September 26, 2013
Filipino hit men carry out killer ‘Job’
There are few filmmakers who could lift the idea of a sequence from “The Godfather” — hit men targeting a hospital patient — and make it exciting. Filipino director Erik...
Tale of whoaaa! Carriage wreck in Midtown
A hansom-cab horse went out of control and crashed into parked cars near Central Park Thursday — flipping over the carriage and and getting trapped beneath it. The horse, named...
Selig steered baseball to peace and prosperity
Bud Selig was a man of a certain age. He emailed, but only through an associate. He didn’t tweet or belong to Facebook. It is ironic, therefore, that the Internet...
Review: “Shepard and Dark”
A disarming but low-impact documentary that amounts to an odd dual biopic, “Shepard & Dark” can feel a bit like intruding on a conversation between two old friends. Playwright-actor Sam...
Girardi could leave Yankees and go 'home' to Chicago
Everything in the Yankees’ world is up in the air, including the future of manager Joe Girardi. Girardi is a free agent on Monday. He is not the type who...
Mariano gets sendoff befitting the best ever
The first stirrings arrived at 9:18 p.m., the observant sectors of the crowd of 48,675 noticing a tall figure in the distant bullpen loosening his arms, the same ritual Mariano...
Spectacular spookiness in 2010 horror remake
Red-blooded religious fervor gets literal in this effectively chilling little horror tale — a remake of a 2010 Mexican movie — which sees a backwoods family struggling to keep its...
Expo unveils all the hot new toys
Toymakers are on a roll. Big-name companies unveiled dozens of hot new toys in Chelsea on Thursday, including an electric-powered scooter kids want to get their hands on — fast!...
BK’s ‘Satisfries’ pleasing to taste ‘spuds’
Fast-food french fries — all of them — are a face-feeding menace of the fat-American diet, a wasteland of processed, (barely) edible matter which millions mistake for cheap. So I...
‘True Evel’ takes look at Knievel
’70s pop-culture icon Evel Knievel will be the subject of a documentary airing next month on Discovery, according to Deadline.com. “True Evel” will tell the story of Knievel, the motorcycle...
Curtains for NYC Opera
New York City Opera could be sounding its final note this weekend — at least for a while.The company says it likely will fail in its goal to raise $7...
Psychic admits ‘tricking victim into $14K rock with healing powers’
She might not have been able to see the future, but she saw the writing on the wall. A thieving Upper East Side psychic who duped a victim into paying...
Experts warn pols: Leave tweets to staff!
Top media consultants have one word for politicians like Cory Booker who want to personally use Twitter and Facebook to get their message out: Don’t! “A Twitter account should be...
Booker has bevy of babes @beck & 'call'
Cory Booker has an impressive flock of sexy babes he chats with online — and even asks some of them for their private phone numbers. One of Booker’s pretty Twitter...
‘Muscle’ lifts music world
For five decades, the town of Muscle Shoals, Ala., has been world-famous for two recording studios that have produced a staggering amount of music. Greg “Freddy” Camalier’s documentary spirals out...
Cory Booker: My stripper chat was all tweet nothings
She’s the most famous stripper in America right now — but Cory Booker says no one should have a problem with him having an online relationship with the tattooed 26-year-old...
‘Breaking Bad’ creator cooking up new CBS series
It’s good to be Vince Gilligan these days. The creator of “Breaking Bad” might be the Most Wanted Producer in Hollywood. CBS has just announced that Gilligan will be an...
Albanian thug gets 10 years for pot, cocaine ring
A notorious Albanian thug with ties to former club king Chris Paciello and assorted Italian mobsters was sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug raps by a federal judge...
Emotional Mo bids goodbye to The Bronx
After his final outing at Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera took one more trip to the mound. It came after the Yankees lost to the Rays 4-0 — after he was...
Style counts more than words in ‘Glass Menagerie’
This revival of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” arrives on Broadway from Cambridge, Mass., with the excitement usually reserved for “Breaking Bad” and cronuts: It’s genius! You need it! Well,...
