October 20, 2013
Candidates consider police commissioner options
A key issue in the race for City Hall got extra mileage Sunday — conjecture over who will be the next police commissioner. GOP hopeful Joe Lhota floated the name...
'Jesus' joins Kanye on stage
Yeezus Christ! Kanye West kicked off his highly anticipated Yeezus tour with a controversial nod to the Almighty, featuring 12 dancing “disciples,” a red-eyed demon — and a Jesus. A...
Red Bulls score fastest goal in MLS history
The fastest goal in MLS history set up arguably the biggest game in Red Bulls history. Tim Cahill scored just eight seconds into the Red Bulls’ 3-0 win Sunday in...
The mystery man behind Koffeecake Corner
Oded Brenner, a co-founder of the Max Brenner chocolate empire, is the secret force behind a new batch of coffee and bakery shops even though he’s not allowed to use...
Hero catches kids as they jump from fire
A hero livery cabbie saved four kids from a house inferno in Queens early Sunday — catching them as they jumped from a second-floor window, neighbors said. “A lady in...
'Gravity' tops the box office for 3rd week
Star power and Oscar aspirations are reigning at the box office, where the space adventure "Gravity" and the Somali pirate docudrama "Captain Phillips" are holding off all comers. With $31...
Talent agency merger could strip top agents of power
It takes more than talent to make it in this business. Creative Artists Agency, one of Hollywood’s top talent agencies, may have to hand over majority control to outside investors...
Metta making Melo, other Knicks better
Carmelo Anthony could only watch in bewilderment. Metta World Peace stripped the ball from him at midcourt during the Knicks’ intrasquad scrimmage Sunday at Columbia University, chased after the loose...
A Saudi slap at Obama and the West
Turtle Bay was stunned Friday when Saudi Arabia, of all countries, slapped international diplomats in the face — and, without quite saying so explicitly, rebuked America’s Mideast policies. Yes, one...
Jets fan socks woman in face
A Jets fan was caught on video slugging a woman right in the face during a brawl at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. The video, posted on the website Deadspin and YouTube shows...
The bullies will keep winning if kids don't fight back
As parents across the country read the story of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, the bullied 12-year-old Florida girl who killed herself last month, it’s impossible not to imagine what we’d tell...
RB Ivory has 104 yards in Jets' win
His day’s work was done — 34 carries for 104 bruising yards — and now Chris Ivory was standing in front of his locker speaking so softly you had to...
The shutdown's silver lining
The government shutdown sparked anger and befuddlement at my overwhelmingly liberal university. But even though I’m a big supporter of ObamaCare, and share my colleagues’ outrage at the scorched-earth campaign...
Geno's third-quarter runs show his growth
He had already made one play with his legs that had filled the joint with a jolt of belief. That was two plays before. That one was third-and-14, and Geno...
JCPenney-Macy's battle with Stewart coming to an end
A New York judge is preparing to bring down his gavel on the epic battle between Martha Stewart, Macy’s and JCPenney — and the head that gets hammered could be...
Same old, same old: Broadcasters ignore bad behavior
During Sunday’s game at the Jets, a few yards from the end zone, Patriots running back Stevan Ridley slowed — to rub it in, to show he’s “untouchable,” to show...
Nets star Deron has no idea on return
The Deron Williams watch continued Sunday, with the Nets’ star guard no closer to playing or to giving a timetable for when that day might come. Asked about his injured...
Knicks' J.R. Smith counts down to first full practice
J.R. Smith doesn’t have all his moves down pat yet, but he can’t wait to showcase what he has on Tuesday. The Knicks will clear Smith to practice fully Tuesday...
This week's magazines will take you on a journey
Now that the summer glow has faded and you’re deep in your routine, how about dreaming about your next getaway? For the wanderlust in all of us, these magazines can...
Jets contenders with a little help from above
God wore green Sunday, too. God wore green along with everyone else inside JetLife Stadium and the prayers of Rex Ryan and Jets Nation were answered and suddenly, there is...
