March 11, 2014
Jackson, Knicks agree in principle: source
Phil Jackson has reached an agreement in principle to oversee the Knicks basketball operations and “president’’ will be in his title, according to a league source. All that’s left is...
Woman finds lizard head in gourmet salad
A Manhattan theatrical agent got a slithery surprise in her kale salad when she found a severed lizard head among the leafy greens Tuesday afternoon. Robin Sandusky, 31, said she...
Still no party for Marty: St. Louis blanked again
RALEIGH, N.C. — It has only been four games — or is that, it has already been four games? — for Martin St. Louis as a Ranger, but No. 26...
Injured Mets Davis, Duda may play by end of the week
JUPITER, Fla. — The eagerly awaited … OK, long-awaited battle for first base finally may begin to pick up steam again this week, as Ike Davis (calf) and Lucas Duda...
Tejada blocking out talk of Mets signing Stephen Drew
PORT ST. LUCIE — Just mentioning Stephen Drew’s name still gets a reaction from Ruben Tejada. The shortstop chuckled as he stood in front of his locker at Tradition Field,...
Pizza retreat coming to Wall Street
If Donald J. Trump wants to invite Mayor Bill de Blasio for a slice, they’ll soon be able to meet up at the Trump Organization’s iconic 40 Wall St., where...
Right tackle Howard bolts Jets for Raiders
The Jets are in the market for a starting right tackle on top of all of their other needs. Free agent Austin Howard agreed to a five-year, $30 million deal...
Surging Nets set for a huge battle in Miami
MIAMI — Ever since the Nets began their 2014 renaissance, they have met virtually every challenge in front of them. They have gone 22-9, giving them the fourth best record...
Dan Rather moves show to Sixth Avenue
Dan Rather will be reporting from a new space. The veteran journalist is moving to an 18th floor perch at 1180 Ave. of the Americas. The 4,479-square-foot rectangular pre-built has...
Giants eyeing veteran Ravens WR Jacoby Jones
Knowing they have experience and depth issues at receiver, the Giants on Wednesday will take a look at Jacoby Jones, who arrives for a visit. Jones, 29, is a seven-year...
Jagr scores late to push Devils past Flyers
PHILADELPHIA — Jaromir Jagr isn’t acting his age, and the Devils are thrilled about it. Jagr scored the winning goal to snap a third-period tie and lead the Devils to...
Playoffs?! Knicks' dreams growing less and less far-fetched
Circumstances can change and make even the seemingly impossible look somehow feasible. Cameras in telephones? There was a time folks would have asked how you can take a picture with...
Vigneault: Rangers lacked effort in 3-1 loss to 'Canes
RALEIGH, N.C. — If you’re searching for an explanation why the Rangers haven’t been able to solidify a playoff spot at this late date, then Tuesday’s 3-1 defeat to the...
Teixeira 'couldn't be happier' with wrist rehab progress
VIERA, Fla. — Mark Teixeira’s surgically repaired right wrist feels so good the switch-hitter no longer believes swinging and missing and checking a swing are tests to determine what condition...
Ackman accuses Herbalife of breaking Chinese law
Hedge fund activist Bill Ackman fired off his latest salvo against Herbalife Tuesday, saying the company breaks Chinese pyramid-scheme law by disguising forbidden multilevel recruitment rewards as “consultation” fees. The...
Giants bolster offense in quick start to free agency
The Giants needed a quick strike Tuesday as NFL free agency kicked off. Something immediate to start to remove the bitter aftertaste of their 7-9 season, something to fix what...
'Cop shooter' was high before blasting officer
The Brooklyn farebeater who shot a rookie police officer after getting pulled off a city bus last month was high as a kite just before he blasted the cop, new...
The Post’s expert is eager to hoop it up again
Here we go again. The questions no longer need to be asked, the letters — from some of the loveliest prisons in the Northeast — can stop. The Post’s college...
Criminal probe in GM's recall of deadly defect
DETROIT — General Motors faced more pressure over its handling of a deadly defect in certain compact cars Tuesday as word leaked of a criminal investigation and two congressional committees...