Gee falls an inning short of 200 in Mets' loss
Dillon Gee came so close to a personal “big goal” — 200 innings — but he fell one inning short when he came out for a pinch hitter after six...
Cano seeking 10-year, $310M contract from Yankees
The Yankees offered Robinson Cano just north of $160 million — or barely more than half of what the second baseman is seeking. Thus, the biggest issue of the Yankees’...
How smartphones kill joy
If the best comedy is supposed to reveal uncomfortable truths, then Louis CK deserves the industry’s gold medal. Last week, the off-color comedian told Conan O’Brien about the problems with...
Comedy never takes off in ‘Baggage Claim’
‘THE way a woman keeps her kitchen is the way she keeps her man” is one of the bizarre aphorisms in this insulting, retrograde comedy. (By this logic, I keep...
Questions abound over Cory Booker’s truthfulness
If you thought you knew Cory Booker, you might want to think again. Ever since he challenged Newark boss Sharpe James for the mayorship, Booker’s been a media darling. But...
Viewers still flocking to 'Judge Judy'
You can lump “Judge Judy” in with “NCIS” — even though, on the surface, they have absolutely nothing to do with each other. But like “NCIS” — which continues to...
So what does de Blasio believe now?
What little boy hasn’t dreamt of running off to join the circus? Most get over it, but for those who take the leap the result can be life-altering. Democratic mayoral...
Hertz lowers earnings forecast
Hertz Global Holdings Inc lowered its full-year earnings forecast as cuts in government spending hurt U.S. airport rentals, sending its shares down 15 percent to a six-month low. Government austerity...
Why liberals hate the NYPD
At first it looks like a glaring contradiction: Thanks to innovative police work, New York has become America’s safest big city. Yet it is in this same city that the...
Obama administration killing jobs pointlessly
After announcing his environmental program in 1970, President Richard Nixon confided to an aide: “In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we’re for jobs.” Last Friday’s announcement by EPA...
Controversy surrounds Rockwell cover-art sale
Sotheby’s will finally auction off some of Norman Rockwell’s most iconic paintings from his days as a cover artist for the Saturday Evening Post later this year. While the auction...
De Blasio suddenly scarce on campaign trail
We refer to Bill de Blasio, the candidate formerly known as Warren Wilhelm. With the Democratic mayoral nomination locked up and a 40-point lead in the general election, suddenly de...
Cleaning up New York’s campaign finance laws
In case you missed it, Eric Schneiderman just sided with the billionaires and the vested interests against the Constitution and competitive elections. The attorney general did so by persuading a...
NYSE wooed Twitter listing from the start
In the contest for Twitter’s affections, the Big Board is counting on its long courtship. The New York Stock Exchange began wooing the microblogging service nearly two years ago, when...
Madonna's YouTube attempt no match for cute kittens
Madonna might want to leave moviemaking and social-justice crusading to people with handicams and cute kittens. Her film-noir video titled “secretprojectrevolution” — a confusing 17-minute protest against racism, economic disparity,...
Gilbride confident he can jump-start Giants offense
His offense in shambles, his offensive line in disarray, his quarterback black and blue, Kevin Gilbride understands the mandate: fix it. And fix it now. No pity parties will be...
Feds card Dimon before DOJ meet
Jamie Dimon is the most visible face of Wall Street — but even he gets stopped by security. The JPMorgan bank boss had to flash his driver’s license before he...
Premature celebration leads to long run against Jets
Yet gain, there’s no one better to describe it than Maynard G. Krebs (the G. stood for Walter), who’d shake his hand in wonder then say, “What an age we...
Struggling JCPenney will issue more stock
JCPenney CEO Mike Ullman changed his mind in a hurry. Despite telling investors just a day earlier that he saw no need to shore up the retailer’s liquidity, the struggling...
