September 30, 2013

Garnett in Brooklyn 'to win a ring'

If there were any doubts about what drives Kevin Garnett as he prepares to begin his 19th NBA season, they were erased with his first answer of his Media Day...

Mets owners look to refinance $250M loans

One of the more important negotiations for the Mets this off-season will be their move to refinance roughly $250 million in bank debt, The Post has learned. It’s too bad...

Price's complete game propels Tampa Bay into October

ARLINGTON, Texas — Nelson Cruz came back from his Biogenesis suspension just in time to try to get the Rangers into the playoffs, but his return wasn’t enough to beat...

Buffett feasts on Goldman Sachs' famine

It pays to be the banker’s banker — at least for Warren Buffett, who will net roughly $4 billion from Goldman Sachs for his efforts. That’s how billionaire Buffett may...

Mall suit vs. teams can proceed

HACKENSACK, NJ — A lawsuit that claims New Jersey's two pro football teams are deliberately trying to block a megamall development across the highway from where they play their home...

NBCUniversal chief presses for higher payments

NBC’s first-week ratings are giving NBCUniversal boss Steve Burke some much-needed ammo when it comes to closing the network’s profitability gap with rivals. Burke, who for years has complained to...

City creating free WiFi hubs

Coming soon to some neighborhoods: more free Internet. The city has created a unique public-private partnership that will bring free WiFi to nearly a dozen business and residential districts, Mayor...

Penn kids ready to break out

Last fall, photographer Lucas Passmore drove out to Point Dume, a semi-private beach in Malibu, to do a test shoot with new model Dylan Penn. Dylan pulled into the parking...

Cousin of ex-Patriot Hernandez pleads not guilty

FALL RIVER, Mass. — A cousin of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Monday to a conspiracy charge for her alleged actions following the killing...

Wall Street bigs back 2nd de Blasio fundraiser

Wall Street heavyweights are emptying their pockets for Democrat mayorial candidate Bill de Blasio. In the second event in a week, a breakfast for de Blasio on Wednesday at The...

Nielsen acquires Arbitron in $1.26B deal

TV ratings giant Nielsen on Monday completed its $1.26 billion acquisition of Arbitron in a deal that skeptics believe stifles competition. The Federal Trade Commission only a few months ago...

The ObamaCare fight is just beginning

Democrats are affronted that Republicans have made ObamaCare a focus of this fall’s fiscal fights. They should get used to it. Even if Democrats deflect efforts to defund or delay the...

Second thoughts on ObamaCare

Remember all the assurances about ObamaCare when it passed? Since then, we’ve learned that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right: We had to pass it to find out what was...

Shutting DC down

Today the ObamaCare health exchanges go up. Meanwhile, the federal government appears to be shutting down. Once again, Washington’s got it completely backward. We’ve long been skeptical of the defunding...

Joe Lhota’s tax-cut plan to spur jobs

Bill de Blasio may talk about New York’s poor, but Joe Lhota is out with an economic plan that would help them. For folks looking for a ladder up, it’s...

Silver’s excessive billing for transportation

Shelly Silver should open a travel agency. Because when it comes to his personal transportation, he’s figured out how to get the most buck for the bang. Problem is, it’s...

Agent sells $7.6M house — and later loots it: cops

A real-estate agent sold an Upper West Side town house to the owner of an art gallery — then allegedly looted the home of more than $500,000 in high-end goods when...

Andrew Cuomo’s casino charade

A proposition intended to overturn New York’s constitutional ban on casino-style gambling will be on the November ballot — described by Gov. Cuomo as a linchpin component in his economic-development...

Broker ��invested’ 600K in tattoos, guns, bikes

Instead of beemers and yachts, this allegedly duplicitous Wall Streeter spent investors’ money on tattoos, firearms and motorcycles. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority yesterday took action against George Carris, head...

Popes of the soul, the head & the heart

By common reckoning, there have been 266 popes in the 2,000-year history of the church. We’ve had some giants, and some lemons. Come to think of it, the first one,...

Callahan may return to Rangers next week

Carl Hagelin won’t be eligible to make his season debut until the Rangers’ 11th game on Oct. 29 at Nassau Coliseum, against the Islanders, after being placed on long term...