Revis would ‘love’ to reunite with Ryan, Jets: source
Is there a return to Revis Island in the Jets’ future? Cornerback Darrelle Revis would “love” to come back to the Jets and to play for coach Rex Ryan again,...
Bluejays liable to fly away with Big East crown
Creighton’s move to the Big East has worked out for just about everyone — the league has received a major boost from having the best player in the country in...
'Mob Wives' star's ex-hubby lays out crime past in murder trial
The Mafia turncoat ex-hubby of “Mob Wives” star Renee Graziano laid out his life of mob mayhem Tuesday at a murder trial in Brooklyn federal court. Admitted killer Hector Pagan...
Cuomo hires Republican as 'special advisor'
Gov. Cuomo tapped a veteran Republican consultant Tuesday to serve as his $160,000- a-year “special advisor.” The Democratic governor said Susan Del Percio would focus on unspecified ”operations and special...
Murder suspect bragged: 'I'm the killer'
The Brooklyn security guard on trial for murdering his nudist gal pal bragged to his younger brother, “I’m not even broken down and I’m the killer,” a week after the...
Hudson News heir tears up as he testifies against Revlon-scion Perelman
Hudson News heir James Cohen — the star witness in the six-month- long inheritance battle against his niece Samantha Perelman over his late father’s Hudson News fortune — was reduced...
Niese needs to get up to speed if he’s going to start in opener
JUPITER, Fla. — With the emergence of so many young pitchers, Jon Niese has become the Mets forgotten starter, and he may not be in line for Opening Day. Don’t underestimate...
Shoe bomber: My parents nagged me out of being a terrorist
A one-time terror-loving shoe bomber said Tuesday it was his nagging parents who convinced him to have a last-minute change of heart and pull out of shoe bomber Richard Reid’s...
Give East a chance: 'New' conference needs room to grow
You have to let these things breathe, and in a right-now world we want everything yesterday. We don’t just want HBO; we want HBO On Demand, so we can take...
Steve Kerr wants to coach, won't take bait on Knicks gig
Welcome to New York. Steve Kerr showed up to the CBS/Turner NCAA Tournament press conference in Midtown on Tuesday knowing he has been linked to the Knicks coaching gig --...
Charter schools need affordable housing, too
Charter schools’ current fight against Mayor de Blasio’s effort to deny them promised space is actually rooted in a problem that dates back to Dec. 17, 1998, when the state...
We all look like suckers again as 'True Detective' fizzles out
Like the patsies and suckers we all are, we fell for it again. “True Detective” just screwed us, exactly as did “Lost,” and “The Killing,” and “Heroes,” and “Battlestar Galactica,”...
Tea Party food fight: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul do battle
It’s on! Ostensible allies for the last couple years, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have commenced the battle for the unofficial title of conservative front-runner. That’s no...
My family's ObamaCare nightmare, continued
Back in September, our family received an ObamaCare-induced health insurance death notice. We joined millions of other Americans whose individual market health plans died after Democrats lied about our ability...
New reality show to feature couples having sex in a box
Reality TV is about to get hot and heavy. WE tv has ordered a one-hour pilot of Sex Box, a reality show where couples will do the deed inside a...
24 'Grand' things you don't know about Wes Anderson's films
Wes Anderson’s eighth feature, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” is getting strong reviews — an 89 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes — and doing well in limited release. As his latest cabinet of...
Giants shell out $8 million for backup LB Schofield
The first signing by the Giants in free agency was O’Brien Schofield, an outside linebacker who mostly has been a backup in his four NFL seasons. Schofield spent his first...
CC Sabathia says he 'sucked,' but at least he threw the cutter
VIERA, Fla. — CC Sabathia was confused as to where he was after pitching poorly Tuesday against the Nationals on a day he introduced a cut fastball. Yet, the Yankees’...
Jets have interest in Vick, but questions remain
The Jets and quarterback Michael Vick have been linked for weeks, but don’t count on a shotgun marriage. Multiple league sources said there is mutual interest between the Jets and...
Obama goes shopping at Gap for Michelle, kids
President Obama stunned shoppers and workers at a 42nd Street Gap store Tuesday, when he popped in before a big-bucks fund-raiser to buy clothes for his wife and kids. The...
