October 22, 2013
Farmers tied to deadly listeria outbreak plead guilty
DENVER — Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges related to a deadly listeria outbreak have agreed to meet with family members of people who died and to...
Buzzfeed goes viral at media conference
Jonah Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, the social media news site, was taking a few bows at the American Magazine Media Conference after his Monday raid of Pulitzer Prize winner Mark...
Fur rules the runway
Who knew that fuzzy-wuzzy mittens could amp up the ferocity on the runway
Businessman sentenced for counterfeit 'Nike' scam
A New Jersey businessman who took part in an international conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods including Nike sneakers was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in federal...
Tasty magazine deal in store for Sandra Lee
TV celebrity chef Sandra Lee is close to wrapping up a deal to continue to publish her foodie magazine through the newly formed OpenGate Media Group. “Everything we wanted to...
De Blasio, Lhota trade attacks in heated debate
It went from Kumbaya to chaos in 10 minutes. The debate for mayor devolved into a schoolyard brawl Tuesday night after Democrat Bill de Blasio accused Republican rival Joe Lhota...
Devils whipped by Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Patience is a virtue in hockey, too. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots and flu-weakened James Wisniewski had a goal and two assists to lead the Columbus Blue...
John Sterling to be voice of the 'Kitten Bowl'
John Sterling is best known for turning the names of Yankees players into catch phrases. Now, he will have to do the same thing — for cats. The colorful Yankees...
US Capitol dome facing repairs
WASHINGTON — The Capitol dome is getting a new look. The 150-year-old, cast-iron dome will soon be sheathed in scaffolding, a requirement of its first major restoration since 1960. Stephen...
Wall Street sweet on this month's lousy jobs report
Another month, another miserable employment report. And another happy day for the stock market. Wall Street rallied on Tuesday after the delayed employment report for September showed just 148,000 jobs...
Vatican restates Communion ban for divorced, remarried Catholics
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Tuesday quashed hopes that there might be some wiggle room on one of its longstanding rules about the indissolubility of marriage, making clear that...
Jenna Dewan-Tatum leads a charmed life
She plays a witch on TV, but Jenna Dewan-Tatum also leads a pretty charmed life. There’s the show itself, of course — Lifetime’s “Witches of East End.” There’s her precious...
Teens smoking more flavored cigars
ATLANTA — Small cigars flavored to taste like candy or fruit are popular among teens, according to the first government study to gauge their use. About 1 in 30 middle...
iPad mini could go 'cannibal' on Apple profits
Apple’s new iPad mini with retina display could be a sales winner this retail holiday season — which may not be good news for the tech titan, Wall Street insiders...
Terror suspect's lawyer once repped '93 WTC bomber
A defense lawyer who once represented imprisoned 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef has been tapped to represent the computer nerd accused of helping orchestrate the 1998 bombings of...
Madoff pressured IT guys to create book-cooking program
Ponzi king Bernie Madoff pressured one of his former IT guys into creating a computer program to virtually cook the books, telling the nervous techie “I’ll give you some money...
Sloppy Islanders fall to Canucks in overtime
If it was a good point or a bad point, doesn’t really matter. What matters is that the game the Islanders played Tuesday night at the Coliseum was one with...
Jenna Dewan-Tatum's enchanting good looks
Jenna Dewan-Tatum has a star husband, an adorable baby, a new show, and a hot style.
SAC to close London office, cut six US manager jobs
This is what is looks like when a hedge-fund billionaire sweats. Steve Cohen is shrinking the footprint of his SAC Capital Advisors, shutting his 50-person London office by Dec. 31...
Saint Laurent creative director hates parody tees
Hedi Slimane may be trying to stop the presses on cheeky “Ain’t Laurent Without Yves” T-shirts (parodying the fact he dropped the founding designer’s first name from the storied label)....
Series managers up ante for win-now job openings
BOSTON — Tony La Russa left a championship team for his successor, Bobby Valentine left a mess. Nevertheless, Mike Matheny and John Farrell inherited the same mandate: No learning curve,...
