September 17, 2013
Yanks have no margin for error and, worse, no energy
TORONTO — Welcome to the edge of the cliff. Oh, these 2013 Yankees have teased us before, gasped for air and flailed about and left us thinking they were goners...
Whitehead to announce college pick Thursday
The Isaiah Whitehead sweepstakes has reached its final lap. The Lincoln High School phenom will announce his college decision at the Coney Island school Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The...
TLC's Taxi of Tomorrow 'socialism'
Fidel Castro would be proud of the Taxi & Limousine Commission for dictating that its drivers get the Taxi of Tomorrow, an industry trade group said in state Supreme Court...
OWS in de Blasio's corner
It’s clear whom Occupy Wall Street members are backing for mayor — even though Bill de Blasio snubbed them during their anniversary celebration Tuesday. About 100 demonstrators gathered in Zuccotti...
New hedge fund from Diamondback founder
Richard Schimel, co-founder of Diamondback Capital Management, will start a new hedge-fund firm, called Sterling Ridge Capital Management, in the fourth quarter to trade global stocks, according to a letter...
Workers reject a failed union
Maybe New York’s teachers could benefit from something their colleagues are doing in Wisconsin. Recently the 2,400-member Kenosha Education Association — Wisconsin’s third-largest teachers union — voted to de-certify. In...
Gamer die-hards posed as cops to get 'GTA V'
Three dopes from Staten Island were so hot to play a video game about being criminals, they got arrested for posing as cops, sources said. The trio were busted Tuesday...
Najafi kicks Penske's tires; no Deadline deal
Jahm Najafi, a part owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, is the deep-pocketed backer Nikki Finke has corralled in her bid to buy back Deadline.com from Jay Penske, Media Ink has...
America the 'exceptional?' Compared to Russia, sure!
President Obama’s handling of Syria has been a master political stroke (“What Obama’s Lost,” Amir Taheri, PostOpinion, Sept. 16). By threatening to strike Syria, he forced Bashar al-Assad’s most powerful...
Tony Soprano's wardrobe up for auction
It’s an auction no “Sopranos” fan can refuse! Clothing worn by the late James Gandolfini goes under the hammer Wednesday, offering aficionados the chance to dress like TV mobster Tony...
Put an Osaka in it, Hal
The American Theatre Wing staged a nice tribute to Hal Prince at the Plaza Hotel on Monday night. And Wing chairman William Ivey Long let slip some news about “The...
Shaw enough, bubbly rom-com still telling
It's only fitting that the cast of “You Never Can Tell” uncorks a bottle of Champagne during its curtain calls and toast the audience. It’s the perfect end to a...
Toto goes high-tech
The myriad pleasures of “The Wizard of Oz’’ — the beloved Judy Garland classic that was already just about as entertaining as anything to come out of Golden Era Hollywood...
Gevinson turns heads in 'Enough Said'
When “Enough Said” director Nicole Holofcener was asked to meet with fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson for one of the teenage roles in the film, she didn’t balk — but she...
AMC sets Draper's final pitch for '15
AMC is dividing the final season of “Mad Men” in half. The show’s seventh season will now comprise two seven-episode arcs airing in the spring of 2014 and 2015 as...
Andy's dandy, but Yankees drop fourth straight
TORONTO — Led by R.A. Dickey, a caravan of pinstriped meat wagons passed through customs Tuesday night. The string of hearses will idle at the curb outside Rogers Centre on...
Vieira an accidental voice in Harper doc
Meredith Vieira says she originally was not going to be an on-camera presence in “Valerie’s Story — A Meredith Vieira Special,” airing Thursday at 10 p.m. and documenting Valerie Harper’s...
Playboy's debt rating stripped
In May, Playboy Enterprises was riding high after refinancing its $185 million debt and promising a flurry of new licensing deals to boost its bottom line. But now some of...
Middle schooler dies after fire ant attack
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 12-year-old boy died after being attacked by fire ants while warming up during halftime of a South Texas middle school football game, and his heartbroken...