Ashanti 'stalker' goes after judge again
The crazed man accused of stalking R&B singer Ashanti with X-rated text messages lashed out at a Manhattan judge in court Tuesday. “I was railroaded last time ... I...
Oregon couple attacked by cat plans to get it help
PORTLAND, Ore. — This feisty feline has some cool-tempered owners. The Oregon owners of a 22-pound housecat that trapped them in their bedroom after attacking their baby say they're not...
Cowboys forced to dump DeMarcus Ware
Jerry Jones’ overspending and constant salary-cap juggling in recent years caught up with the Cowboys in a big way Tuesday. Unable to get DeMarcus Ware to restructure his contract, Jones...
Former pupil: Phil Jackson resistant to 'outside input'
Knicks combo guard Shannon Brown played for Phil Jackson in Los Angeles for two seasons, winning a title with the Lakers in 2009-10. He knows every in and out of...
The day in photos
Tsunami memorial, Carnival, Keystone XL Pipeline, 2014 Winter Paralympics, a poodle, baby elephants and monkeys, and more.
Sheryl Sandberg eyed for top Disney job
In Washington, the jockeying for the 2016 presidential election has already begun. In media circles, the 2016 race is for the Mouse House chief position and it is proving just...
Kevin Garnett didn't make trip to Miami
MIAMI -- Kevin Garnett will miss his seventh straight game with back spasms after the Nets announced Tuesday he didn't make the trip south for Wednesday's showdown with the two-time...
Jets can't keep Austin Howard from open market
The Jets and right tackle Austin Howard failed to reach agreement on a deal, meaning Howard will test free agency, according to a source. Howard has been the Jets’ starting...
Disney TV exec Anne Sweeney leaving to pursue directing
After spanning three decades at the Mouse House, TV boss Anne Sweeney is exiting her post and will become a creative director, Disney said Tuesday. Sweeney’s exit is unusual in...
Bronx pharmacy busted in $10M HIV drug buyback scam
The owners of a Bronx pharmacy bilked the federal government out of nearly $10 million in the past year — by preying on cash-strapped Medicaid patients with HIV, convincing them to...
Traffic-weary man stops off for lotto tix — wins $5M
Thank goodness for bad traffic. A Long Island electrician made a spur-of-the-moment stop to buy scratch-off lottery tickets to avoid a traffic jam — and ended up winning $5 million....
Tesla cars hit by New Jersey ban
The Christie administration is trying to unplug the popular Tesla in New Jersey by making it harder to buy one. The state’s Motor Vehicle Commission voted unanimously Tuesday at a...
Pitching a fake game at 8 a.m.? Tanaka can handle anything
TAMPA – Strange got stranger Tuesday morning for Masahiro Tanaka. “Morning” is the key word in that previous sentence. Here is Tanaka doing well so far assimilating to a new...
The CW unveils a super suit for 'The Flash'
Here’s your first look at “The Flash” in the full suit he’ll be wearing in the upcoming CW series currently in production. “The Flash,” from Warner Bros. Television, is based...
Trapped hamster rescued by industrial air hose
A beloved pet hamster who was trapped in a drainage pipe was blown to freedom by an industrial air hose in England. Elisha Power, 8, was devastated to learn that...
Comic under fire for 'snakes in a cab' prank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqdzvPrMjJE The city is probing a comedian who has been using a taxi to terrify passengers for a YouTube hidden-camera video called “Snakes in a Cab.” Jimmy Failla, who holds...
Giants move quickly, strike deal with RB Rashad Jennings
The Giants were in the market for a running back, with nothing but uncertainty on their roster at that position. Everyone suspected they would go after one in free agency....
Stars' Peverley undergoing tests after collapse on bench
DALLAS — Dallas Stars forward Rich Peverley is undergoing testing to determine what triggered his collapse during a game. General manager Jim Nill said Tuesday that Peverley is in stable...
EU wants different names for US-made cheeses
European Union food snobs want to ban US cheese makers from naming their products after legendary styles that originated in famous cheese-producing regions in Europe. The EU argues that the...
