October 17, 2013
Breakout roles for Sly & Arnold in 'Escape Plan'
In “Escape Plan,” Ray Breslin is the world’s greatest prison-break expert, a guy who wows the wardens by slipping into their prisons unannounced, then proving that their most secure facilities...
Kevin Garnett to LeBron James: Mind your business
Kevin Garnett thinks LeBron James should mind his own business. After James criticized Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry Wednesday for leaving Boston a year after criticizing former teammate Ray...
Iman Shumpert sprains elbow in preseason game
BALTIMORE – Metta World Peace didn’t make the trip with a sprained left ankle and Iman Shumpert wished he hadn’t. Shumpert left the game for good Thursday night with a...
Dwyane Wade thankful for Jason Kidd
Dwyane Wade has had many battles against Jason Kidd throughout their respective careers. But besides playing alongside Kidd on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, Wade said before the Nets’ 86-62...
Devils pour in shots, but can't pull out win -- again
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Devils are the only team in the NHL without a win. The 0-4-3 New Jersey squad was upended by Erik Karlsson and Jason Spezza, who each...
48 Hours snags Rockefeller con man interview
The creepy “Clark Rockefeller” case that riveted New Yorkers gets the Erin Moriarty/“48 Hours” treatment Saturday (10 p.m./Ch. 2) — featuring Moriarty’s exclusive jailhouse interview with slippery, German-born con man...
Gay host: Russia judging gig OK
MSNBC host Thomas Roberts, who is openly gay, will co-host the 2013 Miss Universe Competition from Moscow, Russia — as the country continues to be criticized by the global community...
Three-peat for 'Goldbergs,' 'Trophy Wife'
ABC has ordered three more scripts for each of its two Tuesday comedies “The Goldbergs” and “Trophy Wife.” The orders, though they don’t guarantee an episode pick-up, come after “Goldbergs”...
Minority coalition calls for Herbalife probe
A new group of Hispanic and black leaders is calling for a probe into Herbalife, accusing the controversial seller of nutritional products of recruiting minorities into its “pyramid scheme.” The...
Leading ladies vie for Woody Allen’s ‘Bullets Over Broadway’
Name your favorite diva, and it’s a good bet she’s gone after the plum role of the season: Helen Sinclair, the boozing leading lady of Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway.”...
Legal drama 'The Winslow Boy' goes a-courtin'
Broadway's answer to Masterpiece Theater has just arrived in the form of “The Winslow Boy,” Terence Rattigan’s 1946 drama. The last Rattigan play by the Roundabout, “Man and Boy,” boasted...
The road to Oz magazine
TV talk star Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed the name of his magazine with Hearst — Dr. Oz: The Good Life — at the publishing company’s first-ever magazine “upfront.” And from...
'Two Jacks' folds late
Danny Huston looks and sounds like his celebrated father, John, more and more each year, so I enjoyed watching him play a flamboyant and womanizing legendary director not unlike his...
Joe Lhota’s ad hits nerve -- and de Blasio can't debate premise
You know Joe Lhota’s doing something right when the entire New York establishment is screaming how unfair he is. What’s got them so upset? A new 30-second Lhota ad on...
Philadelphia Inquirer chaos continues
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s bizarre and bitter battle pitting owner against owner over the firing of Editor-in-Chief Bill Marimow has taken another turn. Interstate General Media, which took over the company...
Social media has become watchdog against knuckleheads
Social media is ruining our lives, we are told. Instead of calling, we text; instead of meeting a friend, we share our most mundane moments on Facebook; instead of having...
'American Promise' remains largely unfulfilled
In the mountain range of New York City’s exclusive private schools, if the Dalton School isn’t Mount Everest, it’s pretty darn close. For their sprawling documentary, directors Joe Brewster and...
Put 'Camille Claudel 1915' to bedlam
Camille Claudel was a sculptor whose love affair with Rodin was the subject of a 1988 movie starring Isabelle Adjani. Claudel’s later confinement in an insane asylum is the subject...
