November 13, 2014
Derek Fisher: Knicks' morale OK, but it must be watched
The losing streak is at six. Home court has been as helpful as granite wristbands. The offense has been more (insert name of any geometric figure here) than triangle for...
'Assassin' dentist faces ex-patient who allegedly stalked her in court
A Manhattan dentist, who allegedly was stalked for two years by a wacko patient who believed she was an assassin sent by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to kill him...
Interior designer holding $2.1M of furniture hostage: motel mogul
A millionaire hotel magnate and his yoga-instructor wife say an interior designer-to-the-stars is holding their $2.1 million worth of custom furnishings hostage — including a $37,000 couch. Cendant Corporation executive...
Hagel to order nuke force overhaul to fix failures
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has concluded that problems in the nation's nuclear forces are rooted in a lack of investment, inattention by high-level leaders and sagging morale, and...
When the Rangers need Anthony Duclair, will it be too late?
The immediate future of Anthony Duclair will be decided upon when general manager Glen Sather and head coach Alain Vigneault settle on the answer to what is the following complex...
NYers dealing with pot arrests that wouldn’t take place next week
Mayor de Blasio’s new pot policy came too late for this guy. A Bronx man says his life got turned upside-down when he was busted with a weed-filled cigar in...
How Coughlin will use the returning Rashad Jennings
Rashad Jennings was listed as a limited participant in Thursday’s practice, but the Giants running back is expected to start Sunday after missing the past four games with a knee...
NYC FC already dreaming big: We plan 'to be a winner'
New York City FC said it’s still looking for a third Designated Player, and claims Frank Lampard will be back from his loan before the club’s inaugural game. But regardless...
US may investigate Blackstone's Waldorf deal with China
A long-awaited thaw in US-China relations can’t come soon enough for Steve Schwarzman. Blackstone Group is eager to close the $1.95 billion sale of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel to a...
Kardashian, Lopez, Minaj bring pride to asses everywhere
It is a sight to behold and more than enough to hold on to. I call your attention to a masterpiece for the ages: The Botticelli of booties. The Degas...
Alderson dissects Mets: Murphy's likely staying; all eyes on Nimmo
PHOENIX — Daniel Murphy probably isn’t going anywhere. The Mets have various directions they can go with the scrappy second baseman, but for now the team seems inclined to sit...
Doctor with Ebola coming to US for care: report
A surgeon working in Sierra Leone who was diagnosed with Ebola will be flown to the United States on Saturday to be treated at a Nebraska hospital, according to Sierra...
The historically bad stat that will make Knicks fans cringe
The sample is smaller than items in the travel-size section at CVS, but the Knicks after nine games are on pace to make this a historic season at the foul...
The future is here for Hofstra basketball
Joe Mihalich was reminded of his team’s bright future every day in practice. But seeing Juan’ya Green, Brian Bernardi and Ameen Tanksley — transfers who weren’t allowed to play in...
'Unfinished business': The last stand of heralded St. John's class
St. John’s senior guard Phil Greene IV calls this season “unfinished business.” Two other words that would suffice: Last chance. For core Red Storm seniors, this is it, their last...
Fordham Rams hoping depth can keep them out of A-10 cellar
During Tom Pecora’s time at Fordham, teams have shuffled in and out of the Atlantic 10, but one thing remains constant: The Rams almost always are picked to finish last...
The one way the Giants can save Perry Fewell's job
Perry Fewell, the Giants defensive coordinator whose unit is ranked dead last in the NFL and is as much a reason as any for the team floundering at 3-6 and...
The Flatiron is sizzling thanks to these 6 new restaurants
Over-stressed restaurateurs have been trickling out of Manhattan for lower rents in the outerboroughs for years now. But in the relatively quiet neighborhood that’s part NoMad, part Flatiron, the foodies...
Nick Cannon revives 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous'
Nick Cannon is adding another line to his TV resume — as the host of a “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” reboot at NBC. The network is shooting a...
Ex-'Frasier' star Hyde Pierce back after 10-year TV hiatus on 'The Good Wife'
Ten years have passed since David Hyde Pierce’s last regular TV series role — and the actor admits he never thought of looking for a second series once “Frasier” wrapped...
Carrey and Daniels are still dumb after all these years
Given the title, you can’t claim you didn’t know what you were in for. Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and the Farrelly brothers have reunited after 20 years to recapture a...
