August 13, 2013
Flores may end up on DL
LOS ANGELES -- Wilmer Flores' big chance of making an impression on the Mets might have hit a glitch: a potential disabled list stint. The rookie infielder was absent from...
Michelle Obama readies rap album
Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Miley Cyrus aren’t the only stars readying albums for the fall; First Lady Michelle Obama is as well. Today it was announced that Mrs. Obama’s...
Fordham Rams annouce schedule
The Fordham Rams announced their non-conference schedule Tuesday, and among the highlights include a game at Syracuse University, a game against St. John's at Madison Square Garden, and the latest...
Armstrong in damage control
Tim Armstrong tried to Patch things up — to no avail. The AOL CEO backpedaled today and issued a public apology for firing an employee of its Patch local news...
Yankees bats explode in blowout win over Angels
The Yankees have a long way to go before they can consider themselves back in the playoff hunt, but they finally are doing some things that make them look like...
Knicks' Shumpert to be in Michelle Obama's rap album
Just in case the Knicks don't receive an invitation to meet the President anytime soon, Iman Shumpert will still get his White House fix.According to Rollingout.com, First Lady Michelle Obama...
Bethpage Black likely to host future PGA Championship, Ryder Cup: source
It’s looking like Bethpage Black won’t have to wait too long to get back on golf’s main stage. The rugged course on Long Island is close to finalizing a deal...
Petke knows Red Bulls must fix road woes; but how?
After bottoming out with last weekend’s dire 2-0 loss in Columbus, the Red Bulls have shown the maddening habits of playing down to their competition and playing poorly on the...
Red Bulls should have Henry, Cahill; could have Wright-Phillips
After the Red Bulls got humbled 2-0 in Columbus last weekend without Thierry Henry and Tim Cahill, they expect both stars to be healthy and available for Saturday’s game against...
Rangers release Manny from minor-league contract
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Manny Ramirez has been released from his minor league contract by the Texas Rangers. The 41-year-old Ramirez hit .259 with three home runs and 13 RBIs in...
Giants practice report: More defensive maneuverings
Another day, another whirlwind of defensive maneuverings by the Giants.It is becoming abundantly clear that the 2013 Giants defense will be an ever-shifting, now you see it, now you don’t...
Harrison: 'Hard Knocks' doesn't 'deserve' to be at Bengals camp
James Harrison has worked hard to make sure he's invited to participate in an NFL training camp for the past 10 years.HBO, he feels, has not earned the right to...
Trayvon Martin's father named honorary captain of Florida A&M football team after motivational speech: report
Trayvon Martin's father has been named an honorary captain of the Florida A&M football team and will perform the pregame coin toss at the Rattlers' season opener, coach Earl Holmes...
Geno moving better on bum ankle at Jets practice
CORTLAND – It was an odd day for the quarterback competition as the Jets spent much of practice preparing for Saturday’s game with the Jaguars.The Jets did not have any...
Ex-librarian busted in connection with 'cannibal cop' case facing kiddie porn charges
A former Stuyvesant HS librarian busted in connection with the NYPD’s infamous “cannibal cop” case and then charged in a sick plot to rape and murder women and children is...
Cops on target: 39 busted in Staten Island drug & gun ring
Cops on Staten Island took down a violent drug-and-gun ring, arresting 39 players – including 25 with ties to the violent Bloods gang – on charges ranging from attempted murder...
Miley Cyrus joins French Montana for rap song
It looks like Miley Cyrus’s interest in hip-hop extends past twerking, with the pop star now taking a turn at rapping. The former “Hannah Montana” actress is set to appear...
Rex says Jets QB decision might not come till after third preseason game
CORTLAND – Jets coach Rex Ryan is dancing around who will start Saturday’s preseason game against the Jaguars. It would seem logically that rookie Geno Smith should start this week...
Air Force nuclear missile unit fails key security test
An Air Force unit responsible for dozens of nuclear missiles failed a recent safety and security inspection -- a setback that comes just months after the Air Force temporarily sidelined...
More Americans living abroad are ditching citizenship over tax regulations, report says
While the summer's political conversation has been dominated by plans to increase legal immigration to the United States, a record number of expats living in Asia are ditching their citizenship...
West Virginia coach now says Geno was one of team's top leaders
West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said last week that his team needs more leaders, citing it as a problem on last year's team.But the Mountaineers coach insists that those comments...
In wake of new policy, NFL hopes fans leave bags at home
When the Jets play their preseason home opener Saturday vs. Jacksonville, fans will get their first taste of the NFL’s new security policy, specifically what they can and can’t bring...
De Blasio takes lead in mayoral race
In the latest sharp turn of the chaotic mayor’s race, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has surged to the head of the pack according to a poll released today. De...
After dropping TD pass in practice, Jets' Hill bristles over suggestion he has bad hands
CORTLAND – Stephen Hill has heard the word on him. Heard it over and over, enough to be sick of it. Bad hands, can’t catch, a drop waiting to happen,...