Cardinals pitcher: Beltran with Yankees 'a nightmare'
BOSTON — Getting Carlos Beltran, who has never played in the World Series, a title is a popular topic around the Cardinals. So much so Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals’ Game...
Luck is the biggest reason Jets are 4-3
There’s a four-letter word that rhymes with “duck” that if you say it will get you dirty looks around the Jets, but it’s not the one you traditionally think of....
Melo finds humor in World Peace vs. Hansbrough
http://youtu.be/D_R_QtZCxEg TORONTO — Carmelo Anthony got a good chuckle at tough guy Tyler Hansbrough’s meek reaction Monday night when he realized which character he was jostling against. And Anthony commended...
Wagner preseason favorites in NEC for first time since '92
Dan Hurley, his brother, Bobby, and Bashir Mason had to sell a vision that was hard to envision. Mason, then an assistant, joined Wagner’s new coaching staff in 2010 after...
Alain Vigneault bemoans Rangers' lack of effort
Very little has gone right so far this year for the Rangers, from the injuries that have depleted the team’s attack to the surprisingly erratic play of Henrik Lundqvist and...
Garnett optimistic as Deron joins Nets on practice court
BOSTON — Three weeks into the preseason, the Nets still are waiting to hold their first practice in which all 15 players are healthy and involved. In fact, it took...
New biker video shows victim pulled from SUV
Another shocking video was made public on Tuesday of brutal biker assault on a Manhattan dad after a wild chase on the West Side Highway last month. The video, obtained...
Fantasy football idiots should get a grip
What in the world of fantasy football are we coming to? It’s time you so-called owners get a grip. First of all, you’re not real owners, and NFL players could...
Jean Paul Gaultier muses on his legacy
His gender-bending pantsuits, cone-bra bustiers and high-drama costumes have made French designer Jean Paul Gaultier one of the best loved designers in contemporary fashion. Now a traveling retrospective honoring his...
Jean Paul Gaultier's fashion legacy
Jean Paul Gaultier's fashion legacy is an impressive one that spans decades.
Veronica Roth on new book "Allegiant", "Divergent" movie and smut
We put the young adult author in "The Hot Seat" for a no holds barred interview
Red Sox closer's rise surprises no one who knows him
BOSTON — Asking folks about Koji Uehara’s meteoric rise, here at Fenway Park on the eve of World Series Game 1, is like the old “Saturday Night Live” skit when...
Newcomers making Giant contributions
If this was 2010, the Giants would have added a stud running back in Peyton Hillis and a three-time Pro Bowl linebacker in Jon Beason, giving them impact players on...
Baby Hope murder suspect indicted
Accused ‘Baby Hope’ killer Conrado Juarez – who cops say confessed to sexually assaulting and smothering his 4-year-old-cousin in 1991 in a case that haunted New York City – was...
Molina vs. Red Sox speed could be key to World Series
BOSTON — The two best teams in baseball are exactly where they belong, and the difference between the Cardinals and Red Sox is real slim. It should make for a...
Dolphins started 'push rule' hype with Week 5 complaint
DAVIE, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins are well aware of the obscure new rule that drew a penalty on the Patriots and helped the Jets win in overtime last week....
Lincecum staying with Giants for two years, $35M
SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Lincecum is staying put with the San Francisco Giants just as he hoped, reaching agreement Tuesday on a $35 million, two-year contract through the 2015 season. The...
Meister embezzler engaged to new beau
She's over him -- finally. Glamorous Ukrainian embezzler Renata Shamrakova has moved on from the man she claims was her one-time lover -- Nicky Hilton ex Todd Meister -- and...
JetBlue's secret new FDNY plane leaks online
A sneak peak at Jet Blue's top-secret new airplane -- built to honor the FDNY -- shows a bright red new aircraft boasting the words "Blue Bravest," a new photo...
Who has the advantage in the World Series?
