March 15, 2014
Funnyman David Brenner dies at 78
LOS ANGELES — David Brenner, the lanky, toothy-grinned "Tonight Show" favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a staple for other standups, including Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser, died Saturday....
Obama has his Munich moment with Putin and Crimea
Back in September, John Kerry told Washington Democrats that America faced a “Munich moment” in deciding how to respond to Syria’s use of chemical weapons. He called Bashar al-Assad a...
Blue Angels are flying high again now
These angels finally got their wings back. The Blue Angels, the Navy’s jet-aerobatics squad, are back in action after being grounded last year by spending cuts. The Angels’ F-18 Hornets...
Russian forces 'invade' Ukraine on eve of referendum
Russian forces backed by tanks and helicopters occupied a Ukrainian village near the border of Crimea Saturday — escalating already-high tensions on the eve of a vote on whether Crimeans...
Psychologists will be along Boston Marathon route to help runners
Psychologists will be positioned along the Boston Marathon route during the April 21 race, helping runners with anxiety as the first anniversary of the marathon bombings draws near, according to...
Big East vet Providence tops Creighton for title
The new-look Big East produced an old school champion with a group of Ironmen. Providence College, one of the conference’s founding members before the league became a behemoth and was...
Lovefest in homeland for Rivera, Yankees
PANAMA CITY, Panama — They came to get a glimpse of the Great Rivera on Saturday night at Rod Carew Stadium. When the festive evening was complete, the Panamanians and...
Nets blow lead, fall to Wizards
WASHINGTON — As the Nets have turned their season around in 2014, vaulting themselves back into the playoff chase, they’ve become a trendy pick to make the second round of...
Islanders roll past last-place Sabres
When the Islanders’ lead was cut in half in the opening minute of the third period, the sense of impending doom began wafting through Nassau Coliseum. After all, the Islanders...
Devils struck by Lightning in 3-0 defeat
TAMPA, Fla. — Needing all the points they can get, the Devils came up empty on a Florida road trip after Saturday night’s 3-0 loss to the Lightning. Martin Brodeur...
Beautiful, beautiful brackets get closer by the minute
The brackets are coming! The brackets are coming! The most exciting event of the sports calendar involving no actual action is here, and nothing can ruin it. But it can...
Soldier says military service kept him out of FDNY: lawsuit
A Queens man says he lost his chance to join the FDNY — because he was busy fighting a war. Brian Conway says he took the civil-service firefighter’s exam in...
Opera singer wants a real gentleman
Kacey, 31 Says she’s not a diva offstage — so can the Brooklyn chanteuse find someone to share the spotlight? Name that tune: As a singer, Kacey knows the words...
As DB market thins, both NY teams want Rodgers-Cromartie
After listening to the Jets’ pitch on Saturday, free agent cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie will travel a few miles east to listen to what the Giants have to say. Both local...
When dating becomes your full-time job
A couple of months ago, Scott Muska decided it was high time to wholeheartedly throw himself into the dating scene. He hadn’t dated seriously much before then — he was a self-proclaimed...
Mascots square off at America East title game
If only Stony Brook showed this much fight. Early in Saturday's America East championship against Albany at Pritchard Gymnasium on Long Island, the teams' two mascots — Wolfie (Seawolf) and...
This week's couple: Sweet time
There were no odd pairings at the Hotel Chantelle rooftop on the Lower East Side. That was where Samantha, 26, and James, 24, met for their date — a beer-and-dessert...
Iffy penalty leaves Red Bulls with a disappointing home draw
The Red Bulls thought they had a bounce-back performance from last weekend’s season-opening loss, and a much-needed win in their home opener. They thought wrong, doomed to a galling 1-1...
Plenty of hot seats to go around with Opening Day imminent
Not all baseball hot seats are created equal. Last year? Man, now that was a hot seat for the ages. The Biogenesis scandal loomed so large, we had more of...
Brooding actor Michael Pitt has learned to lighten up
When New Jersey native Michael Pitt was cast as Jimmy Darmody on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” he was so grateful he sent executive producer Martin Scorsese a gift basket — and...