Darrelle Revis not worth the money he'll surely demand
Darrelle Revis wanted to be a Jet For Life, and race to Canton on roller skates. If he hopes for a happy homecoming and magical reunion with coach Rex Ryan,...
NJ considers Tesla sales ban
The Christie administration is weighing a move Tuesday that would make it a lot harder to buy a Tesla in New Jersey. The state’s Motor Vehicle Commission has scheduled a...
State Assembly not liable in Vito Lopez grope suit: judge
The state Assembly is off the hook for Vito Lopez’s groping of staffers, a Manhattan judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Joan Kenney tossed a Manhattan civil lawsuit filed by two female...
‘Veronica Mars’ bigger but not necessarily better
Basically TV writ large, “Veronica Mars’’ is far less interesting (except, probably, to its fans) to me as movie than as a potential model for financing the kind of smaller...
Steve Cohen renames fund Point72 Asset Management
Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors has renamed itself Point72 Asset Management. The new name, a reference to the Stamford, Conn., firm’s address at 72 Cummings Point Road, was revealed Tuesday...
$600K in donations stolen from Osteen's megachurch
HOUSTON — The Houston megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen has been targeted by thieves who stole cash, checks and credit card information from a safe. Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva...
Inside the brutal world of horse fighting
During the Seslong festival, Filipinos engage in the dangerous and illegal sport of horse fighting. Betters pit two stallions against each other during mating season, forcing them to fight until...
Realtors filmed having sex in client's home
Shocking new video footage exposed two real estate agents who turned a New Jersey home into a “cheap motel”-style spot for their secret sex trysts, the angry homeowner claims. Richard...
Couple desperate to kick out son to avoid own eviction: suit
An elderly couple is suing to boot a troublesome tenant from their Upper West Side apartment — their son. Michael Daniels, 76, and Sara Daniels, 72, say the harsh measure is...
Jackie Chan's K-pop boy band to release debut album
HONG KONG — Jackie Chan is transforming himself from action film superstar to K-pop band manager. The group named JJCC plans to release its debut album March 24 in South...
Marv Albert: Dolan's Garden is no place for 'free spirit' Jackson
Stay away, Phil. That’s the advice Marv Albert would have for Phil Jackson, who is likely to accept a front-office position with the Knicks. Albert said he believes the marriage...
Jet drastically changed course before vanishing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The missing Boeing 777 jetliner changed course over the sea, crossed Malaysia and reached the Strait of Malacca — hundreds of miles from its last position recorded...
Men's Wearhouse buys Jos. A. Bank for $1.8B
Jos. A. Bank is staging its biggest sale ever — and it’s a 2-for-1 deal. The men’s suit retailer, which has sparred with Men’s Wearhouse for the past six months...
Yankees' Tanaka strikes out 9 of 18 in simulated game
TAMPA, Fla. — Japanese star Masahiro Tanaka made his third start for the Yankees, this time in a simulated game. Tanaka, who signed a $155 million, seven-year contract in January,...
CIA director denies hacking Senate computers
WASHINGTON — CIA director John Brennan says the spy agency did not hack into computers that Senate staffers were using to investigate Bush-era interrogation programs. Brennan says the CIA wants...
The Instagram tour of North Korea
North Korea is one of the most private countries in the world, but thanks to social media, one photographer is showing the world this unknown nation. David Guttenfelder regularly visits...
'Mr. Basketball' Isaiah Whitehead in HS all-star game at Barclays
Isaiah Whitehead and Lincoln didn’t win a city championship, but the Seton Hall signee had very little to complain about otherwise. Already invited to the McDonald’s All-American game, the 6-foot-5...
Wookiee fans rejoice: ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ resurfaces
Chewbacca’s relatives grunting for 15 minutes! The first appearance of Boba Fett! Jefferson Starship! Wookiee porn! It’s all in the legendary, little-seen hallucination/two-hour TV special “The Star Wars Holiday Special,”...
Bridgegate aides beg judge: Quash subpoenas
TRENTON, NJ — Lawyers for two disgraced Chris Christie aides tied to the George Washington Bridge scandal spent four hours telling a judge Tuesday they shouldn’t have to cough up...