Jets may have found offensive mind in Mornhinweg
After a string of bad marriages and countless Sundays of head-scratching angst, is it possible Jets fans finally have an offensive coordinator they can embrace? Tony Sparano and his ill-fated...
Makeshift Giants line has tough task in Kansas City
No contest. That appeared to be the way to handicap last Sunday’s matchup featuring the explosive Giants passing attack and the heavily depleted Panthers secondary. Well, it was no contest,...
Extremist group al-Shabab promises more blood
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has now attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people. The...
Jets focus on creating turnovers against Titans
It is hard to find areas to knock on the Jets’ defense. The unit is No. 3 in the NFL in total defense through three games, second in third-down efficiency,...
What made ‘Breaking Bad’ one of TV’s all-time greats
We’re finally here — just days away from Sunday night’s series finale of “Breaking Bad.” Walt, Jesse, Hank, Saul, Gus Fring — and let’s not forget good old Tuco —...
Tortorella has no Rangers regrets
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — John Tortorella was not there to talk about the past as he prepared to go behind the Canucks’ bench for Thursday night’s exhibition game against the...
De Blasio helped pal reduce $9,000 water bill
He was carrying their water. Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio made it a “high priority” to help political pal Dan Cantor of the left-leaning Working Families Party reduce a water...
Newtown cops told to release 911 tapes; state fighting back
MILFORD, Conn. — Police in Newtown, Conn., have been ordered to release 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during last December's massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators...
Hondo's NFL picks Week 4
It has been a season of shocking developments so far in the NFL. Who would have thought after Week 3 the Giants, Redskins, Niners, Steelers and Vikings would be in...
David Wright will help recruit free agents for Mets
David Wright insisted he is “all in” for the Mets and their future. But for one scary moment in the present Thursday night, Wright looked down and out. Wright took...
'I Am Don Draper'
Ten ad executives explain how they are like “Mad Men”’s Don Draper (or Peggy Olson).
Tango and ballet sparkle at Fall for Dance
Kicking off the 10th anniversary of Fall for Dance, two singular stars shone the brightest. Gabriel Misse and Sara Mearns come from different worlds — tango and ballet — but...
Jets coordinator: Wilson will get back at Bills WR
Jets cornerback Kyle Wilson got a message from defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman after he picked up four consecutive penalties on Sunday against the Bills. “The football gods will allow you...
Help coming for Giants if Diehl gets thumbs up
The Giants would feel better about their offensive line heading into Sunday’s game against the Chiefs if veteran David Diehl could be a part of the depleted starting unit. Diehl...
'Vegan strip club' milks Cory Booker attention
Sydney Leathers would need an alias to dance at this joint. The “vegan strip club” in arsty Portland, Oregon that employs Cory Booker’s X-rated Twitter pal, Lynsie Lee, is a...
Solace for Knicks fans: Isiah isn't the new GM
So we now have an answer to the age-old philosophical question: If an invisible GM falls in the forest — or is, essentially, slung to the back of the pasture...
Creep hacked Miss Teen USA for naked shots
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A 19-year-old man was charged Thursday with hacking webcams at the home of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other women to extort nude photos and videos from them,...
Blezow's NFL picks Week 4
THE opening line of Chiefs -3½ over Giants at Arrowhead immediately seemed fishy. After the customary three points for the home team, for Vegas to rate 3-0 KC just an...
Jets will cash in Nashville
Including the 1997-2012 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 480-408 (54 percent) against the spread. SATURDAY Lsu (+3) over GEORGIA: With better offensive skill people than...
Texans are still elite
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O/U Rico
Rico hit a bump in the road last week on the Over/Unders, going 4-12 (1-2 Best Bets). The season record stands at 20-27-1 (4-5). The selections for Week 4 are:...
Tourist who lost leg in cab crash plans NYC return
The courageous British tourist who lost her leg in a horrific Midtown accident was released from Bellevue Hospital today—and said she plans to return again someday to New York. “I...