‘Hostages’ an acting showcase for Collette
America’s culture of paranoia is on full display in the new CBS thriller "Hostages." In this 15-episode suspense drama from Jerry Bruckheimer — the mastermind behind the “CSI” global juggernaut...
Pandora stock sings in face of iTunes Radio
What, me worry? Like Mad magazine’s hapless icon Alfred E. Neuman, Pandora investors appear to have adopted a carefree attitude. Shares of the online music service climbed 5 percent on...
Hedgie hoping to crack 'Barrel'
Some folks can’t get enough of Cracker Barrel. Sadar Biglari, who failed in his third attempt last month to gain board seats at the roadside eatery, sent a testy letter...
Morgan Stanley grilled by Twitter execs
Morgan Stanley may be losing its tech luster. The firm’s well-buffed reputation as the savviest tech banker in Silicon Valley was dented and dirtied by Twitter executives as the micro-blogging...
Sex didn't sell: Penthouse mag owner goes bankrupt
Penthouse magazine may have a new sugar daddy waiting in the wings. The fate of the 48-year-old smut rag is in question after parent FriendFinder Networks filed for Chapter 11...
If only Obama were just a fake
Dear Mr. President, It didn’t seem possible, but you shocked me. After lowering my expectations for you, from very high five years ago to bottom-of-the-barrel now, I figured you could...
JPM's Dimon wooing regulators
It’s a new softer side of Jamie Dimon. The hard-charging JPMorgan CEO on Tuesday said the firm is turning over a new leaf with regulators in effort by the nation’s...
Firm takes 8 percent stake in Aeropostale
Stefan Kaluzny is playing nice with Aeropostale — for now. The co-founder of Sycamore Partners — the voracious buyout shop that counts Hot Topic and Talbots among its recent acquisitions...
Viola makes play for Florida Panthers
Brooklyn-born Vincent “Vinny” Viola — the CEO of Virtu Financial and a former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange — is in exclusive talks to buy the Florida Panthers...
Why racists love the minimum wage laws
A survey of American economists found that 90 percent of them regarded minimum-wage laws as increasing the rate of unemployment among low-skilled workers. Inexperience is often the problem: Only about...
Righetti: Scrutiny of N.Y. never seemed to faze Rivera
Dave Righetti saved 223 games for the Yankees over seven tumultuous seasons as the team’s closer. “One of the reasons it hasn’t been as tumultuous since then is Mariano Rivera,”...
LT has no regrets on wild life
The demons chased Lawrence Taylor the way LT chased quarterbacks, relentlessly and mercilessly. They chased him off the field during and after his Hall of Fame career, turned Taylor into...
Biron makes solid case to stay Rangers backup
PHILADELPHIA — The operative word regarding Martin Biron on Tuesday night was nothing. As in, allowing nothing to the Flyers on six shots in 31:22 of work in the Rangers’...
De Blasio has 65-22 lead over Lhota: poll
Democrat Bill de Blasio has an enormous 3-1 lead over Republican Joe Lhota going into the general election for mayor, according to a poll released Tuesday night. De Blasio topped...
Giants' Rolle: This is must-win
The phrase “must-win’’ always is a bit curious, because it almost always is misused. Unless the Giants can accept missing out on the playoffs for the fourth time in the...
Closing time at Union Square's Heartland Brewery
It's bottoms up for the Heartland Brewery, which is closing its doors at 35 Union Square West on Jan. 1. The mini-chain first began in 1994 when it subleased from...
Soriano best of top 10 midseason trades
Obtaining Alfonso Soriano represented two future risks for the Yankees: - In a season when they were unlikely to reach the postseason even with Soriano, they were giving up a...
Jeff Sutton is Broadway bound
Retail magician Jeff Sutton is in contract to buy the three-building package at 530 Broadway from Joseph Sitt’s Thor Equities for $327 million, tucking yet another piece of Soho into...
SEC charges 23 hedge funds with illegal short sales
The SEC crackdown on rogue hedge funds continues. The federal regulator on Tuesday charged 23 funds with stock manipulation — improperly profiting from a company’s stock by shorting it five...
