March 7, 2014

Red Wings hand Schneider, Devils a 7-4 whooping

DETROIT — Seven is usually a lucky number, but not for Cory Schneider and the Devils on Friday night. Schneider gave up seven goals for the first time in his...

Playboy whistleblower awarded record settlement

A California federal court on Friday was weighing how much in punitive damages to award to a former Playboy executive who a day earlier received a whopping $6 million whistleblower...

Tiger maintains striking distance at Cadillac Championship

DORAL, Fla. — Several times on Friday it looked as if Tiger Woods were playing himself out of contention at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral, but he persevered...

Sheila MacRae of 'Honeymooners' dies at 92

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — The veteran stage, film and TV performer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the 1960s re-creation of "The Honeymooners" has died. Sheila MacRae was 92. MacRae's...

Alvarez seeking to rebound in bout with Angulo

It’s all Floyd Mayweather’s fault. If he weren’t boxing’s biggest attraction, luring Showtime into a six-fight, $250 million contract, people probably wouldn’t be wondering if Saul Canelo Alvarez is damaged...

Cold shooting dooms Nets in Boston

There have been plenty of benefits for the Nets since switching to their smallball lineup at the start of January — one that helped give life to a season that,...

The truth about February's jobs report

February was cold and excessively snowy in most parts of the US, but neither rain, nor sleet nor — yeesh, you know the rest — could keep the accounting industry...

Newest Ranger St. Louis gets big assist in win over Hurricanes

RALEIGH, N.C. — Marty St. Louis has provided glimpses of who he is and what he can be through two games with the Rangers, in which he and his teammates...

Reset to nowhere

The “reset” with Russia had a brief, unhappy life. It began with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presenting her Russian counterpart with a mistranslated reset button reading “overcharged.” It ended...

Big front line leads Knicks to rout of Jazz, 108-81

With rumors and distractions regarding Phil Jackson possibly joining the team as everything but a player, the Knicks tried for a modest two-game winning streak with the Jazz supplying the...

@GSElevator could get another book deal: agent

The @GSElevator book isn’t dead yet. Less than a day after Simon & Schuster said it would not publish the book based on widely followed tweets from @GSElevator, other publishers...

Eating their own ObamaCare words

At the end of 2013, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz had some nasty words for yours truly. Irked that I used my Twitter feed to criticize her ObamaCare propaganda efforts,...

Weather turns WGC into a gust-win situation

DORAL , Fla. — In the case of the carnage you might have witnessed or heard took place at what turned into a queasy roller-coaster ride Friday at the WGC-Cadillac...

Women lead fight against Islamism

International Women’s Day, celebrated Saturday for the 106th year, marks continued progress for women across the world, but that progress has been reversed in countries where Islamic fundamentalism has taken...

Cops searching for suspect in two Queens bank robberies

A robber remains on the loose after he made off with nearly $2,000 after knocking off a pair of banks in Queens, cops said Friday. The first robbery occurred on...

Fanning the flames

For FDNY brass, public criticism from the ranks must be on a par with national-security leaks. What else explains their decision to subpoena the phone records of female firefighters to...

Epic gale: Wind takes over at Cadillac Championship

DORAL, Fla. — Donald Trump has always wanted to host a U.S. Open on one of his golf courses and — lo and behold — a U.S. Open has broken...

Cardozo HS guard Salnave is one to watch

Barclays Center lost some juice when Lincoln High, with McDonald’s All-American Isaiah Whitehead, was eliminated from the city playoffs on Wednesday. But the Brooklyn arena may have the next best...

Condi goes to Rutgers

Only a year ago, members of the Rutgers faculty sent an open letter to university president Robert Barchi demanding his “unqualified affirmation” of diversity, which they described as “a core...

NY’s Health Dept.: Making ‘affordable’ expensive

Leave it to New York’s Health Department to make everything more complicated and expensive in the name of making it more affordable. At issue is out-of-network benefits for health-insurance plans...

Yanks’ Banuelos one of many saved by late surgeon Frank Jobe

TAMPA — Manuel Banuelos will take the mound Saturday in Kissimmee, Fla., because of a technique first tried 17 years before he was even born. His rebirth as a pitcher...