It’s the Cardinals and Red Sox for 21st century bragging rights. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and ’07; the Cardinals in 2006 and ’11. By the...
Barneys busted student for 'shopping while black'
A college student from Queens got more than he bargained for when he splurged on a $350 designer belt at Barneys — when a clerk had him cuffed apparently thinking...
Matt Harvey undergoes Tommy John surgery
Matt Harvey can start looking toward a 2015 return to the Mets after undergoing surgery Tuesday to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The surgery was...
Hilfiger, Esquivel team up to tackle brogues
Tommy Hilfiger has teamed up with California-based shoe designer George Esquivel to produce a capsule collection of borrowed-from-the-boys kicks. Esquivel created two classic styles for women and men — brogues...
eBay launches Pinterest-like bulletin boards
Pin this! In a bid to move beyond its auction roots and better compete with Amazon, eBay is rolling out a new social-networking feature that encourages users to collect and...
TLC movie does monster ratings for VH1
"No Scrubs” here — VH1’s original movie “Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story” averaged 4.5 million viewers Monday night to rank as the network’s highest-rated telecast in over five years....
Shop owner makes off with Banksy sphinx
He's taking this Bansky -- to the bank! The owner of a Queens auto-glass shop made off with the British street artist's latest work Tuesday afternoon in response to a...
Talk of the town
Tomorrow night in New York City, all avenues will lead to Giorgio Armani. For the first time since 2009, the designer will host One Night Only, his big event in...
TV's hottest office romances
Forensic anthropologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI special agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) finally tied the knot on Monday night’s episode of “Bones” (Fox), though not before a...
O'Neill 'not disappointed' over Reds job
BOSTON -- Paul O’Neill said he never really got beyond the intrigued stage when it came to the Reds managerial opening, which was filled when the organization opted to elevate...
Connecticut cops blew chance to nab drug cartel
A major drug cartel that moves 250 pounds of cocaine at a clip from Puerto Rico to The Bronx could have been taken down two years ago — but Connecticut...
Gal punched by Jets fan charged with assault
First, she got slugged at a Jets game — then she got slapped with assault charges. The perky Pats fan punched in the head by an ex-con Gang Green fanatic...
Showtime renews 'Homeland,' 'Masters of Sex'
Get ready for more “Homeland” -- Showtime has renewed the CIA thriller for a fourth season of 12 episodes to air in 2014. The drama starring Claire Danes and Damian...
The dramatic fashion of 'The Counselor'
When it came to dressing some of the dark, dangerous characters in his new movie “The Counselor” (out Friday), director Ridley Scott knew exactly who to call: a master, Giorgio...
Bill Belichick: Jets were cheating, too
Bill Belichick fired back at the Jets on Tuesday about the pushing penalty from Sunday’s game. Belichick was asked on a conference call about reports the Jets alerted the officials...
Deron goes through contact in Nets practice for first time
BOSTON — After weeks of watching from the sidelines, Deron Williams — at least briefly — participated in contact portions of practice Tuesday. Williams, who has been dealing with a...
'Absolutely not': A-Rod camp finally denies PED usage
BOSTON -- For months, Alex Rodriguez has refused to answer the most basic of questions: Has he or has he not used illegal performance-enhancing drugs since his 2009 confession of earlier...
Shutdown causes IRS to delay tax filing season
WASHINGTON — Here's more fallout from the government's partial shutdown: Early tax filers will have to wait an extra week or two to get tax refunds next year. The Internal...
Jobs report is bad, but it should have been worse
Another month, another miserable employment report. And another happy day for the stock market. Wall Street is rallying after the Labor Department came out with the delayed employment report for...
Amar'e, J.R. thrilled with progress after first scrimmage
TORONTO — There probably will be darker injury days ahead for these Knicks, so this one afternoon at Humber College in the Toronto suburbs was cause for a bit of...
Giants rewind: Luck needed for first win
In case you haven’t noticed, a football is not round. It comes to a point at both ends, which is why when you try to bounce it on the grass...