Mundy confident he can step up for Giants if Rolle out
Antrel Rolle hasn’t missed a game in his three seasons with the Giants. But after suffering an ankle sprain during Monday’s practice, and the season less than four weeks away,...
'Killer nanny' Yoselyn Ortega to stand trial, judge rejects claims that 'the defendant is tantamount to a parakeet'
Accused “killer nanny” Yoselyn Ortega is fit to stand trial for murdering two young children in their Manhattan apartment, a judge ruled today in rejecting defense claims that she’s mentally...
US Mint to release $10 gold coins to honor former first ladies, including both of Woodrow Wilson's wives
Collectors and investors alike are eagerly awaiting the US Mint's latest set of $10 gold coins honoring former first ladies, including the wife of Teddy Roosevelt and both wives of...
Manziel reportedly signed 4,400 autographs in less than a month, but no evidence yet of cash payment: reports
Johnny Manziel put up prolific stats as a Heisman winner in his Freshman season at Texas A&M, but Johnny Football may not be able to match the numbers of Johnny...
Douglas out at ESPN after yelling racial slurs, threatening co-host Michael Smith during drunken tirade
Hugh Douglas’ drunken tirade cost him his job at ESPN. A week after reports surfaced of Douglas acting belligerently and screaming racial slurs at colleague Michael Smith, the former Jets...
Queens woman claims to be Sandy victim - 'scams' $87K in benefits including '269 days free hotel room'
A Queens woman, who claims to be a reverend, was busted for scheming more than $87,000 in benefits by falsely claiming to be a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Caterina M....
Ashanti stalker busted again after sending over 100 pervy tweets to singer shortly after spending two years in jail
The barrage of over 100 vulgar tweets to Ashanti and her family were invited, claimed the R&B singer’s crazed stalker in court papers released today. The windy city weirdo Devar...
COOL EVENT: Steve Niles (kinda) at Escape Pod Comics
Well this is a thing evidently: Steve “30 Days of Night” Niles is going to be Skype-ing into Escape Pod Comics in Huntington, L.I., Wednesday night, Aug. 14, around 6...
Moving on from Rivera should be low on list of Yankees' concerns
“This is not easy, guys,” Mariano Rivera told a pack of reporters yesterday afternoon. And then the Yankees closer smiled and added his punchline: “Otherwise, you would have been doing...
Rolle: Missing Giants season opener 'not even a possibility'
His right foot encased in a walking boot, Antrel Rolle on Tuesday was asked if his sprained ankle puts his availability for the Giants' Sept. 8 regular-season opener in Dallas...
Giants' Tuck touts healthy offseason, will play vs. Colts after stiff back cost him time
While Antrel Rolle (ankle) vowed to return in time for the regular-season opener, Justin Tuck (back) vowed to return for Sunday night's preseason game against the Colts.And it will be...
Stackhouse: Heat star LeBron 'misinformed' on union critique, which felt like 'kick in the stomach'
LeBron James will not be running to become president of the National Basketball Players Association and executive committee member Jerry Stackhouse said it's best that the "misinformed" superstar not get...
Mysterious 'angel priest' who anointed and prayed with a Missouri teenage car crash victim ID'd
Mystery solved. The “angel priest” who appeared at the scene of a Missouri car crash, anointed and prayed with the teenage victim, then vanished has been identified as Rev. Patrick...
Quadruple amputee, who swam English Channel, has $31,000 wheelchair returned after weekend of worry
His $31,000 wheelchair had already been found, but the person who recovered it had no idea what to do with it. Phillipe Croizon, the first quadruple amputee to swim across...
Air Force nuke unit fails key security test
WASHINGTON — Air Force officials say a unit responsible for operating nuclear missiles has failed a safety and security inspection. This is the second major setback this year for the...
Instructor forgets gun is loaded, accidentally shoots student in Ohio gun safety class
LANCASTER, Ohio — Police say an instructor at a central Ohio gun safety class has accidentally shot a student. The Columbus Dispatch reports 73-year-old Terry J. Dunlap Sr. was demonstrating...
Dalai Lama's Web site hacked In 'spying attack'
The Chinese-language website of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader has been attacked with a virus that gives hackers control over visitors' computers. Kurt Baumgartner, a researcher at security firm Kapersky, said...
Chinese officials evict man who built illegal rocky villa atop 26-floor apartment tower
Officials are hunting a man who infuriated neighbors by building an elaborate residence on an apartment block. About six years ago Zhang Biqing, said to be an ex-army medic, started...
Bucs GM says Revis could play in preseason, so 'he's ready to go' for opener vs. Jets
Jets fans may have even more reason to be excited for Week 1.Darrelle Revis, whose playing status for the beginning of the season has been in doubt since he suffered...