The last of the red-hot matzo balls: Looking back at Café Edison
With Times Square shining brighter than ever, there’s no place for the lovably shabby. And so the Café Edison on West 47th Street, which has been feeding Jewish comfort food...
New tapas eatery Boqueria brings downtown feel to UES
When restaurateurs promise to “bring downtown uptown,” count on a sign in the window months later saying, “prime retail available.” But Manhattan’s third Boqueria “tapas bar,” recently launched on the...
Why can't we get rid of these 5 crummy new TV series?
Critics, be damned. Bad reviews can’t keep a predictable, hackneyed and even dull show off the air anymore. Maybe networks, grateful for any audience these days, keep lowering the bar...
Justin Bieber's hipster pastor: 'I'm praying for this boy to make it'
Pastor Carl Lentz remembers the first time he met Justin Bieber. The troubled pop star was playing a concert in New Jersey back in 2008, and Lentz was a guest...
Dan Boyle return not enough as Rangers fall in shootout
So Dan Boyle returned to the lineup, and it turns out his presence didn’t transform the Rangers into some rolling powerhouse. At least not on Thursday night at the Garden,...
Media companies miss ad dollars after signing streaming deals
Viacom on Thursday became the latest big media company to report steeply declining ratings and ad revenue. Its networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV, saw C3 ratings — which...
Magical ‘Christmas Spectacular’ remains a beloved NYC traditon
The “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” seems to have been around forever. OK, not exactly forever, but since 1933, when the show started spreading holiday cheer in razzmatazz fashion. And the...
Walmart shares surge
Walmart shares surged to an all-time high on better-than-expected sales and earnings — and made the world’s richest woman a little bit richer. Christy Walton — the 59-year-old widow of...
Dstrux app offers discreet messaging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRhZa9Xddvo It would be the perfect investment for disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner. New York entrepreneur Nathan Hecht is looking to raise $5 million to build his startup, Dstrux, an app...
Pelosi avoids ObamaCare adviser like the plague
WASHINGTON — Mention the name Jonathan Gruber and watch Democrats run for cover. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, tried Thursday to distance herself from Gruber, an architect of...
Knicks' Fisher OK with J.R. Smith taking last shot in loss to Magic
Derek Fisher said the Knicks “cleaned” up any lingering confusion over the end of Wednesday night’s 97-95 loss to the Magic that closed out with Carmelo Anthony a spectator and...
New 'Fifty Shades' trailer drops
http://youtu.be/6FDTMRK7-24 "Fifty Shades" fans, the wait is finally over. After getting a glimpse of the highly anticipated flick in July, a new trailer for the S&M-fueled drama dropped during Thursday...
The Met joins Kim's #BreakTheInternet in the best way possible
https://twitter.com/metmuseum/status/532941155970076674 Kim Kardashian may be getting all the attention — but the Met knows what a real statuesque booty looks like. Joining in on a Twitter frenzy ignited by the...
A-Rod can cause same first-base problem that Ichiro did
PHOENIX — Somewhere at the intersection of Alex Rodriguez and Ichiro Suzuki in The Bronx, you can find the Yankees’ need for a Mark Teixeira insurance policy in 2015. The...
‘Small’-minded education chancellor ready to wield ax
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña is thinking about consolidating small struggling schools — reversing a Bloomberg-era policy that created smaller schools out of large failing ones. “There’s such a thing as...
NYPD not asked about bill requiring permission to search
Advocates of a bill that would force cops to get written permission before searching suspects conceded Thursday they still haven’t discussed the proposal with the NYPD. Opponents blasted the failure...
Avery Fisher Hall getting new name to lure new donor
What’s in a name? Perhaps $100 million if it’s on a prominent Lincoln Center building. Avery Fisher Hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, will someday be renamed for a...
Passenger gets $1,200 bill for in-flight Wi-Fi
A passenger on Singapore Airlines was left gob smacked after receiving a $1171.46 bill for using the plane’s in-flight Wi-Fi. Reported on Trend Hunter, Jeremy Gutsche was on a Singapore Airlines...
Won't someone at ESPN stop Jon Gruden and Mike Tirico?
It’s among television’s most befuddling bafflements: Regardless of how much time, money and technology are invested in sports, not one network stands out for presenting sports the best, or even better....
Fisher OK with J.R. taking shot
Derek Fisher said the Knicks “cleaned” up any lingering confusion over the end of Wednesday night’s 97-95 loss to the Magic that closed out with Carmelo Anthony a spectator and...
