March 20, 2014
N.C. State collapses late vs. Saint Louis
ORLANDO, Fla. — North Carolina State barely snuck into the NCAA Tournament. Now, the Wolfpack may have wished they’d never gotten in at all. N.C. State may not even have...
Daredevil's climb to top of WTC reveals no working cameras in tower
The Freedom Tower, America’s top terror target, doesn’t have a single working surveillance camera inside — a stunning security lapse that let a New Jersey teen roam the top floors...
Icahn may add reps to Herbalife board but won't add to stake
Carl Icahn, Herbalife’s biggest shareholder, will not add to his stake in the company as part of a possible move to add more of his representatives to its board, The...
Friars unfazed by 'old news' sex-assault allegations
SAN ANTONIO — The Providence Friars arrived in Texas for their first NCAA Tournament berth in a decade, and were greeted with questions about a pair of players being investigated...
Lundqvist: Winning ugly is still winning
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and Henrik Lundqvist beheld that Tuesday night’s 8-4 victory in Ottawa was beautiful indeed despite the numerous defensive breakdowns...
Seating arrangements at 1 WTC will be new Conde Nast hierarchy
The brain trust of Condé Nast — its top editors and publishers — were given a tour of their soon-to-be new headquarters at 1 World Trade Center recently by CEO...
McDermott has Creighton ready for a March run
SAN ANTONIO — Doug McDermott is the country’s most prolific scorer and college basketball’s top player. But after giving up his scholarship to help a teammate, the Creighton star might...
Top-seeded Virginia OK with lack of media attention
RALEIGH, N.C. — They are the No. 1 seed in the East Region and winner of the ACC regular-season and tournament championships. They have a shiny 28-6 record. But raise...
Stoudemire a huge catalyst in Knicks' desperate, late push
Surely, it hasn’t all been about the impending news and subsequent arrival of new team president Phil Jackson that sparked the Knicks turnaround. One major reason during the current 7-game...
Cooney provides a shot in the arm for Syracuse
BUFFALO — You play for Syracuse, you know the deal. Adulation and hero worship when you are everything you were touted to be, moans and groans and outright derision when...
Devils squeeze past Wild for OT win in Parise's return
They were able to laugh and smile afterward, because if this one had gone the other way, then oh, boy, would the Devils have been distraught. Starting with the fact...
'Aladdin' musical doesn’t quite seem like a Disney hit
Disney’s new “Aladdin” doesn’t quite catch lightning in a bottle — but it lets a pretty nifty genie out of a lamp. That would be James Monroe Iglehart, in the...
Nike gets boost from higher prices, demand
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike said strong global demand for its athletic goods helped third-quarter net income beat Wall Street expectations as it readies for the World Cup in June. The...
Davis returns, Duda close — but Mets have no idea who's on 1st
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets have a first-base competition again — sort of. Even with Ike Davis’ return to the lineup on Thursday and Lucas Duda expected to resume...
Tony nominations may elude Roundabout's 'Cabaret' revival
Spring is here — time to rev up Tony Award fever. A major issue facing the Tony eligibility committee is what to do with the Roundabout’s revival of the Roundabout’s...
Ann Taylor shares surge on new stake in company
Ann Taylor’s parent company has a new investor that sees a gold mine in the retailer’s shares. Golden Gate Capital, which lately has reaped a bundle from its bets on...
Better late than never: Napier delivers in OT victory for UConn
BUFFALO – Shabazz Napier nearly won the game for UConn in regulation. He made sure he did in overtime. Overcoming a game-long battle with feisty St. Joseph’s, UConn leaned on its...
Wichita State: The one-seed with zero believers
ST. LOUIS — A year ago, the Wichita State Shockers were the darlings of the NCAA Tournament en route to an improbable Final Four berth as a No. 9 seed...
Bill Bradley: Old pal Phil a perfect fit for the Knicks
Former Knick Bill Bradley once ran for president of the United States, and now his buddy Phil Jackson has inherited the presidency of the Knicks. Now, Bradley predicts a major...
16-seed Albany had that upset dream feeling pretty real
ORLANDO, Fla. — So the ingredients were there. Top seed? Check. Florida was in the house, and as the de-facto home team to boot, Gainesville sitting less than two hours...
Yankees signed up for this Ellsbury injury uncertainty
TAMPA — While YES and ESPN broadcast the Yankees-Red Sox game in Fort Myers on Thursday night, the most Bronx-based star power could be found here at George M. Steinbrenner...
New photos from Cobain suicide released
SEATTLE — Police on Thursday released previously unseen images showing drug paraphernalia from the scene of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide 20 years ago. Police spokeswoman Renee Witt said a...