Signs of crash after jet carrying 239 vanishes

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks close to where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing earlier in the day, the...

Knicks, fans must do everything they can to get Jackson on board

Cross your fingers. Cross your toes. Do whatever you can to get as much favorable karma going to convince Phil Jackson to help rescue the Knicks.Let’s hope the strings of...

Mets keep coming up ‘short’ on defense

PORT ST. LUCIE — If the Mets are going to win those 90 games that are their Holy Grail, they are going to have to tighten up their defense, among...

MAAC has four top teams, but only one will be dancing

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — After a one-day break, the MAAC Tournament — at the MassMutual Center — resumes with quarterfinal action on Saturday, featuring four teams (Iona, Manhattan, Quinnipiac and Canisius)...

Red Storm has eyes on NCAA tourney despite trying season

From the 0-5 start in the Big East to the hot streak that followed, the rash of unexpected losses of loved ones to the birth of Orlando Sanchez’s daughter the...

Family sickened after eating LSD-tainted meat

TAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida woman who was 9 months pregnant and her family became ill after eating meat tainted with LSD. Tampa police say doctors induced labor...

A neighborhood guide to NYC's best specialty food

Want to know where to find the tastiest soup dumplings in Chinatown or the best borscht in Brighton Beach? Read on! East Village Baked curry at Curry-Ya 214 E. 10th...

Wright, Murphy get first swings; Mets get a taste of replay rule

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Upon further review, the play stood. In the first Mets exhibition game in which replay was available, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged second-base umpire Chris...

Cops bust largest fake beauty supplies ring in US

A pair of Long Island brothers cooked up millions of dollars worth of knockoff health products like Vaseline, baby oil, ChapStick and Vicks VapoRub — and the items ended up...

'Black Hitler' rearrested after posting $80K bail

Not so fast, Adolf! A self-proclaimed "black Hitler" busted for allegedly torturing his nanny thought he would see daylight Friday after posting $80,000 bail - but was immediately rearrested on...

Pressure's on aging Red Bulls squad to bring home the Cup

The Red Bulls’ quest to defend last year’s Supporters’ Shield — and add this year’s MLS Cup — starts Saturday in Vancouver, 3,000 miles from home against a team they...

The day in photos

 World Indoor Championships, protests in Ukraine and Venezuela, pelicans, a lioness, water buffaloes and more.

Woodson: 'I don't have an opinion' on Phil Jackson reports

Yes, Mike Woodson has heard the Phil Jackson rumors and reports. But no, the Knicks coach does not want to comment on it. “I really don’t have an opinion on...

ATV rider nabbed after 'fleeing, running over' cop

A Queens ATV driver was busted Friday for allegedly mowing down and seriously injuring an NYPD cop during a wild Brooklyn traffic stop. Kenny Ortiz, 31, is facing an attempted-murder...

Ohio couple used python, pit bulls to enslave woman

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An Ohio couple was convicted Friday of enslaving a mentally disabled woman for two years through intimidation, abuse and threats they would harm her young child. Jordie...

NYC man defrauded taxpayers to pull off special-ed scam

A Manhasset man who ran preschool and special education programs for New York City children copped a plea on Friday to defrauding taxpayers out of millions of dollars in government...

Fantasy baseball preview: Who will thrive in new locales?

Change can be a scary word with a ton of negative connotations, but it can also be a reason for renewed hope. Let’s say you’ve had the same fantasy team...

Giants re-sign LB Mark Herzlich

Sitting back and waiting for the market to unfold is a strategy the Giants have used in the past at the start of NFL free agency, but that likely won’t...

Politician pushes for law banning animal tattoos

A Manhattan politician wants to ban owners from inking their pets after pictures of a tattooed Brooklyn pit bull sparked public outcry. Animal advocate Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal is sponsoring legislation...

Allen Iverson: Thrilling, frustrating, always watchable

Part of the allure of Allen Iverson, and the reason the diminutive, dynamic guard became such a cult figure among NBA fans, the complex package he came in. There’s nothing...

Bros hit new lows with auto-messaging app

So this is what it’s come to in dating culture? There’s now an app that will save you the time and trouble of texting your girlfriend and just do it...