Pedro Martinez gets TV gig with TBS
It sounds like a nightmare for Yankees fans. For the second time in 19 seasons, their team will not be in the postseason, and not only are the Red Sox...
Ex-Pro Bowler: Giants know how to rally
They can’t be that bad, can they? That’s the question revolving around the Giants after they suffered a 38-0 trouncing at the hands of the Panthers on Sunday that dropped...
MSG analyst: Rangers still contenders
The puck drops on NHL’s regular season on Tuesday with the Rangers starting two days later in Phoenix. MSG analyst Joe Micheletti talks former coach John Tortorella, the Blueshirts and...
Helton's going-away gifts: A horse & a meatball
Too bad Yankees higher-ups didn't get a chance to preview the festivities surrounding Todd Helton’s final game in Colorado with the Rockies. Perhaps they could have used gift-giving tips for...
Rivera's No. 42 best-selling jersey of 2nd half
Mariano Rivera’s major league career has four games remaining, but his jersey likely will be seen at ballparks for the years to come. Rivera's No. 42 was the top-selling jersey...
CSI: Bronx on case of a strangled Yankees season
OK, today, we’re David Caruso happening upon the crime scene -- yes, he’s my favorite over William Peterson, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson or Gary Sinise, because of the shades and...
Barclays Center developer has to pay foes' legal fees
He won the battle to build Barclays Center -- and now he'll pay for it. Developer Bruce Ratner is on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal...
Mom of woman in fatal balcony fall files sues
The mother of a Manhattan woman who plummeted to her death when her 17th-floor balcony railing gave way on a first date last month is suing the building owner for...
Hamptons shine from space
The Hamptons shone last week, but not because of the bling packing the Island. One of three Expedition 37 crew members captured this amazing image from the International Space Station...
Bloomberg threatens to stop giving news conferences
No more questions for you! Mayor Bloomberg threatened to stop holding news conferences on Thursday after reporters kept asking him questions that he didn't want to answer. "Every press conference...
Girardi floats plan for Rivera to play center field
The strange sight of the Yankees missing the playoffs has opened the door for an even stranger sight: Mariano Rivera playing center field. Before Rivera threw his final pitches at...
Quotes for Coughlin to borrow for Giants pep talk
With the Giants in dire, desperate straits, this would be the right time to assist Tom Coughlin as he scrambles to find the perfect motivational quotations to stir the fire...
Child dies after being hit by car in Brooklyn
A 5-year-old girl died after being struck by a car in Brooklyn Thursday. Kiko Shao was hit at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 55 Street in Sunset Park around...
UFC champ Jones to fight Teixeira in Newark
Many thought Jon Jones should have lost his UFC light heavyweight title Saturday night. But challenger Alexander Gustafsson will not be granted a rematch of the controversial unanimous decision --...
A-Rod hasn't asked out of Houston trip: Yankees brass
Alex Rodriguez was held out of Thursday night’s lineup in the Yankees’ 4-0 loss to the Rays in their home finale because of his beaten-up legs, but manager Joe Girardi...
Red Bulls' Robles saving best for last
In the offseason, goalkeeper Luis Robles was a huge question mark for the Red Bulls. Robles spent the early part of the season as an Achilles' heel. Now? He’s heading...
Skateboarder dead in tragic accident
A Queens skateboarder on his way home from school died in a freak accident Thursday when he hitched a ride on the back of truck, police said. Alexander Ciszewski, 18,...
'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' way underdone
Whelk, I hope the makers of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” earned a nice celery, but I’m afraid they made a hash of things. A hash seasoned with oy...
Bill Gates: 'Control-Alt-Delete' was a mistake
During a talk at Harvard, Gates said that there was an option to make a single button for such a command, but the IBM keyboard designer didn’t want to give...
Hillary Clinton to host de Blasio fundraiser
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host a fundraiser next month for Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, his campaign announced Thursday. Details were still being worked out....