'Big Bang Theory' cast to hold out for more money
The actors of “The Big Bang Theory” are thinking about holding out in an attempt to cash in on the sitcom’s massive success. The stars of the CBS comedy –...
Preet: No pensions for corrupt pols
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced Tuesday that's he's going after the retirement checks of corrupt elected officials -- who've been retiring with fat pensions for years even after serving time...
Hypocritical Jets rushed Milliner
Competition has been the catch word of the John Idzik regime with the Jets. But the team’s coaches and decision makers look like total hypocrites when it comes to rookie...
Gunman told cops 'vibrations' kept him from sleeping
Just a month before unleashing a deadly rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, crazed gunman Aaron Alexis told cops he hearing voices and that people were sending “vibrations to his...
Sparano Jr. maintains role with Jets after dad’s ouster
When Rex Ryan fired Tony Sparano as offensive coordinator in January, he knew he would have to have an uncomfortable conversation — not with Sparano, but with his son, Tony...
North Korean inmates subject to Nazi-like abuses: UN probe
Inmates in North Korea's prison camps suffered starvation and torture and described "unspeakable atrocities" comparable with Nazi abuses uncovered after the Second World War, UN investigators said on Tuesday. Evidence...
Tuck: Giants' D-line has to take 'more chances'
Justin Tuck is still searching for an explanation to the Giants' uncharacteristic inability to pressure opposing quarterbacks this season. The winless Giants, having allowed a league-worst 77 points while recording...
Nets' Terry: Trash-talking Knicks is for 'fun'
Jason Terry never has hesitated to speak his mind. Anyone in New York who didn’t know about Terry’s willingness to make provocative statements quickly learned this summer as the new...
Powe's moving forward up front
PHILADELPHIA — Darroll Powe, who last season became only the 11th forward in the last 25 NHL seasons to fail to record a point while playing at least 40 games, seemed...
Versace mansion sold for $41.5M at auction
The South Beach, Fla., mansion once owned by Italian designer Gianni Versace and the place he was fatally shot hit the auction block Tuesday. The highest bid won at $41.5...
Grumpy Cat unamused by endorsement deal
ST. LOUIS — It probably won't affect her famous mood, but Grumpy Cat now has an endorsement deal. The frown-faced Internet sensation, real name Tardar Sauce, is now the "spokescat"...
Dakota Johnson ready for 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' despite uproar
Actress Dakota Johnson is getting down while housecleaning. "Take that, floor! Dirty, dirty floor," she raps to herself as she scrubs while listening to an iPod. "Say it! Say my...
Who’s on third? Probably not gimpy A-Rod
TORONTO — If his left hamstring and right calf allow it, Alex Rodriguez will remain the Yankees' designated hitter, but don't look for his legs to allow him to play third base....
Harvey's right to hold off Tommy John
We live in a time when it is easy to believe in the infallibility of doctors. Every day, something happens in medicine that amazes us. People who would’ve been bound...
Bronx native Larrier headed to VCU
Bronx native Terry Larrier, a 6-foot-8 swingman who attends The Phelps School in Philadelphia, committed to head coach Shaka Smart and VCU Monday night, picking the Rams over UConn, his...
First-ever woman editor of Time
For the first time in its 90-year history, Time magazine will have a woman in the top editor’s job. Nancy Gibbs, 53, who has been at the magazine since 1985...
NFL: Lottery winners can’t scalp Super Bowl tickets
Starting with the New York Super Bowl in February, the average fan lucky enough to buy tickets in the annual lottery can forget about hawking them for a big profit...
Rebecca Taylor's 90s flashback
The Who: Zosia Mamet, Olivia Palermo and editors from major glossies. The What: Taylor recalled the nineties with relaxed pieces like an oversized terry bomber and a mesh hoodie worn...
Brazilian president calls off US visit over spying
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has called off plans for a state visit to Washington in October because of revelations that the United States spied on her personal communications and those...
College to offer masters degree in drone warfare
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —Secured inside a room you need a U.S. passport to enter is a modern arcade of war machines. It looks like a gamer's paradise: A comfortable tan...