Prized recruit Briscoe snubs St. John's for Kentucky
Now what? Isaiah Briscoe, the prized five-star New Jersey point guard St. John’s coach Steve Lavin doggedly recruited for three years, the player the Red Storm wanted to build its...
Pettitte to A-Rod: It's time to come completely clean
Andy Pettitte has some advice for his old teammate Alex Rodriguez: Come clean. If he does that, Pettitte said he believes Rodriguez can get back in the fans’ good graces...
Worker injured in scaffold mishap awarded $7.5M
A Manhattan jury handed a Polish immigrant a $7.5 million award over injuries he suffered when he was tossed from a see-sawing scaffold -- similar to the one that left...
Warner Music strikes deal with Chinese Internet giant
Warner Music is going big in China. The US record label struck a first-of-its-kind distribution deal with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to manage and promote its records in the potentially...
NY City Council comes full cycle
New York’s City Council has been churning out bills meant to tie cops’ hands, even at the risk of more lawlessness. But on Thursday, it took up legislation that could...
Lies, damned lies...Obamacare
For all the attention Jonathan Gruber is getting for admitting the architects of ObamaCare were banking on “the stupidity of the American voter” and a deliberate “lack of transparency” to...
Asleep at City Hall
The mayor snoozes . . . New York loses — and not only because it makes him miss important ceremonies. Relatives of the 265 people killed in the 2001 crash of Flight 587...
The day in photos
The world's tallest and shortest men meet, President Barack Obama visits Myanmar, a polar bear celebrates its first birthday and more.
Iran's nukes: Too desperate for a deal
The levels of diplomatic activity, fear and even desperation regarding Iran’s steadily advancing nuclear-weapons program are rising rapidly in the White House. The same is true for Israel and America’s...
Democrats are painting the country red
If you’re a political junkie, you’ve probably seen the US map showing the congressional districts won by Republicans in red and those won by Democrats in blue. It looks almost...
This year's glitch --- how ObamaCare will screw you now
Saturday starts round two of ObamaCare open enrollment — and we may be one mouse click away from a repeat of last year’s healthcare.gov debacle. The administration claims that the...
Selling out NYC kids --- mayor's non-fix for schools
Late last week, just hours ahead of a state-mandated deadline, Mayor de Blasio submitted his proposal for dealing with struggling public schools. In a stunning rebuke to the students and...
Trio of thieves arrested after beating and robbing two men
Three marauding thieves who savagely beat and robbed two men in a peaceful stretch of Riverside Park last week have been arrested, law enforcement sources said. The brutes were picked...
One small step for Hondo
Hondo muddled his way to another 7-6 record mark (2-1 in Best Bets) in Week 10 that enabled him to gain a game on Mark Cannizzaro, who has such a...
Fugitive 'cop killer' Eric Frein charged with terrorism
BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. — Authorities have added terrorism charges against a man accused of ambushing a Pennsylvania State Police barracks and killing a trooper. They say he told them he...
Charges dropped against school intern accused of molesting kids
The Danish pre-school intern accused of molesting more than a dozen tots in his charge at the posh International Preschool wept when Manhattan prosecutors Thursday dropped the charges against him....
Lawmakers pass bills stemming from bridge closure
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey lawmakers passed a pair of measures Thursday stemming from the politically motivated lane closures near the George Washington Bridge last year. The Assembly approved legislation...
Giants' bad run will continue, Browns a lock at home
Giants-Niners has some similar characteristics to last week’s Jets-Steelers game. The Jets entered with an eight-game losing streak and seemed woefully ill-equipped to stop Ben Roethlisberger, who had rolled up...
Brian Cashman's toughest decision: Tinker or overhaul?
PHOENIX — Cue the "CSI" theme music, because we have to figure out who exactly the Yankees are. How do you build unless you know what you are building upon? Are...
Browns can pound Mallett and Texans
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Cardinals will still be Stanton tall
Including the 1997-2013 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 501-424 (54 percent) against the spread. Pittsburgh (+2) over NORTH CAROLINA: Blessed with a battering ram as...
O/U Rico -- Week 11
Rico’s hovering around .500, going 5-8 (1-2 Best Bets) last week on the over/unders. The season record is 71-76 (13-17). The selections for Week 11 are: Over: Niners/Giants; Bears/Vikings; Packers/Eagles;...