'Rob the Mob' traces story of modern-day Bonnie & Clyde
As crimes go, this one probably lacked something in the smarts department. Back in 1992, young Queens couple Thomas and Rosemarie Uva were in need of money, so they hit...
Grande ham Miss Piggy returns to theaters Friday
Every once in a while there comes a star so fierce she attains the title of “diva” — Aretha, Cher, Beyoncé. Yet none of them hold a candle to the...
The great tilapia mystery
I need your help. The other day, while watching one of these drama-packed, ostensible reality shows about deep-sea commercial fishing — it may have been “Real Wicked Trawler Trash Wives...
Final bow for NYC's historic Roseland Ballroom
The punks mourned the closure of CBGB in 2006, the indie-rockers cried foul when Northsix became Music Hall of Williamsburg in 2007, but almost all of New York’s music lovers will...
Van Gundy’s sarcastic replay commentary hits the bull’s-eye
We’re not accustomed to good, slice-and-dice sarcasm from TV’s college basketball analysts, so at first Thursday night, it seemed as if Stan Van Gundy, the former NBA coach, was playing...
'Divergent' delivers crazy stunts in a new kind of action film
One pivotal stunt in the new franchise-starter “Divergent” involves a group of actors running alongside and jumping onto a train speeding by at 30 mph. When they arrive at their...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Cleanthony Early
Senior Wichita State forward and Bronx native Cleanthony Early, who leads the undefeated Shockers into the NCAA Tournament this week, took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve...
Readers sound off on Tuck, Tanaka, Jackson
Reese ‘Blue’ it letting Tuck go I realize sentiment shouldn’t be part of the equation in sports, except in very few instances, but I think Justin Tuck falls in the...
Pop's hottest 45-year-old still in Vogue
Back in 2012, Kylie Minogue had an epiphany. The Aussie star was celebrating 25 years since her arrival into the music world and subsequent ascent to a pop-icon status that...
'Rocky' surprises critics to become Broadway's latest hit
Sylvester Stallone had what seemed a pretty bad idea, at least to Tom Meehan: How ’bout we make a musical out of ‘Rocky’? “My first thought was, ‘Oh no,’ ”...
Tanaka must adjust to Yankees' 5-day plan for him
TAMPA — Located throughout the Yankees clubhouse are tall boxes of a fruit-flavored Japanese chewy candy called Hi-Chew. The company is promoting the candy with the arrival of Masahiro Tanaka...
After last season's ankle struggles, Jeter moving well
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — At this time last year, Derek Jeter was days away from being scratched because of additional problems with his surgically repaired right ankle that led to...
Before Giants can, needy Jets court Rodgers-Cromartie
The Jets and Giants last played each other in a meaningful game in 2011. But they are competing again this weekend. The local teams are vying for the services of...
Veggie lovers rejoice for 'Meatless Mondays'
John Fraser first gained his reputation as a veggie guru when the chef/owner of Dovetail introduced Meatless Mondays at the Upper West Side restaurant in 2010, composing elaborate and elegant...
St. Louis still struggling to fit in with Rangers
For Martin St. Louis, a Ranger for six games and without a goal to show for it, the learning curve has taken precedence over the curve of his stick. This...
Behind the epic tattoos of 'Divergent'
While the citizens of the Dauntless faction in “Divergent” love a good death-defying leap, they’re equally passionate about something a little more benign: tattoos. And these aren’t just any tattoos....
Shumpert, Hardaway playing well together
One play stood out in an otherwise unremarkable matinee dominated by the Knicks. On one fastbreak hookup early in the second quarter of the Knicks’ 115-94 win over Milwaukee on...
Don't Miss: Shriver documents poverty, 'Believe' in NBC newbie
Believe (Sunday, 9 p.m., NBC) Raised by a small group known as the “True Believers,” the orphaned youngster Bo (Johnny Sequoyah) has been safeguarded for years from harmful outsiders —...
Sources: Dim hopes for landing Tejada replacement
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets aren’t holding their collective breath a new shortstop to replace Ruben Tejada will be entering the scene anytime soon. Beyond free agent Stephen Drew,...
Nicks: Giants never made an offer
The Giants made it clear to wide receiver Hakeem Nicks they were ready to move on. Nicks, who signed with the Colts on Friday, said the Giants never tried to...
