August 27, 2013
Cano leaves Yanks game after getting hit by pitch; X-rays negative
TORONTO — Robinson Cano was removed in the first inning of the Yankees’ game with the Blue Jays on Tuesday night after the second baseman was hit by a pitch...
Objections sustained in 'Closed Circuit'
Legal ethics go by the board as a pair of British barristers try to defend an accused terrorist bomber in “Closed Circuit,’’ a credulity-straining thriller featuring a few good paranoid...
'Twerk, verb': dance craze bounces its way into Oxford dictionaries
LONDON — Twerking, the rump-busting up-and-down dance move long beloved by America's hip-hop scene, has officially gone mainstream. It's got the English dictionary entry to prove it. Britain's Oxford Dictionaries...
Disgraced ex-Assemblyman Nelson Castro facing new perjury rap
He just can’t stop lying. Disgraced former Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro was hauled into Manhattan Federal Court yesterday to face a new perjury rap — four months after copping to...
Navy positions 4th destroyer in Mediterranean Sea for likely missile strike against Syria
WASHINGTON — Questions are already swirling about the endgame as the Obama administration prepares for a likely strike against Syria as punishment for an alleged chemical weapons attack in its...
City asks judge to allow delay in 'stop-frisk' reforms
City lawyers today asked a judge to hold off on the reforms she ordered to the NYPD’s “stop-and-frisk” policy, warning that the restrictions could lead to a huge spike in...
Fashion snaps
Celebrity men flaunt snazzy suits made by big fashion names.
Liberty Island ferry packed with tourists makes hard landing
A ferry packed with tourists headed to the Statue of Liberty made a hard landing at the Liberty Island pier today but no serious injuries were reported. The Miss New...
New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group
Media companies including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government breached the Australian Internet...
Rex running out clock to name Sanchez or Smith as starting QB
The Jets could run out the clock on their quarterback competition. Rex Ryan said Tuesday that it is possible the Jets will wait until the morning of their first regular...
Suits for the people
Often guys who can’t afford designer or made-to-measure suits get what they pay for — an ill-fitted, boxy silhouette. But now you don’t have to get a second mortgage to...
Paternity wear (and tear)
ARE 2 A.M. DIAPER CHANGES SCARING KANYE'S MUSE? Is fatherhood contributing to Kanye West’s fashion woes? Sources say the rapper, who had baby North West with Kim Kardashian this summer,...
Joe Manganiello leads the pack
Don't get him wrong — Joe Manganiello is happy and grateful to play Alcide, the preternaturally buff werewolf pack leader on HBO’s hit series “True Blood.” It’s just, well, “Sometimes...
Italo Zucchelli celebrates 10 years at Calvin Klein Collection
“You have to respect the house, but you’re expected to find your own voice,” Italo Zucchelli says of the difficult balancing act it takes to successfully take the reins of...
The Barneys evolution
Barneys, one of NYC’s most venerable and iconic stores, will celebrate its 90th anniversary this fall. It hasn’t survived by clinging stodgily to its past. Through recent extensive renovations and...
Pieces of slaughtered cow shock drivers on Harlem River Drive
Holy Cow! Motorists on the Harlem River Drive near the George Washington Bridge got scare of a lifetime when bits and pieces of a slaughtered cow went flying out of...
Goodson returns to Jets after missing camp
Running back Mike Goodson was back with the Jets on Tuesday after missing all of training camp. Goodson now faces a four-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy....
Judge rules McEnroe the rightful owner to $2M artworks
Tennis great John McEnroe is the rightful owner of a $2 million abstract painting whose provenance was muddled by the involvement of a convicted art dealer, a Manhattan civil court...
Swimming Holes within reach of NYC
If the "Leaves of Grass" poet Walt Whitman were alive today he'd be at a Brooklyn foam party or pop-up beach, checking out the talent and making notes in his...
Fit in one more summer read during the long holiday weekend
If you need a book to see you through the long weekend you could do worse than one of these: "Before Happiness" Shawn Achor (Random House) You might know Harvard...
And on the First Monday in September, they rested
We begin the year promising ourselves to be nicer, smarter and slimmer. By Labor Day Weekend we can see the results, plain as a selfie. If you spent the summer...
2013 Labor Day weekend events guide
WEST INDIAN AMERICAN DAY CARNIVAL The big street event of the holiday is five days (Aug. 29 - Sept. 2) of West Indian music, dance and batty riders climax with...