LT on new NFL: 'You have to play soft'
Surprise, surprise: Lawrence Taylor isn't a fan of the new NFL rules protecting offensive players. "It used to be a game where it wasn't for the weak at heart, it...
Would-be cannibal gets nearly 27 years in prison
WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts man who chatted online about kidnapping, raping, killing and eating children has been sentenced to nearly 27 years in prison. Geoffrey Portway, of Worcester, was...
Late, great Gandolfini romances in 'Enough Said'
The late, great James Gandolfini is winningly self-deprecating as a rare romantic lead in his penultimate film, Nicole Holofcener's Woody Allen-esque "Enough Said." Shot last summer in Southern California, it's...
House explosion in Stamford
Propane blast demolishes home, no serious injuries
Harvey to wait on surgery, hoping rehab cures elbow
Matt Harvey isn’t ready to concede 2014 to a surgeon’s scalpel. After receiving a second opinion on the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow from noted orthopedist Dr....
'Grand Theft' sales expected to fall short
“Grand Theft Auto V” isn’t stealing the top-selling title from “Call of Duty.” Take-Two Interactive’s GTA V, which went on sale Tuesday, will be one of the top games of...
Elderly man run over at bus stop
An elderly man was critically injured today when a pickup truck slammed into another vehicle and jumped a curb in Brooklyn before plowing into him as he was waiting at...
Rolle: Giants face ‘must-win’ to avoid 0-3
No, it is not too early to label Sunday’s game against the Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., as a game the Giants absolutely, positively have to win. So says safety Antrel...
Mob family snitches, escapes prison sentence
The family that betrays together … stays together. A former Bonanno mafia captain -- along with his wiseguy son and ankle-tattooed mob wife -- were set free in Brooklyn federal...
Iran restores blocks on Facebook, Twitter
Iran has restored blocks on Facebook and Twitter after a "technical glitch" briefly removed filters from the social networks overnight. Iranians gained direct access to the sites for the first...
Navy Yard shooter was dumped by Thai crush
Washington Navy Yard madman Aaron Alexis wasn’t particularly religious — using Buddhist temples and trips to Thailand to troll for women, pals told The Post Tuesday. The Queens-born killer claimed...
Nets training camp question: Will Kidd speed them up?
With training camp just days away, we’re going to ask a question per day about the upcoming Nets season. After playing at nearly the slowest pace in the NBA last...
Louisville's Ware dunking, 6 months after gruesome injury
When Louisville guard Kevin Ware was felled with a compound leg fracture in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in March – as gruesome a sports injury as you...
Sandy subway damage remains extensive
The after-effects of Hurricane Sandy are still plaguing transit riders — and will continue through next year, the MTA’s chairman cautioned Tuesday. Both the Montague tube, which carries the R...
Too far left! - Obama shanks golf shot
The most powerful man in the free world can feel just as helpless as anyone else -- on a golf course. In footage obtained by TMZ, of Barack Obama playing...
Brazilian soccer team and masseur punished after illegal saves
SAO PAULO — A sports tribunal has removed a Brazilian club from the fourth-division playoffs because its masseur stepped onto the field and made two key saves near the end...
Creepy 'It' clown freaks out British town
It’s not Halloween season until a creepy mysterious clown frightens an entire British town. A spooky clown, dressed in white face paint with huge drawn-on eyebrows, a curly red wig...
Dennis Rodman, Kim Jong-un look-alike in bizarre ad
Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman is now the star of a nutty ad making light of his bizarre friendship with North Korean despot Kim Jong-un. The former rebound leader, who befriended...
Biden's niece busted after roommate dispute
Joe Biden’s art-dealer niece went on a violent rampage at her luxury Tribeca apartment Tuesday — throwing punches at police officers and flailing “frantically” as cops wrestled her into handcuffs,...
Russian ballet director returns to theater after acid attack
MOSCOW - Wearing dark glasses over his damaged eyes, artistic director Sergei Filin returned to the Bolshoi Ballet on Tuesday to guide its troupe through a new season, eight months...