Shutdown could be economy's death sentence

It is different this time. But it won’t be better. If lawmakers on Capitol Hill feel they can risk shutting down the federal government because the economy is in better...

Kuroda not sure if he'll be back with Yankees

Of the many questions hanging over the Yankees’ offseason, three reside in the starting rotation. With Andy Pettitte having retired again and Phil Hughes heading to free agency, CC Sabathia...

Gowanus recovery to set sail

The Superfund cleanup of one of the nation's most polluted waterways — New York City's Gowanus Canal — will begin in about three years with dredging of the sewage and...

Giants' Jenkins knee still ailing

Cullen Jenkins did not get out of the Giants latest loss unscathed, as he walked about the locker room on Monday sporting a large boot on his right foot. The...

‘Gambinos killed man for casino cash’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two men with connections to a New York-based organized crime family carefully and coldly planned the 2001 slaying of a prominent South Florida businessman to guarantee...

Government shutdown threat sends oil prices tumbling

The price of oil fell Monday as a partial shutdown of the U.S. government loomed over the markets. Benchmark oil for November delivery dropped 54 cents to $102.33 a barrel...

Mets should take Indians approach for 2014

The Mets want to be the Red Sox. They want to use the model Boston deployed so successfully last offseason, eschewing the top of the free-agent and trade markets and,...

Dita Von Teese sues over Sandy gigs

Hurricane Sandy did a number on Dita Von Teese’s burlesque gigs — and now, she wants her insurance carrier to pay. The glamour-girl stripper has filed suit in Los Angeles...

Amar'e not sure he'll play in Knicks opener

Amar’e Stoudemire wouldn’t guarantee he’ll play in the season opener Oct. 30 against the Bucks or participate in any preseason games, giving a remarkably vague timetable Monday. The Knicks shut...

Vet, 88, finally gets HS diploma

LORAIN, Ohio — A World War II veteran received his Ohio high school diploma this month more than seven decades after he joined the Navy to avoid graduating because he...

Death of 'Breaking Bad' gives a 1972 song new life

A 41-year-old single by the British band Badfinger is rocketing up the charts thanks to “Breaking Bad,” which played the song, “Baby Blue,” as the series ended. Chemistry teacher-turned-meth king...

Judge testifies against court stalker who posed as intern

A Brooklyn judge found herself on the other side of the bench Monday, taking the witness stand against a creepy stalker who was so obsessed with the court system he...

'We Are Men' has some growing up to do

"We Are Men" evidently fancies itself some sort of modern twist on 1967’s “The Graduate,” but why, oh, why, if you’re the people behind this television series would you pay...

Manfred promotion spurs talk of Selig successor

Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseball's chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. The sport's No. 2 post had...

Family time may be Girardi's most tempting offer

A day after the end of an unacceptable season, the Yankees decompressed Monday, but that didn’t stop the speculation surrounding Joe Girardi’s future. Everything seems to be in play for...

Justin Timberlake says little on '20/20' sequel

Albums of the week JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE “The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2” ★★½ Justin Timberlake is devising ever more opulent ways of saying not much. This sequel to his March...

Sicko gets 35 years for woman's rape

The aspiring actress who was repeatedly raped by a vicious sex fiend in Hudson River Park last year said the gruesome memories were still too fresh to face her attacker...

Alderson: Mets set to spend this offseason

Now the Mets begin the challenge of getting creative with their dollars. According to Sandy Alderson’s math, the Mets have about $40 million coming off the books this offseason, but...

A 1-2-3 plea to Kim Kardashian

Some fashion advice for Kim Kardashian.

NY's Super season could be worst since 1996

Well, you have to give the NFL this much: It wants a neutral Super Bowl. It wants the two best teams in the sport to have to use foreign locker...

Government shuts down

WASHINGTON — The long-feared government shutdown arrived at midnight Tuesday after a day of brinkmanship by Republicans who made repeated efforts to undo the new national health plan in a...

Wall Street takes hit ahead of shutdown

U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday with just hours to go before a midnight deadline to avert a federal government shutdown, but major indexes ended September with solid monthly gains....