Hot gear that will make the kids want to get back to class
Backpack, Backpack! Pottery Barn Kids backpacks come in cool designs for the Elementary set, such as Pink Zebra and Blue Camo. Sizes are mini, small, large and rolling. Robot sewing...
Victor Cruz says season opener 'definitely' a target date
Victor Cruz wants to make a run for it. The Giants’ Pro Bowl receiver, out of action with a bruised left heel, plans on trying to run on flat ground...
McHale advances against Goerges in first round of U.S. Open
Last year, Christina McHale was the highest-ranked American in the U.S. Open field not named “Serena Williams” but lost in the first round. This year, she came in unseeded, but...
Red Bulls' face yet another summer swoon
The Red Bulls have started their annual summer swoon, mired in a three-game winless skid and having won just once in their last seven on the road. And after Sunday’s...
Eli, starters in 12-15 plays in Giants preseason finale
If you want to see Eli Manning, Justin Tuck and all the Giants starters Thursday night in Foxboro, you’d better tune in early.Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Tuesday that his...
50 former Auschwitz guards investigated, charges pending: German prosecutor
BERLIN — The head of the special German prosecutors' office that investigates Nazi crimes says a probe of 50 suspected former Auschwitz guards is near complete and may result in...
Red Bulls' Olave, Miller on the mend; but status unsure
Red Bulls coach Mike Petke said injured defender Jamison Olave is improving and Roy Miller is better than expected; but he wasn’t ready to proclaim the former read to play...
New iPhone 5S video leaks
Another day, another leak about the as-of-yet-unannounced new iPhone. A video surfaced yesterday that purports to show the housings of the rumored iPhone 5S, including the new gold device as...
Spirits of deceased ancestors roam the streets and homes of China during annual Hungry Ghost Festival
The gates of hell have opened. Its ghosts have been let loose to roam on earth and visit the homes of their relatives. According to traditional Chinese beliefs this happens...
'Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis gets nearly a year in jail for assault
Deputies slapped handcuffs on “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis, after prosecutors slammed him for calling jurors “mentally retarded.” The smut-peddling Francis was sentenced to 270 days in jail following...
Washington DC highlights safety of city in pitch for 2024 Olympics
WASHINGTON — The inconveniences of the daily routine in the nation's capital will be a selling point as Washington, DC, makes a push to host the 2024 Olympics. "We are...
World's driest desert covered in snow
A rare snowfall in Chile's Atacama desert has delighted visitors to one of the world's driest areas. Residents of San Pedro de Atacama say the weekend snow was the heaviest...
Shopkeeper 'killer' busted on separate theft charge
The alleged gunman who fatally shot a Brooklyn shopkeeper during an attempted robbery was busted today on an unrelated theft, law enforcement sources said. NYPD detectives took the suspect into...
Japan proposing 'Internet fasting' camps to break kids' digital addictions
These kids are going on a digital diet. Japan is unveiling "Internet fasting camps" to deal with the country's half-million kids estimated to be addicted to the web, the government...
Mets trade Byrd, Buck to Pirates for minor league infielder
The Mets are sending outfielder Marlon Byrd, catcher John Buck and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a minor league infielder Dilson Herrera, 19, and a player to be named...
Goverment agents in 74 countries demand Facebook user information
WASHINGTON -- Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, with about half the orders coming from authorities in...
Sri Lankan police wed 'sniffer' dogs so they can 'breed domestically' – issues apology
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan police apologized Tuesday for holding a group wedding for dogs trained to detect explosives and drugs after the country's culture minister condemned the event...
Professor in charge of famous 'Pitch Drop' experiment for 50 years dies waiting to see it in action
The professor who spent a half-century overseeing the world's longest-running lab study, the Pitch Drop Experiment, has died of a stroke without ever observing the effect it was designed to...
Child porn victim uses law passed in her name to sue exploiters
PHILADELPHIA — A child pornography victim from Pennsylvania is using a law that carries her name to seek at least $150,000 each from her father and 13 other jailed men....
US borrowing limit expected to run out by mid-Oct.
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has told Congress that the government will run out of money to pay its bills in mid-October unless lawmakers raise the country's borrowing limit,...
Bryan Cranston set to play Lex Luthor in 'Batman vs. Superman': report
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston will reportedly play supervillain Lex Luthor in the sequel to Man of Steel. The 57-year-old, who plays Walter White in the US drama series, is...