Jets re-sign TE Jeff Cumberland

As the Jets prepare to begin chasing other teams' free agents, they brought back one of their own Friday. The Jets and tight end Jeff Cumberland agreed to a three-year...

65,000 Russians rally in Red Square for Crimean secession

MOSCOW — Russia rallied support Friday for a Crimean bid to secede from Ukraine, with Russia's top lawmaker assuring her Crimean counterpart that the region would be welcomed as "an...

Heat on vet as tattooed pooch returns home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEdu_udRcS8 The sweet pit-bull mix who was tattooed by her owner while sedated from surgery was released on Friday from the Brooklyn veterinary clinic that allowed the body art. An...

'Law & Order' vet talks about life as a Viking king

Linus Roache (“Batman Begins") is polishing his armor and preparing for battle. The 50-year-old actor has joined the cast of the hit historical drama “Vikings,” now in its second season,...

Student who outed Belle Knox has $1K-a-month porn habit

The Duke freshman who ratted out a classmate as a porn star is himself a prolific porn purchaser, a top skin-flick distributor claims. Big-mouthed frat boy Thomas Bagley shells out...

Russian forces storm Ukrainian base

KIEV, Ukraine — A Russian military truck broke down the gates of a Ukrainian base in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol and the installation is under siege by Russians...

Steve Lavin talking new contract with St. John's

St. John’s and Steve Lavin have discussed a contract extension, the coach told The Post’s Steve Serby in an exclusive interview — and the school later confirmed in a press...

Boyfriend-sharing twins get identical $200K plastic surgery

There’s no such thing as too close for twin sisters in Australia, who shelled out more than $200,000 to look identical and share a job, a Facebook account, a bed...

Putin insists Russia's actions in Crimea are fully legal

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin is dissing President Obama’s insistence that he pull back his military from Crimea, saying Russian-speakers in Ukraine need Russia's protection. "Russia cannot ignore calls for...

Piazza's advice to help d'Arnaud realize elite potential

PORT ST. LUCIE — Mike Piazza spent the last five days at Mets camp mentoring a young catcher who grew up idolizing him, and left impressed. "He's a nice kid and...

Rangers' Zuccarello appears ready for return

RALEIGH — Coach Alain Vigneault said Thursday he would make a game-time decision regarding Mats Zuccarello’s ability to play here Friday night against the Hurricanes, but it appears as if the...

Carmen (Mrs. Yogi) Berra dies at 85

Carmen Berra, the longtime wife of Yankees legend Yogi Berra, died Thursday night of complications from a stroke at Crane's Mill Assisted Living Facility in West Caldwell, N.J. She was...

Latest Whitney Biennial will blow your mind

Every two years, the Whitney blows its mind — and ours — with its Biennial, a chance to “expand our ideas of what art can be,” as museum director Adam...

Lady Gaga’s go-to designer puts models in Ziploc bags

First, McDonald’s couture debuted at Moschino, courtesy of Jeremy Scott. Then, at the Chanel show, Karl Lagerfeld had models — and later, Rihanna — traverse a gigantic grocery-store stage. Consumerism,...

Ron Livingston unrecognizable as Elvis Presley

Talk about getting into character. Ron Livingston, 46, is barely recognizable in his new role as “the King,” Elvis Presley. The “Office Space” star was photographed on the set of...

The (often unfortunate) big-screen spinoffs of ‘Rocky and Bullwinkle'

“Mr. Peabody and Sherman,’’ out today, is the fourth feature film derived from a half-hour cartoon show originally called “Rocky and His Friends’’ when it debuted on ABC in 1959....

Desperate Knicks reach out to Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson has turned down the Knicks’ offer to coach the team, but he could soon return to the organization as a front-office executive. The Knicks reached out to Jackson...

Spitzer madam pleads guilty to drug dealing

The notorious “Manhattan Madam” — who loves to boast that she provided hookers for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer — is facing up to five years behind bars after copping a plea...

After ruling, Massachusetts bans 'upskirt' photos

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill prohibiting "upskirt" photos of women. Patrick's office said the governor signed the measure Friday, two days after the state's highest court...

Measles outbreak in Bronx and Manhattan

A frightening measles outbreak in The Bronx and upper Manhattan infected 16 people, including four who needed hospitalization, according to the city Health Department. The victims, including nine kids, were...