Mississippi St. has had no luck vs. Alabama, but their coach has
The nation’s top-ranked team needs a confidence boost. Since arriving at Mississippi State, Dan Mullen’s teams have had about as much success against Alabama as most SEC teams: essentially none....
Ex-CEO indicted over mine blast that killed 29
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The former CEO who oversaw the West Virginia mine that exploded in 2010, killing 29 people, was indicted Thursday on federal charges related to a mine safety...
Ocwen abandons Wells Fargo mortgage bid
Ocwen Financial ended its bid to take over Wells Fargo’s mortgage servicing rights, a deal that amounted to roughly $39 billion in home loans. The deal collapsed after months of...
Jets can start debating: Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota
Staring at a 2-8 record with a coach and general manager who could be fired and a season going nowhere, Jets fans have begun dreaming about next April’s NFL Draft....
$1B divorce settlement not enough: Oil tycoon's ex
For Sue Ann Hamm, $1 billion is just not enough. The oil billionaire’s ex-wife scored the 10-figure sum in a massive divorce settlement Monday — but now she’s heading back...
Jay Williams : Kentucky can go undefeated
Former Duke star and ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams talks undefeated Kentucky and the outlook for St. John’s and Seton Hall with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Is Kentucky...
Perry Fewell guarantees Giants win with his last-ranked 'D'
Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell took the stand, err, podium Thursday afternoon, trying to explain the team’s inexplicably embarrassing performance against Seattle in Sunday’s loss. Still upset after watching the...
USC cornerback: Why I jumped and why I lied
Josh Shaw, the USC player who repeatedly lied about an injury that made him a hero and later embarrassed his school, spoke out for the first time since the charade...
Model and her two pet dogs found dead
A mystery is unfolding in the Czech Republic, where a model and her two pet dogs were found dead inside her apartment. Local authorities are trying to piece together how...
St. John's center regains eligibility by tracking down SATs
St. John’s freshman center Adonis De La Rosa is eligible after all – for the time being. The former Christ the King star from The Bronx, who was declared by...
Collins sticks his neck out with bold 2015 Mets playoff talk
After four seasons mired in a 70-something-win rut, the Mets are finally ready to take the next step. At least that’s what Terry Collins thinks. “2015 is gonna be the year,”...
Welcome to Myanmar’s empty capital city, President Obama
Myanmar, also known as Burma, is one of the hottest countries to visit in 2015 — and underscoring that is President Obama’s upcoming visit to the South East Asian country....
Man on death row for brutal home invasion refuses to eat
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut inmate awaiting execution for his role in the killings of a woman and her two daughters says he is refusing to eat prison food that...
5-year-old aces Microsoft's professionals exam
Move over, Bill Gates! Five-year-old Ayan Qureshi has become the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional after passing a tough exam a month shy of his sixth birthday. The brainy British...
Gutsy New Yorkers thwart would-be arsonist
A group of gutsy Brooklynites thwarted a murderous would-be arsonist just before he tried to burn down their building — literally grabbing the Bic lighter and red gas can out...
Oh, it's on: Woman who may detonate NBA cranks up rhetoric
She wants to eliminate the NBA salary cap and transfer power in the league from the owners to the players. Get to know Michele Roberts, the new NBA players' union...
Killer sentenced to 20 years after victim's son speaks out
The son of a man gunned down in a Brooklyn diner while defending his police-officer girlfriend spoke out against the murderer in court Thursday as the cop wept in the...
NYC Council Speaker wants to legalize marijauana
Far out. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito came out in support of legalization of marijuana on Thursday, making her the highest city official to do so. Just days after the announcement...
ISIS and al Qaeda are joining forces
ISTANBUL — Two Syrian opposition figures say the Islamic State group and al Qaeda's branch met last week and agreed to stop fighting each other and work together against their...
This legless gymnast learned her Olympic idol was long-lost sister
Jennifer Bricker was born without legs, and wants to be a dancer. That only sounds far-fetched if you don’t know her story. The 27-year-old is a champion gymnast, an acrobat,...
Dozens indicted in bust of violent NYC gang
Members of a violent Brooklyn gang involved in the tragic shooting that paralyzed an innocent 11-year-old girl were busted on drug and murder charges for crimes that ranged up and...