Not enamored with 'I’m in Love With a Church Girl'
This overlong drama plays like a threefold infomercial: for Christianity, the cheesy resort chain Sandals and Jeff “Ja Rule” Atkins, the rapper-turned-actor playing drug kingpin Miles Montego. Miles is relentlessly...
Cory Booker elected senator by just 11-percent margin
Cory Booker is going to Washington as New Jersey’s newest senator after winning Wednesday’s special election. But Steve Lonegan made the ride to Capitol Hill much rougher than anyone had...
Michael Strahan lands seven-figure memoirs deal
Michael Strahan, the former New York Giants All-Pro defensive end turned media personality, has committed to write his memoirs for an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Strahan’s literary agent, Eric...
Not quite 'Paradise'
"I wanted to protect my material” is the reason screenwriters give when they turn director. “Juno” author Diablo Cody needs someone to protect her from herself as she takes the...
Federal Reserve needs more criticism regardless of head
The nomination of Janet Yellen to become head of the Federal Reserve System has set off a flurry of media stories. Since she will be the first woman to occupy...
Egyptian military’s pact with Islamists
Sometime next week, Egypt’s military-run government will publish the “first draft” of a new constitution to replace the one worked out by the government of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi....
'Haunter' like an undead 'Groundhog Day'
Teen Lisa Johnson (Abigail Breslin) is trapped in a kind of undead, unfunny “Groundhog Day,” living one particular 24 hours with her family (Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, Peter DaCunha) over...
Hulu names Fox exec as CEO
LOS ANGELES — Online video service Hulu named Fox executive Mike Hopkins as its new CEO Thursday, ending speculation over the company's leadership as it embarks on a period of...
Real Madrid star to Red Bulls 'not likely right now'
The MLS playoffs haven’t even started but the soccer silly season is apparently already in full swing. The latest world star linked with a stateside move in Real Madrid’s Xabi...
Sugar and spite: End the pumpkin madness!
Walk into a local Starbucks this time of year, and you’re encroaching on a space of cult-like worship. “We ♥ PSL,” the main chalkboard reads with cryptic enthusiasm. For the...
Islanders beat bad Oilers squad, ending losing skid
It will take many more of these before the demon is banished, but this is at least a start. That demon, of course, is the Islanders’ penchant for letting wins...
Arrest in Staten Island convent fire
Cops have made an arrest in the alleged arson that forced a nun to jump out a second-floor window at a Staten Island convent last weekend, a law-enforcement source told...
HSBC fined $2.46B in securities fraud case
A unit of British bank HSBC Holdings Plc was hit on Thursday with a record $2.46 billion final judgment in a U.S. securities class action lawsuit against a business formerly...
Tom Coughlin set to go down with the Eli Manning ship
“We’re going to win again with Eli.’’ Proclamations from head coaches do not come more defiant and definitive than those words Giants coach Tom Coughlin delivered Thursday in the wake of...
Gal finds success as a male model
Elliott Sailors was a blond bombshell with the prestigious Ford modeling agency and had curves that graced Bacardi billboards around the world. But when jobs dried up in an industry...
Carefree A-Rod kicks back to watch football after hearing
A good villain goes about his business like nothing’s wrong. A great villain does so by supporting the University of Miami football team. OK, so that’s a dated cheap shot....
Melo wants to stay, but fuels Lakers talk
BALTIMORE — Carmelo Anthony clarified that just because he wants to experience free agency this summer, it does not mean he wants to bolt New York. “I don’t want to...
Wells Fargo cuts 925 more mortgage jobs
Wells Fargo & Co, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, is laying off 925 employees in its home loan unit as rising rates cut into demand for refinancing. The San Francisco...
Giants star: I don't give a Tuck about critics
He used “decent’’ and “OK’’ to describe the way he is playing, and Justin Tuck knows those lukewarm appraisals of his play don’t cut it with so many fans and...
A woman has never looked this hot as a man
When Elliott Sailors couldn't make it in modeling as a women, she started posing like a man -- with great success.
