December 23, 2013
Cowboys trying to preserve some Romo secrecy
IRVING, Texas — Tony Romo limped so badly on one play against Washington, he barely made it to the spot where he had to hand off. The obvious limp was...
Activist investor: Red Lobster spinoff not enough
Darden Restaurants — owner of Olive Garden, Red Lobster and other smaller brands — is in danger of being pulled apart like a warm breadstick. Shareholder activist Starboard Value on...
Rehabbing Staal gives 'a real hard go'
The road back from Marc Staal continued again on Monday morning, as the Rangers alternate captain took part in what coach Alain Vigneault called “a real hard go” on the...
Felton: I felt a 'pop'
ORLANDO, Fla. — Knicks starting point guard Raymond Felton’s comeback lasted just one game. Returning from a six-game absence to rest his lingering strained hamstring for Monday night's game against...
Trump tweet blisters Durst
Donald Trump has launched a twisted Twitter attack on fellow real-estate titan Douglas Durst — blaming him for making Durst’s estranged brother, Robert, who killed and decapitated a Texas neighbor,...
Devils can't stop Chicago
CHICAGO — Patrick Sharp scored twice and Patrick Kane, Bryan Bickell and Nick Leddy also connected to lead the Blackhawks to a 5-2 win over the Devils on Monday night....
Nabokov, Isles blank Red Wings
DETROIT — Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career shutout in the Islanders’ 3-0 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night, the visitors first trip to the...
3 WTC is finally on the rise
The momentous lease that will bring GroupM to Larry Silverstein’s 3 World Trade Center — and allow the tower to rise to its full 80-story height — is worth about...
Kidd blasts blown-out Nets: 'Getting comfortable with losing'
If the way the Nets played Monday night against the Pacers is any indication of what they’ll look like without Brook Lopez, things won’t be getting better anytime soon. In...
Rangers top Maple Leafs in shootout
How bad this one would have been for the Rangers. How awful the feeling if the skills competition just broke in the other direction. But it didn’t, and the Rangers...
My 'orgy' with Leonardo DiCaprio
New York model and actress Maria Di Angelis, who has appeared on TV shows such as “The Good Wife” and “Law and Order: SVU” — and was cast as Julia...
Knicks hold off Magic despite losing Melo and Felton
ORLANDO, Fla. — Carmelo Anthony went down, Raymond Felton went down and the Knicks were ready to go down, collapsing and blowing almost all of their 25-point third-quarter lead. Somehow...
Powerful explosion kills 14 near Egyptian police station
CAIRO — A powerful explosion believed to be caused by a car bomb rocked a police headquarters in a Nile Delta city north of Cairo early Tuesday, killing at least...
Fall of Romo: Injury not necessarily bad news for 'Boys
Tony Romo’s bad back just made what was shaping up to be a fabulous Week 17 in the NFL a lot less fabulous. But will it end up helping the...
Ryan's focused on Dolphins, not his own job status
In the victorious Jets locker room Sunday, Rex Ryan stood in front of his team and began rattling off the impressive stats from the game. Behind him was an important...
Off-duty cop called me 'terrorist,' beat me: lawsuit
An Arab man claims that an off-duty NYPD cop called him a "terrorist" and stomped on his groin during an ugly parking-lot dispute in Queens, according to a Brooklyn federal...
Eager Yankees remain in the dark regarding Tanaka
The Yankees have added no shortage of high-end players this offseason, but even after the spending spree that brought Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran to The Bronx, they...
Not the same Mann: Timing and accuracy elude Eli
For long stretches, it certainly felt as if the Lions were ripe to be picked apart by Eli Manning, operating in the climate-controlled environs he adores. This is a quarterback...
Staten Island marijuana kingpin allowed to marry & move
A marijuana kingpin from Staten Island who once raked in $6 million a week while living with his parents has had his home-confinement terms modified so that he can get...
Up-Hill battle: Troublesome safety needs to earn Giants' trust
He has an impressive look and plenty of potential to be a force in the NFL. Giants safety Will Hill reminded us of that in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s...
Hey, Woody, it’s time to pull Rex's feet from the fire
To keep or not to keep is the question about Rex Ryan, and there is no easy answer, no pounding the table to keep him when he has missed the...
Geno ‘pleased’ with turnover-free day vs. Browns
Jets quarterback Geno Smith opened some eyes Sunday with his best performance in months. Smith led the Jets to a 24-13 win over the Browns with his arm (20-of-36, 214...