Rejected Minn. woman kills boyfriend, hides body in freezer
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota woman beat her boyfriend to death, wrapped his body in plastic and duct tape, then hid it in a freezer because he was trying to break...
Organ 'trafficker' gouges out eyes of 6-year-old boy
A six-year-old boy has had his eyes gouged out in an attack believed to have been carried out by an organ trafficker in China. The child was found covered in...
'Embarrassed' American skater banned for tampering with rival's skates
United States skater Simon Cho has been banned for two years by the International Skating Union (ISU) after confessing he had tampered with a Canadian rival's skates at the 2011...
NFLPA files grievance against Patriots to try and get Hernandez his bonus: report
Well, someone believes Aaron Hernandez has been wronged. The NFL Players Association has filed a grievance against the New England Patriots on behalf of the former tight end, in an...
Texas A&M's Manziel grilled by NCAA for 6 hours over autograph controversy: report
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel met with NCAA investigators on Sunday to discuss the allegations regarding the Heisman winner selling his signature, but the sophomore's status for this season remains...
Vulnerable Jeter, struggling Hughes and Harvey
Let’s lead off with the Pop Quiz question from August 18, which came to us from Gary Goldberg of North Wantagh:In the 2002 film "The Rookie," Tampa Bay's Jim Morris...
Non-Premium Movie Ticket Prices Hit $15 in Manhattan
So I went to the movies the other night and, for the first time, paid $15 for a non-IMAX, ordinary 2D showing. Even senior and children's ticket prices have risen...
New photos of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev give inside look into massive Boston manhunt
Boston magazine published 48 additional photos taken by a Massachusetts State Police tactical photographer during the arrest of the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. Sgt. Sean Murphy, a...
DVD Extra: Lubitsch, Benny and Lombard vs. the Nazis
Ernst Lubitsch's "To Be Or Not To Be'' (1942), out today on a gleaming Criterion Blu-ray, has been an all-time favorite since I first saw a 16mm print as part...
MTA worker tears down powerlines and trees after stealing bucket truck
An MTA worker went on a rampage this morning after he stole a bucket truck from a Queens storage yard, tearing down power lines and tree limbs in the Long...
Strippers to the rescue of Atlantic City as exotic dancers setup shop inside casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — What if, after seven years of plunging casino revenues and fleeing customers, Atlantic City's real problem was this: People are wearing too much clothing? Scores, the...
WikiLeaks Assange debuts bizarre video parody in bid for Senate seat
Julian Assange is looking to drum up support for a flailing political campaign by appearing in a bizarre parody video. The WikiLeaks founder makes a cameo in the latest video...
Mom charged with homicide after giving birth in sports bar bathroom, dumping baby in toilet before returning to watch wrestling match
A heartless Pennsylvania woman gave birth in a bar bathroom, and then left the helpless infant to die in a toilet while she watched pro wrestling and smoked a cigarette,...
President Ford recalls 1975 assassination attempt in newly released footage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Newly released footage from the trial of Charles Manson disciple Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme shows President Gerald Ford calmly and carefully recalling the attempted assassination in the videotaped...
School's Out: Every one of this country's 25,000 university applicants failed the entry exam
Not a single new student will be admitted into the University of Liberia this year after nearly 25,000 candidates failed the school’s admission exam. A university official said students who...
Green activists hope to replace your steak with ... edible algae
On a hotel rooftop in Bangkok, dozens of barrels of green liquid bubble under the sun - the latest innovation in urban farming. Proponents of the edible algae known as...
Teen found dead in Oregon woods was a 'young man with a broken heart'; inspired by the book 'Into The Wild'
PORTLAND, Ore. — The father of an Arizona teenager whose body was found near his abandoned SUV in the woods of southern Oregon said his son was "a young man...
Ex JPMorgan trader 'London whale' arrested in Madrid after turning himself over to authorities
MADRID — A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. trader wanted by the United States for allegedly falsifying bank records to cover up $6 billion in trading losses was arrested in...
After acquittal, Zimmerman to seek legal fees from Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — George Zimmerman, whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin sparked protests across the United States, will ask Florida to pay up to $300,000...
Japan's new 'smart rocket' fails to blast off
Japan's first new rocket in 12 years failed to lift off on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to hopes that Japan may be able to take a larger share of...