'Divergent' breakout star is your new favorite heartthrob
Shailene Woodley has just sky-rocketed Theo James’ chances of being chased by the paparazzi. In an interview last week, the actress admitted that her 29-year-old co-star is a “great kisser.”...
Gold medalists pumped to trade ice skates for dancing shoes
The biggest problem, so far, is with their hips. When American ice dancing champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, still flushed with Olympic glory from having received the highest point...
Cleamons could be making return trip to the Garden
Bucks assistant coach Jim Cleamons and Knicks guard Shannon Brown sat and reminisced by the visitor’s bench before Milwaukee faced the Knicks at the Garden on Saturday. Cleamons has won...
Mills isn’t getting pushed out, simply moving over
Steve Mills and Jim Cleamons shared a handshake and a man hug as they crossed paths while the Bucks shot baskets before Saturday afternoon’s game against the Knicks at the...
Former ABC entertainment boss blasts Anne Sweeney
Former ABC entertainment boss Steve McPherson hasn’t lost his sense of humor since exiting the network four years ago. McPherson posted two words on Facebook the day Disney announced his...
Jets, Giants losing offseason battles to rivals
The Eagles stole receiver Steve Smith from the Giants three years ago, and Nnamdi Asomugha from the Jets. Giants general manager Jerry Reese came under siege while the Eagles were...
ESPN taking over Minkskoff Theater for upfront presentation
There are now so many sports lovers on Madison Avenue that ESPN is switching its upfront dog-and-pony presentation to Broadway’s Minskoff Theater, which gives the sports media company about 50...
Sen. Franken gets vocal on train ride about cable merger
Not everyone has to pay the big bucks for access to influential politicians. For some it’s just the cost of a train ticket. Healthy lifestyle channel Veria Living had a...
Diddy and J.Lo competing for MSG's Fuse channel
It’s not personal, it’s business. Former lovers Jennifer Lopez and Sean “Diddy” Combs are competing for Madison Square Garden’s Fuse TV, according to sources. NuvoTV, an English-language cable channel for...
SAC cheated as SEC preached
Monday, July 21, 2008, was a busy day for insider trading in the Stamford, Conn., offices of SAC Capital, the corrupt hedge fund run by billionaire Steve Cohen. After the...
Walt Frazier all in on former teammate Phil's hiring
Members of Phil Jackson’s championship teams with the Knicks are planning to be in attendance Tuesday when he is given the keys to the team’s front office. Among those applauding...
Relativity boss asks famous friends to back Sheriff candidate
Relativity boss Ryan Kavanaugh is taking a page out of the Jeffrey Katzenbergpolitical play book. The movie company chief is fattening a war chest to donate money to politicians and...
NY judge isn't first to call a Lefrak a 'blowhard'
Real-estate heir Jamie LeFrak should embrace the “blowhard” persona. It’s a family tradition, after all. Last week, The Post exclusively reported that real-estate heir Jamie LeFrak lost an appeal to...
Youngster Haggerty's no-send-down clause just puzzling
Maybe Ryan Haggerty will be the next coming of Rod Gilbert, who is pretty much the only explosive goal-scorer on the wing developed by the Rangers over the past six...
US investors have not run with bull market
What if Mr. Market threw a party and few people decided to attend? Well, that’s what’s been happening in the last half-decade. While in other eras, the five-year anniversary of...
NY state regulators eyeing Wells Fargo foreclosure manual
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and three major regulators are investigating allegations made in a federal court case that Wells Fargo has set up detailed internal procedures to fabricate...
The only ‘Crisis’ Gillian Anderson faces is her commute
Gillian Anderson is back on TV. And she’s everywhere. The TV icon, who starred as Dana Scully on “The X-Files,” is returning as a series regular for the first time...
Knicks not the first to chase down a franchise savior
When it gets this bad, there isn’t a sight that can ever be too surreal. So, no, don’t expect to feel tinges and pangs of regret or remorse when Phil...
Jaspers stake claim as New York’s college team
There are ads all over New York, on buses and cabs, on signs in and outside of stadiums, planted like imperialistic flags, claiming ownership of the city. Syracuse fired the...
