December 26, 2014
North Korea compares Obama to a monkey
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a monkey, and blamed the U.S. on Saturday for shutting down its Internet amid the hacking row over the...
Odell Beckham Jr. channels 'Footloose'; will keep dancing
Odell Beckham Jr. has a simple solution for avoiding a flag next time he reaches the end zone. “Just don’t get a penalty,” he said with a smile Friday after...
Even the Jets' website is blasting John Idzik
If John Idzik didn’t think he was on thin ice by now, a video featured prominently on the Jets’ official website Friday sent the message loud and clear. The stunning...
Electric car co. Tesla adds edition that goes 400 miles on charge
Tesla’s upcoming third-edition Roadster sports cars will go about 50 percent further — thanks to improved batteries and other upgrades, the company said on Friday. The upgrades — which also...
St John's vs. Seton Hall and the other local games to watch
Games of the Week Columbia at St. Francis Brooklyn (Tuesday, 7 p.m.) The Lions have alternated wins and losses in their past six games, making their most lasting marks in...
Rutgers runs over North Carolina for Quick Lane Bowl victory
DETROIT — Josh Hicks and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights capped their first season in the Big Ten with a dominating effort in the inaugural Quick Lane Bowl. The freshman running...
BC vs. Penn State: How 2 coaches resurrected 2 premier schools
Much has been made of the rebuilding work needed at Penn State, first by Bill O’Brien and now by James Franklin in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse...
From Super Bowl to this: Any regrets, Eric Decker?
You can excuse Eric Decker if he wakes up Monday morning and has no idea what to do with himself next week. All Decker has known at this time of year...
19-year-old’s startup photo service making headlines
When a gunman opened fire last month at Florida State University, injuring three people, smart-phone photos taken by students from inside the school’s library showed up within minutes on Web...
Kuroda spurns Yankees to return to Japan
The Yankees appear to have lost another starting pitcher. According to Japanese reports, and confirmed by CBSSports.com, Hiroki Kuroda is heading back to Japan to pitch next season. Several sources within...
Skip the clubs and have a ritzy New Year's Eve party at home
Shelling out thousands on bottles of Cristal in a club so loud you can’t even hear a pal wish you happy New Year is a good way to start 2015...
Jenna Coleman's Clara returning to 'Doctor Who'
The Doctor’s companion is staying put. “Doctor Who” star Jenna Coleman confirmed that she will return as Clara Oswald in the sci-fi show next season. There had been speculation that...
Meet the women of TV's first all-female sports talk show
When CBS Sports Network taped the inaugural episode of “We Need To Talk” in late September, the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal was raging in the NFL — and at...
Jeff Bezos takes $8B personal finance hit
Jeff Bezos had more fun this year being Amazon’s CEO than he did being Amazon’s biggest shareholder. The Seattle-based billionaire saw his personal wealth tumble in 2014 by $8 billion,...
Time Warner Cable chief unloads $43.7M in stock
Time Warner Cable CEO Rob Marcus filled his own holiday stockings with gifts this year. The executive sold roughly 304 million TWC shares in 2014 worth about $43.7 million, according...
Rex appears resigned to fact Jets' ax will drop
Rex Ryan was feeling nostalgic Friday, and it didn’t seem like a coincidence. Despite smiling and making the occasional joke, Ryan sure sounded like a man headed for the coaching...
How low can the Knicks go? 60 losses? 70?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Phil Jackson’s last memoir was entitled “Eleven Rings." If the Zen Master writes a book about his first full season as Knicks president, it may have to...
'Possible abduction' on Long Island turns out to be prank
Police on Long Island say an incident witnesses believed to be the abduction of a woman while jogging was actually a prank among friends. Detective Lieutenant Edward Reilly of the...
Longing for those girls' dolls of old
I recently got an American Girl catalog in the mail. Somehow, corporate Big Brother had figured out that I have a toddler-aged girl and was priming the pump. I smiled...
Partners in protest: The anti-Israel, cop-bash link
One of the great under-told stories of the anti-police turmoil after the Michael Brown and Eric Garner grand-jury decisions is the instigating role played by anti-Israel activists. What, you ask,...
'Sky is the limit' for loaded Giants offense in Year 2 of McAdoo
It would be understandable, considering how well the offense has looked in recent weeks, for Giants fans to be looking ahead to next year already. Imagine what it will look...
The day in photos
A polar bear celebrates his birthday, Asia marks the 10-year anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami and more.
Woman dies after crack pipe removed from her vagina
A woman, 31, has died a week after she was taken to hospital to have a glass pipe and a bottle of crack cocaine removed from her vagina. April Rollison,...
Fantasy football's best and worst in 2014
For most of you, the fantasy football season is over. So a few of you, what are you doing in leagues that play in Week 17? Full disclosure: The Madman...