See the dramatic rescue of a dog swept out to sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzSn3buDcFk A lucky dog was rescued in the UK Sunday after being swept out to sea and assumed dead. The Labrador and its owner were taking a walk when the...
Veteran NYC radio reporter Stan Brooks dead at 86
Legendary WINS radio reporter Stan Brooks died Monday, one month after he retired from a 51-year career as a star of the “You give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you...
Coughlin tires of Giants' motivation being questioned
Tom Coughlin has unquestionably softened his dealings with the media in recent years, but he took a poke on Monday when asked, again, about the difficulties of motivating a team...
East Carolina runs past Ohio in Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Vinatavious Cooper rushed for a career-best 198 yards, setting a Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl record and leading East Carolina to a 37-20 victory over Ohio on...
2nd opinion ordered for teen declared brain dead
OAKLAND, Calif. — With a family fighting a hospital to keep their brain-dead daughter on life support just days before Christmas, a California judge on Monday ordered a second medical...
Where to go glam in Aspen this winter
This week, Aspen is in the throes of its most glittery, celeb-drenched time of the year, ushering in four months of high-season high jinks. All winter long, billionaires and boldfacers...
The 5 worst theater shows of 2013
A terrible play is worse than a terrible movie. Not only are you watching something bad, but you’re just a few feet away from live actors embarrassing themselves. Because it’s...
Post's Top 25: Time to rethink the SEC favorite
The SEC was supposed to feature an elite program with a 2013-14 team capable of winning a national championship and stockpiling impressive non-league victories. It does -- just not the...
Rande Gerber shares his tips for stress-free travel
With his surf-to-slopes vibe, Rande Gerber is the type of totally cool dude hard to find in this over-hipster era. A one-time model and now full-time restaurant/lounge/nightlife entrepreneur, Gerber also...
Meet the man who clothed 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
In the fall of 1991, Manhattan tailor Anthony Giliberto received a call from Elliot Lavigne, then-chairman of Perry Ellis. That one call would change the course of the third-generation tailor’s...
Visitors center shows Stonehenge in a whole new light
It may have taken five millennia, but Stonehenge finally has something it shockingly never had before: a dedicated visitors center. Opened last Wednesday, the sleek and environmentally sensitive complex serves...
The world's most beautiful holiday displays
From Brisbane, Australia to Sacramento, Calif., here are the world's most stunning holiday displays.
American among those convicted for satirical video in UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced eight people including an American to up to a year in prison Monday after being convicted in...
Rangers simply can’t wait for Lundqvist to find game
On Fifth Avenue, a couple of blocks from the famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, there’s a bronze statue of Atlas holding the heavens. That’s kind of what Henrik Lundqvist...
Why Peyton Manning could push TD total to 55 or higher
Peyton Manning isn’t just wearing out opposing defenses. He’s also exhausting everyone’s list of superlatives to describe the truly remarkable season No. 18 is having at age 37 after four...
'Tis the season — for heart attacks?
CHICAGO — Not to dampen any spirits, but studies show heart troubles spike this time of year. It's not just a Western phenomenon; recent research in China found the same...
Tony Romo knocked out for year with back injury: report
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is done for the season because of back injury, according to an ESPN report. Dallas (8-7) hosts the Eagles (9-6) Sunday night with the winner taking...
Rex Ryan on job status: 'I'm not disgruntled about anything'
Jets coach Rex Ryan spent Monday afternoon dodging questions about his job status during a 15-minute conference call with reporters. Ryan danced around everything concerning his job, saying his only...
Dow, S&P hit record highs on Apple's gains
Stocks rose in quiet trading Monday as investors start to close the books on 2013. Apple helped lift technology stocks after the company reached a deal to sell the iPhone...
Ex-Tiffany VP: Not being able to have kids led me to steal $2M in jewelry
A former Tiffany & Co. vice president is claiming that she was so depressed over not being able to have children that she turned to stealing more than $2.1 million...
Stunning look inside North Korea lands man Time award
Time picks AP photographer David Guttenfelder as Instagram photographer of the year for his amazing collection on North Korea. The country allowed foreigners to bring cellphones inside for the first time Jan. 18, 2013.
Top 10 NBA storylines of 2013
Living in or around New York, you might not know it, but 2013 really was a great year for the NBA. LeBron James and the Miami Heat came within one...