Google stock soars as ad programs pay off
Google is closer to joining the $1,000-a-share club. The search giant’s stock surged more than 8 percent, hitting a new high of $962, in late trading Thursday after the company...
Rex wants fans to be green-dyed monsters
MetLife Stadium looked like a Steelers home game late in last week’s game. This week, the Jets are hoping to create a home-field advantage. The Jets are asking fans attending...
SAC's Cohen faces $1.4B fine
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Stevie Cohen could get off easy. The man who ran what prosecutors this summer called “a magnet for market cheaters’’ — allegedly the biggest insider-trading ring ever...
'Toy Story' TV movie scores big; series next?
Chalk up another success for Disney-Pixar — this time on the small screen. The studio’s first TV special, “Toy Story of Terror!,” scared up 10.3 million viewers Wednesday at 8...
Disney once again considering sale of local TV stations
Walt Disney Co. is looking to hire an investment bank to explore a possible sale of its eight owned and operated television stations, a move that could reap billions, The...
Hot Picks: Post insiders tell you where to go!
SOUL PLAYERS To get down with the late, great Godfather of Soul, head uptown. James Brown’s long association with the Apollo Theater is being honored in “Get on the Good...
Exhibit shows the notorious faces of old New York
Its name suggests high tea with Edith Wharton, but the Gilded Age — the period just before and after the start of the 20th century — was far from golden....
Wikileaks drama a dreary focus in 'The Fifth Estate'
Hire “Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon to tell the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks? Sure, and next let’s hear from Lady Gaga on the Higgs boson particle. With its combination...
Antonio Cromartie gives himself low grade for performance
Antonio Cromartie graded his season through six games and it was not pretty. “C,” Cromartie said. “I’m blunt honest. I’d give myself a C. I haven’t been playing up to...
'12 Years a Slave' powerful and devastating
It will be impossible to ever look at “Gone With the Wind’’ the same way after “12 Years a Slave,’’ a brutally powerful and emotionally devastating film that takes great...
Carnegie Deli boss 'hid salami' with tenant : suit
This scorned beef started over a world famous Midtown deli — but it’ll end in a Manhattan courtroom. The married owner of the Carnegie Delicatessen was serving a side of...
Jeff Cumberland enjoying bigger role with Jets
At 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds, Jeff Cumberland is hard to miss, but he’s easy to overlook. The Jets tight end’s entire career has been spent in the shadows. After a...
Cop killed in Long Island car crash
An off-duty NYPD officer was killed in a Long Island car crash early Thursday morning, authorities said. Cops said officer Joseph Capo, 27, was returning to his Long Island home...
Scott Boras: Players not sold on Yankees
DETROIT — The way Scott Boras sees it, these are different days in The Bronx when it comes to free agents being seduced by the Yankees. “It’s the first time...
NLCS shifts to Midwest as Cardinals face Kershaw
ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers are down in the series, banged up and on the road, but somehow seem to have the momentum in this NLCS. It’s the old logic...
City 'cleans up' after Banksy art
They may not know art, but they know what they don't like. The Parks Department called in its big guns Thursday to try and remove a Banksy work overlooking the...
Dodgers claim no-hitter hero Mike Baxter
ST. LOUIS — Mike Baxter's legacy is secure because of one defensive play, but his tenure with the Mets is over. The Whitestone native was claimed off waivers by the...
Brandon Jacobs needs repeat effort for Giants
The best way for the Giants to help struggling quarterback Eli Manning is with a little more Brandon Jacobs, circa last Thursday night in Chicago. Sure, Jacobs’ 106 rushing yards...
Rex hasn't gotten out of chores before Patriots game
Rex Ryan’s don’t-take-out-the-trash, take-out-the-Patriots-instead suggestion has failed to spare him. “I took out the trash — I run things at my house, remember that old comedian? Run the vacuum cleaner,...
Justin Tuck: JPP's issues are mental
Jason Pierre-Paul on Thursday declined to speak with the media, saying he was under the weather and not feeling great. Unfortunately for Pierre-Paul, he cannot let his play do the...