Barilla: 'Gays can eat someone else's pasta'
His company still makes fusilli and elbows, but the head of Barilla has made it clear he prefers his pasta straight. Guido Barilla sparked international outrage when he said he’d...
'Annie' remake starts shooting on the streets of New York
They had a “hard knock” film shoot! Stars of a new “Annie” movie, Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis, practiced a scene in which they slam into each other — and...
Former Chargers safety Oliver commits suicide
MARIETTA, Ga. — Former San Diego Chargers and University of Georgia defensive back Paul Oliver committed suicide at his Atlanta-area home, a medical examiner said Wednesday. The 29-year-old Oliver was...
A look at the cast for the 'Annie' remake
A remake of "Annie," starring Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis, has started filming on the streets of New York.
MLB commissioner Selig to retire after 2014 season
MLB commissioner Bud Selig will announce Thursday afternoon that he will retire after the 2014 season, The Post has learned. The 79-year-old Selig officially has been commissioner since 1998, but...
Pitt transfer Moore cleared for Rutgers
Eddie Jordan’s roster is rounding into form, and just in time, with Rutgers' official basketball practices slated to begin Friday. J.J. Moore, a Pittsburgh transfer, received a legislative relief waiver...
Colombo mobster gets 6-month medical leave from prison
A tearjerking mob sob story paid off big for a rickety Colombo soldier in Brooklyn federal court Thursday. Octogenarian racketeer Nicky Rizzo, 86, listed a painful string of ailments at...
Penney suppliers face credit squeeze as fears mount
It’s getting pricier by the day to be a JCPenney supplier. So-called “factoring” companies that finance clothing deliveries to Penney are tightening credit terms, shortening payment windows and tacking on...
'Metallica Through the Never' is just as bad as the band
I just saw "Metallica Through The Never" in IMAX, and now I feel like stealing a car or strangling some kittens. They handed out earplugs at the screening. "Save 'em...
Hipster turns his beard into a ramen bowl
You can’t go anywhere without seeing a man with a beard these days. From red carpets to surfing competitions, bushy beards are shaking off their checkered past and making an...
Batman comic artist left extensive portfolio in a cab
A legendary comic-book artist is on the hunt for more than a hundred valuable sketches he left in a yellow cab — and he has put his talents to work...
Ackman strikes deal with Air Products to replace CEO
There was no board room battle for hedge fund mogul Bill Ackman this time around. Less than two months after Ackman turned up the heat, Air Products — his latest...
Flesh-eating drug Krokodil shows up in US
The US has recorded the first cases of a new drug that eats flesh from the inside and leaves users with reptilian-like skin. The homemade drug is known as Krokodil,...
Yanks aim to play in Panama to honor Mo
The Yankees are considering playing an exhibition game in Panama to honor legendary closer Mariano Rivera in his native country, The Post has learned. Rivera is said to be thrilled...
Anti-Islam filmmaker released from federal custody
The man behind a film that stoked anti-US protests across the Muslim world was due for release from federal custody in California on Thursday after serving time for probation violations...
Snee, Baas, Webster looking iffy for Giants
If the Giants are going to get a cavalry charge of reinforcements, it had better come on Friday, because no help arrived on Thursday for what is unquestionably a hurting...
Six New Yorkers score lottery millions
Six New Yorkers beat the odds and hit million-dollar lottery jackpots, including a Brooklyn man who rarely plays and bought the winning ticket on a whim while visiting his mom...
Jets' Milliner an absent Dee at practice
Jets defensive back Dee Milliner didn’t practice Thursday after injuring his left hamstring during a pass coverage drill on Wednesday. The rookie corner claims he will be healthy enough to...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the master of Internet porn in 'Don Jon'
Short, sweet, raunchy and often screamingly funny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s audacious directorial debut “Don Jon’’ addresses a burning social issue: Can someone addicted to online porn actually forge a meaningful connection...