Apparent suicide disrupts Metro-North service
An apparent suicide on the Henry Hudson Bridge has disrupted Metro-North service Tuesday morning, authorities said. A Metro-North train engineer heading towards Grand Central spotted what looked like a body...
Giants bolster offensive line with Geoff Schwartz
Immediately after the thoroughly disappointing 7-9 season, Giants co-owner John Mara declared his team’s offense was “broken.’’ No area was more fractured than the offensive line, and on the first...
Obama brings the LOLs on 'Between Two Ferns'
WASHINGTON — President Obama pandered to stoner college bros yesterday by appearing on actor Zach Galifianakis’ bizarre Web talk show, “Between Two Ferns.” Obama looked like he was once again...
Beauty: Pilot on missing plane once let me into cockpit
The co-pilot of the missing Malaysian jet once let a pair of blond women from Australia fly in the cockpit in blatant violation of his airline’s rules. Aviator Fariq Abdul...
Sen. Feinstein accuses CIA of spying on Congress
WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary public accusation, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee declared on Tuesday that the CIA interfered with and then tried to intimidate a congressional investigation into...
Charges in lethal butt-enhancing injection
A unlicensed beautician was charged Tuesday with killing a client with a botched butt-enhancement injection at a lower Manhattan hotel. Tamira Mobley, 28, didn’t speak as she was ordered held...
Sony, Panasonic to take video games to the 'next generation'
As if Titanfall wasn’t realistic enough, now the graphics in our video games are going to get a whole lot better. Sony and Panasonic are jointly developing new disc technology...
Sex offender busted trying to lure child into car
Cops arrested a registered sex offender in Astoria for trying to lure a child into his car, authorities said. Houshang Hamiki, 69, allegedly tried to coax a 12-year-old girl into...
Nets rewind: Where the emotional cues come from
Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 101-97 win over the Raptors in Brooklyn Monday night: 1. For the second straight Monday, the Nets had an emotional rematch with an...
Crowdsourcing the search for the missing jet
LONGMONT, Colo. — A Longmont-based earth-imagery company is asking computer users to scan and tag images of more than 1,200 square miles of ocean for any visible evidence that could...
Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm photobomb tourists
http://youtu.be/8AgorcX817Q Fresh off his drive-by at “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, Jon Hamm popped up on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon for some serious photobombing. The show hit up...
Giants re-sign Peyton Hillis on 2-year deal
When the Giants were absolutely desperate for a healthy body to plug in at running back last season, they plucked Peyton Hillis out of his semi-retirement. He had a few...
Crimea moves step closer to becoming independent state
KIEV, Ukraine — The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join...
Man found dead in Bronx car fire
Firefighters battling a Bronx car fire made a horrific discovery Tuesday when they found a man’s charred body lying on the back seat of the luxury sedan. The smokeeaters found...
IT worker shot dead in Queens
A hard-working immigrant IT worker who had married his partner in July was shot dead near his Queens home early Tuesday after a 12-hour shift at a Midtown analytics firm,...
India's vibrant Holi festival
Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. People throw colored powder, and in a tradition unique to the Indian...
Fugitive president claims Ukraine headed toward civil war
MOSCOW — Ukraine's fugitive president has accused his country's new government of fomenting a civil war and criticized the West for supporting it. Tuesday's statement from Viktor Yanukovych, who fled...
Judge blocks destruction of NSA surveillance records
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge in San Francisco stopped the destruction of millions of telephone records collected by the National Security Agency more than five years ago. US District...
Banksy mural from abandoned Detroit auto plant to go on sale
DETROIT — An art gallery plans to sell a work that the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at an abandoned Detroit auto plant, a gallery official said Monday. Carl...
Pistorius: 'You can't just touch another man's gun'
Oscar Pistorius blew out a car sunroof with a gun after being pulled over for speeding — because the cop touched the hotheaded paralympian’s firearm, a friend testified at his murder trial...
North Korea 'uses embassies to trade illegal weapons'
North Korea has developed sophisticated ways to circumvent UN sanctions, including the suspected use of its embassies to facilitate an illegal trade in weapons, a United Nations report issued on...