Jets should take plunge on Jairus Byrd to shore up secondary

This is the eighth in a nine-part series examining the Jets’ needs position by position with free agency starting on Tuesday. Defensive backs Antonio Cromartie Age: 29 2013 stats: 38...

Opponents blast de Blasio for not blocking more charter schools

Mayor de Blasio is now under siege from charter school opponents as well as supporters. Dozens of angry parents, community leaders and elected officials will sign onto a lawsuit Saturday...

Tiger Woods lucky bad round wasn't worse

DORAL, Fla. -- As the sun set on Thursday’s weather-interrupted opening round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral, Tiger Woods -- 2-over par through 10 holes when play...

The 10 most important players in NFL free agency

As we stand on the precipice of free agency, here is our Top 10 list of players (not franchise tagged) certain to hit the jackpot during the NFL's March Madness:

Newborn critical after 'drunk' firefighter crashes into pregnant mom

A newborn girl is on life support at a Bronx hospital after a drunken off-duty firefighter plowed into the baby’s mother Wednesday — forcing her to give birth two months prematurely,...

Designers draw fashion inspiration from 'Fraggle Rock'

Dance your cares away, kids! Soon we’ll all be dressed like characters from “Fraggle Rock.” That’s right. The Paris shows wrapped Wednesday, meaning fashion month — the nonstop runway circuit...

Nets' Joe Johnson comes down with illness

BOSTON – The Nets may be without Joe Johnson for Friday night’s game against the Celtics. In addition to Kevin Garnett, who didn’t make the trip to Boston and is...

Mike Woodson always defensive about his coaching chops

While the coach with nine lives said this season is “all on my shoulders,” Mike Woodson said he’s the same coach who guided the Knicks to prosperity in his first...

Lohan soaks Fallon in 'Tonight Show' water fight

http://youtu.be/zI2EfnJAr1E Lindsay Lohan’s latest trip to “The Tonight Show” ended in a fight — a water fight, that is. The 27-year-old actress took on host Jimmy Fallon Thursday night in the...

‘Smart’ bed monitors sleep patterns on app

Get ready, New Yorkers, for a “smart” bed that tracks how well or poorly you perform in bed. Wait! Not that kind of performance. Select Comfort’s Sleep IQ technology tracks...

Porn star: Duke supports me

The Duke University student who moonlights as a porn star to pay her tuition says the venerable North Carolina school backs her controversial side gig. “They have been very supportive...

Lawyer jumps to his death amid marital woes

A Manhattan attorney threw out all the books and paperwork in his office near City Hall — and then jumped to his death from a 12th-floor window, according to cops...

Pistorius told guard 'everything fine' after shots

PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius told a concerned security guard on the phone that everything was "fine" after neighbors reported gunshots coming from the athlete's house the night he...

Gilbride defends himself, says Mara delivered 'cheap shot'

Not long after longtime offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride announced his retirement, general manager Jerry Reese said it was time for “a change’’ in the direction of the Giants offense. Gilbride,...

'Game of Thrones' mixtape boasts hip-hop flair

Can anyone think of something that rhymes with Tyrion Lannister or Daenerys Targaryen? Didn’t think so. But that hasn’t stopped a group of hip-hop and Latin artists from contributing to...

Pimco's Gross declares El-Erian is 'trying to undermine me'

Bill Gross, the co-founder and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., has accused departing CEO Mohamed El-Erian of seeking to "undermine" him by talking to The Wall Street...

LeBron blames sleeved jersey and mask for Spurs rout

SAN ANTONIO — In their first home game against Miami since losing a heart-wrenching, seven-game NBA Finals, the Spurs handed the Heat their worst loss of the season. Tim Duncan had...

College fan storms court, gets in coach's face

http://youtu.be/ViEPYQKcq5g SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A UC Santa Barbara basketball fan ran on the court and confronted Hawaii coach Gib Arnold during the Gauchos' 86-77 victory over the Rainbow Warriors...

Job growth increased in Feb. as unemployment crept up to 6.7%

US job growth rose more than expected in February, which could ease fears of an abrupt slowdown in economic growth and keep the Federal Reserve on track in reducing its...