NYC might get its first snow (and it's just November)
https://twitter.com/NYCSanitation/status/532934471134502912 Snow no! It's not even two weeks into November but the city's Sanitation Department has issued a "snow alert" for 8 p.m. Thursday. “Salt spreaders are loaded and ready...
5 reality stars cashing in on the fragrance game
When MTV’s reality smash “Jersey Shore” premiered in 2009, the genuine consensus was, “How long is this trash going to last?” Six seasons and two spinoffs later, the “Jersey Shore”...
The comet probe is on the wrong side of a cliff
After celebrating a triumphant voyage to a distant comet, scientists now face a cliffhanger. Philae, which landed Wednesday on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is perched in the shadow of a cliff –...
No, serious acting is not new for Channing Tatum
In the buzzy new film “Foxcatcher,” in theaters Friday, Channing Tatum plays a boxer with dreams of getting out of his brother’s shadow, which leads him to become the object...
Permanent cat café to open in NYC
Feline fans will be purring in delight, because New York City is getting its first permanent cat café! The Meow Parlour, run by owners of the popular Macaron Parlour, is...
US may send troops to fight with Iraqis against ISIS
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military leader told Congress Thursday that the United States would consider dispatching a modest number of American forces to fight with Iraqi troops as they...
Yankees, Mets are factors in another Stephen Drew saga
PHOENIX – Stephen Drew appears a fallback position not only for the Yankees, but the Mets, too. Both New York teams are looking into the shortstop market trying to improve...
The cerebral giant who could be next great Yankees slugger
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In pursuit of a fly ball Tuesday afternoon, Aaron Judge slammed into the right-field wall here at Scottsdale Stadium. The Scottsdale Scorpions’ trainer quickly jogged out to Judge,...
Arkansas governor to pardon his own son's weed conviction
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday he plans to pardon his son's felony marijuana conviction, arguing he deserves the same second chance as hundreds of...
Men wrongly convicted of murder to get $9M after settlement
The city and state have been forced to whip out the wrongful prosecution checkbooks once again, agreeing on Thursday to pay two Manhattan men a total of $9 million over...
Cy Young cute-off: Corey Kluber's daughter vs. Kershaw's bros
The announcement of the Cy Young award winners Wednesday night brought one no-brainer, one big surprise and a whole lot of smiling affiliates. Little-known Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians...
10 ways to avoid getting passenger-shamed
There are two places where you consistently have to remind people to play nice with others, stop screaming and keep their hands to themselves. One is preschool. The other is...
Anna Kendrick brings the laughs in Kate Spade’s holiday campaign
Twitter’s funniest gal Anna Kendrick battles with a Manhattan locksmith in Kate Spade’s new holiday ad, while models are being forced to choose sides in the Chanel versus Victoria’s Secret...
How HS football team on 57-game losing streak made the playoffs
DALLAS — Houston Scarborough coach Ajani Sanders understands there are people who don't think his 0-10 team with a 57-game losing streak should be in the Texas high school football...
Amazon settles bitter e-book feud with Hachette
Amazon and Hachette have buried the hatchet. The online retailer and publisher ended their long-running feud over e-book pricing on Thursday by announcing a new multi-year agreement that will take...
Woman critically injured after she drove the wrong way on FDR: cops
A New Jersey woman is clinging to life after she drove the wrong-way on the FDR early Thursday, injuring four others, cops said. The three-car accident on the highway happened...
Curt Schilling has bloody sock evidence, none of evolution
Curt Schilling spent Wednesday night on Twitter, in a pitcher's duel with followers about the science of evolution. Schilling logged hours upon hours sending out links to creationist websites and...
Man killed hitman he hired to kill his family: prosecutors
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man accused in the slayings of his parents and sister who then told a tale of "turning the tables" on the killer actually was in...
School principal who made slasher movies resigns
GRANBY, Conn. — A Connecticut middle school principal has resigned amid questions about his role in making violent movies featuring scantily clad women. Officials announced Mark Foley's resignation as Granby...
ISIS leader threatens 'volcanoes of jihad' in new recording
The leader of ISIS urged his extremist supporters to "erupt volcanoes of jihad" in an audio message posted to jihadist websites Thursday. "O soldiers of the Islamic State, continue to...
Fiancée of Texas Ebola victim lands book deal
The fiancée of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas, has landed a deal to publish a memoir. "I am writing this book to tell...