'He told us we couldn't pray to God. We had to pray to him': Daughter repeatedly raped by award-winning 'Killing me Softly' video director father working to move past abuse
A New Jersey woman, repeatedly raped and impregnated by her award-winning music video director dad, has said that she’s forgiven the monster who made her childhood a living hell. Aziza...
PHOTO: Boston Sports Club mocks A-Rod with ad in Herald
If Alex Rodriguez ends up serving his 211-game suspension, at least he'll have somewhere to stay in shape.Boston Sports Club took out at an advertisement on the front page of...
Prokhorov has successfully changed Nets image and it started with championship-or-marriage declaration
Since he bought the franchise back in 2010, the thing most associated with Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov – besides his willingness to spend his vast fortune on talent – is...
Going to 'choke you until I see blood:' Pennsylvania football coach viciously attacked by player who was on his team 20 years ago
Maybe he wasn't happy with his playing time. Two decades after playing high school football in western Pennsylvania, a 38-year-old man inexplicably attacked his former coach, biting his face and...
DVD Extra: At long last 'Cavalcade' and, uh, 'Ishtar,' plus Marilyn and Betty Boop on Blu
Among Oscar's Best Picture winners, Frank Lloyd's "Cavalcade'' (1933) was a real straggler on DVD, released a year or so before the very last one, "Wings'' -- and then exclusively...
12-year-old boy finds jelly bean sized 5.16 carat diamond in Arkansas state park
A 12-year-old North Carolina boy has unearthed a 5.16 carat diamond while on vacation with his family at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. Park officials said Saturday that Michael...
Robertson, A-Rod, Mets future and Trout
Your updated playoff seeds: AL: Boston (1) vs. winner of Oakland (WC1) and Tampa Bay (WC2), Detroit (2) vs. Texas (3) NL: Atlanta (1) vs. winner of St. Louis (WC1)...
Documents reveal secrets behind the Third Reich's 'bride schools' where women were trained to be perfect Nazi wives
A sinister set of rules for would-be wives of Nazis in the Third Reich has been discovered three quarters of a century later. Several "bride schools" were set up with...
NASCAR champ Keselowski credits video games for win at Watkins Glen
It's like your parents never told you, "Video games make perfect." Brad Keselowski has spent countless hours practicing his craft, but the the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion said...
Scientists 'explain' why people travel towards the bright lights of the afterlife during near-death-experiences
A mysterious surge of brain activity observed in dying rats may explain reports of near-death-experiences (NDEs), researchers claim. Even after the animals' hearts stopped beating and no blood was reaching...
'X-Men' star Famke Janssen: Lunatic broke into my house, left copy of 'The Lonely Doll' in my bedroom - and cops find no sign of forced entry
A prowler broke into the Greenwich Village apartment of famed “Wolverine” actress Famke Janssen and left a creepy calling card -- the children’s book, “The Lonely Doll,” the Dutch stunner...
Cops charge suspect with trespassing after 3 violent Brooklyn home robberies where thug 'punched victims and pushed his way inside'
A homeless man believed to have terrorized North Brooklyn with a string of violent home invasions last night has been charged with trespassing as NYPD investigators question him about the...
Family claims teen denied life-saving heart transplant because of poor grades, juvenile record
A 15-year-old Georgia teen was denied a shot at a life-saving heart transplant because of his history with law enforcement and poor grades, according to his family. MyFoxAtlanta.com reports that...
3-point stance: Santonio-Bonds, McKnight and a sleeper to make the roster
CORTLAND – Training camp is winding down for the Jets. They have three more practices left here before returning home, only two of those are open to the media and...
Gruesome details about serial killer connected to 11 murders revealed in timeline released by FBI after monster committed suicide in Alaska prison
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The FBI on Monday released an updated timeline of travels and crimes by Israel Keyes, a confessed Alaska serial killer who is believed to have killed 11...
California to allow transgender K-12 students to choose what bathroom they use and whether they participate in boy or girl sports
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California on Monday became the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender K-12 students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to...
Giants training camp lookout: Importance of Rolle's injury and Pugh's practice switch
The Giants open up their regular season 27 days from today. Invaluable safety Antrel Rolle has a sprained right ankle; the severity will be determined Tuesday afternoon once the tests...
Activist investor William Ackman resigns from JCPenney board
JCPenney's boardroom brawl is over, and Bill Ackman has staggered out the door. The activist investor has resigned from the flailing department-store chain's board of directors after picking an unusually...
Lifelong Atlanta Braves fan dies after 65-foot plummet from Turner Field upper deck just moments after phoning mom to say 'I love you'
ATLANTA — The mother of a Georgia man who died after falling from the upper deck of Turner Field in Atlanta says her son was a lifelong Braves fan who...
Falling into MLB’s bottom 10 would benefit Yankees in draft, free agency
The Yankees began a vital four-game series last night against the Angels. They desperately needed to lose as many of these games as possible. Wait. What? Obviously, the best outcome...