Hondo's NFL picks Week 7
Hondo will give his Week 6 performance the same treatment the networks which cover the NFL gave “League of Denial,” the Frontline documentary about the league’s concussion problem: He will...
Blezow's NFL picks Week 7
The line in this game dropped a full point from Wednesday to Thursday, down to 3¹/₂, because of the long Patriots’ injury list loaded with important players. So the bettors...
Own a piece of an NFL star
Forget fantasy sports! A new San Francisco company is hoping to offer sports fans the chance to score big profits by owning a piece of a professional athlete — well,...
Ex-GM Bill Polian likes Geno Smith
Bill Polian knows a couple of things when it comes to franchise quarterbacks. The former NFL general manager drafted and watched one, Peyton Manning, lead the Colts franchise for 13...
ESPN's Kanell: Lane Kiffin became 'distraction' at USC
ESPN analyst and former Florida State and Giants quarterback Danny Kanell talks about the Seminoles showdown with Clemson, whether Alabama or Oregon will lose and Teddy Bridgewater’s pro prospects with...
Two for the road: Rams and Ravens
Including his 1997-2012 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 480-408 (54 percent) against the spread. SUNDAY Rams (+6) over PANTHERS: Rams have come to life in...
No cents defying the Lions
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Nothing gained in keeping shameful Redskins name
Well, West Point has decided to keep its mascot, the venerable Army Mule, despite the claim that it offends jackasses. This yay/nay Washington Redskins debate has predictably been redirected, drowned...
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Pitt helped get ’12 Years’ to the screen
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” is one of this award season’s most anticipated films. But according to its star, Chiwetel Ejiofor, it might have never made it to theaters...
Ryan Callahan out a month with broken thumb
This was Ryan Callahan being Ryan Callahan, getting in the lane to block a John Carlson shot with just over two minutes remaining in the third period of the Rangers’...
O/U Rico
Another sub .500 week for Rico, who went 4-10-1 (1-2 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders. The season record now stands at 39-51-2 (9-9). The selections for Week 7 are: OVERS:...
Three men busted for selling drugs, guns from barber shop
Three men who used a Staten Island barber shop as front to sling guns and drugs have been arrested, authorities announced Thursday. Investigators said Anthony Lagala, 27, Adam Paone, 29,...
Jets rookie: NFL babies Tom Brady
Sheldon Richardson, blunt force trauma on the field and off, can’t wait for the opportunity to mete out justice Sunday in the rematch against Tom Brady and the Patriots. “It’s...
Cardinals have a huge advantage playing back at home
ST. LOUIS — Disneyland is a long way from the Gateway Arch. The Dodgers and Cardinals are back in the heartland, and for the Cardinals, being home makes all the...
Crazy bet on grandson earns man $200K
Believing in your children -- or grandchildren -- can really pay off. Peter Edwards placed a seemingly impossible bet with a bookmaker 15 years ago that his 18-month-old grandson would...
Long hours made stenographer snap
WASHINGTON – The shutdown provoked her meltdown. The official stenographer who flipped out on the floor of the House as the world watched the vote ending the nation’s debt-ceiling crisis...
Court stalker: So do I still come for jury duty?
A creepy court crackpot who stalked two judges was ordered Thursday to stay away from a Brooklyn courthouse -- but he might not have gotten the message. After Christopher Ransom,...
UNIQLO store pops up in Union Square station
Shop and ride! Trendy clothing store, UNIQLO, opened a pop-up shop in the Union Square subway station Thursday – the first store to take part in a new program the...
Giants pass rush has been anything but 'resilient'
Giants coach Tom Coughlin says he believes his defensive linemen, specifically his pass rushers, are “pretty resilient.’’ He could have said “pretty silent’’ and it would have been more apropos....
Ankle keeps Metta World Peace from traveling with Knicks
BALTIMORE -- Metta World Peace didn’t travel with the Knicks to Baltimore, staying behind to rest his sprained left ankle. World Peace took a tumble during Wednesday’s scrimmage and limped...