Loeb’s hedge fund to return $1.4B to investors
Hedgie Dan Loeb has joined the ranks of big money managers to scale back their business by returning capital to investors. Loeb plans to return around $1.4 billion to his...
Yankees dump strength coordinator, who expected more 'loyalty'
BOSTON -- The Yankees continued to shake up their support staff by informing strength and conditioning coordinator Dana Cavalea he will not be brought back for the 2014 season. Earlier...
'Manhole' charging stations set for Washington Square Park
Electric-car charging stations that look like manhole covers will debut next spring near Washington Square Park. The pilot project, launched by a Soho-based company called HEVO Power, will charge two...
Magazine industry chief rails against USPS
Mary Berner, the grenade-tossing CEO of the MPA the Association of Magazine Media, tossed one at the US Postal Service at the opening of the American Magazine Media Conference in...
First YouTube Music Awards nominees announced
http://youtu.be/ynEdFJyqx7E People have long stopped watching music videos on MTV, instead turning to web sites like YouTube to get their fix. The streaming video-sharing site is capitalizing on this with...
Dodgers should reward Mattingly with new deal
Don Mattingly just wants to be loved. It’s L.A. after all. After every Dodgers victory Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.’’ blasts through Dodger Stadium. Donnie Baseball has earned the right...
Allen's one-handed sack of Eli was highlight for Vikings
Photo: USA Today Eli Manning never saw Jared Allen coming. Probably because Allen was perfectly obscured by a Giants offensive lineman. Allen provided the highlight of an otherwise dreary game...
Court video bolsters Robert Cohen kin's fight for fortune
Potentially damning video testimony of a seemingly incomprehensible, confused and crippled Hudson News magnate Robert Cohen — taken during a deposition just three years before his death in 2012 —...
Apple reveals 'screaming fast' iPad Air
Apple's new iPad 5 will be faster and lighter, weighing nearly half a pound lighter than the iPad 4 -- and operating up to eight times more quickly, Apple reps...
Jacobs gets death threat from fantasy-football creep
Giants running back Brandon Jacobs is firing back at what he calls Twitter “cyber gangsters.” Jacobs exposed tweets from a fan who threatened his and his family’s life over fantasy...
Rolle: First win only cranks up pressure on Giants
The Giants can all exhale now that they finally found a way to win their first game of the season. There is no doubt there was a palpable sense of...
Lundqvist could miss Rangers' next game with 'minor issue'
The Rangers rocky season continued Tuesday, and there wasn’t even a game to be played. Henrik Lundqvist didn’t participate in practice for a second straight day, raising concerns he might...
CSI joins 300 episode club
"CSI" marks a special anniversary Wednesday night -- its 300th episode, a milestone rarely achieved in the history of television. Throughout the medium's long history, stretching back to its beginnings...
New law aims to protect underage models
Models under 18 will be subject to sweeping new state labor law protections under legislation quietly signed into law by Gov. Cuomo Monday night. The new regulations could have a...
Kinder, gentler Tortorella won't take shots at Rangers
How much can one man change — honestly? It was Tuesday night in the bowels of the Coliseum, and here was John Tortorella, former mercurial coach of Rangers, standing amidst...
Michael Vick back for Eagles against Giants
Excited about the idea of the Giants feasting upon rookie quarterback Matt Barkley? Calm down. Multiple reports indicate Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who has missed the last two games after...
Jets owner posed with fan who punched woman
Bet Woody Johnson didn’t know he was standing next to a killer. The Jets owner recently posed for photos with a diehard fan once convicted of fatally stabbing a teen...
Banksy unveils Great Sphinx
The Great Sphinx of Willetts Point made its debut Tuesday morning as the latest work unveiled by the British street artist Banksy. The three-foot-tall monument is standing guard outside a...
Churchill kin in vulgar cab grab wrote etiquette book
The granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill who stole a cab from a stunned socialite and told her to “go f--- yourself” is amazingly the author of a recently published etiquette...