As we mourn a writer gone too soon, remembering an example of his kindness
Before Ned Vizzini ended his short, erratically brilliant life Thursday – leaping to his death in Brooklyn – he was in Hollywood. There, last spring, he did something rare in that...
Man pleads guilty to peddling phony ‘Star Trek' tricorders
He's going where many crooks have gone before. An Illinois man copped a plea in Brooklyn Federal Court on Monday to marketing a phony medical-data device that he fashioned to...
Giants rewind: Eli Manning still a bit off target
Just off. Those two words are all that’s needed to describe the way Eli Manning threw the ball Sunday inside the climate-controlled and perfect-for-passing environment at Ford Field in Detroit....
Cost of e-hail app could skyrocket for New Year’s Eve
Uber, a taxi hail app notorious for inflating fares at times of peak demand, boasted to drivers over the weekend that fares could soar up to eight times the normal...
The day in photos
Thai protesters take on investigators, massive ice sculptures, the world's richest lottery, an icy Christmas swim and more.
Mom of tragic toddler was 'nervous' about father's visit
The heartbroken mother whose husband tossed their 3-year-old son to his death from an Upper West Side high-rise said Monday that she had been “nervous” about the boy’s visits with...
AK-47 designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94
Mikhail Kalashnikov started out wanting to make farm equipment, but the harvest he reaped was one of blood as the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, the world's most popular...
Spitzer seen at de Blasio staffer’s apartment
Lis Smith, a member of the New York City mayor-elect Bill de Blasio transition team, has been 'shacking up' with her ex-boss Eliot Spitzer.
Broncos' Von Miller out for season with torn ACL
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos linebacker Von Miller’s season is over after tests revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to a person with knowledge of the...
ObamaCare deadline extended after troubled launch
WASHINGTON — With the midnight deadline approaching Monday to sign up for ObamaCare, the administration extended it by 24 hours to Christmas Eve. “This is similar concept as Election Day:...
World Peace to undergo blood-spinning therapy on ailing knee
ORLANDO, Fla. — Metta World Peace is taking a page from Kobe Bryant and Alex Rodriguez as his wild adventure in his first season with the Knicks just got woollier....
Jets winners & losers: Geno finds his groove
The Jets kept fighting Sunday and came away with a 24-13 victory over the Browns at MetLife Stadium. Is it enough to save Rex Ryan’s job? We’ll find out. For...
De Blasio: Rep's Spitzer affair a 'personal matter'
Bill de Blasio said Monday that it’s not his problem that his top spokeswoman was caught shacking up with Eliot Spitzer. The mayor-elect hedged when asked whether he would keep...
Ackman takes another swipe at Herbalife
The dicey recruiting methods used by Herbalife distributors, which the company said would be banned as of June 30, are still happening, hedge-fund titan Bill Ackman claimed in a letter...
De Blasio taps Goldman Sachs alum to helm housing development
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio on Monday named Goldman Sachs alum Alicia Glen as deputy mayor for housing and economic development. He also named Laura Santucci, who heads up his transition...
Instead of splitting the check, this teetotaler will just split
Dear special friends, Ever wondered why we haven’t had dinner in ages even though you’re really fun, I love you dearly, and wouldn’t it be great to get together during...
Red Bulls' Thierry Henry hints he may play beyond 2014
After Red Bulls sporting director Andy Roxburgh hinted team captain Thierry Henry – who is entering the final year of his contract – might extend his deal beyond next season,...
'Fast & Furious 7' delayed until April 2015
Universal Pictures has delayed the release of "Fast & Furious 7" for almost a year following the death of star Paul Walker. The studio announced Monday that the "Fast &...
Former DC Bureau Chief leaves NBC News
Antoine Sanfuentes, the former Washington bureau chief for NBC News, is exiting the network. The news was confirmed in a farewell note emailed to staff by Sanfuentes Monday morning. The...
NFL playoff picture shapes up for a Week 17 beauty
And now, just the way NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell drew it up: playoff fates on the line on the last Sunday of the regular season. The one-game seasons: Eagles (9-6)...
GroupM takes large 3 WTC space
In a spectacular holiday present for the World Trade Center and developer Larry Silverstein, media investment management giant GroupM has signed a 20-year lease for over a half-million square feet...
Top 10 theater shows of 2013
In 2013, Shakespeare ruled New York theater. He could be sighted on Broadway and off. He was done in period outfits but also with motorcycles. Men played women and women...