'Carrie' remake fails to live up to Stephen King classic
Hollywood's ongoing campaign to remake every horror movie of the 1970s and ’80s has finally caught up with the Stephen King-Brian De Palma classic “Carrie,’’ and the results are distressingly...
Rent the Runway opens first showroom in NYC
Shoppers’ experiences with Rent the Runway just got a lot more personal, with Rent the Runway opening its first showroom today in Henri Bendel. Designer dresses and accessories will be...
Landlord 'holding Roc-a-fella mogul's clothes hostage'
Embattled hip-hop mogul Damon Dash is out in the cold — literally. The Harlem-born exec who co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z was evicted from his rented Putnam County mansion last spring and is...
Disbarred LI lawyer charged in $4M Ponzi scheme
A disbarred Long Island lawyer was charged Thursday with bilking $4 million from clients in what Manhattan prosecutors said was a shameless real estate Ponzi scheme. Alice Belmonte, 47, was...
Ground broken on South Street Seaport renovation
The South Street Seaport is ready for its second act. The one-time tourist magnet — which had fallen on hard times even before Hurricane Sandy laid waste to the area...
China arrests bloggers for 'rumor-mongering'
Police in China have arrested an influential blogger and are holding a cartoonist in a widening crackdown on online "rumor-mongering", friends and a lawyer for one of them said on...
Ronan Farrow has nothing on these young hosts of TV past
With the news that Ronan Farrow, son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, will host an MSNBC show in January -- a month after turning 26 -- we thought it...
You’ve got mail problems! Yahoo users outraged over redesign
She may be getting cheered on Wall Street, but Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is getting a thumbs-down from users of the company’s email and chat forums. Thousands of users have...
Peterson ex sued to get child support
Here’s one pursuer that running back Adrian Peterson couldn’t dodge -- an ex-girlfriend seeking child support. The mother of one Peterson’s seven children with various women sued him this year...
With Kidd's jersey in Barclays rafters, tension on floor
For a preseason game, there sure are plenty of storylines when the Nets host the defending champion Heat on national television Thursday night at Barclays Center. Before the game, the team...
Kyle Wilson progress good sign for Jets
Jets cornerback Kyle Wilson was back on the practice field Thursday after suffering a concussion in Sunday’s loss to the Steelers. Wilson was wearing a red jersey signifying no contact,...
Fearless climbers lounge 350 feet above the ground
Relaxing isn’t the first word to come to mind when one thinks of rock climbing, but that’s just what two adventurers found time to do on a recent scaling effort....
Big-soda ban to be reviewed by top NY court
The mayor’s fight to ban sugary drinks will continue — even after he’s gone from office. The state’s highest court agreed Thursday to hear New York City’s appeal of a...
Jacobs, Hillis, Brown in Giants backfield at practice
Tom Coughlin began his Thursday morning press conference by saying he was getting some players back onto the field for practice. That’s a glimmer of encouraging news for the 0-6...
'Flip-the-bird' juror to stay on CityTime case
A federal judge overseeing the CityTime payroll scam agreed on Thursday to allow a juror who allegedly “flipped the bird” at one of the defendants earlier this week to remain...
10 bad-blood moments between Jets and Patriots
Jets-Patriots has turned into arguably the NFL's most delicious rivalry of recent vintage -- full of star quarterbacks, alpha coaches, playoff clashes, controversy and subterfuge. The AFC East foes renew...
Carmelo should 'worry about this season'
BALTIMORE – Carmelo Anthony tried to clarify Thursday that just because he wants to experience free agency does not mean he wants to bolt New York. “I don’t want to...
How New York City erased Banksy
Exclusive Photos by Paul Martinka: A time lapse showing the city's removal of Banksy artwork. Banksy picked up The Post — and threw down a challenge to the NYPD. After...
Judge refuses to lift campaign limits for Lhota supporters
A judge turned down a request Thursday from a political action committee for an injunction against the state that could have given a big financial lift to Republican mayoral candidate...
Don’t ask Coughlin about benching Eli
On a conference call Wednesday with the Minnesota media, Tom Coughlin was asked the inevitable question that comes to head coaches of teams that are struggling as badly as the...