Cut Texans rookies claim they were smoking cigar, not pot
To be blunt, they claim they weren’t smoking one. Three Texans rookies were cut by the team on Monday, and ESPN.com reported it was related to marijuana use in the...
GMs favor Nets over Knicks in Atlantic by wide margin
The NBA’s general managers have sided overwhelmingly with the Nets over the Knicks. The Nets racked up 75.9 percent of the votes in an annual poll of the NBA’s 30 general...
Ohio kidnapping survivors to pen book
NEW YORK -- Two of the three women held captive for a decade in a Cleveland house are collaborating with a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Washington Post reporters for a...
Forgotten man Tyler’s 'hopes are high' to make Knicks
TORONTO -- Jeremy Tyler made his first road trip of preseason Monday, traveling to Canada, still in a walking boot, still hoping the Knicks wait for him to get out...
Apple unveils iPad Air at live press event
Apple unveiled a new lighter, faster iPad called iPad Air Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco. Below, check out our live updates from the event.
Jets fan in brawl visits lawyer; has 'no history of violence'
Jets fan Kurt Paschke, who turned a female Patriots rival into a punching bag after Sunday's game, took the walk of shame from his lawyer's Long Island office on Tuesday....
US couple hopes 'Maria’ is missing daughter
A Missouri couple whose baby daughter vanished two years ago have asked investigators to see if the unidentified blonde girl found last week in a Greek gypsy camp is their...
Groom makes bomb threat on own wedding
LONDON — A forgetful British bridegroom who made a hoax bomb threat rather than admit he'd neglected to book the venue for his wedding was sentenced Tuesday to a year...
Tribeca Film Festival sues in Pier 57 redesign battle
The developer selected to modernize the historic Pier 57 on W. 15th Street into a hip retail and cultural center partnered with Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival to gain...
Bobby V: I would've led these Red Sox to World Series
Bobby Valentine might actually be trying to be gracious, but it comes off as smug. The self-promoting former Mets manager endured a disastrous one-year dugout stint with the Red Sox...
Woman dies after head-on crash with tractor trailer
A veteran city bus driver was killed in a horrific car wreck in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Rosa Eubanks, 54, was on her way to work at the...
World Peace: Stop making fun of Hansbrough
http://youtu.be/D_R_QtZCxEg The Knicks have to hope that every player is as intimidated by Metta World Peace as Tyler Hansbrough appeared on Monday night. Hansbrough looked frustrated with getting hacked on...
Syrian weaponry still terrifying without chemical arsenal
On Sunday, September 29, President Bashar al-Assad declared to the world, via an interview on Italian television, his resolve to clear Syria of chemical weapons - accepting a Russian-brokered deal...
Lazard Capital staff exodus accelerates with Stephens circling
Rivals are looking to poach from Lazard Capital Markets amid speculation that it is struggling to stay in business. The closely held firm, which revealed in May that it is...
Google unveils software to defend cyberattacks
Google Inc will begin to shield news organizations and human rights groups from cyberattacks as part of a new package of services designed to support "free expression" on the Web,...
Singapore school trains maids for brighter futures
When she was eight, Lisa Padua lost everything after her father died, forcing her to leave school in her mid-teens to work as a maid in Qatar and then in...
Miami's sanctions announced; bowl ban over
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami's football team will lose nine scholarships and the men's basketball team will lose three, as part of the penalties the school was handed Tuesday by...
NFL Power Rankings: Pittsburgh back on the map
A familiar face in the AFC playoff chase is stirring again. Left for dead after a 0-4 start, the Steelers -- remember them? -- are starting to climb out of...
Banksy 'Ghetto for Life' piece has overnight guards
It’s "ghetto" fabulous. Determined to protect the stencil elusive graffiti artist Banksy bestowed on their neighborhood Monday, two South Bronx residents sat guard at makeshift barrier to discourage rival taggers...