Eli Manning hits back against 'fake game-worn gear' suit
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is hitting back at a lawsuit that maintains he participated in a scheme to pass off bogus “game-worn” memorabilia as the real deal —...
Deal for stud McDonagh shows why Dolan loves Sather
COLUMBUS, Ohio — So when Jim Dolan on Tuesday gave Glen Sather yet another unqualified endorsement during a couple of radio interviews, the Garden owner made reference to the Rangers’...
Zuckerberg sister Randi draws A-listers to 'Rock of Ages'
Randi Zuckerberg, older sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, may be new to Broadway, but the 32-year-old has been reeling in A-listers ever since she debuted as Regina in “Rock...
Duke freshman Jabari Parker seeking to build a legacy quickly
RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s far too early in Jabari Parker’s career for Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski to compare his prized freshman with Knicks All-Star Carmelo Anthony. But the similarities are...
Rising star Ansel Elgort already carving a path to fame
Ansel Elgort was at the Austin airport in December when he got his first taste of stardom. “Someone recognized me and it caused a big scene and they started crying...
Hunt for landfill packed with 'E.T.' game cartridges halted
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari...
Senior Adreian Payne drops 41, leads Michigan St. over Delaware
SPOKANE, Wash. — There was the barrage of 3-pointers, the left-handed spin move, the steady work in the post, the can’t-miss free throw shooting. Pick a skill and Adreian Payne...
Drew a quick fix the Mets appear unwilling to make
PORT ST. LUCIE — The baseball season starts in 10 days. What you see is what you get. Meet the Mets. General manager Sandy Alderson said long after Thursday’s 7-6...
Freighter searches for 'best lead' in missing jet hunt
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The search resumed Thursday night for what could be parts of the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner after satellite images of floating debris gave investigators their most...
NCAA tourney brings out worst in enablers
Far from the March-ening Madness sit stories the NCAA’s underwriting, don’t-touch-that TV enablers are disinclined to tell. Ten years ago this week, Billy Packer did what CBS, for better or...
Pilot of missing jet made mystery call before takeoff: report
The pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made a mystery call just minutes before takeoff in Kuala Lumpur. A report in The Sun said investigators are trying to work...
Teen misses rival & shoots innocent bus rider dead as girls laugh
A young thug chased his rival onto a Brooklyn bus Thursday night and fatally gunned down an innocent man who was riding home to see his kids in between his...
Mets, Yankees tied up in the same shortstop intrigue
The Mets and Yankees are tied in one of the intriguing subplots late in this spring training: finding a shortstop. The Mets need one now, yet seem most likely to...
Catholic godson of woman on life support fights to get proxy back
The Catholic godson of an elderly Brooklyn woman on life support is fighting her Orthodox Jewish family to regain the legal right to let her die. Sylvia Sodden, 78, grew...
Guide to Friday's best NCAA Tournament games
12:15 p.m. — Feeling Blue: Friday begins with America’s favorite March tradition — rooting against Duke in the NCAA Tournament. The third-seeded Blue Devils take on No. 14 Mercer (CBS), and...
Newcomers shine in Brooklyn-based 'Love' story
Working-class Brooklyn teen Lila (Gina Piersanti) is a perpetual third-wheel observer of her more experienced best friend’s (Giovanna Salimeni) love life. She longs for her own sexual adventures but is...
Three found guilty in Brooklyn auto body shop murder
A pair of mobbed up goons were found guilty of murder Thursday in the botched robbery shooting of a Brooklyn man at an auto body shop in 2010. Along with...
Knicks short on time, but focused on possibility
The reality of the situation stinks, to be blunt. With 14 games remaining, the Knicks are five games back in the loss column from the eighth and final playoff spot....
Albany hangs tough in 12-point loss to top seed Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — One of the best teams in SEC history wasn’t going to end up on the wrong side of history. For nearly 26 minutes, No. 1 overall seed...
Destructive solar blasts 'barely missed' Earth
Fierce solar blasts that could have badly damaged electrical grids and disabled satellites in space narrowly missed Earth in 2012, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The bursts would have wreaked...
Syracuse gets in the zone, opens tourney with rout
BUFFALO — Good thing Syracuse is not obliged to put the Madness in March — at least not yet. If you tuned in for any intrigue, if you wondered if...
The day in photos
A body boarder takes a huge wave, a Boston marathon survivor thrives, N.J. students and teachers participate in a beach cleanup, a tiger enjoys the first day of spring and...
Masked men seize 2 Ukrainian warships in Crimea
Pro-Russian groups have seized two Ukrainian warships and Ukraine said its troops were being threatened in Crimea as the European Union considered new sanctions against Russia for its annexation of...