Jailed cigarette smugglers 'plotted kill behind bars'
The jailed head of a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring and one of his top lieutenants plotted from behind bars at Rikers Island to kill witnesses they believed were cooperating...
'The Grand Budapest Hotel' is classic Wes Anderson
Prior to this week, details about Wes Anderson’s next film, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” had been scarce. But since Monday, the film's gotten a release date, a poster and now...
Grambling football mutiny over coach firing, treatment
Grambling State is a long way from the glory days of Eddie Robinson. Every player on the winless Grambling football team skipped Wednesday's afternoon practice after walking out of a...
Twitter hires Google ad exec ahead of IPO
Twitter Inc has hired an advertising executive from Google Inc to head its retail division, as the online messaging company ramps up hiring and works to expand its business ahead...
'Glee' will end after six seasons
“Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy says the next sixth season of the Fox musical dramedy will be its last. “The final year of the show, which will be next year, was...
Best U.S. soccer call came from grateful Mexicans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKKeSG_bXAU The U.S. soccer team's comeback win over Panama on Tuesday night allowed rival Mexico to keep its World Cup dreams alive. And one Mexican commentator couldn't have been more grateful...
Comic book writer's heartfelt letter to suicidal fan
The comic writer behind Iron Man, Thor and The Defenders, Matt Fraction, shared his own experience with depression in a response to a suicidal fan. An anonymous Tumblr user wrote...
England soccer coach forced to answer for 'monkey' joke
A day after being feted for guiding England to the World Cup, Roy Hodgson found himself entangled in a racism controversy for making a joke about monkeys during halftime. England...
De Blasio: Banksy who?
He drew a blanksy. While the whole city has been riveted for weeks by the enigmatic and – to some – criminal pop-up work of British graffiti artist Banksy, Democratic...
Verizon increases cell bills 7.1% for 95M customers
Verizon didn’t sign up as many new cell phone customers in the third quarter as Wall Street expected — but it still earned more than forecast as it managed to...
Panic & terror in Kenya mall attack
Chilling video from the Kenya mall massacre shows the heavily armed attackers chatting on cell phones as they methodically gunned down terrified victims. Surveillance camera footage, obtained by CNN and...
57 years later, adopted daughter discovers mom was her bus driver
As she scanned the smiling faces of schoolchildren on her bus, conductor Freda Pickering often wondered what happened to the baby she gave up for adoption many years before. Little...
Prince Harry's girlfriend has raunchy TV past
The Queen will be less than thrilled to discover that Prince Harry's girlfriend once appeared in a raunchy TV show. 24-year-old Cressida Bonas is now famous for her relationship with the red-haired...
Michael Bay 'attacked' by 'air conditioner-wielding man'
It’s not just the critics who are attacking on Michael Bay now. Thursday morning, Hong Kong police responded to the set of the director’s latest film, “Transformers: Age of Extinction,”...
Government restart will cost billions
WASHINGTON — The Panda Cam is back on at the National Zoo, but experts warn that it could take months — and cost billions — before the government returns to...
Epic 'Game of Thrones' remix skewers everything
http://youtu.be/5Krz-dyD-UQ Some seriously bad lip reading has transformed one of the darkest and bloodiest shows on TV into a cheesy comedy. "Game of Thrones" is not a bundle of laughs. It's...
Crazed House ranter: 'God made me do it'
The Holy Spirit made her do it. The court scribe who went on a crazed rant about the Constitution, religion and Freemasons after Wednesday’s vote to reopen the government said...
No filter needed: The origin of the 'selfie'
Self-portraits or selfies have been around since photography became an affordable hobby for millions in the mid 19th century. For some privileged folks, the craze began even earlier, predating Paul...
Goldman Sachs trims pay pool to $319K per employee
Times are getting tougher for the average Goldman Sachs employee. With third quarter revenue at the top-notch Wall Street bank falling short of expectations, CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Thursday cut...