Former Steven Tyler manager tapped as Veria Living boss
He’s giving up the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle for clean living.Steven Tyler’s former manager, ex-Viacom exec Eric Sherman, has been tapped as CEO of health and wellness channel Veria Living.The...
Allen’s pick-6 energizes Jets
The Jets defense was starved for a turnover. Not just Sunday at MetLife Stadium against the rival Patriots, who looked like they were about to pull away from the Jets...
Jets' Geno, Kerley on target
The Jets game plan looked pretty simple on third down — throw it to Jeremy Kerley. The receiver had six third-down conversions on Sunday, including the first three of the...
Patriots rookie learns rules the hard way
Preseason games don’t matter, but visits from league officials do. Especially when new rules are being discussed. The Patriots will pay more attention next time. They left MetLife Stadium losers...
Gronk has big first game back with Patriots
If this was rust, the Patriots offense just got much scarier. Frightening, even. The much-anticipated return of Rob Gronkowski from a broken forearm and back surgery became a side note...
For foreseeable future, Yanks will be on Red alert
Already, these 2013 Red Sox have accomplished something, even before taking on the Cardinals in the World Series: They’ll go down in baseball history as the most expensive surprise team...
Teachers should decide fate of classroom toys
If you ever lobbed a spitball, launched a paper airplane or pranked a friend in class, you might remember how most of these stories ended: with the mischief-making items confiscated...
Detroit has big decisions to make this offseason
The iconic snapshot of the just-completed ALCS is a Boston cop named Steve Horgan, arms raised in a V in the Red Sox bullpen, in front of Torii Hunter, his...
UFT again shows it doesn’t care about the kids
The United Federation of Teachers has spent decades pleading for more money for public schools. So eyebrows might have shot up when it turned down federal Race to the Top...
Yankees make plans, but A-Rod and Cano up in air
While the Red Sox prepare to face the Cardinals in the World Series the Yankees will hold organizational meetings this week intended to lay a floor plan for filling many...
New York’s stacked deck on campaign giving
Bill de Blasio won a victory of sorts when a Manhattan judge shot down a pro-Lhota political action committee’s request for a preliminary injunction that would prohibit the state from...
Banksy work covered by roll-down gate
It’s supposed to be street art, but good luck actually seeing this piece. A metal security gate was rolled down over a wall displaying elusive British artist Banksy’s geisha graffiti...
Winless Giants face lowly Vikings
It is not the conundrum “If a tree falls in the forest …’’ presents or the brain-teaser “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?’’ but it is fair to...
Giants goal: 'Turn over' a new leaf
Turnovers have been a glaring problem for the Giants — on both sides of the ball. Their ridiculously wanton ways on offense are well-documented, as the Giants entered this weekend...
Failure to compete is biggest worry of Rangers terrible start
No-trade clauses and no-movement clauses are commonplace within the NHL, but the Rangers must be the first team in the league to grant non-compete clauses to their players. Truly, for...
Jamie Dimon's $13B sin: Bashing Obamanomics
The folks in the Obama administration may be unable to run a health-care Web site, but they’re brutally determined and efficient when it comes to squashing those who oppose their...
Techies deployed to fix ObamaCare site
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration announced Sunday that it had called in a “tech surge” of computer geeks to fix glitches in the ObamaCare Web site. “Our team has called...
Greg on: Asking for a new mentor
I have been assigned a mentor in my firm with whom I’m not comfortable. He is a senior executive, but I don’t like his style or point of view. He’s...
What you can learn from younger — and older — co-workers
Co-workers Judy Goldberg and Margaret Kaminski live in the same Brooklyn neighborhood (Park Slope), e-mail each other viral videos and cocktail party-worthy news articles and plan office birthday parties together....
Rubio: Obama has 'undermined' immigration reform
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s uphill battle to reform immigration laws just got steeper. Sen. Marco Rubio warned Sunday that Obama’s hardball tactics that beat Republicans in the shutdown fight had...
Jeb Bush, Republican leaders blast Cruz
WASHINGTON – Republican leaders Sunday piled blame on Sen. Ted Cruz for the failed tactics that forced a government shutdown and damaged the GOP’s reputation. “Have a little bit of...