Suspended Boise State QB: I didn't pee off balcony
BOISE, Idaho — Boise State University quarterback Joe Southwick said he was unfairly dismissed from the Hawaii Bowl, arguing he was falsely accused of urinating from a hotel balcony. Southwick,...
Plane wing clips building at Johannesburg airport
JOHANNESBURG — South African airport officials say four airport staff were slightly injured when the wing of a British Airways passenger aircraft clipped a building at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International...
Brawls mark latest Air Jordan debut
Packs of shoppers lined up early Monday to get their paws on a pair of the new Nike Air Jordan 11 Retro Gamma — but wound up attacking each other...
Snow, ice, rain storms could leave some in dark for Christmas
CONCORD, N.H. — After the first full day of winter brought everything from balmy temperatures along the Mid-Atlantic to snow in the Midwest and ice, snow and flooding in the...
Target’s weekend sales slip on data breach
Target, on the back of a massive data breach, may have suffered another blow — reduced customer traffic over one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. The number...
Jos. A. Bank rejects Men's Wearhouse acquisition bid
Jos. A. Bank said Monday it has rejected Men’s Wearhouse’s acquisition bid. Jos. A. Bank said its Board of Directors unanimously voted to reject the offer for $55 a share,...
Dear Santa, can you bring good cheer to 'Scrooge' bosses?
Dear Santa, Here’s my Christmas wish list. Please note there are no ties on the list. No offense, but you’ve got better taste in toys. Like the advice I give...
Meet the 40/40 Club's lone woman DJ with a residency
The music is thumping at the 40/40 Club as DJ Amanda Blaze scans the room and puts on her headphones behind the confines of her booth. While putting her setlist...
Source: Grant Balfour on Yankees' radar
According to industry sources, the Yankees have shown some interest in closer Grant Balfour, whose two-year deal with the Orioles disintegrated. Balfour has converted 62 of 67 save opportunities the...
Postal Service takes on Operation Santa
They’re making it harder to be one of Santa’s helpers. The other day I went to the majestic main post office in Manhattan to do what thousands of other New...
Do the Saudis really control the terrorists they court?
In a 2003 Rose Garden press conference, a reporter asked President Bush why he was sealing a congressional report “incriminating the Saudi government when it comes to 9/11.”Bush, without denying...
Donald for Governor ... Why not?
The Donald. The Governor? Why not? Donald Trump is as serious as a PBS special. The real-estate tycoon and star of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice’’ told me the current chief exec...
GIs wounded in South Sudan
Four American troops flying into revolution-torn South Sudan to evacuate US citizens were injured when militants opened fire on their aircraft, causing the mission to be aborted. The troops were...
Power struggle could sink celeb-friendly La Marina
A power struggle among the owners of a Hudson River hangout that draws celebs from Jay Z and Beyoncé to Leonardo DiCaprio is threatening to sink the trendy lounge even...
Feds stole my $33M bitcoins booty: Silk Road 'pirate'
The Internet “pirate” accused of running the notorious illegal-drug-peddling Web site Silk Road claims that the feds are the real buccaneers — robbing him to the tune of $33.6 million...
Santana reunited with long-lost bandmate
OAKLAND, Calif. — Carlos Santana has been reunited with a former bandmate he hadn’t seen in decades and who now lives on the streets of Oakland. “You don’t know how...
Bill would increase suspended license penalties
New legislation will be introduced Monday to make it a more serious crime to drive with a suspended license after a Queens boy was killed by a truck driver who...
Bomb explodes on Tel Aviv bus
JERUSALEM — A pipe bomb believed to have been planted by Palestinian militants exploded Sunday on board a bus in Israel just moments after it had been evacuated, police said,...
Israeli officials outraged at US spying revelations
JERUSALEM — Senior Israeli officials on Sunday demanded an end to US spying on Israel, following revelations that the National Security Agency intercepted e-mails from the offices of the country’s...
One dead, four wounded in Trenton drive-by
TRENTON — One man was killed and four were wounded in a Trenton drive-by shooting. Mercer County prosecutors say 24-year-old Trenton resident Brandon Varlow was killed in the shooting, which...
NY solar program heating up
ALBANY — An array of shimmering panels covering 3 acres in the upstate Finger Lakes region is a sign of the state’s latest push to catch up to its neighbors...
