December 25, 2013
City yanks license from lewd cabby
The TLC is lifting the hack license of a cabby who made an unrelenting series of sexual come-ons to a female passenger while transporting her home from La Guardia Airport. The...
Cop and his traffic-agent wife jailed after Christmas Eve fight
An Upper East Side cop and his NYPD traffic-agent wife spent Christmas Eve in the slammer following a nasty fight in their South Bronx apartment, police sources told The Post....
Cross-dressing man caught on Newark runways
The Port Authority’s pricy perimeter-protection system failed again Wednesday when it failed to detect that a man — dressed as woman — had hopped a fence at Newark Airport and...
Giving GOPers a say
Talk about your tale of two cities. As New York begins its lurch to the left, the thing that I keep thinking of is that a quarter of the votes...
No word on when Anthony will return from injury
Carmelo Anthony missed Christmas because of a sprained left ankle, and Mike Woodson can’t say if he’ll miss Canada, too. Anthony spent Christmas Day in a brown suit on the...
Nets' Pierce stuck in scoring slump
The Truth is ugly. Following Paul Pierce’s first scoreless game since he was a rookie — an 0-for-7 performance in Monday’s loss to the Pacers — the 10-time All-Star and...
Eli Manning endured as Giants (and other QBs) crumbled
The only quarterback left standing in the NFC East is Eli Manning. For what that’s worth. Michael Vick was gone before midseason, a physical failing that led to an offensive...
Yankees' pursuit of Tanaka begins Thursday
The clock is set on Masahiro Tanaka. With the Japanese right-hander free to seek a major league job, a 30-day window has been established for clubs to sign him. The...
Pierce, Garnett haven’t brought the fight to Brooklyn
The day after the Nets were knocked out of the 2013 playoffs by the injury-ravaged Bulls in a Game 7 on their home floor, Deron Williams was asked what quality...
Trying times bring out worst in Knicks
There was a time when the Knicks were built to withstand adversity. When injuries or suspension shortened their roster, they accepted those challenges as a test of their manhood and...
New beauty bar, Rouge NY, gets women gussied up
When it comes to beauty, the New York woman is busy indeed: There are always blowouts to schedule, manicures to get, eyebrows to maintain. Into this fray leaps Rouge New...
Egypt's Jon Stewart conspiracy theory
And the winner of the annual “Most Convoluted Conspiracy Theory to Emerge from the Egyptian Fever Swamp” prize is the writer Amr Ammar, who alleged earlier this month on Tahrir...
Labor arbitration head is a de Blasio fundraiser
No wonder unions aren’t worried about upcoming contract negotiations. As Capital New York reported this week, Martin Scheinman will be an arbitrator in separate negotiations between the city and both...
Wilkerson, Folk deserve Pro Bowl -- but it won't be easy
The Pro Bowl rosters will be announced Friday. Will any Jets make it? In my view, two Jets are deserving of the trip to Hawaii — defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson...
NYers shouldn't complain about Uber's price surge
We were with Mayor Bloomberg when he pushed for e-hailing — allowing New Yorkers to use a smartphone app to book their cab rides. That in turn led to a...
Hey, need a QB? Redskins’ Cousins looking ahead
Kirk Cousins will be making his third start of the season at quarterback on Sunday when the Redskins face the Giants at MetLife Stadium, but this has more of a...
Hectic Rangers schedule delays Lundqvist questions
When Alain Vigneault smiled at the question he knew was coming, his eyes became slits and his mouth curled at its sides — someone might not even have to go...
De Blasio's questionable ACS appointment
New Yorkers must be wondering this week about Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s selection of Gladys Carrion to head the Administration for Children’s Services. “She’s devoted her whole life to our...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared 'terrorist group'
CAIRO -- Egypt's military-backed interim government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Wednesday, intensifying its campaign of arrests and prosecutions targeting its members and tightening the noose on the...
Without Melo, Knicks can't conjure miracle on 33rd St.
No Melo. No Christmas miracle. No spirit. No defense. And no excuses from embattled coach Mike Woodson. The Knicks were on the receiving end of a 123-94 blowout by Oklahoma...
Behold Jason Terry's socks
Check out the socks Jason Terry wore in the Nets' ho-ho-horrible 95-78 Christmas Day loss to the Bulls. Terry finished with one point in 24 minutes and an untold number...
Serena Williams named AP's Female Athlete of Year
Serena Williams likes to make one thing clear: She is never satisfied, no matter how many matches and tournaments she wins. Driven as ever, Williams won plenty this year. She...
NHL Power Rankings: Red Wings, Maple Leafs not so Classic
After a one-year hiatus due to last season's NHL lockout, the Winter Classic is back in 2014 when the Red Wings and Maple Leafs meet in Ann Arbor, Mich. on...
The 10 best fashion moments of 2013
In the ever-expanding, cross-pollinated word of style, celebrity and social media, this year was certainly — as fashion folk say — everything. Designers played house swap, Kate Moss became a...
Jeers for Nets 'nightmare' on Christmas
Sorry, Brooklyn. There are no exchanges. Following three straight losses, Jason Kidd called out his players Monday, saying he believed his underachieving team had become comfortable with losing. With the...
Belichick blames NFL rules for rash of injuries
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Patriots coach Bill Belichick is blaming recently instituted NFL rules shortening offseason practice time for what he claims to be an increasing number of player injuries....
Carmelo Anthony out for Knicks' Christmas game
The game-time decision: No. Carmelo Anthony will miss the Knicks' Christmas Day matinee against the Thunder at the Garden due to a sprained left ankle suffered Monday night in Orlando....
