March 16, 2014
Westboro Baptist pastor in hospice care
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., who founded a Kansas church widely known for its protests at military funerals and anti-gay sentiments, is in a care facility, according...
Meet 10 women of rock hitting all the right style notes
With festival season in full bloom, get ready to expand your musical repertoire with these chic music mavens. Taylor Momsen In case you hadn’t noticed, Taylor Momsen is little Jenny...
How doodling can help companies see the big picture
To Darren Paul, doodling is no mindless activity. As co-founder of Night Agency, a Soho-based creative digital company, he scribbles cheering stick figures to illustrate happy clients and rocket ships...
Low-fat Holey Donuts goes from Web to West Village
A popular online donut brand that boasts its products have half the calories and one-seventh the fat of traditional donuts is opening its first brick-and-mortar shop — after 10 years...
Manhattan draws powerful 4-seed Louisville
Only one-quarter of the NCAA Tournament bracket had been unveiled and Manhattan coach Steve Masiello was getting antsy. The Jaspers, who won the MAAC Championship last Monday, had waited six...
Penske, Finke discuss Deadline redux: source
Where in the world is Nikki Finke? The merciless chronicler of Hollywood exited Deadline.com late last year after a well-publicized flame-out with her boss with plans to re-launch her headline-making...
Metta World Peace says Jackson will change NYC
It goes without saying Metta World Peace wishes he stuck it out in New York and had still been a Knick when Phil Jackson rejoins the franchise as president at...
Knicks told World Peace to tone down leadership role
Metta World Peace said he was OK coach Mike Woodson denied him a spot in the rotation, but he wasn’t OK when told to tone it down in the locker...
Mob rat says Ivy League business partner tried to whack him
A Mafia-associate-turned-informant is deathly afraid of an Ivy League-educated business partner who claims the mob rat cheated him on a land deal. Now, canary Salvatore Lauria has filed a $5...
McCann, Cashman praise Tanaka after solid performance
TAMPA — Masahiro Tanaka has shown glimpses this spring why he created such a bidding war during the offseason, and Sunday was another example of how good he can be....
Tejada keeps on struggling
JUPITER, Fla. — The new Ruben Tejada continues to look even worse than the old one. The Mets shortstop booted a grounder for an error in his team’s 10-4 exhibition...
McDermott’s legacy on line in NCAA Tournament
Right now, Doug McDermott could very easily be in the middle of an unremarkable rookie season in the NBA. He could just as easily be having a solid year, preparing...
Mario Manningham hoping for a Giants reunion
Mario Manningham forever will have a place in the hearts and minds of Giants fans, as without his scintillating 38-yard, over-the-shoulder catch of a pinpoint Eli Manning pass in the...
Shumpert was set to sit before trade deadline
Knicks brass had plans to sit Iman Shumpert on the eve of the trade deadline in February in New Orleans against the Pelicans, The Post has learned. The Knicks had...
The rush to oust Turks’ tainted ‘caliph’
Back in the 1990s, as he tried to persuade his Muslim Brotherhood colleagues to accept Turkey’s tentative democracy, Recep Tayyip Erdogan often used simple imagery. “Democracy is a streetcar,” he...
CC bounces back with five-inning gem vs. Marlins
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — CC Sabathia beat himself up last Wednesday when he couldn’t locate many of his pitches against the Nationals. The two words he used were: “I sucked.’’...
West Region: Arizona will be top 'Cats
NBA scouts will flock to this region — there are pro prospects everywhere. National Player of the Year Favorite Doug McDermott and Creighton are the three-seed, title contender Arizona and...
How tourney committee screwed Wichita State
If Wichita State is going to complete its quest for a historic undefeated season, it’s going to have to earn it the hard way. The NCAA Selection Committee saw to...
Midwest Region: Brutal road for Wichita State
Wichita State must have angered the seeding committee. How else to explain the undefeated Shockers drawing the bracket of death? From defending red-hot national champion Louisville as a four-seed to...
Boeheim: Syracuse’s recent slump not a concern
A mere month ago, Syracuse’s likely NCAA Tournament path looked like it would be a very comfortable, if familiar, one. The Orange carried a 25-0 record into the middle of...
South Region: Florida sitting pretty
Florida was rewarded with the overall top seed in the tournament and an accompanying manageable bracket. Syracuse, which was on the one-line before a late-season slump, is the weakest three-seed...