Winners & losers from Jets' defeat: Rough day for Marty, Geno

The Jets had an ugly 38-13 loss Sunday in Nashville to the Titans to fall to 2-2. Here are the Jets winners and losers from the game: WINNERS DEMARIO DAVIS...

Coughlin challenges critical Cruz to fight -- in jest

It has come to this around the winless Giants: The venerable head coach is challenging his star receiver to a fight. Well, maybe it hasn’t exactly turned that ugly and...

Rolle: Giants can go 12-0 from now on

If all this losing can get to Antrel Rolle, it can get to anyone, which is why one of the Giants captains got up in front of his team and...

Arrest in deadly stabbing

The NYPD nabbed a 64-year-old man in Brooklyn who was wanted for stabbing a younger man to death after he said the victim harassed him for being old, according to...

Francona's Indians recipe: 'We stayed away from chicken & beer'

CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona joked that his team clinched a wild-card berth because "we stayed away from chicken and beer." Francona was typically jovial on Monday, a day...

Jets' Sanchez still not planning shoulder surgery

Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez traveled to Gulf Breeze, Fla. on Monday to have his injured right shoulder re-examined by Dr. James Andrews, according to two sources. Sanchez will continue to...

Eagles tried to derail Peyton by yelling 'Papa John's'

It might have been the most creative thing the Eagles did on defense all day. Members of the unit yelled “Papa John’s” at Peyton Manning when he tried to bark...

Ban on toy lighters shaped like guns

ALBANY — Those novelty lighters that look like guns, cars, toys, and cartoon animals are being snuffed out in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law...

Most tickets for small fry, cops urged to focus on serious crashes

The NYPD nails drivers more frequently for minor violations like tinted windows and broken headlights than they do for more serious offenses such as speeding and failure to yield, transportation...

Senate rejects House demands as shutdown looms

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate has rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill. On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate voted 54-46 on Monday...

Blatche boast: Nets are 'best team' in NBA

Forget about LeBron James and the Heat, Derrick Rose and the Bulls, Kevin Durant and the Thunder. Andray Blatche says the Nets are the team to beat this season. “I...

More than 10M watched 'Breaking Bad' finale

The series finale of "Breaking Bad" scored a whopping 10.3 million viewers on AMC -- by far the biggest audience in the show's storied history. Th show averaged a 6.5...

Mets' closing kick earned Collins a new 2-year deal

In the end, Terry Collins didn’t need a playoff appearance or even a winning season to keep his job as Mets manager — just a strong finish to 2013. On...

Netanyahu to Obama: Keep tough sanctions on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Obama he should increase pressure on Iran if Tehran tries to stall for time by negotiating with the West while continuing its drive...

J.R. feels he let Knicks down with pot bust

J.R. Smith, in his first remarks since being hit with a five-game suspension for failing his third marijuana test, said he feels bad for letting a lot of people down...

What to watch for in Rays-Rangers play-in

The Rangers and Rays each went 8-2 over their last 10 games to get to Monday night’s Game No. 163 in Arlington, Texas. First pitch is scheduled for 8:07 p.m....

De Blasio fesses up to past arrests

Bill de Blasio admitted Monday that he has been arrested twice for protesting Washington's policies towards Central America. The Democratic mayoral candidate disclosed the arrests in response to a question...

De Blasio opens up about father's suicide

Mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio’s estranged father, a World War II hero whose life careened out of control because of alcohol, took his own life after being diagnosed with terminal...

Broncos-Jaguars likely biggest Vegas line ever

We are less than two weeks away from a mismatch that could produce the largest point spread in modern-day NFL history. That’s what two prominent Las Vegas insiders are saying...

Adding a dimension to 'The Wizard of Oz'

It took more than thousand digital wizards laboring for more than a year to accomplish the critically-acclaimed 3-D conversion of "The Wizard of Oz'' (1939), says Ned Price, vice president...

Jets' Hill has concussion; Holmes also hurting

The Jets are facing the possibility of losing their top two wide receivers for this week. Coach Rex Ryan confirmed Stephen Hill suffered a concussion Sunday in the 38-13 loss...

Wilkerson, Coples could be fined for hit that injured Locker

Jets defensive linemen Muhammad Wilkerson and Quinton Coples could be slapped with fines after their hit of Titans quarterback Jake Locker on Sunday that knocked him out of the game....