Devils mourn Brodeur’s late father
It was in sadness Cory Schneider got one more chance to corroborate something he already has proven to be true. The Devils’ presumptive backup goalie started the preseason finale Thursday...
Interpol launch global hunt for 'White Widow'
LONDON — Interpol, acting on a Kenyan request, issued an arrest notice Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive Briton whom news media have dubbed the "white widow." Lewthwaite, 29, is...
Brazil's World Cup stadium to process prisoners
A stadium being built for Brazil's World Cup could become a prisoner processing system - if one local judge gets his way. There are worries the stadium, being built in...
Knicks shocker: Mills replaces Grunwald as GM
In a shocking shake-up to the Knicks front office four days before the start of training camp, Steve Mills is back and Glen Grunwald is out. Mills, the former Garden...
Ticket prices plummeting for Rivera's Bronx finale
Ticket prices for Mariano Rivera’s final game at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night have plummeted even further. The average cost for the Yankees-Rays ticket is now $105.50 with the cheapest...
Tom Hanks tangles with pirates in 'Captain Phillips'
Tom Hanks does his finest work ever in Paul Greengrass’ gripping docu-drama “Captain Phillips’’ -- brilliantly playing Richard Phillips, the abducted veteran skipper of the Maersk Alabama, held hostage for...
Two airline pilots take nap in cockpit
Two pilots in charge of a 325-seat passenger long-haul flight fell asleep in the plane’s cockpit, leaving it on auto-pilot, a report reveals. The pilots admitted their actions shortly after...
Court upholds Charles Taylor's 50 year sentence for Sierra Leone horrors
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — More than a decade after he helped rebels go on a murderous rampage in Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor was definitively convicted and imprisoned Thursday for 50 years,...
Stepan returning just in time for Rangers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Derek Stepan starts off more than two weeks behind his teammates, but more important is the Rangers’ 2012-13 leading scorer will start the season with his...
Incredible photos of America's storm season
Professional storm-chaser Roger Hill and his wife traveled almost 50,000 miles during this year’s storm season, going from Texas and the Canadian Prairie to Montana and Illinois.
SEC's White: Fines aren't enough
Wall Street’s top cop on Thursday called for steeper penalties for corporate wrongdoing and vowed to continue to force the worst troublemakers to confess sins. Mary Jo White, chairman of...
Former Madoff accountant arrested
The feds on Thursday widened their criminal probe of Bernie Madoff, arresting the Ponzi king’s longtime accountant, a member of the arch-schemer’s inner circle, for allegedly cooking the books on...
Bobby V's 9/11 spew torpedoed TBS job: report
Bobby Valentine’s mouth may have cost him another job. The combustible former Mets manager was expected to be part of TBS’ in-studio show during the baseball postseason, but his name...
Olympic torch headed to space
MOSCOW -- A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station early Thursday, bringing the size of the crew at the orbiting outpost to six. The...
Yankees face big dilemma regarding Robinson Cano
The question of the playoffs is gone for the Yankees. The question of the payoff is now the main game in town. What are they going to do about Robinson...
Kenya survivor covered herself in blood to survive
A survivor of the Nairobi mall attacks has described how she smeared herself with a victim's blood to play dead and fool the terrorists. Radio presenter Sneha Kothari Mashru said...
O’Hara: Giants O-line didn't adjust to Panthers beatdown
Shaun O’Hara saw the same thing everyone else did, saw how the Giants offensive line was getting manhandled and abused early and often Sunday in Carolina. Thinking back to his...
Lawmakers to close 'terrorist surveillance gap'
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers who oversee US intelligence agencies are working to expand the government's spying powers to allow it to continue electronically monitoring terror suspects who travel to the US...
Stabbed fan was son of Dodgers security guard
The Los Angeles Dodgers say the 24-year-old man who was fatally stabbed during a postgame confrontation in San Francisco was the son of one of the team's security guards. Spokesman...
Nets question of day: Can Lopez stay healthy?