'We are ready to go' – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says US military is ready to take action against Syria
WASHINGTON -- U.S. military forces stand ready to strike Syria at once if President Barack Obama gives the order, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday as the United States prepared...
Teen dies after eating plague-ridden barbecued rodent
A 15-year-old boy has died of the bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan after reportedly eating an infected barbecued marmot. Sky News, citing health officials, report that more than 100 people, including...
Key aquifer in America's breadbasket 'could be gone in 50 years' - and could take 1300 years to refill
WICHITA, Kan. – If Kansas farmers keep irrigating crops at present levels, an estimated 69 percent of the water in the High Plains Aquifer will depleted within 50 years, according...
UK considering 'proportionate' military attack on Syria in wake of 'gas attack'
LONDON -- The British government said Tuesday its military is drawing up contingency plans for a possible military attack on Syria. The possible military response would be in reaction to...
Mets' Harvey could miss all of next season with Tommy John surgery looming
When he exited his last start for the Mets on Saturday, Matt Harvey felt more tightness and soreness in his talented right arm, specifically the forearm, than usual. Harvey plus...
Mets on deck vs. Phillies
Tonight — 7:10 LHP Jon Niese (5-6, 4.03) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (10-10, 4.51) Tomorrow — 7:10 RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 9.00) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (5-13, 3.62) Thursday —...
Harvey's injury causes sadness for Mets fans — and all of baseball
When Mariano Rivera crumpled on the warning track in Kansas City last year in early May, his ACL torn, the natural reactions arrived: How horrible for Rivera. How terrible for...
No predicting arm woes, but that’s little solace to Harvey, Mets
There are injuries that make perfect sense, we can see them: Joe Theismann’s shin snapping like a twig on Monday Night Football; part of Tim Krumrie’s leg going one way...
Playing it safe with Wheeler, Mets fall again
Naturally, the Mets lost the game, too. With a pall cast over the entire organization by the news that Matt Harvey’s season is likely over and the ominous specter of...
Yankees on deck at Blue Jays
TONIGHT — 7:07 LHP Andy Pettitte (9-9, 4.26) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (3-3, 5.10) TOMORROW — 7:07 P.M. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (11-9, 2.71) vs. RHP Todd Redmond (1-2, 4.44) Both...
Business briefs
Big pharmaAmgen agreed to buy Onyx Pharmaceuticals in a $10.4 billion transaction. Amgen will pay $125 a share for Onyx’s outstanding stock, the companies said.Just a sec...The US Federal Reserve...
Nordstrom buys land for tower in Midtown
Nordstrom will be settling on West 57th Street for the long haul. The Seattle-based retailer has shelled out $102.5 million to own the site of its future Midtown flagship store,...
Billionaire Ackman bails on JCPenney after selling 39.1 million shares
JCPenney doesn’t have Bill Ackman to kick around anymore. The New York hedge-fund billionaire — who surrendered his seat on the retailer’s board this month after picking a public fight...
AG advice: Round ’em up & slap ’em in cuffs
Eric Holder has apparently had a change of heart. And I want to document it before he changes it again. Holder told Congress a while back that some companies —...
Bob BATS-bashed
We’re No. 3! Nasdaq is likely to get bumped from being the second-largest stock exchange in the world after two smaller rivals merge. The planned combination of BATS Global Markets...
Loeb launches a bid for Sotheby's
Sotheby’s, the New York-based art and collectibles auction house, is being targeted by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point activist hedge-fund firm, which amassed a 5.7 percent stake. Third Point, based in...
Glitch costly for Sachs
Goldman Sachs Group lost tens of millions of dollars after a computer glitch led to a flood of erroneous options trades last week, a source close to the matter said...
Tesla redlining
There appears to be no speed limits on Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. The electric carmaker revved to a projected price-earnings ratio of 260 yesterday and its share price at midday...
Facebook vaults past $100B
Facebook joined the $100 billion club, and just in time for Mark Zuckerberg (left) to cash in — if he wants. The social network’s shares continued to climb yesterday, closing...
NYC code war arrest
Two men have been charged by Manhattan prosecutors with stealing secret computer code from a high-frequency trading company in an effort to start their own business.Jason Vuu, 26, a former...
Zurich CFO found dead
Zurich Insurance Group, the biggest Swiss insurer, said Chief Financial Officer Pierre Wauthier, 53, was found dead at his home yesterday morning. The police are investigating the exact circumstances of...
