1:15 on a sunny Saturday afternoon, but Yona Zeldis McDonough, 56, has already been to five stoop sales. Purchases in her now-brimming shopping cart include a $5 Tocca...
Weird but true
She was recycling the dough. A bookkeeper for a California-based pizza chain embezzled more than $545,000 from her employer — to pay back a previous employer who had sued her...
Coach K helping kids learn joy of reading
The guest speakers at Incarnation School in Washington Heights on Thursday were Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has won four NCAA Tournaments and two Olympic gold medals, and Jim Nantz,...
Mets show 'heart' in loss to Nats
If there is anything positive to take away from the Mets’ offense, at least it can finally say it had some “heart” last night. Despite the Amazins’ 3-4-5 hitters having...
Cops make arrest in fatal B'klyn hit-run
A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run accident today in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, according to police. James Billups, 46, of Hamilton Heights was charged...
Crooked Mexican mayor gets 11 years for money laundering
A crooked former Mexican governor was sentenced today to 11 years in the slammer for using American banks to launder $17 million in bribes he pocketed through a stunning corruption...
Student loan doomsday looms
Rates on federally subsidized student loans will double on Monday, adding yet another financial burden for millions of college students — but Congress may act soon to reverse the hike....
I DO! Plaintiffs in case that sunk California gay-marriage ban wed in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — The lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall on Friday, about an...
Ponzi schemer didn't pay a penny of restitution
The ponzi fraudster who’d agreed to pay back $1.1 million in exchange for less prison time didn’t pay a penny of restitution, his lawyer admitted at his sentencing in a...