The Brazilian beauty in agency tug of war
East Harlem resident Daiane Sodre has walked for Oscar de la Renta and been in ads for Victoria's Secret - but now the model is in the middle of a...
Brazilian model sparks agency catfight
This tug of war might break some well-manicured fingernails. Two premiere Manhattan modeling agencies are fighting over a Brazilian beauty who’s strutted the runway for Oscar de la Renta and...
Expect Heat rivalry after LeBron's shot at new Nets
Last summer, Ray Allen was criticized in Boston – including by former teammates – for leaving the Celtics to join the defending champion Heat. So both LeBron James and Dwyane...
Iran nuclear talks 'most serious to date'
The United States described two days of nuclear negotiations with Iran as the most serious and candid to date after Western diplomats said Tehran hinted it was ready to scale...
X-Men star to play Lance Armstrong in biopic
LONDON -- American actor Ben Foster is cycling into the lead as Lance Armstrong in a new movie about the disgraced American cyclist. Director Stephen Frears said filming started Wednesday...
White House wanted half million ObamaCare signups by November
WASHINGTON -- For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign up for the new health insurance markets, according to an internal...
Syria weapons inspections plagued by explosions
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Car bombs and mortars have exploded close to the hotel where chemical weapons inspectors are staying in the Syrian capital in recent days, but officials said...
Was the Colorado theater shooter insane?
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting case are battling over what evidence can be admitted during James Holmes' murder trial - all in an...
24M to participate in Global earthquake drill
LOS ANGELES -- Hoping to survive an earthquake, many Californians and people in earthquake prone regions around the world were gearing up for a major earthquake drill. More than 24...
Yes, underwater wi-fi is a thing
Underwater wi-fi will soon be a thing. A team of researchers from the University of Buffalo have successfully tested an "underwater network architecture" that might be able to provide underwater...
NSA and CIA team up to kill terrorists with drones
WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency has been extensively involved in the U.S. government's targeted killing program, collaborating closely with the CIA in the use of drone strikes against terrorists...
Ronan Farrow inks MSNBC hosting deal
A book deal, tabloid attention and now a new television show - it's a busy time in the public eye for 25-year-old Ronan Farrow. MSNBC announced Wednesday that it had...
Did pizza end the government shutdown?
It's the late night fix favored by stoners and university students around the world. And now pizza can claim to be the food responsible for ending the US government shutdown...
Guest stars from previous series
“Revolution” (Wednesday, 8 p.m., NBC) Now that all of the main adult characters have improbably escaped death — Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell) survived an ugly arrow wound last season, Aaron (Zak...
Adrian Peterson could have 7 kids: ex
NFL rushing king Adrian Peterson is after another MVP — Most Virile Parent. The Minnesota Vikings running back had at least five children out of wedlock and could have had...
'Mob Wives' star's pizza pal headed to prison
A pizza-slinging pal of bullet-bosomed “Mob Wives” star Angela “Big Ang” Raiola tried to talk his way out of prison for a drug rap — but got smacked with a...
Lady Gaga nears lawsuit deal
Lady Gaga might not have to show her “Poker Face” in court after all. A lawyer for the diva’s disgruntled ex-assistant Jennifer O’Neill, who sued the Fame Monster, claiming she’d...
4 cops among biker gang in SUV beat down
Investigators have identified a total of four NYPD cops who were among the bikers riding the day of the vicious beatdown of an SUV driver alongside the West Side Highway,...
NYPD expands search for missing Queens boy
The Queens school safety officer who was manning the front door of the Center Boulevard School and was the last person to see a missing autistic boy told him to...
I'd be mayor...if not for the Web
He was born at the wrong time. Anthony Weiner says if he ran for mayor before there was a Worldwide Web, he ‘d now be calling the shots at City...
New accusers in rabbi 'torture' ring
A prosecutor said Wednesday that “the phone has not stopped ringing” with calls from Orthodox Jewish men who claim they were kidnapped by a rabbinical torture ring that used a...