Flags to riches! New rule helps Jets shock Patriots
The Jets handed out green towels to the fans at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, but the most important colored fabric in the stadium was the yellow penalty flag thrown by...
Bomber kills 35 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber slammed his explosive-laden car Sunday night into a busy cafe in Iraq's capital, part of a day of violence across the country that killed 45...
Walmart worker sexually abused boy in bathroom: cops
ISLANDIA — A Walmart employee on Long Island was arrested on charges he sexually abused a boy in a store bathroom.
Knicks' Bargnani sidelined with back stiffness
Andrea Bargnani suffered his first injury as a Knick on the eve of their second preseason game in Toronto. During the Knicks open practice at Columbia University Sunday, Bargnani had...
Rangers' Kreider is back, but no savior
It would be foolhardy to regard Chris Kreider, whom the Rangers recalled from the AHL Wolf Pack on Sunday, as a savior. That mistake has been made before. But the...
Bridge officer critically injured after Verrazano accident
A Bridge and Tunnel officer was critically injured on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Sunday morning after being struck by a motorist, authorities said. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Officer Thomas Choi,...
Nancy Pelosi blasts 'glitchy' ObamaCare launch
WASHINGTON – One of President Obama’s biggest cheerleaders slammed him Sunday for botching the launch of ObamaCare.“The fact is, that, yes, what has happened is unacceptable in terms of the...
Ads highlight sexism behind Google searches
The campaign from UN Women shows real suggested search terms from Google's autocomplete feature. Christopher Hunt, from ad company Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, who came up with the poster campaign,...
2nd giant 'sea serpent' found
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — For the second time in less than a week, a 'sea serpent' attracted gawkers on a Southern California beach. This time the rare, snakelike oarfish washed up...
Man fired for aiding woman being 'assaulted'
Kristopher Oswald, 30, was fired from Walmart this week, WXYZ-TV reports. "The last thing I expected was to not have a job," says Oswald, who thought he was doing the right...
Dodgers trade key to Red Sox's quick turnaround
BOSTON — In capping their remarkable one-year turnaround Saturday night, winning back New England’s love so soon after they weren’t even on speaking terms, the Red Sox reached their 13th...
Banksy 'hammers' Upper West Side
Banksy struck again -- this time in the Upper West Side! The renegade street artist painted the silhouette of a young boy swinging a sledge hammer, according to a picture...
Violin played as Titanic went down sold for $1.5M
LONDON -- A violin that was being played as the Titanic went down was sold for $1.46 million at auction on Saturday, a record price for memorabilia from the doomed...
Little girl sold for 'organ harvesting'
A young girl has been smuggled out of Africa and sold for organ harvesting, authorities have revealed. It is the first case of a child being trafficked into Britain for...
Mexican drug lord assassinated by clowns
Gunmen dressed as clowns have shot dead one of Mexico's most powerful former drug lords while he was attending a children's party. Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was at the...
Bigfoot exists, and we’ve got his DNA: researchers
Bigfoot exists, and we’ve got his DNA! That was the claim of a group of researchers led by a vet from Texas, Dr. Melba Ketchum, at a press conference on...
Courts aren't doing enough to strike down bad laws
Americans are constantly being told that a major problem with our courts today is “judicial activism,” which is often defined as courts wrongfully interfering with the other branches of government...
Gay man: Job forced me to out myself
A gay Staten Island man says he lost his job at a shoe company after he was forced to out himself in a bitter harassment case. Thomas Tucker was overseeing...
Woman claims cop assaulted her in patrol car
A Long Island woman claims she was sexually assaulted by a Nassau County police officer in the back of a patrol car — and that the cop checked in on...
Navy hooked by 'bribes'
An Asian defense contractor overbilled the Navy by more than $10 million, plying naval personnel with hookers and cash to keep the scheme going for years, according to a report....
Malala Yousafzai's Taliban-free hand
Here’s Malala Yousafzai’s stiff-arm to the Taliban. The 16-year-old Pakistani education activist — who survived an assassination attempt by terrorists last year — bared henna-painted hands in her new memoir...