Baby shunned by other gorillas will switch zoos
CINCINNATI — A baby gorilla raised by human keepers wearing hairy vests is ready to be placed with other gorillas and will move to the Columbus Zoo, the Cincinnati Zoo...
Boxer of the year for 2014 -- and fights to dream about for 2015
I’ll check the box next to Sergey Kovalev when I fill out my ballot for the Boxing Writers Association of America Sugar Ray Robinson award for Fighter of the Year....
Falcons RB Devonta Freeman ready for fantasy closeup
If you’re still playing fantasy football in Week 17, you’re either in one of those yearly leagues that go against popular trends, or you enjoy the daily/weekly format of gaming....
Could Devils replace Pete DeBoer with a familiar foe?
Maybe this time general manager Lou Lamoriello will ask his new coach to walk behind the Devils’ bench at the Garden with a paper bag over his head before Saturday’s...
Who needs Deron and Brook? Nets backups beat Celtics
BOSTON — As Gerald Wallace’s picture-perfect full court baseball pass landed right in Jared Sullinger’s hands with 1.5 seconds left and the Nets clinging to a two-point lead over the...
Three no-name QBs in most outrageous NFL playoff scenario ever
Week 17 typically brings its share of unheralded quarterbacks getting what-the-heck auditions from teams playing out the string. Rarely, though, have we seen such a collection of scrubs under center...
Untrained volunteer drivers part of Obama's motorcade
A driver’s license, clean criminal record and a White House contact can land you smack-dab in the middle of President Obama’s motorcade – as an unpaid, untrained driver at the...
Mom 'had sex' with teen she met at daughter's high school
POTTSTOWN, Pa. — Police say a suburban Philadelphia mom had sex with a 17-year-old boy she met while volunteering with her daughter's cheerleading squad at a high school football game....
Kendrick, Swift have a blue Christmas, while RiRi channels Smurfette
’Tis the season to be stylishly festive! While some celebs have holiday dressing down pat, others deserve lumps of coal in their stockings. The Hits: Anna Kendrick The fashion train...
Prank celebrates 'Christmas Vacation' character
https://twitter.com/Miller_Andrew21/status/548182787678011392/photo/1 Exit 135 — Celebrating the hap-hap-happiest Christmas in New Jersey! Holiday drivers traveling on the Garden State Parkway Thursday were treated to a unexpected gift in the form of...
Knicks rewind: Phil Jackson oversold Dalembert's defense
On the day after Christmas, all was quiet on Phil Jackson’s Twitter feed. There wasn’t another New Year’s resolution, a promise from Santa or a defense of the Tyson Chandler...
73-year-old grandfather goes missing in Brooklyn
A Crown Heights granddad has been missing since last week and his family is worried sick. The neighborhood's Shmira patrol released a missing poster for Moshe Kanofsky, 73, who also...
Obama says US less racially divided
WASHINGTON – President Obama says the United States is less racially divided despite the tensions raging from deadly police shootings and emotional protests. Compared to six years ago when he...
Devils fire coach Peter DeBoer
The Devils have fired coach Peter DeBoer. Friday's move comes with the Devils (12-17-7) languishing in a tie for 13th place in the Eastern Conference. General manager Lou Lamoriello declined...
Astrophysicist angers Christians with Christmas tweet
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sparked an Internet supernova on Christmas Day when he took to Twitter to troll Christians. “On this day long ago, a child was born who, by...
Thousands of cops gather for executed officer's wake
They flocked to a simple, brick church in Queens by the thousands. Police officers from as far away as Ohio, Georgia and Maine waited hours on a six-block-long line to...
Knicks' Acy gets away with 1-game ban for Wall brawl
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — NBA disciplinarian Rod Thorn must be in the holiday spirit. The NBA went light on Knicks forward Quincy Acy, who received just a one-game suspension on Friday...
The 10 most appalling sports controversies of 2014
Sure, there were good moments in sports to hold onto this year: the basketball symphonies conducted by the Spurs, the underdog barks of the Royals and Rangers and UConn Huskies,...
Delevingne, Jenner show off their moves in new holiday video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3o7L13ckjs Runway rock stars Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner show off their sweet skills for the camera. Elsewhere, President Obama is sporting glitzy headgear, and Emily Blunt wants to work...
4 bodies pulled from burned home where kids visited grandma
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Four bodies were pulled Friday from the burned-out remains of a home where three children were staying with their grandmother for Christmas, a fire marshal's...
PlayStation, Xbox online service still out after 'cyber terrorist' attack
Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox internet service is still feeling the effects of a calculated attack by “cyber terrorists” — who claimed to have brought down the online gaming networks...
Over 10M new Prime members buoy Amazon shares
Amazon.com shares were up 1.3 percent in early Friday trading after the giant e-tailer announced more than 10 million new Prime members signed up for the service over the holiday...