Madoff aides got rich with 'elaborate fiction'
Bernie Madoff’s ex-secretary and four other former trusted staffers got filthy rich helping the Ponzi monster orchestrate “elaborate fiction” spanning decades prosecutors said Wednesday. It included generating millions of pages...
'OK, who's Banksy?'
One of the men atop this truck could be Banksy — or maybe it’s both of them. A Wi-Fi installer snapped a series of photos Wednesday morning as the duo...
Yoko Ono battles co-op board
Yoko Ono is at war with a West Village co-op board, claiming the members botched her attempts to sell the $6 million penthouse she owns but does not live in....
NYC ready to inspect 1917 tunnel
Municipal engineers are getting ready to confront a century of underground gunk when they inspect a massive tunnel that brings drinking water to the city. Water Tunnel No. 1, which...
AG wants data on city residents using Airbnb
NEW YORK — New York state's top prosecutor says apartment hosts on the global rental Web site Airbnb are getting away with not paying tens of millions of dollars in...
Now Farrell may have to shuffle Red Sox lineup
DETROIT — Jim Leyland shuffled the Tigers’ lineup in Game 4 and evened the ALCS at 2-2. So, with third baseman Will Middlebrooks slumping, there is a chance Red Sox...
Ricky’s glams up with Beauty Bazaar and dog costumes
Ricky’s eclectic shops are expanding into bow-wow and beauty. Along with its unique Pup Up store at 1276 Lexington Ave. at East 86th Street for doggie costumes, the company has...
Hospitals reject six ObamaCare plans
ObamaCare was supposed to offer more choices — but New Yorkers shopping for medical coverage stand to be shut out of two of the city’s most prestigious hospitals. Only three...
Derek Stepan OK after getting hit in the head
WASHINGTON — Derek Stepan is apparently no worse for the wear after taking a seemingly inadvertent shot to the head from the Capitals’ Troy Brouwer in a neutral zone collision...
Woman hospitalized after bridge jump
A woman who tried to end her life leapt off the 3rd Avenue Bridge in Manhattan Wednesday and survived, police said. The woman – whose name was not released –...
Managers must be cold-blooded in October
DETROIT — It is October. The season is short, and so is patience. Managers who see the big picture all year see smaller and smaller in this month. In April...
'Bangerz' tops US album charts
The twerk didn’t work. Miley Cyrus nabbed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s charts Wednesday — but despite the non-stop marketing by the 20-year-old it was only the eighth-best debut...
Red Bulls control destiny for best record
The Red Bulls have gone 17 seasons without a title, including the years they were called the MetroStars, but the fact they come into the season’s second-to-last game tied with...
School bans Rainbow Loom bracelets
This rule is a stretch! An Upper West Side elementary-school principal is banning colorful rubber-band bracelets, claiming the jewelry-making fad is a classroom distraction that causes fights on the playground....
Houses of the week
Upper West Side $1.799 million Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 1,250 Maintenance: $2,158 Twenty-six floors above West 70th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue, this co-op offers a flexible layout, with...
Greinke, Dodgers survive first-inning scare
LOS ANGELES — Once Zack Greinke escaped Wednesday’s first inning, the rest was relatively easy. The Dodgers right-hander loaded the bases with nobody out after taking the mound for Game...
JPMorgan agrees to $100M settlement with CFTC
In a high-stakes regulatory showdown with Jamie Dimon, one Washington regulator blinked. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which on Tuesday reached a $100 million settlement with Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase, could...
Tigers rout Red Sox to even up ALCS
DETROIT — Jim Leyland said shuffling the Tigers’ lineup for Game 4 of the ALCS had nothing to do with the hosts evening the best-of-seven series. Yet, because Leyland’s moves...
'Ugly Betty' star returns to TV as crusading nun
America Ferrera, the Emmy-winning star of the ABC sitcom “Ugly Betty,” will very likely return to CBS next season — this time starring as a nun who’s also a lawyer...
No matter the scene, you can be queen
Over the summer, the birth of a new prince re-ignited the western world’s love affair with royalty. And while queens and kings still capture the minds of commoners, they largely...