Holmes still 'can't run' after foot injury, unsure of Jets opener
CORTLAND — Several minutes after Jets practice ended yesterday, injured wide receiver Santonio Holmes jogged across a soccer field carrying a football toward a group of waiting reporters. Apparently, it...
Backing Jets rookie QB Geno, Rex jabs at West Virginia
CORTLAND — It doesn’t look as if Jets coach Rex Ryan will be invited to West Virginia University anytime soon. Ryan took a shot at the school after being asked...
Lehigh hopes for WR Spadola to pick up slack for Jets
CORTLAND — There will be a Lehigh reunion of sorts Saturday night when the Jets play the Jaguars at MetLife Stadium. Perhaps before the game, and certainly after, Jacksonville offensive...
Yankees on deck vs. Angels
TONIGHT — 7:05 LHP CC Sabathia (9-10, 4.73) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (6-4, 3.65) TOMORROW — 7:05 p.m RHP Ivan Nova (5-4, 2.93) vs. RHP Jered Weaver (7-5, 2.87) THURSDAY...
Mets on deck at Dodgers
TONIGHT — 10:10 RHP Matt Harvey (9-3, 2.09) vs. LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (11-3, 2.99) TOMORROW — 10:10 p.m. RHP Dillon Gee (8-8, 3.82) vs. LHP Chris Capuano (4-6, 4.50) Both...
Hot Picks: On sale this week
It’s Tuesday. Tomorrow is Wednesday. Tomorrow the comics come out. This is what our Mighty Avenging Justice Titans of Comic Shops think you should read:Mitch Cutler, St. Mark’s Comics, 11...
GOTHAM POST: Englehart, Rogers and Batman – PART 2
A week ago, I wrote about how frustrating it is that one of the greatest Batman stories ever – the late ‘70s Detective Comics run from writer Steve Englehart and...
Ackman abandons push to oust Ullman from JCPenney
Bill Ackman has blinked in his battle with JCPenney’s board. The New York hedge-fund tycoon has abandoned his aggressive push to quickly replace the struggling department-store chain’s CEO, Mike Ullman,...
Business briefs
Vanishing actThe US government posted a 38 percent smaller budget deficit in the 10 months through July than a year earlier. The US remains on track to post its lowest...
Public firing could burn AOL’s Armstrong
After firing a hapless employee in front of 1,000 co-workers, AOL boss Tim Armstrong is not only dealing with bad publicity — he’s also inviting a lawsuit. Last week, during...
Citibank’s losing sleep over Facebook ads
At least one company has morals and a social conscience. Citibank has expressed concern to Facebook that its advertising is running next to highly questionable material, including stuff aimed at...
$andberg sells $91M in FB stock
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sold about $91 million worth of shares in the social network after the stock topped its $38 initial public offering price for the first...
Simon says: Sell!
Perhaps Simon Cowell is factoring fatherhood into his financial calculations. The British music and TV mogul behind the “X Factor” and “Got Talent” shows is looking to cash in at...
Zuck recognizes speech
Facebook agreed to acquire Mobile Technologies, a developer of speech-recognition tools. The Pittsburgh-based company will help Facebook improve products as voice technology becomes an increasingly important way for people to...
Dole takes tastier offer
Dole Food Co. agreed to a higher takeover bid from Chairman and CEO David Murdock in a deal that values the produce company at $1.21 billion. Murdock raised his offer...
SAC loses Parameter
An affiliated fund of Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors shut down last week as the $14 billion hedge fund begins to shrink in the wake of a criminal indictment...
Paulson plays for Steinway
Hedge-fund tycoon John Paulson is singing a new tune with a bid for legendary piano maker Steinway. Paulson & Co. has teamed with interim Steinway CEO Michael Sweeney on a...
Ripe for picking
BlackBerry is searching for a strategic white knight with a big bankroll. The struggling smartphone company put itself on the sales block yesterday and hired JPMorgan to advise it, sending...
AFL-CIO induces Loeb labor pains
Labor unions have lobbed another brickbat at billionaire Dan Loeb and his $13 billion hedge fund, Third Point. The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of labor organizations, is lobbying regulators...
Javits boat show bully
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s powerful statewide operations chief, Howard Glaser, personally intervened to persuade Javits Convention Center officials to reschedule the New York Boat Show, sources told Realty Check. That’s in...
Del. now del-aying on Dell
A legal battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and computer magnate Michael Dell has been delayed until Friday, with a court setting a hearing then on Icahn’s contention that Dell’s...
$2.7B apt. deal is set
Blackstone Group agreed to buy 80 US apartment properties from General Electric Co. for about $2.7 billion, a person with knowledge of the deal said. The New York-based private-equity firm...