What to watch this fall
Welcome to Realty Check’s Fall Preview — not a bunch of planned openings as in Broadway and restaurant previews, but an aspirational roster of what to watch and hope for....
US debt maxing out: Lew
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has told Congress that the government will run out of money to pay its bills in mid-October unless lawmakers raise the country’s borrowing limit, which is...
No Cracker for Biglari
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s board unanimously rejected the nominations of Sardar Biglari and one of his associates to the restaurant and store chain’s board of directors. Biglari owns about...
Blavatnik beats JPM
JPMorgan has been ordered to pay billionaire Leonard Blavatnik $42.5 million damages in relation to a soured investment in mortgage-backed securities.Blavatnik had sought to recover more than $100 million due...
Defiant Argentina has debt-swap plan
Argentina’s president revealed last night how she’ll try to defy US courts that have ruled against her government in a decade-long, billion-dollar legal fight over debts that have been unpaid...
Jail guard: I thought I shot burglar, not my son
A city correction officer claims he accidentally shot his son after mistaking him for an intruder — contradicting the youth’s charge that his dad opened fire during a fight over...
Queens co-op sues to evict family’s pet pig
He’s hogging the courtyard! Residents at a co-op in Queens are suing the owners of a pet pig named Petey, claiming the frisky little porker scares away residents in the...
Brooklyn woman dies after her motorcycle hits Belt Parkway pothole
A young Brooklyn woman was killed when her motorcycle hit a pothole on the Belt Parkway and sent her flying — making her the fifth biker to die this month...
‘Linen King’ thug caged
A robber who stole $300,000 worth of jewelry and cash in a home invasion of wealthy “Linen King” George Bardwil was hit with 10 years behind bars yesterday at his...
Trump cites Obama in AG probe against Trump U.
Donald Trump yesterday accused President Obama of being part of a plot hatched against him by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Trump — who has questioned whether the president was...
DA: Bronx cop in phony fotog bust
A Bronx cop has been indicted for filing bogus charges against a news photographer who had been taking pictures of him on the job, officials said yesterday. Officer Michael Ackerman,...
Pal says Bobby Riggs threw ‘Battle of Sexes’ so Mafia bosses could cash in
The ultimate “Battle of the Sexes” — a 1973 match between the No. 2-ranked female tennis player and a retired male Wimbledon champion — was rigged so Mafia bosses could...
Obama lobbyists’ ‘wealth’-care benefits
WASHINGTON — One good thing about ObamaCare is all the high-paying jobs it’s creating — for DC lobbyists.ObamaCare has turned into a giant payday for more than 30 former administration...
Tag tots? Spray it ain’t so!
She’s teaching the next generation of taggers.A Brooklyn teacher inspired by illegal street art is training kids to how to make graffiti — by arming them with spray paint at...
Ma’s deceit in murder
The mom of the thug who savagely beat a transgender woman to death tried to pin the crime on one of his friends, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. “She brought this...
Husband and wife married 66 years die hours apart
An Ohio couple married for nearly 66 years died just 11 hours apart this month in a nursing-home room they shared in their final days. Relatives of Ruthie and Harold...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A couple of heartless thieves robbed two children at gunpoint inside their grandparents’ Ridgewood home and made off with $45,000 worth of jewelry, sources said. The grandparents went shopping,...
Hailed for his courage at war – & home
WASHINGTON — President Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter yesterday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism.”...
Yeshiva confirms abuse
Honchos at Yeshiva University turned a blind eye to “multiple incidents” of on-campus sexual and physical abuse of students prior to 2001, a new report commissioned by the school says.But...
Seabrook retrial nixed
A federal judge yesterday shot down disgraced ex-City Councilman Larry Seabrook’s request for a new trial following his July 2012 conviction on corruption charges. Judge Deborah Batts, in her 20-page...
'Bullied to death': Mom sues DOE over suicide of son, 12
A devastated East Harlem mom whose 12-year-old son hanged himself after years of bullying has sued the Department of Education and the boys’ teachers and alleged teen tormentors. Joel Morales...
Doctor claims life ruined by Experian after agency wrongly tacked $22M debt onto credit report: suit
He’s a well-paid psychiatrist — but he can’t even get a car loan. That’s because a credit agency has crippled his finances by tacking on a mind-blowing $22 million in...