Teen suing parents rages at 'spoiled' baby boomers

The New Jersey parents being sued for tuition by their entitled teenager were excoriated in a Friday rant on her new Facebook page as “spoiled” baby boomers who would rather...

Flip-flop Fariña now wants to help charter students

A chastened Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña admitted Friday she should never have made disgraceful comments that charter-school kids booted from city facilities are now “on their own.” “I shouldn’t have...

Ukraine end game: Posturing is no answer

Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation. But do we know where we are going? In my life, I have seen four wars begun with great enthusiasm and public...

Mayor's numbers slip in new poll

Voters who swept Mayor de Blasio into office by a 49-point margin last year aren’t too thrilled with how he’s been running the city so far. Just 39 percent of...

‘300’ gives me nightmares!

I was 16 years old when “300” arrived in theaters in 2006, but I might as well have been 6. After viewing the highly stylized fantasy-action film, which sees Gerard...

More Rikers inmates claim head injuries from guards

Nearly one-third of Rikers Island inmates who said their visible injuries came at the hands of a correction officer last year had suffered a blow to the head, a tactic...

Pistorius fired gun through sunroof after traffic stop

PRETORIA, South Africa — A former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius testified Friday at the double-amputee runner's murder trial that he always carried a firearm and that their relationship ended when...

Holiday hangover for Costco Q2 profit

Costco Wholesale shares dropped as much as 3.6 percent as the warehouse retailer reported a bigger-than-expected 15 percent drop in second-quarter profit on unusually deep discounting in the holiday shopping...

Privacy groups' pushback over WhatsApp deal

Privacy advocates have asked regulators to halt Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp until there is a clearer understanding of how the company intends to use the personal...

Carl Icahn to persist on eBay split

Activist investor Carl Icahn told eBay shareholders in a letter on Thursday he has “not yet begun to fight” to get the e-commerce company to spin off its PayPal payments...

Disney pink-slips 700 from interactive unit

LOS ANGELES — Disney is laying off 700 people from the interactive unit that makes video games and operates websites, about a quarter of the workforce in the division. A...

Brutes pelt Pussy Riot members with garbage, paint

MOSCOW — Two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot were attacked by a group of men who poured garbage and bright green paint over them and shouted obscenities...

'Fisher' cast adopts dog, pup will aid blind

The cast and crew of NBC’s “Growing Up Fisher” — which stars JK Simmons as a blind attorney — has adopted an 8-week-old Yellow Labrador Retriever named Guf, who will...

‘60 Minutes’ adds Bill Whitaker

“60 Minutes” has added Bill Whitaker to its lineup. Whitaker, who’s been based in LA since 1992, will move to New York and will begin his “60 Minutes” run this...

A ‘Bear’ market for Pulos

Books: Bravo’s “Flipping Out” star Jenni Pulos will be in the area next week to promote her new book, “Grin and Bear It” — co-written by Laura Morton. Pulos will...

Gary Oldman back to TV with ‘Diabolic’ series

Big-screen actor Gary Oldman is headed to TV with a horror series called “The Diabolic,” deadline.com reports. “The Dark Knight” star will produce the serialized drama about an exorcist who...

Daily Blotter

BrooklynA man is suspected of robbing a 25-year-old man at gunpoint on a subway elevator in Kensington, cops said.The victim boarded the elevator at the Church Avenue F-train station followed...

Even TV’s most honorable now ignore worst behavior

Perhaps the saddest development — or disintegration — TV has presented in the 32 years of this column is the near-extinction of microphone-attached men who recognize right from wrong, but...

Fake drowner on trial in kidnap

Hours after pleading guilty to faking his own drowning, a Long Island man tried to abduct a woman and force her into his van, claiming to be a cop busting...

Hong Kong textile king, trash magnate spar over remodel

It’s the Hong Kong textile king versus the New York City waste-hauling magnate in a legal battle over renovations to a $7.3 million landmarked town house on the Upper East...

DA to drop rap against man in perv-extort case

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson is set to drop charges Friday against a dad accused of extorting an alleged pervert, the father’s lawyer said. In the 3-year-old case, which illustrates...