With training camp just days away, we’re going to ask a question a day about the upcoming Nets season. Will Brook Lopez be able to make it through the season...
Meet Cory Booker's stripper Twitter pal
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark and top Democratic candidate for the Senate in New Jersey, is online pals with a bleached-blond stripper from Portland, Oregon. And dancer Lynsie Lee...
24 things to know before 'Homeland' returns
Here's a refresher before 'Homeland' returns Sunday.
Woman fails driving exam she took for someone else
She flunked Criminality 101. A wannabe whiz who was paid to illegally take commercial driver's license exams for desperate applicants repeatedly failed the test, according to a Brooklyn federal court...
Upstate manhunt in LI office slay
Police launched a massive manhunt along the scenic Hudson River hiking trails of Putnam County on Thursday for the Queens man suspected of fatally shooting one ex-business associate and wounding...
Scientists test mind-controlled bionic leg
A man who lost the lower part of his leg in a motorcycle accident has been fitted with the first thought-controlled bionic leg. Zac Vawter has been testing the device...
A bionic leg controlled by a patient's mind
Zac Vawter, fitted with an experimental "bionic" leg, is training for the world's tallest stair-climbing event where he'll attempt to climb 103 flights to the top of the Willis Tower...
18 dead in attack of the killer hornets
BEIJING — An unusual spate of hornet attacks in central China has killed at least 18 people. Zhou Yuanhong, a health official in the Angkang city area of Shaanxi province,...
Race is irrelevant
The Post’s sclerotic column (“Not the End of NYC’s Ethnic Politics,” PostOpinion, Eric Fettmann, Sept. 22) deplores the return of ethnic politics — surmising foolishly that Bill de Blasio’s African-American...
The Kenya mall attack: terrorism’s many faces
The Issue: The terrorist attack on a mall in Kenya that left scores of innocents dead and even more injured. *** The United States can no longer afford to be...
Harry Winston sues failed ad agency for $1M
Jeweler to the stars Harry Winston is suing defunct luxury ad agency Lipman and its parent, Revolate Holdings, for leaving it nearly $2 million out of pocket.The Lipman agency, based...
Bill Clinton imitates Bono
The joke's on Bono this time. Former President Bill Clinton answered back at the U2 frontman on CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" Wednesday, one day after Bono did a spot-on impression of...
Mont. rapist 'still skating' justice after 30-day prison sentence
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former Montana high school teacher due to be released Thursday after serving a 30-day prison sentence for raping a 14-year-old student is "still skating" justice six years after...
Commuter hell expands beyond Metro-North
Another day, another commuter nightmare. Trains are delayed in New Jersey, Rockland County and Connecticut, because of a fatal accident, signal problems and a power outage, officials said. At least...
Drama Mama
Among the onslaught of fall shows are a few favorites who stand out by trying something more in their season premieres than simply returning:“Hawaii Five-0” (Friday, 9 p.m., CBS)The tropical...
About time ‘The Commish’ got his due
'Gotham” is an idea long overdue for network TV. DC Comics has long mined street-level, everyday Gotham City with success, most notably with the critically acclaimed “Gotham Central” comic book...
James Gordon the star of Fox 'Batman' prequel
Throw another comic-book series on the prime-time fire. Fox has ordered “Gotham,” which will revolve around James Gordon — before he became Commissioner Gordon and started working with Batman to...
'Michael J. Fox Show' provides reliable laughs
‘Sitcom legend Michael J. Fox makes his triumphant return to series television Thursday night on NBC.” That’s in quotation marks, because it’s written exactly how Fox doesn’t want to be...
Rouhani snubbed Obama on grub, too
After telling President Obama there wasn’t enough time to arrange even a handshake, Iran’s president hosted a buffet reception for about 20 people. They dined Tuesday night on basmati and...