Gun swaps booming on Instagram
The gun market is booming on Instagram. The popular photo-posting app – bought last year by Facebook for $1 billion – has become the go-to place for folks looking to...
Holocaust survivor to play with Yo-Yo Ma
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- The already remarkable life of Holocaust survivor George Horner is about to take another exceptional turn. The 90-year-old pianist will make his orchestral debut with renowned...
US added just 148K jobs last month
WASHINGTON -- The US economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began Oct. 1. Still, hiring last...
Iraq vet’s SpongeBob gravestone removed
CINCINNATI -- Officials at a cemetery that removed a slain Iraq war veteran's towering SpongeBob SquarePants headstone from her final resting place after they deemed it inappropriate for their traditional...
Mattingly's job in jeopardy after awkward press conference
LOS ANGELES — Don Mattingly said Monday that his 2014 contract option vested with the Dodgers’ first-round playoff victory over Atlanta, but he isn’t sure he’ll be back as manager...
Facebook allows gruesome beheading videos
Facebook Inc has surreptitiously resumed allowing decapitation videos to be posted on its website, lifting a temporary ban it had placed earlier this year on content featuring graphic violence. The...
Pot garden busted by Google Earth
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Police say the view from space helped them bust a medical marijuana garden with too many plants in Southern Oregon. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports...
Russia's 'White Widow' suspected in deadly blast
This is Naida Asiyalova, an Islamic female suicide bomber, who killed six and injured 37, some critically, in a bus attack in southern Russia. The attack in Volgograd has added to...
Nokia unveils new Windows phones, first tablet
Nokia is expanding its lineup of Windows phones and introducing its first tablet computer, all sporting the powerful camera technology found in its flagship Lumia 1020 smartphone. The struggling cellphone...
Tears and energy drinks: Inside the ObamaCare fiasco
WASHINGTON — Crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers building the Obama administration's showcase health insurance website were growing increasingly stressed. Some worked past 10 p.m., energy...
Finding the local flavor in Quebec City
In summer, any Quebec native will tell you that he avoids the tourist-clogged cobblestone streets of the fortified Old City at all costs. But come mid-October, when the last...
Technogym founder talks wellness, fitness and perfect pasta
As the man credited with helping invent the concept of “wellness,” it’s hardly surprising that Technogym founder and CEO Nerio Alessandri — who travels half of every month — knows...
New historic suites at London’s Café Royal
London’S Café Royal has been on the planet even longer Queen Elizabeth II — that’s crazy old. In its former life as a boozy celeb clubhouse, the 1865 West End...
Giants 'D' shuts down Peterson
The Giants had one task and one task only in Monday night’s game against the Vikings at MetLife Stadium: Stop Adrian Peterson. They did — better than anyone had since...
'Luce' fizzles out despite performances
Fireworks figure prominently in “Luce,” about parents who realize that the child they adopted from Africa a decade ago isn’t what he seems. Sadly, JC Lee’s new play fizzles out...
'Scandal' and 'SVU' riff on Weiner's sexting scandal
You could see this one coming mile away. The sexting scandals of disgraced ex-Congressman and New York City mayoral wannabe Anthony Weiner have inspired not one, but two prime-time storylines...
Anti-white bias eyed in assault
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said cops are looking into bias-crime charges after a gang of teens attacked a couple while shouting anti-white slurs in Brooklyn. The couple was driving through...
Woody Allen to appear at Princeton University
PRINCETON, NJ — Woody Allen has been donating his papers to Princeton University since 1980. Next weekend, devotees will be able to see the notoriously private filmmaker in the flesh....
Undercover cop in SUV attack won't testify
The undercover biker cop who was caught on video smashing a Manhattan dad’s SUV will not testify before a grand jury, his lawyer said on Monday. The lawyer for detective...
MTA wants NYers to 'Get Outta Town'
The MTA wants New Yorkers to “Get Outta Town.” In a new campaign announced yesterday by Gov. Cuomo and the MTA, city residents are being urged to go upstate or...