Celeb podiatrist selling Park Ave. pad
This Park Ave. pad has a lot of sole. Celebrity podiatrist Dr. Suzanne Levine is selling her office of 25 years — a maisonette near 78th Street that has brought...
Broadway’s most expensive show beset by chaos
On Oct. 19, 2010, a group of Broadway ticketing agents gathered at the Foxwoods Theatre for a sneak peek at some of the flying stunts in the upcoming Broadway musical...
Man sues mother-in-law over murder accusations
A Long Island woman believes she knows who killed her husband: her son-in-law. “You are a killer! You killed my husband!” Esmeralda Morales has allegedly told her daughter’s spouse, José...
Fuerza Bruta worker sues show after fall
Helping actors fly proved painful for one stage worker at a long-running Union Square show. An aerial rigger who helped bring to life “Fuerza Bruta” — in which performers swing...
RFK may have swiped JFK's missing brain
It’s Brain-gate! John F. Kennedy’s noodle didn’t get buried with him on Nov. 25, 1963, at Arlington National Cemetery — and his own brother might have been behind the theft,...
It’s not ‘divisive’ – it’s the truth!
He’s finally done it. Joe Lhota barely got a rise out of Democrats for months, but now he stands condemned by the enforcers of the liberal uber-class. The charge against...
JFK passenger busted with knives in carry-on bag
A Long Island man was arrested Saturday afternoon after he was caught at Kennedy Airport with a startling variety of knives, scissors and lighters in his carry-on bag. Timothy Schiavo...
Hillary Clinton campaigns for McAuliffe
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Hillary Rodham Clinton rallied supporters of Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe Saturday, pointing to the race as a sign that divisive politics is giving way to "common...
State Department swept sex scandals under the rug
Months after whistleblowers accused the State Department of covering up employee sex scandals, most of the cases have been ignored or swept under the rug, critics charge. Records show that...
Even Oprah isn't on board with ObamaCare
As the White House was gearing up to sell ObamaCare to the American people last summer, Valerie Jarrett, the president’s pointwoman on a host of issues, phoned Oprah Winfrey. She...
Jail-break killers grilled: Who helped you?
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Back in custody after using forged documents to escape their life sentences, two convicted killers were being grilled on Sunday by law enforcement authorities who...
Nazis stole woman's art, and then her son did too
For this Holocaust survivor, it’s adding “kin”-sult to injury. Rosita Steigrad, a virtually penniless, 89-year-old widow who was forced to flee Nazi-occupied Amsterdam as a teen, got a glimmer of...
Tribe leads charge to scrap Redskins name
VERONA, N.Y. -- Last winter, a group of student leaders approached the school board in upstate Cooperstown about changing their team’s mascot — the Redskins. The movement caught on quickly...
Baseball player's wife in fraud rap
The wife of Seattle Mariners outfielder Carlos Peguero is facing federal wire-fraud charges for allegedly going on a $180,000 spending spree at Saks Fifth Avenue using a debit card belonging...
Uehara was saving grace for Red Sox bullpen
BOSTON — When the Red Sox signed Koji Uehara, the last thing they had in mind was having the right-hander on the mound for the final three outs of the...
The right teams are going to the Fall Classic
BOSTON — The right two teams are going to the World Series. The Red Sox and Cardinals each won 97 games during the regular season, the most in the majors....
‘Magician,’ ‘Captain’ stay on Horse of Year discussion
Two horses, Bee A Magician and Captaintreacherous, went into last night $5.6 Breeders Crown hoping to get the edge and make their case for Harness Horse of the Year. And...
Arcade Fire showcases new grooves
They fooled no one by announcing secret shows in the industrial part of Bushwick as "the Reflektors," but on Saturday night (the second of the two consecutive dates), Arcade Fire...
Red Sox slam way into World Series
BOSTON — A disappointing Yankees season is about to get worse. While the Yankees brass meets in The Bronx this coming week to formulate a plan on how to fix...
Second judge claims pressure for fining small businesses
A second administrative law judge has come forward with a suit claiming she was strong-armed into slapping small businesses with hefty fines for alleged violations of city rules. In a...