'The Interview' snags $1M at box office in limited release
Sony’s decision to release “The Interview” paid off. The goofy comedy made $1 million in theaters on Christmas day — and its online-streaming sales were just as impressive. “It will...
Survivors, families, diplomats remember 2004 tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Crying onlookers took part in beachside memorials and religious services across Asia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left...
Dad keeps Christmas tree up 40 years until sons come home
WAUSAU, Wis. — Neil Olson put up a Christmas tree when two of his sons went off to war in 1974, vowing not to take it down until all six...
5 things we learned from NBA's Christmas showcase
Thursday's mega-slate of NBA featuring eight star-studded playoff-bound squads and the real-time immolation of the Knicks and Lakers marked something unofficial on the league calendar. Football season is ending, the MLB...
Opposition to de Blasio reaches new heights
Their anger has reached new heights. A coalition of NYPD cops hired an aerial-advertising company to send a pointed message to Mayor de Blasio high over the Hudson River. “De...
Transit officers help mom deliver Christmas baby on Philly train
PHILADELPHIA — A pair of Philadelphia transit police officers rushed onto a downtown subway train on Christmas and helped make a special delivery: a baby boy. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority...
Runner wants a woman who will work up a sweat to win him over
Daniel, 34, works backstage on Broadway, but he’s ready for a love scene with that special someone On the Run: Daniel says his ideal date wouldn’t start in the evening,...
Man shot six months ago dies on Christmas day
A Harlem man died Christmas day six months after being shot in a June pot deal gone bad. Jorge Briu, 32, had been at Einstein Hospital in The Bronx ever...
Taylor Swift’s top 15 Instagrams of 2014
One look at Taylor Swift’s Instagram and it’s obvious she’s had a killer 2014: spending time with famous friends, climbing the charts with “1989” and really getting into her Polaroid...
Rapist wished victim a merry Christmas before attack: cops
http://youtu.be/J4TeDy0Ee2U The violent thug who savagely raped a woman moments after he wished her a Merry Christmas turned himself in early Friday morning, police said. The alleged rapist identified by...
Love triangle turns deadly in shootout
A love triangle turned deadly in Queens on Christmas day, leaving a 20-year-old man fatally shot on a busy Richmond Hill street corner, police said. James A. Bryant, 20, of...
Takeoff delayed after man brings fireworks on plane
A packed, Atlanta-bound jet taxiing for take off at La Guardia Airport Thursday evening had to turn back to the gate after officials learned a passenger had illegal fireworks in...
Three-card monte scam artists return to midtown
Is this Christmas 2014 — or 1974? A stark reminder of New York City’s bad old days appeared on the streets of Manhattan Thursday , as three-card monte dealers turned...
ISIS warned not to harm captured Jordanian coalition pilot
Jordan warned ISIS Thursday not to harm the coalition pilot captured by the terror thugs, while the pilot’s family pleaded for “hospitality” from his captors. The Jordanian parliament said there...
Slain cop's families face Christmas without them
The shattered relatives of two slain NYPD cops huddled inside their modest homes yesterday to face a Christmas holiday suddenly stripped of joy. Despite his pain, the younger son of...
De Blasio must decide by New Year’s Eve whether to appoint 'anti-cop' judge
Mayor de Blasio has just six days to decide whether to keep a Brooklyn judge who let two men charged with anti-cop crimes walk free without bail — as outrage...
Officers’ murders an echo of the past for my ex-cop grandfather
It was just after midnight in the summer of 1962 when my grandfather, Miguel Velez, was beaten and shot by a group of gang members in the East Village —...
City releases cop-killer's body
The body of double cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley was released from the New York Medical Examiner’s Office Thursday. Brinsley fatally shot himself in the head last Saturday after ambushing NYPD...
Mariota-Winston matchup may swing on this overlooked factor
The Marcus Mariota-Jameis Winston comparisons are unavoidable. The most recent Heisman Trophy winners will go head-to-head in the Rose Bowl on Thursday in the first of two games in college...
Judge tried to weasel out of DWI after boozy Christmas party: DA
A boozed-up judge driving home from a Christmas party slammed his Jaguar XJL into a car in Midtown, fled the scene — then tried to use his position to weasel...
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Brooklyn A man robbed a drugstore at gunpoint, police said. He entered Sheepshead Bay Pharmacy on Nostrand Avenue at about 6 p.m. Monday, flashed a gun and got $200 from...
Scandal-plagued Noerdlinger surfaces for Sharpton lunch
Rachel Noerdlinger on Thursday made her first public appearance since getting dumped by City Hall — standing beside the Rev. Al Sharpton as he publicly disagreed with Mayor de Blasio....
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The Bronx A suspect shot a man in the butt outside the victim’s University Heights residence, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim was standing outside a Sedgwick Avenue apartment building at...