In My Library: Thomas Hampson
There’s nothing more useless than a bronchoid opera singer,” jokes Thomas Hampson, who’s just recovered from the flu in time to star in Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” at the Met through...
This week's must-read books
The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer by Thierry Cruvellier (Ecco) Not everyone can do what Cruvellier does: act as a witness. He sat through and wrote...
‘Americans’ star a perfect fit as Russian double agent
When the producers of “The Americans” decided that Russian characters were going to speak Russian and the show would use subtitles, Adam Arkin, who directed three episodes in the show’s...
From zero to hero, Icahn looks like Rocky
Icahn has made a name for himself — and put about $20 billion in the bank — by taking down corporate blowhards, conflicted bullies and self-dealing entrenched boards. His style...
The art of spending
When the performing arts center for Ground Zero was first proposed, the idea was that it would become downtown’s Lincoln Center. The Post has been skeptical about this project from...
A civil rights education
On Monday, representatives for 19 parents and 21 children will head to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to file a civil-rights suit. The children...
Buggy operators buck economic whoas and neigh-sayers
New York’s “Fighting Irish” have come out swinging. Business owners are now solidly in their corner, latest polls show, as the city’s heavily Irish-dominated, multimillion-dollar horse carriage industry steps up...
Dear John: It's a sellers economy
Dear John: I read your column about the Federal Reserve finding “green shoots” in the spring. Perhaps Chance or Chauncey Gardner from “Being There” is the actual chairman of the...
Retailers predict a very green St. Patrick's Day
As anyone who claims Irish heritage (in other words, everybody) knows, Monday is St. Patrick’s Day. And in the last days of a truly tough winter, retailers are looking for...
Queens boy fights back against attempted kidnapper
A creep tried to kidnap a child from a Queens street — but the brave schoolboy refused to be taken. The 11-year-old boy was waiting for his father around 2:35...
New Sanitation chief rolls out bold compost plan on first day
Mayor de Blasio’s new Sanitation Department boss rolled out plans Saturday for several bold initiatives that will affect every New Yorker — and their trash. Kathryn Garcia, who oversaw sewer...
The day in photos
People from around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day, including Chicagoans who dyed the Chicago River green. Protesters took to the streets of London calling for the end of canned...
Girl power spans the dial thanks to 'Wives,' 'Glee,' 'Liars'
Girls rule this week on TV: “American Dad” (Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Fox): For the episode titled “Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses,” the flight attendants in question are played by Olivia Wilde...
Nixon and the My Lai massacre coverup
Even before Watergate brought down his presidency, Richard Nixon was the prime mover in another illegal action that could have been grounds for impeachment. It is now clear, after extensive...
Knicks blast Bucks for sixth straight
The Zen Master already is having an effect, and he hasn’t even started on the job. Phil Jackson will inherit a Knicks team that has won a season-high six consecutive...
Stony Broke: Albany sinks Seawolves
Stony Brook was prepared for the biggest party in school history. Instead, everyone went home early once again. Playing in their third iteration of their biggest game ever, the second-seeded...
Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter V' will be his last solo album
AUSTIN, Texas — Lil Wayne said during an appearance at South By Southwest that he plans to make "Tha Carter V" his last solo album and that the first single...
LA Times reporter fired after relationship with source
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times dismissed an investigative reporter Friday after discovering he had an inappropriate relationship with someone who was a source for a front-page story that...
Which president could you beat up?
"How To Fight Presidents," a new book by presidential obsessive Daniel O’Brien assesses our most badass presidents — the brawlers, drinkers, gunslingers and killers — and hilariously contrasts them with...
Woodson: Don’t judge me on final 16 games
Still hoping he will be the one for incoming president Phil Jackson, Mike Woodson said he hopes the Zen Master doesn’t just judge him on the final 15 games and...
How a young Rockefeller died at the hands of cannibals
Nov. 19, 1961: Two young men drift on an overturned catamaran along the coast of southwest New Guinea. Twenty-four hours have passed since their motor died. One of the men,...
Why can't child stars just grow up?
It was a classic among apparent misstatements that were actually, painfully true: “I think I was detrimental to my own career,” Justin Bieber said in the now-infamous March 6 deposition...