Nick Markakis close to return to Orioles on four-year deal
PHOENIX – The Orioles and Nick Markakis were closing in on a four-year contract that would keep the right fielder with the only team for which he has played. Significant...
Taylor Swift's Knicks fandom started at the Met Ball
"Shake It Off" singer traces her fandom back to her friendship with Amar'e Stoudamire and his wife.
Obama considering order to legalize 4M illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON — President Obama could issue an executive order as early as next week that would legalize the status of more than 4 million immigrants who came to the United...
Alderson mocks Boras: 'Where he gets his bulls--t'
PHOENIX -- The longstanding hissing match between Sandy Alderson and Scott Boras took another comedic turn Thursday, when the Mets general manager called out the agent on his supermarket analogies...
Woman's trip of a lifetime turns into East Timor prison nightmare
When Stacey Addison left Portland, Ore., in September for a solo journey around the world, she was anticipating adventure. What she got was a nightmare with no end in sight....
Sheriff pays $500 bitcoin ransom to access own files
DICKSON, Tenn. — The Dickson County Sheriff's Office in Middle Tennessee ended up paying a ransom after a malicious computer program blocked access to their files. Detective Jeff McCliss told...
Disfigured man is growing his new face on his chest
A Chinese man, who was severely disfigured when he was electrocuted, hopes the growing “head” bulging from his chest will eventually become his new face. Yan Jianbin sustained serious facial...
The world's tallest and shortest men meet
The long and short of this meeting was to mark Guinness World Records Day. The world’s tallest and shortest men – shook hands for the first time Thursday. Sultan Kösen,...
Pregnant schoolgirl mannequins shock Venezuelan shoppers
A display showing mannequins of pregnant schoolgirls at a Caracas mall is shocking shoppers and stirring debate over sex education in Venezuela. Two local charities have dressed up three mannequins...
Cowboys' Brent devotes career to teammate he killed
IRVING, Texas — Josh Brent is playing football again for one reason: Jerry Brown. "Honestly, to make sure that Jerry's name doesn't die in vain," Brent said Wednesday when asked...
Mom, daughter give birth on same day in same hospital
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A southwest Florida woman and her daughter both gave birth at the same hospital on the same day. Heather Penticoff and her daughter Destinee Martin each...
Nets rewind: Undone by Deron Williams, Jarrett Jack turnovers
PHOENIX – Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 112-104 loss to the Suns on Wednesday night: 1. The Nets knew going into this game that if they were going...
Woman spends $35,000 trying to find lost dog
WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia woman has spent more than $35,000 in the past year trying to find her beloved missing dog. Thirty-nine-year-old Janet Mihalyfi has hired psychics and...
Armed thieves rob Queens travel agency
Two brazen thieves are wanted for robbing a Queens travel agency, the second heist they've pulled in less than a week—wearing the same clothes, cops said. The robbers, one armed...
Two Ducks players diagnosed with mumps
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks veterans Corey Perry and Francois Beauchemin have been diagnosed with mumps. Ducks medical director Craig Milhouse announced their conditions on Wednesday night. Beauchemin has been...
Ocwen-tied firm ends costly insurance under pressure
Billionaire Bill Erbey is starting to bend. Bowing to months of regulatory pressure, Altisource Portfolio Solutions — part of a web of Erbey-controlled companies with ties to mortgage servicer Ocwen...
A dozen members of Hasidic communities busted for welfare fraud
A dozen members of a Brooklyn-based Satmar family and other associates within a tight-knit Hasidic community were charged Thursday with exaggerating their wealth to rip off lenders for more than...
Armored car CEO shot at with AK-47 in test run
Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC) is a supplier of bulletproof vehicles based out of San Antonio, TX. In its latest video, the company’s CEO Trent Kimball brings product testing to a...
Two Warhols fetch $153 million at Christie's record-setting auction
Christie's held the biggest art auction in history on Wednesday, selling $853 million worth of contemporary and post-war art, led by a pair of Andy Warhol works featuring multiple images...
Wrong-way driver injures 5 in FDR crash
A wrong-way driver crashed into two cars on the FDR early Thursday, critically injuring two people and wounding three others, authorities said. The three car accident on the highway happened...
Thieves assault and rob 83-year-old NYC woman
Two heartless thieves assaulted and robbed an elderly woman for her purse inside of a Bronx building, cops said. The suspect followed the defenseless 83-year-old into the Longfellow Avenue apartment...