Navy Yard shooter did not use AR-15 assault rifle
Aaron Alexis did not use an AR-15 assault rifle in his Navy Yard killing spree Monday, authorities said Tuesday. Alexis rented the deadly weapon, but returned it before unleashing his...
New Jersey sports betting appeal shot down
NEWARK, NJ — A federal appeals court dealt another blow to New Jersey's efforts to legalize sports gambling Tuesday, upholding a ruling that the state's betting law conflicts with federal...
Protesters arrested on second Occupy Wall Street anniversary
At least three people have been arrested when protesters took to lower Manhattan to mark the second anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, sources said. Three people were taken...
Judge slaps down NYPD stop-frisk appeal
In another slap at the Bloomberg administration’s fight against her restrictions on the use of stop-and-frisk by cops a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday shot down City Hall’s bid for...
Gunman had 'problems' with Navy bosses
Federal law-enforcement authorities said Tuesday the former-reservist gunman in the bloody mass murder at the Washington Navy Yard wanted to get back into the Navy — but was blocked because...
Strippers' lawsuit: No cell phones, chewing gum at work
Nudity, yes. Chewing gum, no. The owners of three Manhattan strip clubs were slapped with a class-action lawsuit Tuesday by two former dancers who claim they were forced to follow...
New Net Terry to get 'BK All Day' tattoo
Jason Terry is bringing his tattoo tradition with him to Brooklyn. Terry, who has famously gotten tattoos when playing for the Mavericks and Celtics, said Tuesday morning that he’ll be...
Eau de Toast perfume hits London Fashion Week
Size zero models are more readily associated with carrot sticks and lettuce leaves than freshly buttered toast, but for how long? The Federation Of Bakers has come up with Eau...
NFL Power Rankings: Dolphins make splash
The Dolphins might get the last laugh after all. They were the butt of many a joke around the NFL in the offseason after owner Steve Ross lavished $117 million...
Profiles emerge of Navy Yard massacre victims
He didn’t even work in that building. Kenneth Proctor, a civilian utilities foreman at the Washington Navy Yard, worked near the building where the senseless, deadly massacre took place. "He...
Man stabbed for his Grand Theft Auto V
A man who picked up one of the first copies of Grand Theft Auto V when shops opened at midnight was stabbed and robbed of the game as he made...
Gunman started Navy Yard job last week
WASHINGTON - Aaron Alexis, the man suspected of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday only started working there last week, his employer...
Firm with Jordache ties wins bid for Versace home
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A corporation had the winning bid for the South Beach mansion that once belonged to Gianni Versace. VM South Beach LLC bid $41.5 million Tuesday for the oceanfront...
Sandy-damaged wiring sparked NJ blaze
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Superstorm Sandy still isn't done with the Jersey shore. Investigators are blaming the storm for damaging electrical wiring that touched off last week's devastating boardwalk fire...
Loud cheers for Ryder Cup at Bethpage
New York area golf fans can officially start readying their voices. On Tuesday, the PGA of America made it official the 2019 PGA Championship and the 2024 Ryder Cup will...
Iconic anti-smoking campaigner dies at 53
ATLANTA — A North Carolina woman featured prominently in a graphic government ad campaign to get people to stop smoking died Monday of cancer. Terrie Hall died at a hospital...
Julie Chen 'not shunning Chinese heritage'
"Big Brother" host Julie Chen backpedaled about having plastic surgery to fix her "Asian eyes" -- claiming she never tried to look less Chinese and simply wanted her eyes to...
Mets race to the top 10 of the draft
Your updated playoff seeds: AL: Boston (1) vs. winner of Tampa Bay (WC1) and Texas (WC2), Oakland (2) vs. Detroit (3) NL: Atlanta (1) vs. winner of Pittsburgh (WC1a) or...
FBI searching for cocaine, heroin traffickers
The FBI is asking for the public’s help finding two men they say are responsible for trafficking huge amounts of cocaine and heroin -- using a Queens auto shop for...