Veteran in iconic WWII kiss photo dies at 86
A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer...
Clinton team feared 'disinformation' from Russia Oswald files
WASHINGTON — President Bill Clinton’s administration was fearful of getting “disinformation” if it asked Russia for its files on Lee Harvey Oswald, according to documents released Friday. Under pressure from...
Lucky kid, 3, survives brush with subway train
A 3-year-old boy cheated death Friday evening after he fell on a Manhattan subway platform and an arriving F train scraped his head as it pulled into the station, cops...
Cops cuff two in Bronx, Queens murders
Editor's note: Sekwan Carter was acquitted of charges in 2016. Two suspected murderers were collared Friday for separate killings in Bronx and Queens, cops said. Misha Coleman, 32, was arrested...
Putting his PED past aside, draft Braun early
Sometimes we, as people, are quick to judge. Someone makes one mistake and we permanently banish that person to the doghouse, completely disregarding all the good they have done through...
Tiny home court gives Stony Brook advantage vs. Albany
A few days before Stony Brook was set to host the America East Championship, coach Steve Pikiell heard a commotion outside his office. In the hall, countless students were lined...
Beason a possibility to succeed Tuck as Giants captain
The Giants made the return of linebacker Jon Beason a top priority in free agency — clearly putting him ahead of Justin Tuck on their list — and now that...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan ■ Cops are looking for the assailant who fatally shot a man on a Morningside Heights street Thursday. The 33-year-old victim was outside an apartment building on Morningside Avenue...
Besties Wells and Mortimer team for comedy 'Doll & Em'
What if you got famous and your best friend came out to Hollywood to hang with you … and it was kind of a nightmare? Such is Emily Mortimer’s anti-“Entourage”...
Queens diamond trader sues in-laws over 'theft'
A Queens diamond trader has sued his Long Island in-laws for $6 million, claiming they conspired with his alcoholic wife to swipe a booty of baubles from his home. Yoni...
$100B withdrawal from US Treasury bills hints at Russian move
WASHINGTON — A record $100 billion in withdrawals of Treasury bills is raising speculation that the Kremlin and Russian oligarchs are yanking their money out of the United States to...
Anguished neighbor smelled gas night before Harlem blast
He wishes he could have saved them. The only East Harlem resident to pick up a phone and warn Con Ed when he smelled a gas leak first noticed an...
Schools Chancellor Fariña skips charter in school visit
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña snubbed a charter school Friday during a visit to a controversial Harlem site that also houses two other traditional public schools. Farina toured PS 149 at...
Boy, 12, and three teens shot in Brooklyn
A boy and three male teens were struck by gunfire as they sprinted away from a blasting gunman in Brooklyn on Friday night, cops said. The shooting victims included a...
De Blasio eyes record 9-year deal with teachers union
Mayor de Blasio wants to negotiate an unprecedented nine-year contract with the teachers union, according to sources. The union has been operating under an expired contract since November 2009 and...
Soil around blast building soaked with natural gas
Soil from the area where two apartment buildings exploded in East Harlem Wednesday was soaked with high concentrations of natural gas, more evidence of chronic gas leaks at the doomed...
Battle between Mets Duda, Davis begins in earnest
PORT ST. LUCIE — It was just an RBI double against a minor league pitcher, but Ike Davis will take what positives he can get these days. “It was fun,”...
Future Seton Hall teams must finish job Fuquan’s crew started
They weren’t supposed to be here. So there’s that. Sticking around Madison Square Garden a day or two longer than most expected them to is something the Seton Hall Pirates...
Creighton beats Xavier to reach Big East Final
Doug McDermott’s first visit to the Garden didn’t go as planned. But so far in his second trip to New York City, the National Player of the Year favorite has...
Pilots' homes raided as officials say disappearance 'no accident'
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Malaysian jetliner missing for more than a week was deliberately diverted and continued flying for more than six hours after severing contact with the ground,...
Driver of bus that hit multiple cars suffered apparent stroke
A Brooklyn bus crash left two passengers with serious injuries after the bus driver was stricken while driving Friday night, cops said. The city bus was driving along Nassau Avenue...