Madonna is the No. 1 $tar
She’s still the ultimate “Material Girl!” Forbes magazine yesterday named Madonna the world’s most profitable celebrity, thanks to her $125 million take in the 12 months ending this past June.Madonna...
WATCH: Crews gain ground in battle against California wildfire
TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. — Amid a titian glow that has transformed a natural treasure into a surreal landscape of devastation, crews working to contain one of California’s largest-ever wildfires gained...
Katie rearin’ to go
Katie Holmes’ bottom line can be glimpsed through a sheer night dress as she walks the four blocks from her dressing trailer to the Cleveland set of “Miss Meadows,” in...
City launching new speed-camera system outside schools in crash-prone areas
Speed demons are about to get schooled. The city is launching a new speed-camera system outside schools in crash-prone areas on Sept. 9 — the day that summer break ends...
Tee’d off over Jay Z
Jay Z has big love for the ’hood — but his clothing line has too much “Hood Love,” a Manhattan federal court lawsuit claims. A for-profit company that claims its...
Amid drug allegations, Lamar Odom faces upcoming custody fight
Lamar Odom has more than an alleged crack addiction to tackle — the NBA star faces a nasty custody and child-support battle in Manhattan next month. Odom, who fathered three...
Wall Street crook Raj Rajaratnam has cushy cell, ‘manservant’ at prison: insider
This ain’t hard time. Fat-cat financial felon Raj Rajaratnam is kickin’ it big in the Big House — with a personal “manservant” at his beck and call, a prison insider...
Cats ad ‘malls’ rival
Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis stepped up his attacks against chief rival Joe Lhota yesterday by enlisting a former Port Authority police commander to challenge Lhota’s description of the agency’s...
Not your average Republican: Joe Lhota favors 'fiscal discipline' - as well as abortion, same-sex marriage and pot legalization
He’s not your average Republican candidate for mayor. Joe Lhota calls himself a “new brand of Republican” — in favor of “fiscal discipline” but progressive on social issues: He’s pro-choice...
Shooting off their mouths: Gun-carrying criminals taunting NYPD cops after stop-frisk ruling
Thugs with guns think they’re the ones calling the shots on the streets in the wake of the anti-NYPD stop-and-frisk ruling. “You can’t stop me! You can’t do that no...
The Post of the town! Quinn 'thrilled' to be endorsed
That didn’t take long. Christine Quinn rushed out a new campaign commercial yesterday touting her endorsements by The Post and the city’s other two major daily newspapers. “I was thrilled...
Obama preps for Dr. King tribute
WASHINGTON — President Obama met privately yesterday with leaders of faith communities and civil-rights activists to prepare for tomorrow’s 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The White House said...
Obama’s third war
You might as well try to teach a snake to juggle as hope the Obama administration will think strategically. The “peace president” is about to embark on his third military...
Why the president gets no respect
President Obama’s most telling act on the international stage may have come in a meeting in early 2012 in Seoul, South Korea, with Russia’s seat-warming president, Dmitry Medvedev. Before the...
More senseless murders: Can our culture change?
The Issue: Two recent murders committed by teens and the reactions to them by American leaders. *** I have two questions about the tragedy in Oklahoma that ended with an...
Man of honor
There was a day when our highest military distinction would be understood by every American for the rarity and honor it is. Not so any more. All the more reason...
Fear and loathing @ Microsoft
The news that Microsoft’s CEO will be retiring only underscores the transformation of the company everyone loved to hate into a staid uncle of US technology. Back in its heyday,...
Squadron’s dollars & sense
In theory, the office of public advocate serves the public. In practice, the public advocate has no real responsibilities, so the $2.2 million in public money that funds the office...
The truth about the ‘Poor Door’
The mushrooming stink over the “two-door” policy at 40 Riverside Blvd. is noxious on every level. Contrary to howls that it’s tantamount to “apartheid,” separate entrances at Extell Development Co.’s...
When cops pull back
And so the circle closes. It was 20 years ago Friday that then-Mayor David Dinkins — with a healthy shove from then-City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. and a terrified...
Tell-all book proposal sheds light on Nick Gruber's relationship with Calvin Klein
Back in early 2010, designer Calvin Klein and his young lover, Nick Gruber, embarked on a two-year relationship. The affair marked the first time that Klein went public with a...