Mayweather sorry for picture mocking De La Hoya
Floyd Mayweather has apologized for a photo posted on his Instagram account that mocked Oscar De La Hoya for his substance-abuse problem. In the aftermath of Mayweather’s dominant victory over...
Shipwrecked Concordia hauled upright off Italian coast
GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY — Engineers declared success on Tuesday as the Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright during an unprecedented, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where...
Costa Concordia gets a lift after sinking 19 months ago
Workers raised Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship on Monday in the largest and priciest maritime salvage ever. Thirty-two people died when the ship crashed into rocks and flipped on its...
AL wild-card cheat sheet: Sept. 17
It's coming down to the wire, and six teams remain very much alive in the chase for the two spots in the one-game American League wild-card playoff. Check here every...
Stephen Hawking supports right to die
British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has backed the right for people who are terminally ill to choose to end their lives and to receive help to do so as long as...
Jesse Jackson's online auction
A collection of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s memorabilia is set to hit the auction block to help the troubled pol payback $750,000 in campaign funds that he misused. The items up...
Masters bring taekwondo to traumatized kids fleeing Syrian war
ZAATARI, Jordan — The Syrian refugee children stand straight in a row, then — when the Korean trainers bark out instructions — they break into martial arts kicks in the...
Syrian refugee children practice taekwondo
Syrian refugee children are learning taekwondo from a team of Korean masters at Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan.
Jackson Jr.'s junk hits the auction block
An new auction could put a dent in Jesse Jackson Jr’s debt – that is if anybody buys the tacky stuff! A collection of Jackson's memorabilia -- including fur coats...
Settlement talks delay Huguette Clark trial
The start of the trial over the contested will of the late tobacco heiress Huguette Clark has been delayed from today until Thursday, an attorney involved in the case told...
Syrian rebels use iPads to aim mortars
There's an app for that! Syrian rebels have been snapped using an iPad to aim mortars at enemy positions in Damascas. Members of the "Ansar Dimachk" Brigade, which operates under...
'Project Runway' alum throws fashion fit
It’s a catwalk catastrophe! A production company is suing “Project Runway” designer Irina Shabayeva for sabotaging her own Fashion Week show with drama-queen antics, a new lawsuit alleges. The reality-TV...
Affleck: 'I can handle the Bat-lash'
His skin is as thick as Batman’s armor! Ben Affleck claims he's tough enough to handle haters who say he'll flop as the next on-screen Batman. The "Argo" star on...
Meet the world's largest dragon
"RAAWWWRRRRRRR." That's probably what this giant, fire-breathing robotic dragon said when it was awarded the 2014 Guinness World Record for being the largest walking robot on the planet. The dragon,...
Lily Collins is the Internet's most 'dangerous' celeb
If you're curious about Lily Collins and head to the Internet to find out, beware — McAfee has ranked the actress as the most dangerous celeb to search for online....
Tuition-free school is entrepreneur's latest venture
Minerva Schools of KGI doesn't yet have accreditation, a campus or even a full faculty roster, but it is offering something even Harvard can't - four years of free tuition...
Wash. state lawmakers can't get speeding tickets
TACOMA, Wash. — It's a joke shared privately among some state lawmakers in Olympia: Go ahead, drive as fast as you want on the way to the Capitol. You won't...
The Big Bang theory might be myth
That's right. Everything we know about the universe may be wrong. Cosmologists have speculated that the universe was created after a star collapsed into a black hole - a theory...
'Nightmare' bacteria on warpath
ATLANTA — For the first time, the government is estimating how many people die from drug-resistant bacteria each year — more than 23,000, or about as many as those killed...
DC shooter was 'hearing voices'
Federal law enforcement authorities said Tuesday the gunman in the bloody mass murder at the Washington Navy Yard was a paranoid nutcase who had been hearing voices in his head....
Victim murdered after he ‘blew a kiss’
A crazed Bronx man stabbed two men — one fatally — and told cops he did it because they blew kisses at him, police sources said. Steven Torres, 22, was...