East Region: Michigan State on point
This is the point guard bracket, and how apropos since the Garden and New York City will be hosting the East Regionals. No. 3 Iowa State’s DeAndre Kane and seventh-seeded...
Inside Iceland's crystal ice cave
British photographer Rob Lott took some amazing shots of a crystal ice cave in the Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland. Stretching as far as the eye can see, it is known as one...
Guinness ditches St. Paddy's parade over LGBT ban
Who's gonna ditch the parade next — leprechauns? In what may be the biggest blow yet to the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade, the Irish makers of Guinness beer announced...
Plumlee picking up Garnett’s slack for Nets
Whenever the Nets were forced to play without Kevin Garnett earlier this season, either due to injury or as part of his maintenance program, the team struggled. The Nets won...
Jets, Pace ink deal
Linebacker Calvin Pace picked the right time to have a career year, as his strong showing in 2013 ensured his return to the Jets in 2014. After a career-high 10-sack...
Blueshirts come up empty in painful loss
There’s no brushing this one off, no looking back and taking the positives. At this time of year, there is no such thing as a moral victory. So forget the...
Why de Blasio can’t ban horse carriages
Mayor de Blasio can fight with the groundhog. He can fight with the governor. He can fight with charter-school lady Eva Moskowitz. But on this St. Patrick’s Day, he’d be...
Let the Madness begin: NCAA Tournament field announced
The NCAA Tournament field is set.Florida, Arizona, Wichita State and Virginia are the No. 1 seeds in the 68-team bracket. Virginia joined the top line after winning the ACC Tournament,...
Why aren't my job interviews sealing the deal?
I’m confused about interviewing protocol. I’ve been on multiple interviews where, at the end, it almost seems as if I have the job, but then I don’t hear from the...
De Blasio remembers victims of Harlem blast at memorial
East Harlem residents gathered together for Sunday mass to pray for the eight victims who perished in Wednesday’s deadly gas explosion. Mayor de Blasio joined tearful congregants of two churches...
Rob's declaration of independence
Rob Astorino says that as a Republican candidate for governor, he would not accept the endorsement of the Independence Party, which he labeled a “shakedown operation.” Good for him. But...
The Ryan Express
Let’s see what Washington’s been up to this past week. At a Democratic gathering in California, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi claimed a Republican told her the GOP wants poor...
Niese leaves game with elbow discomfort
JUPITER, Fla. -- Jon Niese just can’t catch a break. The Mets left-hander has battled various aches and pains all spring, and Sunday added another ailment to the list: He...
An Irish immigrant
Whether they know it or not, all those marching up Fifth Avenue today honor Ireland’s most famous immigrant: St. Patrick. Patrick was born in Britain to a Roman family near...
Crimea vote favors Ukraine split: Russian media
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Fireworks exploded and Russian flags fluttered above jubilant crowds Sunday after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. The United States and...
Cohen in new insider trading lawsuit
SAC Capital founder and multibillionaire Steve Cohen has emerged in yet another insider trading complaint. A civil case filed Thursday by the Securities and Exchange Commission against former SAC tech...
Cuomo defends charter schools after Council speaker jibe
Gov. Cuomo defended his support of charter schools a day after the City Council speaker took a swipe at him on Twitter by accusing him of supporting “hedge-fund backed” charters....
Newman from 'Seinfeld' is not dead, rumors were a hoax
Reports of Newman’s demise were greatly exaggerated on Sunday! Beloved “Seinfeld” actor Wayne Knight appeared to be alive and well, contradicting rumors of his death in a traffic accident near...
Last words suggest jet 'misled' ground control
The last words from the cockpit of the missing Malaysian airline were spoken after its main data-communication system was disabled -- suggesting that whoever was in charge was misleading ground...
Alibaba set for US IPO
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has decided to hold its long-awaited IPO in the United States and is in discussions with six banks to underwrite the deal, in...
Giants to take a look at Cowboys DE Anthony Spencer
For years, Cowboys defensive end Anthony Spencer was a guy the Giants always had trouble blocking. Whether it was getting into their backfield or putting pressure on Eli Manning, Spencer...
US won't recognize Crimean secession: White House
WASHINGTON – The United States won’t recognize a secession vote in Crimea and is ready to support Ukraine against a Russian take-over "in every way possible," a White House official...
Crimea votes on whether to secede from Ukraine
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — In a referendum watched closely around the world, residents of Ukraine's strategic Crimean Peninsula voted Sunday on whether to demand greater autonomy or seek to join Russia....