Prince reigns in wee hours
Being asked what the best concert you’ve ever seen is a common query for a music critic, and now I don’t have to go too far back to answer: Prince...
‘Right’ equals might for Franz Ferdinand
Albums of the Week FRANZ FERDINAND “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action” ★★★ You can tell just by the title that Franz Ferdinand is in no mood to mess around....
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Debbie Little at Yonkers
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Hondo’s Royal choice
The beats go on and on. Reeling Hondo took another thrashing last night with the Reds, whose loss in St. Louis caused the deficit to expand to 1,695 guras.Tonight, Mr....
Richards: Vigneault's style 'a lot more fun' for Rangers
Brad Richards, who was scratched by John Tortorella from the final two games of the Rangers’ second-round playoff defeat to Boston after having been demoted to fourth-line center, said yesterday...
Girardi goes to Wells, but it doesn’t pan out for Yankees
TORONTO — Vernon Wells’ .244 average doesn’t make him a prototypical pinch-hitting candidate, but Yankees manager Joe Girardi called on the veteran outfielder to bat for Brett Gardner in a...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 27WEDAug. 28THUAug. 29FRIAug. 30SATAug. 31SUNSep. 1MONSep. 2YankeesToronto7:07YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMTor.7:07YESWCBSNO GAMEBal.7:05YESWCBSBal.1:05YESWCBSBal.1:05YESWCBSChi. Sox1:05YESWCBSMetsPhiladelphia7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.1:10SNYWFANWas.7:05SNYWFANWas.7:05WPIXWFANWas.8:05ESPN2WFANAtl.1:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMED.C.8:00NBCSNNOGAMENOGAMELibertyMinnesota7:00MSG PlusNOGAMENOGAMEInd.7:30MSG+NOGAMETulsa4:30No TVNO GAMES.I. YankeesVermont7:00No TVVer.7:00No TVBkn.7:00No TVBkn.7:00No TVH.V.7:05No TVH.V.1:05No TVVer.7:05No TVCyclonesTri-City7:00No TVWKRB...
Today's Sports on the Air
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The Post Line
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Vintage Venus rolls past Flipkens in first round of U.S. Open
In a nod to her sterling U.S. Open debut in 1997, Venus Williams’ hair fluttered with pink braids and beads yesterday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. She is 33 now, coping...
Rex's meltdown likely spells his end with Jets
It isn’t always an extended spectacle of self-immolation. In fact, mostly when that happens it happens out of town, outside of New York, away from the glare. Jim Mora famously...
Goodson joins Jets, immediately suspended by NFL
Running back Mike Goodson returned to the Jets yesterday ... and was suspended by the NFL for the team’s first four games. Goodson violated the NFL’s substance abuse policy and...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Johnny grilled: report Controversial Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, met with NCAA investigators for six hours Sunday to discuss allegations he was paid by...
Dolan, Prokhorov had NBA-ordered sit-down to cool Knicks-Nets tensions: source
Play nice, guys. That essentially was the directive given to owners James Dolan of the Knicks and Mikhail Prokhorov of the Nets this past season during a meeting orchestrated by...
Blake to retire after U.S. Open
James Blake, occasionally breaking down in tears as he spoke, announced his retirement yesterday during a U.S. Open press conference. The 33-year-old Blake, the Yonkers native and former Harvard standout,...
American Harrison no match for Nadal at U.S. Open
American Ryan Harrison showed more defiance in the interview room yesterday than on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court, where he was crushed in straight sets by No. 2 Rafael Nadal,...
Stephens has to go distance to survive first-round scare at U.S. Open
Sloane Stephens has been earmarked as the next great American women’s tennis player. It’s not all about her big forehand, strong serve and court coverage. At the young age of...
Short night for merciless Serena
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone knew she was in trouble long before she ever stepped onto the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Last week, after learning her first-round U.S....
Giants' Mundy has big shoes to fill as Brown’s replacement
Ryan Mundy learned from the best, even if the Giants safety wasn’t quite ready at the time to put those lessons into action. In 2008, when Mundy was a rookie...
Pierre-Paul's return from PUP list great news, but now ‘D’ needs him in a game
It might qualify as merely a momentary tease, but consider it significant progress for the Giants: JPP is off the PUP. That qualifies as big-time good news for Big Blue...