Global warming 1/4 of what we expected: UN
The world has warmed 0.05 degrees Celsius (0.09 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade over the past 15 years, a fraction of the 0.2ºC (0.36ºF) per decade rate confidently predicted by the...
Colorado evacuees return home to flood destruction
HYGIENE, Colo. — Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday's clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended...
Zach Johnson wins BMW Championship
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Zach Johnson is having a September to remember, and there’s still one very big week to go. In one tournament, he made a 25-foot birdie putt...
Prince Harry spends night in freezer
LONDON — Prince Harry has spent the night in a giant freezer to simulate the conditions he will face when he treks to the South Pole this winter. The 29-year-old...
Rays leapfrog Texas in wild-card race
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Wil Myers helped the struggling Tampa Bay Rays get a key victory in the opener of a four-game series. Myers homered and had three RBIs,...
Bengals top rival Steelers
CINCINNATI — Running back Giovani Bernard slipped through the line, caught Andy Dalton's short pass, then turned and saw something shocking. One of the NFL's top defenses had given him...
Jaguars fans rally for Tebow
The Jaguars, they of the two convincing losses to start the season and an anemic offense that has managed an NFL-worst nine points, may need some sort of miracle to...
'Under the Dome' season finale leaves questions unanswered
The dome is dark and full of terrors. The season finale of the summer CBS hit “Under the Dome” teased us with only the barest of tastes of what the...
Wait, is this a date?
If you watch New Girl you would know: Friends don't let friends do friends. Ladies, we've all been there. You get a text from a good guy friend: "Hey, havent...
The curse of Russian exceptionalism
In his instantly notorious New York Times oped, Vladimir Putin was much too modest. At the end, he argued no country is truly exceptional. He, of all people, shouldn’t be...
The challenge of raising boys
On the evening of the first day of school, hundreds of New York City parents gathered at Trinity School on the Upper West Side to hear Rosalind Wiseman talk about...
Dems also responsible for financial crisis
It’s only fitting that it was on the five-year anniversary of the fall of Lehman Bros., the hinge of the 2008 financial crisis, that Larry Summers ended his campaign to...
Navy Yard's role in US military history
The Washington Navy Yard has been a symbol of America’s military might for more than two centuries. The facility was founded in 1799 during John Adams’ administration and soon started...
Feds might seize Fifth Avenue building
A federal judge says the US government might be able to seize a 36-story Fifth Avenue office tower worth hundreds of millions of dollars because a part-owner acted as a...
Tennis security exec's 'racist' e-mails
An exec at the firm that handles security for the US Open tennis tournament in Queens is a raging racist who has it in for black people, shocking e-mails obtained...
Weiner will pop up on TV
You can’t keep Weiner down. Disgraced former mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is set to join NY1’s “Road to City Hall” program tonight as part of the “NY1 Wise Guys” panel,...
Miss America Nina Davuluri overdoes it in skyline pumps
Some beauty queens wear their perfectly poised hearts on their sleeve, but the newly crowned Miss America Nina Davuluri wears hers on her sole. And, although I love that the...
'SNL' has a new queen of comedy in Cecily Strong
In June of 2012, “Saturday Night Live” executive producer Lorne Michaels made his biannual trip to the iO Chicago Theater to scope out the talent, hoping to find the next...
Meet the newest cast members of 'SNL'
After a cast shake-up, six new members joined the ranks at "SNL" today. Here's what you need to know about the latest additions. BECK BENNETT http://youtu.be/wguSXbUe2hw Bennett, 26, is the...
Obama targets 'extreme' Republicans
WASHINGTON — A potential federal shutdown looming, President Barack Obama on Monday warned congressional Republicans they could trigger national "economic chaos" if they demand a delay of his health care...
Disruptive 9/11 suspect ejected from Guantanamo courtroom
An accused September 11 conspirator was hustled out of the Guantanamo war crimes courtroom on Monday when he refused to stop shouting during a chaotic hearing that was cut short...
NY medical schools increase enrollment
ALBANY — New York's 16 medical schools have enrolled 120 more students this fall than last year, including the first classes in a pair of three-year programs that allow students...