Warner inks major distribution pact with China's Tencent
Warner Music is going big in China. The US record label has struck a first-of-its-kind distribution deal with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to manage and promote its music in the...
The most expensive Starbucks drinks ever
Starbucks has a pretty loyal following, but some people have taken their obsession with the coffee chain to a whole new level. The practice of ordering gargantuan Starbucks coffee drinks...
Red Bulls still irate over red card that damages playoff hopes
A straight red card to Roy Miller forcing his suspension for the entire Eastern Conference finals has the Red Bulls left back confused and his coach Mike Petke irritated. They...
Underwear bandit at large in small Alaskan town
KODIAK, Alaska -- An underwear bandit is actively stealing women's undergarments in Kodiak, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers say there's been a rash of burglaries reported lately. People have returned to...
The most insane bus tour in the world
Watch these tourists completely freak out as they navigate what has to be one of the world’s most dangerous roads. Hugging a cliff face in the Himalayan mountains, this insane...
India doctor arrested in deaths of 13 women
NEW DELHI — The doctor who conducted sterilization procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn't do anything wrong — even though he said he...
US: Get used to cheap gas
NEW YORK -- Those low gas prices on station signs aren't going away soon, the government says. In a dramatic shift from previous forecasts, the Energy Department predicted Wednesday that...
Ike Davis faces murky future as odd man out in Pittsburgh
PHOENIX – Ike Davis is going to be looking for a job soon. Pirates general manager Neal Huntington did not definitively say Davis would not receive a contract before Dec....
A tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris
A tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris, French authorities said. Police and firefighters armed with tranquilizer guns and a helicopter overhead were on the hunt for the big...
Historic space probe sends first images from comet
The first image taken from the rocky surface of a comet was released Thursday after Rosetta’s 4 billion-mile journey culminated with Philae’s historic landing a day earlier. The European Space...
Crash kin blast tardy de Blasio: He didn't even apologize
Miriam Estrella, a 21-year-old psychology student at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, lost five loved ones — her aunt and uncle, two cousins and her uncle’s father — in...
WTC window washer's frantic farewell call to his wife
A terrified window washer left dangling on a broken scaffold 68 stories above Ground Zero on Wednesday called his wife on his cellphone and begged her, “Take care of my...
FIFA clears Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup
GENEVA — Russia and Qatar were cleared Thursday by a FIFA judge of corruption in their winning bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert...
Joe Torre: Skippers no longer can use stall tactics for MLB replays
PHOENIX — Rest in peace, Awkward Manager Ambling From The Dugout to the Field So a Team Can Decide Whether To Challenge a Call. You won’t be missed. Phase Two...
‘Pop, pop, pop, in the face': How Navy SEAL killed Osama
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Notre Dame lands Iona Prep hoops star Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan grew up watching the ACC, following the likes of North Carolina and Duke. The Iona Prep sharpshooter will face the conference’s blue bloods next year while playing for...
How Citi Field is beginning to look more like Shea Stadium
PHOENIX — The late Shea Stadium is returning to life. In one sense at least, the Mets will be back in their former home next season. General manager Sandy Alderson...
Subway slapper: She attacked me like a man, and my jacket rocks
First, he was cleared by the DA — and now he wants to be cleared by the fashion police. The man who was attacked on an F train by women...
Tough for Knicks to preach patience with so little progress
The Knicks keep preaching patience, but you can tell their patience is starting to wear as thin as tissue paper. The body language is starting to stick on frustration, especially...
De Blasio maintains chokeholds should not be made illegal
The use of chokeholds by police to restrain suspects should not be made illegal, even though they are “not an appropriate tool,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. The statement...
Nets' Brook Lopez held scoreless in a second half to forget
PHOENIX — Brook Lopez played in the fourth quarter, but the results weren’t what he wanted. After being left on the bench for the final 12 minutes of Sunday’s win...
Brian Cashman: 'Absolutely' on same page with Joe Girardi
PHOENIX — Different spins in different time zones Tuesday about a charged topic — Alex Rodriguez, naturally — led some to conclude Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi are at odds...
Drugs & weapons found in resident’s room at Jewish youth center
Police uncovered a myriad of psychedelic drugs and weapons — including an assault rifle — in the room of a resident at a Jewish youth center in Brooklyn Tuesday, authorities...