Cops want to ID man who refuses to communicate
Cops are looking for help in identifying a man who has been non-communicative at Jamaica Hospital for 10 days. The unidentified man walked into John’s Luncheonette at 95th Street and...
New look at power behind ‘Game of Thrones’
Yes, there are dragons, but “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage wouldn’t characterize his popular HBO show as fantasy. “It just seemed like something I had never come across before,...
Yankees could deal catcher Francisco Cervelli
TAMPA — He is coveted by teams who have more playing time for him. If he remains a Yankee, he knows Brian McCann is about to enter the first season...
Elderly woman dies in Chelsea fire
An elderly Chelsea woman beloved by her neighbors for her wig collection and stories of old New York was killed in an apartment fire early Tuesday, authorities said. Gloria Hillman,...
Boston bomb suspect destroyed his phone before arrest: pal’s lawyer
BOSTON – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev destroyed his cellphone before being arrested, a lawyer for one of Tsarnaev's friends said in court Monday. The information was disclosed during...
Housing becoming more expensive for NYers: comptroller
ALBANY — Housing is becoming unaffordable for millions of New Yorkers amid declining incomes and increasing costs for rent and home ownership, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Monday. DiNapoli analyzed...
Ex-Christie aides ask judge to withdraw subpoenas
TRENTON, NJ — Lawyers for two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration will go to court to try to persuade a judge not to...
Japan marks 3rd anniversary of earthquake, tsunami disasters
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to boost rebuilding efforts as the country Tuesday marked the third anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people...
Trump takes the stand in Florida condo trial
Donald Trump was not the developer of a failed 24-story oceanfront condo in Fort Lauderdale and didn’t mislead buyers who plunked down up to $1 million for a luxury pad,...
Movie producer wants engagement ring back from ex-fiancée
He put a ring on it, but now he wants it back. Cult monster-movie producer Sandy Frank is suing his former fiancée after she refused to return a $305,000 diamond...
De Blasio switches sides to ditch cop suit
Mayor de Blasio one-upped his vow to ditch the city’s legal challenge to a law that exposes cops to civil suits for racial profiling by announcing Monday that he would,...
Manhattan hoarder told to clear out apartment or get out
An infamous Manhattan hoarder is facing eviction unless he finally clears out his rent-controlled East Side apartment this week. Kevin McCrary, who is unemployed and lives off money from his...
Con man duped 10 out of $22K in apartment scam
A con man posing as a rental agent duped 10 East Village apartment hunters out of nearly $22,000 in cash deposits for flats that aren’t his, authorities said. Cops are...
Jay Z collaboration with Daft Punk emerges online
On paper, a collaboration between Jay Z and Daft Punk should be the stuff of dreams, but as it turns out, the newly uncovered track “Computerized” has turned out to...
Lorde: 'I'm terrified of growing up'
Four songs before the end of last night's show at Roseland Ballroom, Lorde (aka Ella Yelich-O'Connor) broke the veil of icy coolness that had covered her show and gave the...
College Board has made SAT even easier – again
It turns out that SAT words were too abstruse. The College Board is updating its iconic test yet again in ways that are indistinguishable from dumbing it down. The old...
Putting a face to uselessness of ObamaCare
The real face of ObamaCare paid me a visit last week; let’s call her Melody. Melody, 27, works as a real-estate broker; the job doesn’t provide for her health insurance....
New York City continues chasing affordable housing
If your rent is too damn high, blame city government for trying to be Matthew McConaughey. Accepting his Oscar for Best Actor this month, McConaughey said one of the things...
Those evil Koch brothers
O the villainy!We refer to David H. Koch. This awful businessman has given $100 million to help New York-Presbyterian Hospital build a state-of-the-art ambulatory care center.Most New Yorkers likely regard...
Liam Neeson’s horse sense
If this had been a Western instead of West 52nd Street, Liam Neeson would have settled this argument with six-shooters. But this is Manhattan, so the Irish-born actor simply called...
A war on children
Mayor de Blasio now promises to help charter students whose schools he took away only a few weeks ago. But the Charter War he’s been waging isn’t ending — it’s...