1 dead, 3 injured in Christmas morning shooting
A Suffolk County teen was killed and three others injured early Christmas morning when three masked men burst into an auto repair shop in Medford and demanded money from the victims...
Top 5 Knicks storylines of 2013
The 2013 calendar year for the Knicks was supposed to feature a host of climactic moments justifying owner James Dolan’s five-year plan to rebuild the franchise, which launched with a...
Christmas day bombings kill at least 37 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday. In one attack, a car bomb went...
Spitzer spends Christmas at gal pal's family home
A grinning Eliot Spitzer and his flack-turned-fling, Lis Smith, spent Christmas with her parents — a day after he and wife Silda announced their marriage was officially over. The Love...
Man killed in Christmas hit-and-run
A 29-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Queens Wednesday morning, cops said. Enrique Clemente-Ovando was attempting to cross Astoria Boulevard near 103rd Street in East Elmhurst at...
11,000 video games later, he's a record holder
BUFFALO, NY — Maybe it was getting his first video game, Cosmic Avenger, for Christmas at age 12, and then having to wait an entire year for the hard-to-land ColecoVision...
Winds whip Paris
PARIS — Violent winds have delayed international flights in and out of Paris and left a 12-year-old boy crushed to death beneath construction materials in Normandy. Nearly all long-haul flights...
Philanthropist carefully planned suicide jump; 'not ashamed'
He went out on his own terms. Eccentric philanthropist Robert W. Wilson — who leaped to his death from his 16th-floor apartment at the posh San Remo off Central Park...
Sandy victims still waiting for help
As a second New Year since Hurricane Sandy approaches, many coastal residents are still waiting for New York, New Jersey and New York City to distribute billions of federal dollars...
MTA, TWU cracking down on bogus bills
The subway-workers union and the MTA are cracking down on straphangers who use bogus bills to buy MetroCards, The Post has learned. The MTA was hit with almost $20,000 in...
Volunteer firefighter saves two from burning car
An off-duty volunteer firefighter from Long Island made the save of his life early Tuesday, dragging two injured people away from a burning car just before it exploded, cops said....
Astronauts complete rare Christmas Eve spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space station astronauts repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, braving a "mini blizzard" of noxious ammonia as they popped in...
Brooklyn teen, cousin slain in Caribbean
A Brooklyn teen and her cousin were found shot dead in a swampy area on the island of Jamaica, sources said. Francina Johnson, 19, of Canarsie, had traveled to the...
New ObamaCare fees coming in 2014
WASHINGTON — Here comes the ObamaCare tax bill. The cost of President Obama’s massive health-care law will hit Americans in 2014 as new taxes pile up on their insurance premiums...
NY lawyer: Agent goofed in India diplomat's arrest
A lawyer for an Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip search in New York City drew angry responses from officials in India accused US authorities Tuesday of bungling the investigation....
And the airline with the worst food is...
Passengers planning to use these two airlines have every reason to be airsick. Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Air fared worst in a survey that compares the chow served to economy-class...
App shows NYC Times Square countdown
The breathless drama of the Times Square New Year's Eve countdown has gone miniature with an app showing the live drop of the celebration's famed ball.The new version of the...
Live like a Giants rookie during Super Bowl week
A New York Giant has figured out a way to get a Super Bowl check, even though his team blew its chance to make the big game. Big Blue rookie...
Target in line of fire
It doesn’t matter if your last name is Cratchit and Mr. Scrooge has you crunching numbers for 18 hours in an unheated cubby. You’re still having a better Christmas than...
Cracker Barrel 'Big' mulls bid
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s top shareholder, Sardar Biglari, said he is considering a bid for the restaurant chain, the activist investor’s latest attempt to take control of the company....
Sotheby's looking for a new location in Manhattan
Sotheby’s is scouring Manhattan for a new location — but any move is contingent on the sale of its entire purpose-built auction headquarters on the Upper East Side. Second-round bids...
Dow, S&P full of Christmas cheer
The Santa Claus rally got off to a rousing start Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4 percent — adding to its best yearly performance in a decade....
The Gospel According to Luke, Chapter 2, Verses 1 through 20
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made...
Daily blotter
Queens A man was killed and another wounded when a gunman opened fire in a Far Rockaway apartment, cops said. The victims were inside a home on Seagirt Avenue near...
Muslims v. Christians in Islamists' new war
For the past few Christmases, this column has shined a light on the horrific plight of Christian communities across the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. This year, a Christian majority...
The Joy of Beethoven
In a season of joy, it is worth dwelling on and marveling at the world’s anthem of joy, arguably the best piece of music ever written, which hasn’t lost its...
Oregon State rolls Boise State in Hawaii Bowl
HONOLULU — Rashaad Reynolds and Oregon State made the most of their final chance to stop a costly losing streak. Reynolds returned two fumbles for touchdowns, helping the Beavers beat...
Man dead, dog injured in Coney Island shooting
A Brooklyn man was murdered shot inside an apartment building in Coney Island Tuesday night by a killer who also shot the victim’s dog. The 20-year-old man was struck multiple...
Lawyer: I stole $362G from clients
A disbarred New Jersey attorney has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients. Sergio Pastor, 41, of West Orange pleaded guilty to unauthorized practice of law and...
The best TV shows of 2013
It's always easy to pick the year's worst TV shows, given all the dreck that's foisted upon us year after year. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. But picking...