'We're still in this': 1-15 Jets recall Rich Kotite's laughable pep talks
At face value for the Jets — their current one-game winning streak notwithstanding — there does not appear to be anything left to play for once they return from their...
Phil Jackson, Derek Fisher differ on triangle learning curve
Knicks coach Derek Fisher distanced himself from Phil Jackson’s comments earlier this week in which the team president said he will know by December which players will master the triangle...
Travel + Leisure getting a facelift
New Travel + Leisure editor Nathan Lump is shaking up the staff, bringing in a new design team to redesign the title next year. He raided Women’s Health for the...
Carmelo Anthony: 'Of course I wanted' to take the final shot
The question answered itself. Did Carmelo Anthony want the ball at the end of the game? Anthony gave a look that suggested the religious affiliations of popes, hygiene habits of...
Sanitation worker crushed to death at golf course
A private sanitation worker was crushed by a falling garbage dumpster in what was described as a freak accident outside a Staten Island golf course Wednesday night, cops said. The...
ObamaCare architect catches heat for calling voters 'stupid'
WASHINGTON — A top architect of ObamaCare is under heavy fire after saying the “stupidity” of the American public was critical to the law’s passage — along with deliberate subterfuges....
Why Alabama will win -- and cover -- against Mississippi St.
Mississippi State has turned millions of opinions, slowly climbing from an unranked afterthought into the No. 1 team in the nation (for the first time ever), while showcasing a Heisman...
After Wilson tore them up, Giants now must deal with Kaepernick
About the only good news for the Giants’ last-place defense is it got a jump-start on preparing for San Francisco’s zone-read offense by facing Seattle’s similar attack last Sunday. The...
Lawmaker proposes warning label on sugary drinks to fight obesity
A Brooklyn lawmaker is proposing a state law requiring sugary soft drinks to carry labels warning that consumption contributes to “obesity, diabetes and tooth decay’’ — much like packs of...
Dominicans now outnumber Puerto Ricans in NYC
New York’s Latino landscape has changed, with Dominicans outnumbering Puerto Ricans in the city, according to a new study. A decline in Puerto Ricans plus a rise in people from...
Accused harasser claimed his dentist was a hired assassin
A kooky inventor harassed and stalked his Manhattan dentist for two years, claiming she tried to poison him with fluoride in a death plot hatched by Johnson & Johnson, prosecutors...
Super Bowl 'pimp mom' blasted by DA, faces felony charge
Manhattan prosecutors Wednesday blasted a Florida mom on trial for pimping out her 15-year-old daughter to an undercover john during the Super Bowl last January. Yolanda Ostoloza, 39, faces felony...
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Brooklyn Police are looking for a woman they say used a stolen bank card to buy food from a McDonald’s in Brownsville. The suspect was caught on camera inside the...
FDNY warns of attack similar to 2008 Mumbai
The FDNY is gearing up for a terrorist strike in which fire would be used as a weapon to engulf the city, fearing a repeat of the 2008 attacks in...
Valeant shares rise after Ackman's last-minute stake
Would-be merger mogul Bill Ackman’s just-revealed $1.5 billion stake in animal-drug manufacturer Zoetis could be giving Valeant a last-minute boost in its troubled bid for botox-maker Allergan, Wall Street sources...
Twitter's big-time promises jolt shares 7.5%, embolden investors
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto used his Street cred to send the stock up 7.5 percent Wednesday by vowing to investors that Twitter will eventually be as large as Google, Amazon...
JCPenney, Macy's better bag bigger Xmas
JCPenney is having a hard time undoing the damage done by Ron Johnson. The struggling department store surprised Wall Street with a quarterly sales drop on Wednesday, sending its shares...
De Blasio fires back at former GE chairman
Jack Welch’s rebuke of Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña isn’t sitting well with Mayor de Blasio, who fired back Wednesday that the former GE chairman should “stick to light bulbs” and...
Metro North workers suspended after safety mishap
Three Metro-North workers were suspended because of a close call on the New Haven line last week after a miscommunication between rail controllers and a track supervisor, the Post has...
Cheap gas will goose spending by 6%, analyst sees $52B in savings
Falling gas prices could light a fire under holiday spending. US motorists are set to save $52 billion as pump prices tumble to an average of $2.92 a gallon —...
'Dream’ in works as Katzenberg talks sale with Hasbro
DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg is cooking up a couple of blockbusters — and if all goes well, he’ll play a starring role in each. The movie mogul is in talks...