Former HP chief hits ‘Escape’ on fraud suit
Hewlett-Packard and its former chief executive, Mark Hurd, won the dismissal of a securities-fraud lawsuit that alleged the computer maker didn’t abide by its standards of business conduct as Hurd...
Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger convicted of murder and racketeering
BOSTON — James “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted yesterday in a string of 11 killings and other gangland...
Kid-sex conviction tossed
In a stunning reversal, a federal judge yesterday tossed the sex-abuse conviction of a Long Island man whose main accuser testified that she took cues from the television show “Law...
Forcing out hit-run apology
A hit-and-run driver who mowed down a teenager in Queens before fleeing the country was forced by a judge to apologize to his victim’s family yesterday.Bartolo Paula, 57, pleaded guilty...
Cats hit up for more
It’s costing mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis a fortune to not pay his workers overtime. The supermarket mogul, who was ordered to pony up nearly $3.9 million for the lawyers of...
Queens man dies after being hit by a city bus as wife of 30 years watches helplessly
A Queens man was struck and killed by a city bus when he stepped out of his car to get some air — and his wife of 30 years witnessed...
Drug-jail overhaul
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday called for major changes in sentencing in drug cases.Holder is instructing US attorneys to use new tactics to keep sentences down — including...
Paula Deen accuser can’t sue her for racism because she’s white, judge rules
The woman who sliced and diced Paula Deen’s cooking empire by accusing the celebrity chef of using the N-word can’t sue her for racism — because the accuser is white....
Dead Jacko $500M in red
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson was a spendaholic who squandered millions on his amusement park, private zoo and railroad at Neverland while digging himself a half-billion dollars into debt, a...
Simon Cowell shrugs off baby mama drama on boat full of babes
Simon Cowell was smoking and joking on his yacht yesterday with a bunch of bikini-clad babes who helped him shrug off his baby mama drama. The star-maker is on a...
A bunco artist pays
Eighteen contemporary artworks have been transferred to the last victim of a massive $400 million fraud scheme, the Manhattan US attorney said yesterday. The works by such artists as Mark...
Swastika at Google
Police are looking to identify the creep who drew a swastika in the elevator of the Google building in Chelsea, cops said.The vandal, who was captured on surveillance video, drew...
‘Lucky Bag’ is full of trap: suit
Stop-and-frisk isn’t the only NYPD program catching heat these days.Two New Yorkers have joined a growing class-action lawsuit against the department’s “Operation Lucky Bag” program, where cops place items in...
Sinkhole causes Florida resort villa to partially collapse
CLERMONT, Fla. — As glass broke, the ground shook and lights went out, vacationers evacuated a central Florida resort building before a sinkhole caused a section of the villa to...
Beaten by slain-teen pals
A group of teens savagely beat a man in The Bronx yesterday as they were on their way home from a Harlem wake for a 14-year-old gunslinger who was shot...
Brooklyn home invasion
A woman was punched in the face last night after an intruder broke into her Brooklyn apartment and stole her cellphone, according to police.The victim said a man knocked on...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Two brothers were arrested after they got into a fight with each other in Boerum Hill, authorities said. Steven Myers, 46, wanted Stanley Winslow, 42, to leave the Hoyt...
Shelly pal booted in ‘kickback’ scam
One of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s closest allies — a city nonprofit executive — has been axed from his job after allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks...
Fave reviews for Booker today
Newark Mayor Cory Booker heads into today’s special-election primary with a commanding lead among Democrats for a Senate seat after rivals failed to overcome his celebrity and money advantage in...
Jamaica Bay will be urban-ecosystem lab
A new research center will focus on the ecosystem surrounding Jamaica Bay, Mayor Bloomberg and federal officials have announced.A consortium led by the City University of New York will be...
‘50 Shades’ dominate$
Pain is gain for the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey.”E.L. James whipped up $95 million for the year ending in June, making her the book world’s top-earning author.James chained...
Kick in, $weetie! Two-thirds of men say women should pay their share on dates
After nearly 50 years of feminism, men want to go Dutch. Nearly two-thirds of them — 64 percent — believe women should pay for their share of dates, a survey...
Bare Bieb strums his li’l ditty
Justin Bieber lets it all hang out while singing a naked serenade — for his grandmother. The pop star was reportedly staying at her Toronto home last October when he...
'Shark Week' blamed for false sightings that close sections of Long Island beach
The Discovery Channel’s popular series “Shark Week” is inciting panic in New York beachgoers. Lifeguards freaked out and shut down two sections of the beach at Long Island’s Robert Moses...
Mike’s big splash on 13G tub
Mayor Bloomberg has shelled out more then $13,000 for a hand-made copper bathtub made at a historic workshop in northern France.Craftsmen in Normandy spent 250 hours making the luxury tub...
Cops may be forced to wear video cameras after judge rules current stop-frisk policy 'unconstitutional'
A federal judge declared the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program unconstitutional yesterday and in an unprecedented move appointed an outside monitor to rein in the controversial tactic — prompting a furious Mayor...