Micro-apartments could make you 'crazy'
With a new wave of micro-apartments coming to the city, experts are warning that the super-small dwellings could make their cramped occupants crazy. Higher rates of stress, substance abuse and...
Senate Democrat worries about ObamaCare 'meltdown'
WASHINGTON — Hours before the Monday deadline for Americans to sign up for ObamaCare in order to have coverage by Jan. 1, a Senate Democrat warned the plan could soon...
2 probes against 'charity'
A Brooklyn not-for-profit group with ties to powerful New York politicians is now the subject of two separate criminal probes, The Post has learned. Gov. Cuomo’s commission to combat public...
New legislation targeting biker gangs
New legislation targeting rogue motorcyclists in the wake of the vicious beatdown of a Manhattan man in front of his wife and baby daughter will be introduced in the state...
Real-estate agent overprices house to use it as a 'sex pad'
A New Jersey real-estate agent overpriced a house so that it wouldn’t sell — and he could use it as a sex pad with a fellow broker, according to a...
'Duck Dynasty' star defends anti-gay remarks
In his first public comments since getting suspended from his family’s top-rated reality show, “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson defiantly defended his anti-gay remarks during a Bible-study class Sunday.The Cajun...
Feels a lot like Easter
The mercury hit 71 degrees in Central Park Sunday, shattering the city’s record high for the date, as shoppers choked Manhattan sidewalks and ice skaters hit the Rockefeller Center rink...
Target ripped for withholding hack information
After a massive security breach exposed millions of Target customers’ personal information, the retail chain has still not revealed what went wrong or said what it is doing to solve...
Vito Lopez protégé now one of the most powerful people at City Hall
Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez may have lost his bid to become a city councilman, but his protégé has become one of the most powerful people at City Hall. Brooklyn Democratic...
Trump wants to fix Tappan Zee 'for peanuts'
Donald Trump is launching a serious challenge to Gov. Cuomo — but it’s not in the race for governor that’s coming up next year. The megabuilder says he’s ready to...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx A heartless thief scammed an elderly woman out of $8,500 in Foxhurst, authorities said. The con woman approached the victim, 75, near Westchester and Intervale avenues at around...
NJ Transit train hits car — but teen driver survives
MONTVALE, NJ — Authorities say one person suffered minor injuries when a New Jersey Transit train and a car collided in northern New Jersey. The accident at the Kinderkamack Road...
Rich parents sneak 'gifts' to get kids into posh schools
The city’s toniest pre-Ks bar parents from giving holiday gifts to teachers and directors — but moms and dads are so desperate to curry favor with the staffers who recommend...
24 reboot adds two more regulars
Fox has added two more regulars to its “24” reboot. Gbenga Akinnagbe (“The Wire”) and Giles Matthey (“Jobs”) have been cast in “24: Live Another Day,” according to deadline.com. The...
Good as gold
What’s a little liquor between good friends? Here’s your first up-close look at “Klondike,” Discovery’s six-hour miniseries premiering next month with stars Richard Madden (Robb Stark from “Game of Thrones”)...
'Jersey Shore' creator's three new TV babies
SallyAnn Salsano has made a career out of working with outrageous characters. The founder and president of 495 Productions — once a finalist to be a cast member on “The...
Woman killed in Bronx stabbing
A woman was found fatally stabbed in her Bronx home Sunday evening, cops said. Cops discovered Ana Hernandez, 47, stabbed once in the back in the basement of her house...
Pussy Riot members released from prison
KRASNOYARSK, Russia — Two jailed members of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot were released Monday following an amnesty law that both described as a Kremlin public relations stunt ahead...
Best mags with last-minute Christmas decor ideas
So you’ve been partying for the past few weeks and you’ve done no home decorating or shopping for items like stocking stuffers. Don’t despair, we’ve got your back, with these...
Dinner-and-a-movie theater headed for South Street Seaport
New York movie lovers, fond of Gotham’s art houses, will soon get a film experience that rivals that in LA’s private screening rooms. IPic, a chain of luxe theaters with...
Eagles bash Bears; NFC East title bout against Dallas next
PHILADELPHIA — The “We want Dallas!” chant broke out in the stands midway through the third quarter here Sunday night. The Eagles could be forgiven for joining in, considering the...
Jernigan comes up big for Giants
DETROIT — This is what the Giants have been waiting for with Jerrel Jernigan. And this is what Jernigan has been waiting to show the Giants. With Victor Cruz gone...