Man sues Hammerstein Ballroom after patron landed on him in 2-story fall

It was a simple twist of fate. A last-minute ticket offered by a pal to a concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown left a Brooklyn man with traumatic brain...

Mystery parachuters land near Goldman Sachs

Two mystery men, clad in all black and wearing dark helmets, parachuted into lower Manhattan before dawn Monday, landing right in front of one of the world’s largest investment banks...

UConn cans Pasqualoni after 0-4 start

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut football coach Paul Pasqualoni was fired Monday, with his team 0-4 and coming off a 41-12 loss at Buffalo. Athletic director Warde Manuel announced the dismissal...

Americans want Oprah as face of giving

When it comes to charitable giving, Americans want Oprah Winfrey to do the asking. The “you get a car” chatterbox topped Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett and Angelina Jolie...

Rex: 'Not a thought' to bench Geno 'right now'

On the day after the Titans dismantled his Jets, coach Rex Ryan provided an obvious diagnosis of what went wrong in the 38-13 beatdown. “We’ve got to quit turning the...

Body in Hudson is LI office shooter

The disgruntled worker who disappeared after shooting two people, one fatally, at a Long Island office last week was found dead in the Hudson River early Monday, authorities said. Sang...

Nets finalize camp roster with Jaric signing

The Nets finalized their training camp roster Monday by singing Marko Jaric. Jaric hasn't played on an NBA team since 2009, when he appeared in 53 games for the Grizzlies....

Giants rewind: Desperate Eli, hurting JPP and other negatives

The marching orders Tom Coughlin barks out always consist of some version of his “Finish!’’ mantra, but for much of this season, his Giants haven’t ever really started. They certainly...

Al Qaeda spy gets 18 years for NYSE bomb plot

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers accountant who cased the New York Stock Exchange for an al Qaeda bomb plot was slapped with 18 years behind bars Monday. Number-crunching terrorist spy Sabirhan Hasanoff,...

Cubs fire Sveum, creating opening for Girardi

The Yankees have competition for Joe Girardi. The Cubs, seen as the biggest potential challenger for Girardi’s services, created a managerial opening Monday when they fired Dale Sveum. The Cubs...

Buy a piece of 'Breaking Bad'

'Breaking Bad' may be over, but fans can still get a lifetime fix of Walt and Jesse through reruns – and by bidding on iconic props, costumes and other gear...

What 14-team NFL playoffs would mean

The NFL is “urgently discussing” a revised schedule, according to an ESPN report, that features a shorter preseason and more inclusive postseason. An expanded 14-team playoff format, which could be...

Joey Buttafuoco attorney busted for 'choking woman'

Attorney Dominic Barbara, who once represented some of Long Island's most notorious clients, has been arrested again. Newsday reports that Nassau County police arrested Barbara on Sunday night after he...

Collinsworth ignores Hernandez while praising reformed Pats

The Patriots would like to forget Aaron Hernandez ever played for them. Cris Collinsworth apparently already has. The NBC analyst praised Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib, who has several run-ins with...

Hillary Clinton biopic nixed

WASHINGTON – The director of a controversial Hollywood-style biopic about Hillary Clinton has cancelled the project – citing pressure from protective Clinton aides and Republicans. The prospect of a full-length...

Chemist who poisoned husband gets life

Every “Breaking Bad’’ fan can relate to this one. A bespectacled New Jersey chemist landed life in prison Monday for using “the perfect poison’’ to slowly murder her estranged hubby....

Mills says he has faith in Knicks roster, Woodson

Steve Mills believes the Knicks roster former general manager Glen Grunwald built is good enough to win a title this season. But apparently it was not enough for Grunwald to...

Party drug Molly taking a deadly toll

Artist and therapy student Anna and her friends marked a birthday in New York recently with a familiar ritual: They pumped up the electronic music, danced, and celebrated with a...

The 11 most Ron Swanson-sounding lines in Nick Offerman's new book

Nick Offerman swears that he is not the same person as his bacon-loving, moustachioed alpha-male character, Ron Swanson, on the comedy "Parks & Recreation." In his new memoir, "Paddle Your...