Peter Zimroth, federal monitor tapped to rein in stop-and-frisk, vows to work with police
The federal monitor tapped to rein in stop-and-frisk yesterday declared himself a “big supporter of law enforcement” and vowed to work with the NYPD “to come up with the best...
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly: Weekend heroin bust impossible without stop-and-frisk
An NYPD bust that took $750,000 worth of heroin off the Washington Heights streets would not have been possible without stop-and-frisk, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. “On Saturday, a...
Moms bash judge's stop-frisk ruling -'if someone had stop-and-frisked the man who killed my grandson, maybe he would still be here'
Moms in some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods had two words for Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin yesterday: Butt out! “I feel that if someone had stop-and-frisked the man who...
'Welcome to Chicago' NYPD cops warn Gotham residents officers will become overly cautious with stop-frisk, predict crime hike
A judge’s overhaul of stop-and-frisk could send Big Apple crime soaring to levels found in blighted cities like Chicago and Detroit, NYPD cops warned yesterday. “Welcome to Chicago,” said a...
Stopped, but was he frisked?
A-Rod got stopped by a bunch of cops in Central Park, but the only guns on him were his artificially inflated arms. Alex Rodriguez got mobbed by the uniformed officers...
Pols play mayoral-race card
Reaction to the stop-and-frisk ruling split strictly along party lines among the mayoral candidates yesterday — with some leading Democratic contenders saying they’d drop any appeals if they got into...
Weiner & Spitz the pits
A pox on both their houses.More than two-thirds of voters statewide say the candidacies of Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner are an embarrassment to New York, according to a poll...
Stringer runs over ‘Steamroller’ Spitzer in comptroller debate, says love guv 'dropped the ball and had to leave' during 'greatest fiscal calamities of our generation'
The second city comptroller debate quickly devolved into a nasty slugfest last night, with Scott Stringer attacking Eliot Spitzer for “resigning in disgrace” and the love gov countering his rival...
WATCH: Weiner 'leaks' that Hillary is planning presidential run - says he knows what wife Huma will be doing during 2016 campaign
Anthony Weiner last night let another online blunder slip out, hurting his wife yet again. The loose-lipped mayoral candidate — asked by a Web interviewer if he knew what power-spouse...
Ousted creative director for Michelle Obama's favorite designer quickly settles $350K suit with Naeem Khan
The ousted creative director for designer Naeem Khan quickly settled a $350,000 lawsuit against his former boss yesterday as the defense attorney prepared to shoot holes through his star witness’...
Officials don't believe woman's drowning death is suspicious, say hubby's 'been completely appropriate with us' - but family isn't so sure
Foul play was all but ruled out yesterday in the death of a woman who mysteriously fell from a pleasure boat in Long Island, but her grieving family isn’t convinced...
Jackie O clan at war over tell-alls
A prolific author whose warts-and-all tome on the Bouvier family resulted in rifts with his prominent cousins, including Jackie Kennedy Onassis, is now at the center of a bitter tug-of-war...
Retaking lost Regents
Students from a Chelsea high school have to retake their English Regents exams today after their original tests fell off the back of a truck on their way to be...
Frisks save lives
Excerpts from Mayor Bloomberg’s remarks yesterday. Our crime strategies and tools — including Stop-Question-Frisk — have made New York City the safest big city in America. We are on pace...
Ignoring the realities of NYC crime
New York’s 20-year reprieve from debilitating violence may well be over. Yesterday, US District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled that the New York Police Department has been willfully targeting blacks and...
He don’t get no respect: pres. Rodney Dangerfield?
The Issue: Whether President Obama’s leadership style has weakened America’s image internationally. *** Praise be to Linda Chavez (“Remaking America’s Image,” PostOpinion, Aug. 10). From beginning to end, she spoke...
When america looks inward
The Issue: Whether an isolationist movement is gaining ground within the Republican Party. *** While I agree that some isolationists go too far, when it comes to our economy, it...
Death wish, the sequel
This one will hurt: A federal judge took a powerful whack at New York City’s crime-fighting efforts in ruling against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies. If the judge’s ruling is allowed...
Nukes everywhere
From the start of his presidency, Barack Obama made reducing the world’s stock of nuclear weapons a priority, but that vision is now in shambles. Last week, we learned that...
The trouble with kids fund-raising
With school only a few weeks away, it’s already time to start thinking about fall clothes and new backpacks — and time to start dreading the fund-raising. The regular pleas...