Tebowing works: Tim still a Pat
Tim Tebow didn’t play a down in the Patriots’ third preseason game on Thursday at Detroit, but the former Jets quarterback survived New England’s cut to 77 players yesterday. The...
Jets' Sanchez defends Ryan over late-game injury: 'Not here to second-guess coaches’
Others may be questioning Jets coach Rex Ryan for inserting Mark Sanchez at quarterback in the fourth quarter of a preseason game, but Sanchez would not yesterday. “I’m not here...
Jets release Edwards, McKnight
The Jets cut 16 players yesterday, including veteran wide receiver Braylon Edwards and 2010 draft pick Joe McKnight. Edwards, 30, was re-signed by the Jets just before training camp in...
Robotic Rex channels Mangini’s familiar refrain with Jets
Eric Mangini stood taller than usual in front of a podium inside the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center wearing a Rex Ryan mask, and sounding eerily like him. Did he...
A-Rod blasts 650th homer
TORONTO — Alex Rodriguez’s name has been so associated with scandals, PED use and suspensions in recent months that one almost forgets his prominent place in baseball’s record book. The...
Cloud of uncertainty hangs over aging Yankees captain Jeter
TORONTO — Derek Jeter is the Black Knight in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” insisting he’s sporting “just a flesh wound” as both arms are dismembered. If he wore...
Struggling Hughes, Yankees fall to Blue Jays
TORONTO — If Joe Girardi had a legitimate option, Phil Hughes would have been out of the Yankees’ starting rotation a long time ago. Now, with his team attempting to...
Working stiffs! Meet the character actors who play corpses on TV
Sure, finding out whodunnit may be the climax of true-crime shows that air on channels such as Investigation Discovery and Destination America. But the real thrill comes the re-enactment scenes...
‘VMAs’ rock: ratings up 66 percent from last year's telecast
Brooklyn proved it can put on a show. More than 10 million people tuned in for the borough’s first-ever MTV “Video Music Awards” at the Barclays Center. That’s up a...
‘The Talk’ cast gets ready for Season 4
Julie Chen has been around long enough to know how fickle TV audiences can be. So when it comes to her daytime show, “The Talk,” she says the best recipe...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYRANDY JACKSON - The Doctors, 9 a.m., Ch. 2 and 6 p.m., Ch. 55SALMA HAYEK, JANE LYNCH - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DR. IAN SMITH, BLYTHE...
French toast
Ah, Paree — your verve always keeps us coming back. If you follow the Paris scene, you’ve likely spotted a trend: Restaurants, bars and even dessert spots have gone decidedly...
Just back: Los Angeles Food & Wine
Trying just a handful of the most genre-bending parts and high-low highlights of LA’s deliciously diverse dining scene can easily take days of driving and eating. But the Los Angeles...
Santiago’s bazaar behavior
Chile plunges like a spear down South America, through forest, valley, desert and mountains, the sea alongside it all the way. Within the country’s biodiverse boundaries lie terroirs so numerous...
Alive and cakin’ in Vegas
Sweets Raku is a dream for dessert lovers. The Vegas spot just opened this month with $19 three-course sweets parades, in the amazing Spring Mountain strip mall that houses Aburiya...
Weird but true
A student has been charged with stealing a bust of poet Robert Frost from a rival school — 26 years ago. Plumber Mitchel Potter, now 45, admits taking the Wichita...
Rutgers gets verbal from speedy Florida corner
Rutgers landed a highly coveted addition to its defense when the Scarlet Knights got a verbal commitment from Florida recruit Deion Hallmon last night. The 6-foot, 165-pound cornerback from Cypress...
Wheeler sharp, but struggling Mets fall again
Naturally, the Mets lost the game, too. With a pall cast over the entire organization by the news Matt Harvey’s season is likely over and the ominous specter of possible...
Goodson suspended 4 games in Jets return
Running back Mike Goodson returned to the Jets Monday … and was suspended by the NFL for the team’s first four games. Goodson violated the NFL’s substance abuse policy and...
Yankees fall to Jays in Jeter’s return; A-Rod hits No. 650
TORONTO — If the Yankees had another option, Phil Hughes would have been deleted from the starting rotation a long time ago. Now, even though the limited alternatives are long...
Brooklyn bomb scare turns out to be harmless empty suitcase
A Brooklyn fire house was evacuated along with the rest of its block amid a bomb scare this afternoon -- but the suspicious-looking item turned out to be nothing but...