Airlines promise a return to civility, for a fee

Airlines are introducing a new bevy of fees, but this time passengers might actually like them. Unlike the first generation of charges which dinged fliers for once-free services like checking...

Bosch testifies in A-Rod case; hearing will likely drag

Alex Rodriguez’s fight for his baseball life kicked off in fittingly dramatic fashion Monday, as the beleaguered Yankees slugger faced off against his primary accuser. Anthony Bosch, the owner of...

Move over, Mark: Geno has own version of buttfumble

There’s always a butt with the Jets. It lacked the outright comedy of Mark Sanchez’s buttfumble, but Geno Smith came up with an entertaining 2013 episode of "Embarrassing QB Turnovers"...

Peyton's Broncos, Wilson's Hawks lead race to MetLife

We are at the quarter pole of the NFL season, so let's examine the horse race to Super Bowl XLVIII: Peyton Manning is Secretariat, and the only thing that might...

39 missing as new images of Kenya siege released

NAIROBI, Kenya — More than three dozen people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the four-day terrorist attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall that killed at least...

‘Mermaid’ swims with tuna

These beautiful photographs show retired Japanese Olympic synchronized swimmer Saho Harada posing balletically inside a shoal of tuna. The spectacular underwater shots were taken by Maltese photographer Kurt Arrigo, 44.

Wave of car bombings kill 51 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — A wave of car bombs struck mainly in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Monday morning, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens more, officials said, the latest...

Bikers terrorize family in high-speed chase

A gang of bikers terrorized a dad driving with his wife and baby daughter on the West Side Highway — chasing after their SUV and then dragging the man out...

NBA Finals expected to switch to 2-2-1-1-1 format

The NBA's Competition Committee has voted unanimously to change the NBA Finals schedule from its long-standing 2-3-2 format to 2-2-1-1-1. The owners now have to approve the switch, but are expected...

Knox absent as 2nd appeals trial opens

FLORENCE, Italy — The Florence appellate court hearing U.S. student Amanda Knox's third trial in her roommate's murder agreed Monday to run additional DNA tests on the presumed weapon, but...

NASA to launch 3-D printer into space

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA is preparing to launch a 3-D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that greatly reduces the need for astronauts to load up...

Rouhani orders study of possible Iran-US flights

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president is asking aviation authorities to study the possibility of resuming direct flights between Iran and the United States for the first time in more than...

Chris Hemsworth buys $4.66M Malibu mansion

Chris Hemsworth must be doing alright...the Aussie star and his actress wife Elsa Pataky have just splashed out more than $4.66 million on a Malibu beach house (of course, beach...

Hemsworth's new Malibu pad

"Thor" star Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky have just bought this $4.66M Malibu, California mansion from "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan.

Al Qaeda gunmen take over military base in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen -- Security officials say suspected al Qaeda gunmen have overrun a key military base in Yemen's largest province. A colonel who works at the base in Hadramawt province...

Popes John Paul II, John XXIII to be saints

Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be declared saints on April 27 at a ceremony that might see two living popes honoring two dead ones. The Vatican on...

Adele cast as Dusty Springfield in biopic

Rumor has it that Adele may have landed her first lead movie role. The 25-year-old has allegedly signed on to play British soul singer Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic....

Art show closed after patrons suffer 'seizures'

PITTSBURGH — Authorities have temporarily shut down a room-sized art installation in Pittsburgh after three visitors reported seizure-like symptoms. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says the work titled "Zee" by Austrian artist Kurt...

New drug 'cures skin cancer'

Skin cancer suffers could be cured of the disease with new breakthrough drugs, experts claimed, as they hailed the "beginning of a new era." Seriously ill patients are said to...

Go to Greg: Are headhunters a good idea?

My oldest daughter’s job search has yielded little results. I am willing to pay for the services of a career coach or headhunter to help her. Do you think that...

Executive, son believed killed in fiery Calif. jet crash

SANTA MONICA, Calif.  — A construction company official says it's believed the firm's CEO and his son were killed in the fiery crash of a jet that slammed into a hangar...

$50M trophy apartments

The base price for a high-end apartment in New York City has doubled to $50 million over the past year.