A lovely ‘Labour’
‘It’s the first time together and I’m feeling kinda horny/Conventional methods of makin’ love kinda bore me.” You may have guessed this lyric — crooned, R&B-style, in “Love’s Labour’s Lost”...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Rangers’ Darvish flirts with no-no Yu Darvish was nearly perfect against the Astros, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and striking out a career-high 15 to lead...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Best Bet: Overnight Delight (8th) FIRST: mile; pace; $16,500; cond; 5 Acid Rain (LStalbaum) 2-4-3 12-1 1 Stimulus Plan (SSmith) 5-5-10 3-1 3 Prince Pinang (GBrennan) 7-4-6 4-1 2 Man...
Parx Racing Entries
FIRST-1 mile; $23,000; cl($10-$8,000); 3up; 1-a-PrimaryFocus 6-1 5-TrumpeterSwn 8-5 2-UnbelievbleHnd 4-1 1-a-KevinSlverlsp 6-1 3-Bolt Action 5-1 6-Kay One 5-2 4-Moby Win 8-1 a-Coupled SECOND-7 fur; $22,000; md cl($15-$13,000); 3, 4...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 13WEDAug. 14THUAug. 15FRIAug. 16SATAug. 17SUNAug. 18MONAug. 19YankeesAngels7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMAngels7:05YESWCBSAngels1:05YESWCBSBos.7:05WWORWCBSBos.4:05FOXWCBSBos.8:05ESPNWCBSNO GAMEMetsDodgers10:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMDodgers10:10SNYWFANS.D.10:10SNYWFANS.D.10:10SNYWFANS.D.8:40WPIXWFANS.D.4:10WPIXWFANMin.2:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEPhi.8:00NBCSNNOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEWas.7:30MSG+NOGAMEMinn.7:00No TVNOGAMES.I. YankeesAll-StarGameAbdn.7:05No TVAbdn.7:05No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.4:00No TV& Bkn.5:30No TVCyclonesAll-StarGameH.V.7:00No TVWKRBH.V.7:05No TVWKRBVer.7:00No TVWKRBVer.6:00No TVWKRBVer.5:00No...
The Post Line
NFL PreseasonThursdayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBROWNSPkPk(40 1/2)LionsRAVENS4 1/24 1/2(41)FalconsEAGLES33 1/2(42)PanthersBEARS5 1/25 1/2(38 1/2)ChargersFridayBILLS 3 1/2 3 1/2(41)VikingsPATRIOTS3 1/23 1/2(41 1/2)BuccaneersSAINTS6 1/26(40 1/2)RaidersCHIEFS1 1/21 1/2(40)49ersSaturdayJETS 1 1/2 1 1/2(39)JaguarsCARDINALS2 1/23(41)CowboysBENGALS2 1/23(40 1/2)TitansTEXANS2 1/23(40)DolphinsRAMS3 1/23 1/2(40...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball7 p.m.Angels at Yankees YES, WCBS 880 AM8 p.m.Pirates at Cardinals MLBN10 p.m.Mets at Dodgers SNY, WFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMSoccer2:30 p.m.U-21 Friendly: Scotland vs. England FSCWNBA10:30 p.m.Chicago at Los Angeles...
Hondo Bucs the odds
The Small Bears were large failures last night, getting blanked by the Reds in Wrigley to raise Hondo’s accounts payable to 345 virdons.Tonight, Mr. Aitch expects to salt away a...
Westwood goes off course on tweet spree
Golfer Lee Westwood had a miserable finish to the PGA Championship this past weekend, finishing tied for 33rd place, 13 shots behind winner Jason Dufner. But the shots Westwood took...
NBA deputy Silver: League to monitor HGH
Thanks to the ongoing talk in Major League Baseball about Biogenesis, the topic of performance-enhancing drugs has been thrust into the dialogue around the sports world for the past several...
Ex-Yankee Curtis on trial
HASTINGS, Mich. — Former Yankees outfielder Chad Curtis, whose trial on charges of inappropriately touching teen girls began yesterday, reportedly asked one of the alleged victims to pray with him....
Trout’s hard line on dopers: Give ’em the hook!
Alex Rodriguez and Mike Trout shared the field last night at Yankee Stadium, but if it were up to the Angels’ 22-year-old phenom, Rodriguez would not have been allowed in...
Meet Connecticut's Little League ace who got tips from Yankees' Rivera
Matt Harvey may be the second-most popular pitcher from the state of Connecticut this week. First place belongs to Chad Knight. Westport Little League would not be in Williamsport, Pa.,...
Giants' Pugh trying to make up for lost time
Rookie offensive tackle Justin Pugh is back working with the Giants after an 11-day absence — and trying to make up for lost time. Pugh, the No. 19 overall pick...
Jets’ McKnight has trouble reaching practice field, suffers injury, challenges fan on Twitter
CORTLAND — From getting dehydrated to getting arrested, from leaving yesterday’s practice with migraine headaches to going on a Twitter rant afterward, Joe McKnight is a never-ending source of drama...
RG3: I can play ... now
Seven months after offseason knee surgery, Robert Griffin III said he feels he’s ahead of schedule, but isn’t happy his progress is being hindered by Redskins coach Mike Shanahan’s strict...