Pierce comes up big when Brooklyn needed him most
He staggered the final few steps to the free-throw line, looking like Jimmy Brown from back in the day after four or five Giants piled on him. He had the...
Masiello made sure Manhattan remembered loss to Iona
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — It was 2:30 a.m. Monday and Steve Masiello had no intentions of sleeping anytime soon. Shootaround for the MAAC Championship was beginning in eight hours, but Manhattan’s...
Garnett stiffens, ‘back’ to bench
When Nets coach Jason Kidd addressed reporters before Monday’s night’s 101-97 victory over Atlantic Division-leading Raptors in Brooklyn, he announced Kevin Garnett would be making his return to the lineup...
Personal matter sidelines center Chandler
Of course it couldn’t last. The new-old Big Three alignment with Tyson Chandler, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony has gone awry yet again. Chandler missed Monday’s game against the 76ers...
With Chandler out, Stoudemire stars
Tyson Chandler was a scratch for the Knicks with pressing personal reasons, so coach Mike Woodson, as he has been forced to do so many times, devised yet another lineup,...
In CB quest, Revis could be unlikely option for Jets
The Jets are in the market for a No. 1 cornerback. Could their old one return? Multiple reports Monday night said the Buccaneers have ramped up efforts to trade former...
Two Iranians with stolen passports ID'd
Two men traveling with stolen passports on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner were Iranians who had bought tickets to Europe and were probably not terrorists, law enforcement officials said Tuesday....
De Blasio’s neighborhood among city's top property tax savers
Small-home owners in Carroll Gardens and Park Slope are saving an average of $10,760 per year on their property-tax bills — the biggest benefit outside Manhattan — thanks to byzantine...
Deputy mayor: charter expansion could lead to 'privatized' school system
A massive expansion of charter schools could lead to the “privatization” of public education, Mayor de Blasio’s top deputy warned Monday — even as the mayor himself was saying charters...
One man injured and another killed in railroad accidents
A Long Island Rail Road track worker miraculously survived getting zapped by the third rail Monday on Long Island just hours after a Metro-North track worker was killed when he...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan Two cleaners were slashed and robbed Monday outside a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant, cops said. The victims, ages 24 and 22, left the restaurant on Ninth Avenue, near West 51st...
Street renamed for child killed by unlicensed driver
A tearful crowd of people clutching birthday balloons gathered on an Upper West Side corner Monday for the renaming of a street in honor of Ariel Russo, 4, who was...
De Blasio: I love Liam Neeson despite carriage horse position
Mayor de Blasio says he’s a fan of Liam Neeson, even if the actor thinks Hizzoner’s a wimp. “I am a Liam Neeson fan. I am,” de Blasio said on...
LIRR pension scammer gets 21 months in prison
A retiree who pretended to have back problems so he could bilk taxpayers out of more than $200,000 in the $1 billion Long Island Rail Road “gravy train” disability scam...
Indicted state Senator Smith will host virtual-golf fundraiser
State Sen. Malcolm Smith is hosting a fund-raiser that proves he’s the Tiger Woods of money grubbing. The indicted Queens pol is holding a “virtual golf outing,” in which he...
Osama kin trial testimony includes threat of 'storm of airplanes'
After showing jurors video of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law threatening no end to the “storm of airplanes” in the days after 9/11, and warning Muslims to stay off planes, prosecutors...
Isles rally for 7 goals in third period, down Canucks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Matt Martin scored the winner in the Islanders’ seven-goal third period, and New York erased a three-goal deficit in the final frame to beat the Canucks...
Russia locks down Crimea with land mines ahead of referendum
WASHINGTON — Russia is locking down control of Crimea before Sunday’s referendum on splitting from Ukraine — even burying deadly land mines to deter an unlikely counterinvasion. Forces loyal to...
Family to sue over slain Weight Watchers exec's botched 911 call
The family of the pretty Weight Watchers executive tortured and killed by her Ivy League-educated boyfriend plans to sue the NYPD for $10 million, saying cops ignored her frantic 911...
Search area expanded for missing Malaysian jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Authorities hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded their search on land and sea Tuesday, reflecting the difficulties in locating traces of the plane more...