100 most requested kids’ books

Eat your heart out, Eloise. The New York Public Library’s new list of the century’s 100 best kids’ books includes classics such as “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,...

Will you sign up for ObamaCare?

MAYBE Artist Bob Smith, 44, of Bushwick, said he’s been uninsured since 2002 and is considering buying ObamaCare — to make his parents happy. “My parents are very concerned about...

Tragic pleas to reinstate stop-and-frisk

The surge in shootings since a federal judge ruled against stop-and-frisk is more than a statistic to those affected by the gunfire. Jorge Alvarez, 44, was shot in both legs...

Tax crackdown yields city $72M

The city is rolling in dough, thanks in part to a recent crackdown on tax cheats. The Department of Finance has saved $72.8 million over the past two years by...

Israel captures Iranian spy

Israeli security officials on Sunday announced that they’ve nabbed an Iranian spy posing as a Belgian businessman to set up an espionage network inside the Jewish state. Iran-born Ali Mansouri,...

Experts fear ObamaCare rate 'spiral'

New Yorkers will pay less than they used to for individual health insurance under ObamaCare — but they better not get used to it, because steep increases are on the...

Obesity up 25 percent in NYC

Reduce the obesity rate in New York City? Fat chance! More New Yorkers than ever are living large, despite Nanny Bloomberg’s war on sugary drinks and fast foods, statistics obtained...

De Blasio fuzzy on Sandy fund use

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio told residents of the Sandy-ravaged Rockaways Sunday that he’d use the billions of dollars in federal funds meant for rebuilding homes and businesses to...

Legless war vet's brave 9/11 tribute

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Matt Lammers lost both legs and an arm in Iraq — but still insisted on paying tribute to fallen 9/11 firefighter Stephen Siller in the Tunnel...

$50M for NYC's top trophy apartments

The base price for the city’s top trophy apartments has doubled to an unprecedented $50 million over the past year, thanks to an influx of foreign house-hunting billionaires. At least...

Michelle Obama pitches in for Girl Scouts

With an assist from Michelle Obama, the Girl Scouts of the USA is launching an unorthodox recruitment campaign this week aimed at reversing a long-running decline in participation by girls...

Landlord wins eviction battle against cheating tenant

A Nolita landlord who took the drastic step of hiring a private eye to catch a tenant illegally subletting her apartment has finally won his eviction battle against her. Tenant...

Surviving 2013: What Ichabod Crane needs to know

First of all, you need to know: you're not crazy. This is now a thing, evidently: While we're on the subject, twerking, selfies, and cars are also now a thing....

'Cloudy' sequel tops weekend box office

LOS ANGELES — "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" slurped up the box office. The animated Sony sequel featuring the voices of Bill Hader and Anna Faris opened in...

Human Rights Commission's nominee is the 'best' — at being absent

When he nominated her to head the state Human Rights Commission last week, Gov. Cuomo called her one of the “best and brightest minds’’ in New York — but there...

Letitia James coverage might violate election law

Public-advocate Letitia James is getting a little divine intervention from a Brooklyn church — but the effort might be a sin. The Christian Times devoted its front page to the...

Feds shell out $200M to push ObamaCare

WASHINGTON — The president has made himself ObamaCare’s top salesman — but the feds are also paying well over $200 million to get other people to proselytize for the program....

23 splurge worthy bags

You’ve got it in the bag with these stylish luxe accessories

Red Bulls rally for tie against Sounders without stars

The Red Bulls' four-game winning streak came to an end Sunday in Seattle. But rallying for a come-from-behind 1-1 tie against a Sounders tram that's their toughest competition for the...

Hearing for Orthodox Jewish shops' 'modesty' rules

The city’s battle against Orthodox Jewish retail shops that require “modesty’’ of their customers should go to trial, an administrative judge has ruled. Both sides have been fighting for months...

Giants still only two games out of first place

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — What’s all the fuss? The Giants after four games are only two games out of first place in the NFC East. It is strange but true....

Spectacular finish to 'Breaking Bad'

“Breaking Bad,” one of the best TV shows of the past 20 years, finished its epic run Sunday night with a stunning finale that left no stone unturned. Yes, we...