Former Jets GM Tannenbaum backs Ryan after pick-six flap
Former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum believes the flap over coach Rex Ryan missing the Mark Sanchez pick-six against the Lions Friday night is overblown. “I think that happens more...
Gilbride: Healthy offense could be Giants’ best
If they all stay healthy, the 2013 Giants will have a chance to shatter the franchise record for points scored set by the 1963 Y.A. Tittle Giants (448). If you...
Rolle’s ankle injury puts huge dent in Giants defense
Tom Coughlin was marveling yesterday morning there were only nine more practices for the Giants before the start of the regular season. “Can you imagine that ... it’s ridiculous,’’ the...
Defense-less Mets can’t keep up with red-hot Dodgers
LOS ANGELES—There you had it, a flashback to the bad old days of this Mets season, when defense seemed optional. In an ugly sixth inning last night, Daniel Murphy couldn’t...
Flores off to strong start, but where he fits with long-term with Mets is murky
LOS ANGELES — He is the Mets player in search of a home. As Wilmer Flores continues to impress the Mets with his offensive production since arriving from Triple-A Las...
Yankees' Jeter ramps up rehab, but weekend in doubt
Derek Jeter’s rehab program for a strained right calf muscle progressed yesterday to the point he used a bat to hit soft-toss and off a tee. Beyond that? “You got...
Robertson closes out Yankees win as Rivera gets some rest
No need for panic. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said there still was plenty in the tank, despite his career first of three straight blown saves. Figure it was time for...
Yankees hold on as ‘brilliant’ Kuroda humbles Angels
If the Yankees manage to somehow keep their flickering postseason hopes alive, the band leader will be Hiroki Kuroda. With Mariano Rivera unavailable after flushing three straight save opportunities and...
Ultra-close games won’t help Yankees playoff aspirations
We’d call these 2013 Yankees the “Heart Attack Kids,” except that, typically, the biggest news made last night came from the 38-year-old who pitched brilliantly and the 43-year-old who didn’t...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYJOE MANGANIELLO, KERI RUSSELL, CARRIE UNDERWOOD - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7TERESA GIUDICE - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 4 p.m., Ch....
Back on track
The Season 3 premiere of “Homeland,” set for Sunday, Sept. 29, is very much a day of reckoning. The show’s writers wisely do damage control after the ludicrous plotting of...
Calling all fans - ‘Duck Dynasty’ back for Season 4
You can’t escape the beards. The Robertson family returns tomorrow night for Season 4 of their mega-hit A&E reality show “Duck Dynasty.” The last time we saw the wholesome, backwoods...
‘Bad’ doubles down, hits new record
Call it better ratings through chemistry. The opening salvo of “Breaking Bad’s” final eight episodes shattered series records Sunday night — snaring nearly 6 million viewers and also setting the...
Chantilly grace
To the Big Bopper’s dismay, the chances of finding any lace in this town today is slim to none, but what you will find instead is opulence so fine that...
Eat here now
YOU’RE GROUNDED! Get your grub and groove on at the Southern Ground Music and Food Festival in Nashville on Sept. 27 and 28. The two-day fest, created by the Zac...
Crowning the royals in Paris
The city might be known for its lights, its invention of Michelin-starred cuisine and haute couture. But here’s the other thing about Paris: Its climb to the pinnacle of excellence...
Raising the bar
“The irony of working behind a bar,” says Washington DC bartender Matthew Ficke, “is that we don’t get much of a chance to actually go out to bars.” That’s why...
Weird but true
Apparently the second coming of the Messiah will not occur in Tennessee. A family judge in the state shocked the parents of a 7-month-old boy during a custody hearing when...
Guys just wanna have fun — by stripping down and posing for sexy ‘dudeoir’ pec-torials
It's a recent Sunday afternoon in Midtown, and Lionel Zanar is standing in nothing but a snug pair of boxer-briefs, while his girlfriend, Meiko, looks on. The super-fit contractor and...
AFL-CIO induces Loeb labor pains
Labor unions have lobbed another brickbat at billionaire Dan Loeb and his $13 billion hedge fund, Third Point. The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of labor organizations, is lobbying regulators...
Payday 2 is coming
Let's celebrate the imminent release (August 13) of Payday 2 with just one more video. This one doesn't go all that badly, actually. (We will be playing the hell out...
Gaga deserves plenty of 'Applause'
Downloads of the Week Lady Gaga “Applause” ★★★ AFTER two years of waiting for something new, Gaga’s monsters have been rewarded for their patience. “Applause,” her just-leaked new single, has thunder...
Budapest Festival Orchestra delivers a crazy good ‘Marriage of Figaro’ at Mostly Mozart
“A Crazy Day” — that’s the subtitle of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” and at times Sunday, the Budapest Festival Orchestra tried a little too hard to live up to it....