Ellsbury out of Sunday's game with calf problem
That didn’t take long. Jacoby Ellsbury was scratched from Sunday’s lineup with tightness in his right calf and won’t play Monday in Bradenton. “It doesn’t sound like it’s much, but...
Russia vetoes UN's ceremonial resolution on Crimea
UNITED NATIONS — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution declaring Sunday's referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula illegal, and close ally China abstained, underlining Moscow's international isolation. Supporters of...
Runner collapses during New York City half-marathon
After finishing a half-marathon through the streets of New York Sunday, a Portland doctor immediately found himself in another race -- to save a fellow runner’s life.Dr. Dean Laochamroonvorapongse crossed...
Nets rewind: Loss doesn't erase Brooklyn's success
1. This was the definition of a game where it’s simply just not your night sometimes. The Nets played well throughout much of this game, repeatedly building 8-10 point leads...
Giants fortify defense with signings of Thurmond and Demps
In the assessment of co-owner John Mara, the Giants last season were “broken’’ on offense but thus far in free agency have gone to great lengths to re-fortify a defense...
Rescue workers reach basement of Harlem building explosion
Emergency workers sifted through debris Saturday from the site of a deadly explosion at two New York City apartment buildings as they worked to clear the way for investigators to...
Cops bust Miss Congeniality for shoplifting
CENTRALIA, Wash. — Days before she was named Miss Congeniality at the Miss Lewis County Scholarship Pageant, Chloe Curry was accused of attempting to shoplift cosmetics from the Chehalis Walmart....
Hackers attack NATO websites as tensions escalate in Crimea
Hackers brought down several public NATO websites, the alliance said on Sunday, in what appeared to be the latest escalation in cyberspace over growing tensions over Crimea. The Western military...
4 kids injured in early morning Brooklyn fire
Four children, including two infants, were injured when their Brooklyn apartment went up in smoke early Sunday morning, officials said. The young kids — a 14-year old boy, 8-year-old girl,...
Queens boy fought off attempted kidnapper
A creep tried to kidnap a child from a Queens street, but the brave schoolboy refused to be taken. Joseph Naranjo, 11, was waiting for his father at around 2:35...
Soldier says military service kept him out of FDNY: lawsuit
A Queens man says he unfairly lost his chance to join the FDNY because he was busy fighting a war. Brian Conway says he took the civil-service firefighter’s exam in...
Teacher colleagues made fun of my dress: lawsuit
She’s got a bee in her bonnet about her unkind colleagues. Devout Mennonite Sonia Burke, 47, is suing the city Department of Education after co-workers at Philip Randolph Campus HS...
FDNY battles blaze at One57 tower
It took some 50 firefighters more than an hour to extinguish a loading dock fire at the under-construction One57 luxury tower Saturday night. The fire started in plywood and other...
Loopy liberals freak over Koch brother's $100M hospital gift
On the surface, it appeared that a major New York hospital had gratefully accepted a $100 million gift from a philanthropic family with a long history of donating to the...
The death of the high school dance
The Winter Ball, Homecoming, the Spring Fling. Your high school may have had different names for them, but you probably recognize what they are: school dances. A staple of American...
Two hijackers needed to seize missing jet: experts
It would’ve taken at least two hijackers to seize control of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — and they would’ve needed aviation know-how to shut off the jet’s navigation equipment, experts...
Selection Sunday to answer season of questions
It’s the day everybody has been waiting for, when all the bracketologists and their predictions are rendered moot, and office brackets can finally be printed. It’s Selection Sunday, when the...
Kirilenko makes return; Garnett questionable for Monday
WASHINGTON — The Nets got one of their key injured players back Saturday, and another could soon follow. Andrei Kirilenko returned to the floor for the first time since leaving...
Crown eludes Creighton, Doug McDermott
Your father is the coach and you get to shine at Madison Square Garden and treat the throng that trekked all the way from Omaha to cheer their humble star....
Race to heat up as competing Duda, Davis nearing return
The Mets’ first-base derby has been a bigger dud so far than Geraldo Rivera’s search of Al Capone’s vault. But it should pick up this week, provided Lucas Duda and...
NFL's hottest couple is Big Apple-bound
Move over, Tom and Gisele. There’s a new genetically blessed gridiron power couple taking the spotlight. And they’re Big Apple-bound. Last week hunky wide receiver Eric Decker, 26, inked a...
Pitching in Vegas: If you can make it here...