Oscar-nominated 'Picture' is worthy of Academy gold
Rithy Panh was 13 years old in 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took power and, led by Pol Pot, determined to fulfill their dream of a pure, revolutionary Cambodia. They...
Harvard proves it knows how to Dance in NCAA upset
SPOKANE, Wash. — Those kids from Harvard are getting a passing grade when it comes to the first game of the NCAA Tournament. Ask New Mexico last year. Ask Cincinnati...
Publishing magnate Patrick McGovern dies at 76
Patrick McGovern, one of the most low-key billionaires in the publishing world and the founder of International Data Group, died March 19 at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. He...
Police re-examining Cobain’s death
SEATTLE — With the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death approaching, a Seattle police detective re-examined the case files in connection with the Nirvana frontman's suicide. Police spokeswoman Renee Witt...
Escaped murderer back behind bars after almost 40 years
TOPEKA, Kan. — Nearly 40 years after James Robert Jones walked away from the famed prison at Fort Leavenworth, he returned to military custody this week to find the historic...
Snail's pace? Ryan, Idzik say Jets 'productive' in free agency
Jets GM John Idzik adamantly defended his conservative approach to free agency while Rex Ryan tried to dispel reports he is dismayed by the lack of signings in a conference...
Madoff staffers' case to continue with one less juror
In a rare move, a Manhattan federal judge has agreed to let a jury deciding the fraud trial of five ex-staffers of Bernie Madoff resume its deliberations Friday after a...
Yankees call it 'good news' for absent Ellsbury after clean MRI
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Jacoby Ellsbury arrived at Steinbrenner Field Thursday expecting to take batting practice. Instead, he had an MRI exam taken on his tight right calf. “Everything is...
Pitt destroys Colorado in embarrassing 8-9 game
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sometimes, the NCAA Tournament isn’t easy to watch. Sometimes, more times than we like to remember, there are more March massacres than March Madness. Unexpectedly, No. 9...
The most bizarre styles from Tokyo fashion week
Tokyo fashion week, which ends Saturday, is going wild with bizarre styles — from ’80s-inspired prom ensembles to dominatrix attire that could even make Christian Grey cringe. Have a look.
Lighthearted 'Mob' flick is one hilarious ride
The always distinctive Raymond De Felitta (“City Island’’) offers a hilarious mob comedy with virtually no violence, though it’s based on a tabloid-ready true story that did not end at...
Garnett: I'll be back 'soon,' but still no timetable
Kevin Garnett has played through plenty of injuries over the course of his 19 years in the NBA, but this one is different. The veteran never had to deal with...
Anita Hill documentary fails to break new ground
Few minds are likely to be changed by “Anita,” a documentary about the woman who nearly derailed a Supreme Court nomination while galvanizing the country with charges of sexual harassment....
Judge: $1.2B Toyota settlement proves 'corporate fraud can kill'
Saying the case “demonstrates that corporate fraud can kill,” a Manhattan federal judge Thursday approved a $1.2 billion settlement that Toyota Motor Corp. ironed out with the feds over the...
Gritty 'Blood Ties' weaves a familiar tale
Director Guillaume Canet is obsessed with ’70s directors, and it shows in “Blood Ties,” his gritty NYC drama about two brothers (Billy Crudup and Clive Owen) on opposite sides of...
NJ dad accused of beating, strangling wife before stashing body in empty home
He held her 2-year-old daughter in his lap while giving a TV interview about the search for his missing wife. Now a New Jersey man has been accused of beating...
No upsets here: Wisconsin throttles American by 40
MILWAUKEE — Ben Brust scored 17 points and Wisconsin devastated American with a 22-5 run to close the first half in a 75-35 victory Thursday before a friendly crowd in...
8 best guest hosts from 'The Muppet Show'
“Muppets Most Wanted,” out Friday, not only boasts such headliners as Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and the Muppet gang, but it has an impressive list of cameos: Zach Galifianakis, Chloë...
Get ready for 'Divergent' with these 5 tunes
The latest young-adult book-to-big-screen franchise, “Divergent,” opens this weekend, and it’s expected to be a big one, maybe even opening as high as $70 million. While we’ve still got a...
Michelle Obama, daughters arrive in China for hotly anticipated trip
BEIJING — US First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Beijing on Thursday evening, the official Xinhua news agency said, beginning a hotly anticipated week-long trip during which she will promote education...
NJ probing cop's order to photograph Christie protesters
VOORHEES, NJ — New Jersey's attorney general says he's looking into who ordered a state trooper to photograph protesters at Gov. Chris Christie's town hall meetings. Acting Attorney General John...
Nets rewind: Deron Williams can play defense, too
Here are three thoughts on the Nets' 104-99 win over the Bobcats on Wednesday night: 1. While Deron Williams has been putting up big numbers on offense lately, it was...