ATF hero sues over ‘psych’ demotion
He went from hero to zero. A federal agent who was awarded a medal of valor for fatally shooting a Bronx weapons dealer while being dragged by a car got...
Support grows for NY casino expansion plan
ALBANY — A new poll shows a majority of New York voters supporting an amendment to the state constitution that would expand casino gambling. The Siena College poll released Monday...
Bloomberg's daughter saves money by renting dresses
She may be a billionaire’s daughter, but she still knows how to save a buck or two on fashion. Mayor Bloomberg said his oldest daughter, Emma, doesn’t waste money buying...
Kim and Kanye engaged
Can Kimye last longer than 72 days? Megalomaniac rap superstar Kanye West proposed to his reality TV galpal Kim Kardashian in front of family and friends at AT&T Park in...
Rolle makes his presence felt
Antrel Rolle was seemingly in the middle of everything Monday night as the Giants finally broke through this season with a 23-7 victory over the Vikings. He dropped Adrian Peterson...
Hillis contributes in Giants debut
Peyton Hillis starred in his own movie on Monday night. The ending, though, was a bit different than he envisioned. “Going into the night my legs felt like Jell-O,’’ said...
FDNY EMT still on the job after slay cover-up
An FDNY EMT lieutenant is still on the job even though she admittedly lied to investigators to cover up her husband’s involvement in an upstate murder for nearly five years,...
'Homeland' creator explains big 'reveal'
I wasn’t a fan of the big “reveal” in Sunday’s episode of “Homeland” — but series creator Alex Gansa was mensch enough to hop on the phone the following afternoon...
Long wait mercifully over for Eli Manning, Giants
It was 11:54 p.m. when Eli Manning came jogging through the tunnel, flipped his wristbands up to the wailing fans overhead, and disappeared into the locker room to celebrate Giants...
Giants-Vikings was a special teams nightmare
The Giants special teams units were at it again, testing Tom Coughlin’s blood pressure with a string of miscues. The defense had silenced Adrian Peterson and proven why Tampa Bay...
Giants report card
OFFENSE No turnovers! Nothing fancy and only 257 total yards. Eli Manning (23-of-39, 200 yards, 1 TD) was more conservative with the ball and did not throw an interception! Scoring...
Zipcar technology saves NYC millions
The city is saving tens of millions of dollars on its fleet of more than 25,000 vehicles by using technology purchased from Zipcar, officials said Monday. Combined with other measures,...
Giants Blitz: Defense leads the way
HERO The Giants’ entire defense, led by defensive end Justin Tuck, safety Antrel Rolle and linebacker Jon Beason, shut down Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who finished with 28 rushing...
Tommy Hilfiger putting $80M pad up for sale
These digs are stunning — and so is the price! Fashion tycoon Tommy Hilfiger is putting his sprawling Plaza-hotel penthouse duplex on the market for a cool $80 million. The...
JCPenney slashes Martha Stewart partnership
Martha Stewart’s two-timing relationship with JCPenney ended the same way it began: with a last-minute phone call to Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren. In a humiliating defeat, the domestic diva said...
Argentina sics ex-solicitor general on hedge fund
Former Solicitor General Paul Clement has been hired by Argentina to press its case against Paul Singer’s Elliott Management, according to Argentine press reports. Earlier this month, the US Supreme...
New York at the Crossroads
Times Square, the “Crossroads of the World,” is at a crossroads — its thriving office market buoyed by a surprising influx of tech companies even as the streetscape grows ever...
Former Jimmy Choo creative officer launches shoe line
Eye for an eye, shoe for a shoe, or so it goes for Tamara Mellon, who departed Jimmy Choo under murky circumstances when Labelux bought the company in 2011. After...
Finally! Giants beat awful Vikings for first victory
As they passed each other in the first winning locker room either of them had been in for far too long, Antrel Rolle bent down to say something to a...