'Sorry' estate robber off to jail

A crooked Brooklyn bookkeeper convicted of stealing $2.6 million from the estates of people who died without wills expressed remorse Thursday for his crime before a judge sentenced him to...

School bigs ignored kid's sex abuse claims: probe

School investigators want the city to fire a Brooklyn assistant principal for allegedly ignoring a girl’s complaints of sexual abuse by two classmates for months. Patricia Sabater of PS 219...

Napoleon's hair, shirt he died in for sale

Relics taken from Napoleon Bonaparte in his final days — including a lock of his hair and the sweat-stained shirt he died in — will go up for auction in...

Osama bin Laden hinted at 9/11 attacks: witness

Islamist “brothers” are ready to die for jihad, Osama bin Laden told a group of American recruits in Afghanistan just six months before the 9/11 attacks, according to testimony Thursday...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan meets with sparring Cuomo, de Blasio

He’s the minister in the middle. Within two hours on Thursday, Timothy Cardinal Dolan juggled back-to-back appearances with Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, who have been battling all week over...

Ex-Sopranos star bares his great regrets

“A Bronx Tale” actor Lillo Brancato Jr. sounded as if he was back on his old movie stomping grounds when he opened up about his stint in prison for his...

'Hole kept getting deeper' in Boyland case: juror

Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. managed to offend jurors at his corruption trial even before his attorneys opened their mouths. “From the very time we actually met, when the judge was...

Tyson shines in newest adaptation of 'Bountiful'

At first glance, the lead character in “The Trip to Bountiful” seems like my worst nightmare: a pushy sort who sits down next to you on a long bus trip,...

Book deal canceled over 'GSElevator' tweets

Simon & Schuster has canceled the six-figure book deal it gave John LeFevre, the man behind GSElevator tweets who pretended to be an insider tweeting conversations he had overheard in...

MLB pressed on mobile rights to local games

Regional sports networks across the country are pressing Major League Baseball to get the rights to stream local games to portable devices, The Post has learned. Currently, baseball fans can’t...

Islanders blow another lead in loss to Oilers

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Islanders blew another lead. The Islanders lost a 2-0 lead in the third period as Taylor Hall scored the overtime winner and the Oilers rebounded from a...

MLB strikes Dodgers with $1.9B cable bill

The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t open the 2014 season for 16 days, but the team’s owners have already been handed a huge loss, The Post has learned. The team will...

Democrat suing after failed bid wins by uniting diverse groups in court fight

Think of it as Steve Driehaus’s finest public service. You remember Steve: He’s the Democrat who represented Ohio’s 1st Congressional District — until he voted for ObamaCare, that is. During...

Say goodbye to welfare reform, New York

It’s official: Mayor de Blasio has declared war on welfare reform. Last week, de Blasio announced that Legal Aid Society chief Steve Banks will be the city’s next welfare commissioner....

How Iran's rulers see Obama

In the wake of the Russian putsch in Crimea, defenders of President Obama have been falling all over themselves insisting that our commander-in-chief is not seen as weak by other...

Marie Antoinette Fariña

Think our schools chancellor is concerned about all the children in the city’s public schools? Think again. Here’s how she explained Mayor ­­­de Blasio’s decision to renege on space promised...

Teen suing parents had wild boozy ragers at lawyer's home

The man bankrolling a bratty New Jersey teen’s lawsuit against her parents allowed her to get boozed up and throw wild ragers in his home, according to a new ­report....

NYU and the Israeli boycott

NYU’s faculty handbook requires instructors to “show respect for the opinions of others.” Too bad a closed-door university event last weekend did nothing of the kind. Which may explain why...

‘Fifty Shades’ parody full of eye candy

It’s sold 100 million copies — and, thanks to its lurid prose, spurred sales of God knows how many electronic readers. Yes, it’s E.L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy,...

Revivals are still Broadway's hottest tickets

On Broadway, the oldies are still the goodies. As the spring season swings into view, the two shows selling the most tickets are revivals. On the musical front, “Les ­Misérables,”...

Bryan Cranston looms large as LBJ in 'All The Way'

Walter White, the drug-dealing anti-hero of “Breaking Bad,” was a fantastic gift to Bryan Cranston — it led to a memorable performance, a Golden Globe and three Emmys. But the...