LAS VEGAS — Maybe the problem isn’t that the Mets deploy their Triple-A affiliate some 2,500 miles away from their home base. Maybe they should just take the major league...
Friars’ Cotton proves he’s on ‘point’
If Doug McDermott was the face of the Big East this season, Bryce Cotton was its heart. While Creighton’s superstar senior earned enough accolades to stretch from New York to...
Actress bonds with pup before Broadway debut together
Trixie, Karen Ziemba’s overnight guest, was so excited about visiting the actress’ apartment, she peed herself. Ziemba was unfazed. Not only were her floors covered with paper — she and...
Teachers, staff caught giving fake doctors notes to get out of work
These educators think they have a license to ill. Some school staffers are apparently a lot like their students — they make up excuses and hand over bogus doctors notes...
Coney Island principal tampered with parent surveys: staffers
A Coney Island school principal who caused a furor by refusing to let kindergartners sing “God Bless the USA” at their graduation is in hot water again — this time...
Rapper invited to high school despite raunchy video
The administrators at Murry Bergtraum HS for Business Careers never seem to learn. Instead of inviting a business leader or hero to serve as “Principal for the Day,” the Manhattan...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx A man who had been shot in Foxhurst flagged down a livery cab — but refused a ride to the hospital once he learned an undercover cop was...
DOE counselor one of area’s worst toll skippers with $65K debt
She took the highway to hock! A Department of Education substance-abuse counselor is one of the worst toll scofflaws in the area, Port Authority and court records reveal. Bianca Cartagena,...
Bible survives Harlem building explosion
Firefighters pulled an intact Bible from the charred rubble of the East Harlem explosion Saturday — and the pastor of the site’s destroyed church was so moved to see the...
Annabella Sciorra owes big to Amex, IRS: legal papers, state records
This Brooklyn beauty could use a financial boost. Veteran actress Annabella Sciorra is having money troubles, according to legal papers and state records that show her more than $85,000 in...
Meet New York City’s notorious party crashers
It was a Saturday night in Hell’s Kitchen, and the usual swarm of pretty young women were out in force at a Fashion Week event, sipping Prosecco cocktails and nibbling...
Pilot zealously supported political dissident
The pilot of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet reportedly attended the trial of a political dissident that he zealously supported, hours before jumping into the cockpit of his 777. Capt....
Washington Square Park to get its own police station
Washington Square Park, once a bastion of free love and cheap drugs, will soon get a police station. The $4.3 million post will replace an abandoned NYPD trailer just outside...
New Sanitation boss has big plans for Big Apple composting
Mayor de Blasio’s new Sanitation boss rolled out plans Saturday for several bold initiatives that will affect every New Yorker. Kathryn Garcia said she will expand the city’s composting program,...
Court halts installation of Citi Bike docking station
There is justice — for a chosen few — when it comes to fighting off a Citi Bike station. Officials at Manhattan’s Appellate Division courthouse claimed victory last week in...
Why does this simple foot procedure cost more than heart surgery?
A Park Avenue podiatrist billed $178,900 to fix two crooked toes, office procedures that lasted less than an hour.Amazingly, insurance giant United Healthcare/Oxford paid most of the bill, cutting a...
Lead found in community gardens' soil, may affect produce
State researchers found toxic soil at 38 city community gardens — 70 percent of the total they tested — but refuse to identify them to the veggie-eating public. Lead levels...
Visiting high school choir suffers food poisoning on Broadway
The music of the night was a chorus of barfing. At least 13 members of a high-school choir from Virginia — in town to see “Phantom of the Opera’’ —...
Leaks in old iron & steel gas lines a ‘ticking time bomb': expert
Con Edison is struggling to keep up with leaks in its creaky iron and steel gas pipes — including those suspected in last week’s deadly East Harlem explosion, state documents...
CC reminds self: it's only spring training
CC Sabathia was very critical of his outing March 11 against the Nationals when he said in his words, “I sucked.’’ Saturday the Yankees’ ace said maybe it’s time to...
Yankees no-hit by Marlins in Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama — On the night Panama celebrated with its favorite son Mariano Rivera, the Yankees were no-hit by the Marlins at Rod Carew Stadium. Following a touching pregame...
Mark-Viverito takes a swipe at Cuomo on Twitter
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took a not-so-veiled Twitter swipe at Gov. Cuomo on Saturday, accusing him of keeping silent during the gas explosion in East Harlem, among other things. “Tax...