De Blasio’s favorite countries have dismal human-rights records
Three leftist countries that drew Bill de Blasio’s interest over the past 25 years rank high for repression on the annual list compiled by Freedom House, a human-rights watchdog group....
De Blasio's bleary, dreary eyes of youth
Far out, man — I might be your mayor soon. City Hall hopeful Bill de Blasio was a much scruffier dude back in his college days, with a hairdo almost...
George H.W. Bush witness at same-sex wedding
KENNEBUNK, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, his spokesman said. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, attended...
It’s a blog, not a ’wich hunt!
I met a guy. I made a sandwich. I started a blog. And I enraged feminists everywhere. On Wednesday, I wrote in The Post about how my boyfriend Eric’s joke...
Deadbeat MTA worker 'collected OT from home'
A deadbeat Metro-North worker caught fudging his overtime and disappearing from work in a bombshell inspector-general investigation was always home with his MTA truck, neighbors told The Post. “His MTA...
Brooklyn's richest and poorest nabes
Two of the 10 richest neighborhoods in New York City are in Brooklyn — up from zero in 2000, according to a new analysis. But as some Brooklyn neighborhoods have...
Rouhani accompanied to UN by Jewish politician
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used Twitter to boast of his hobnobbing with world leaders and the media elite Wednesday — as well as with the only Jew in his country’s...
Iran’s mystery bride
Michelle Obama has her president hubby afraid to even light up a cigarette — yet Iran’s first lady is such a mystery, you’d barely know she existed. Sahebeh Rouhani —...
De Blasio ignored Nicaragua anti-Semitism
Bill de Blasio’s workers’ paradise in Sandinista-controlled Nicaragua was an anti-Semitic hotbed that persecuted Jews, forced them out of the country and stole their hard-earned property, Jewish leaders say. News...
Bloomberg to serve as chairman for London gallery
Mayor Bloomberg will hop The Pond for his first post-City Hall role, serving as chair of the Serpentine Gallery in London. Hizzoner was formerly a trustee on the art gallery’s...
Cory Booker's e-flirt with raunchy stripper
Cory Booker has made an online friend who loves attention as much as he does — a bleached-blond, vegan stripper, with a topless photo on her Twitter page and a...
Brewers, Braves erupt in bench-clearing brawl
ATLANTA— Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez believes he picked the right way to get back at Paul Maholm. Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman thinks Gomez acted way out...
More cuts at Condé Nast Traveler
A second round of cuts hit Condé Nast Traveler on Wednesday as new Editor-in-Chief Pilar Guzman continues to reshape her staff. Guzman is said to have handed walking papers to...
Arrest in fashion student's 2009 murder
A Queens man was ordered held Thursday on murder and several other felony charges after cops said they’d solved the brutal four-year-old slaying of a Fashion Institute of Technology coed....
Hughes' season ends with another stinker
The Yankees’ 8-3 loss to the Rays Wednesday night at the Stadium officially ended their slim playoff hopes, and likely Phil Hughes’ Bomber career as well. For anybody wondering precisely...
Early exit for hurting A-Rod
Alex Rodriguez might have made his final appearance on the field at The Stadium this season — and perhaps even longer because he’s facing a long suspension — after leaving...
Senate gets back to business after Cruz’s talkathon
WASHINGTON — The Senate moved ahead Wednesday with a bill that would both avert a government shutdown next week and defund ObamaCare following a 21-hour “filibuster” by Sen. Ted Cruz...
Playoffs won't be easy for Yankees next year
This was the perfect ending for the imperfect team. The charade officially is over. The $62 million Rays blew the doors off the Yankees on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium,...
DC shooter’s bizarre messages
The madman who gunned down 12 people on Sept. 16 at the Washington Navy Yard wrote bizarre messages about his delusion that his mind was being controlled by mysterious electromagnetic...
Michael J. Fox's family inspires his comeback
Michael J. Fox and his wife, Tracy Pollan, may have redecorated their Upper East Side apartment just two years ago. But they got a second chance at a makeover when...