Dayton stuns Ohio State as Craft misses buzzer-beater
BUFFALO — In the end, the ball was in the hands of Aaron Craft, because it had to be. Ohio State would rise or fall with what happened next. Craft’s...
Teen visited WTC only 3 times before breach
It took three dorky teens from New Jersey just three visits to the World Trade Center site to hatch their plan to breach the supposedly secure terror target, they said...
Teachers who 'had sex in class' can't be fired: court
As long as the kids are away, teachers can play, a panel of judges said Thursday, ruling that educators shouldn’t be fired for having sex with one another — even...
Meet the reality TV stars who became best-selling authors
When one thinks of reality TV stars, one doesn’t usually think “masters of prose.” But the best seller list is crawling with “Real Housewives,” “Bachelors” and just about everyone from...
Ally ditches Rangel to endorse main challenger
Another powerful political ally is defecting from Rep. Charles Rangel to endorse his chief challenger, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, The Post has learned. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. “has...
Brodeur rips Devils for letting Parise go
It wasn’t so much a veiled shot as it was an open one, as Martin Brodeur voiced his displeasure with Devils management and how they handled the situation that ended...
Cromartie heads to Cardinals, calls Jets 'disloyal'
Antonio Cromartie appeared to rip the Jets on Twitter for their disloyalty Thursday shortly after he signed a one-year, $3.25 million deal with the Cardinals Or did he? The veteran...
The 8 unnecessary sequels bound for the big screen
Those who were holding their breath waiting for “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” can finally exhale. This week the sequel was announced, thanks to a generous tax subsidy from the...
10 stars attempting a TV comeback
As the saying goes — if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. In television, each pilot season brings the chance to start anew for stars whose series suffered...
Airbnb in talks to raise valuation to $10B despite orgy fiasco
The latest Airbnb horror story — a New York man returns to home to find his posh pad trashed during a raunchy sex party — hasn’t turned off investors. Despite...
Reds pitcher drilled by liner 'lucky' to avoid brain injury
[mlbvideo id="31593793" width="680" height="400" /] GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman was undergoing surgery Thursday to repair a broken bone above his left eye but has no other...
Clock ticking for new housing boss to meet de Blasio’s goal
The city must produce or preserve six housing units an hour, 11 hours a day, six days a week to make good on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to create...
Westboro founder Fred Phelps Sr. dies at 84
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of...
Man who ‘butchered family,’ fled to Mexico indicted
The madman who tried to escape to his native Mexico after butchering his wife and young daughters in their Queens apartment in January was indicted on three counts of first-degree...
'Wheel of Fortune' player solves nearly impossible puzzle
http://youtu.be/BobNg1-CSH4 A “Wheel of Fortune” contestant stunned viewers when he solved a nearly impossible puzzle — guessing the obscure phrase “new baby buggy” with just two letters on the board....
Discovery introduces first pay-TV channel in China
Discovery Communications is launching its first pay-TV channel in China. A deal with China’s Wasu Digital TV Media Group will introduce Chinese viewers to such American fare as “Amish Mafia,”...
US imposes sanctions on Putin's chief of staff, bank
WASHINGTON – President Obama announced Thursday that he is ordering an expansion of U.S. sanctions against 20 more top Russian government figures and some powerful oligarchs as intensified punishment for...
Dreamworks to build $2.4B entertainment complex in China
SHANGHAI — DreamWorks Animation and Chinese partners unveiled designs on Thursday for a 15 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) entertainment complex in Shanghai, expanding Hollywood's growing ties with China. The "DreamCenter,"...
Dillon Gee in line to start Opening Day for Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE — For Opening Day, the Mets could be headed toward Plan Gee. With Jon Niese sidelined because of recent elbow soreness, manager Terry Collins on Thursday said...
NY shipping tycoon to take second bankruptcy hit
New York shipping magnate Peter Georgiopoulos’ Genco Shipping & Trading is sunk, the Post has learned.The company, which operates a fleet of 53 tankers that typically carry coal, iron ore,...
Follow live: All the NCAA Tournament action
March Madness got off to a madcap start Thursday with four overtime games, a couple buzzer-beaters and those perennial underdogs from Harvard bumping off another top seed. What's in store...
Obama to Ellen: Oscar selfie was 'a pretty cheap stunt'
WASHINGTON — President Obama is sounding sore that Ellen DeGeneres broke his Twitter record by corralling a group of celebs into taking a selfie during the Academy Awards. “I heard about...
TV cat whisperer to tame huge family-trapping cat
LOS ANGELES — The large cat that attacked a baby and trapped an Oregon family in a bedroom touched off an Internet uproar that worries Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal...
Straphangers’ group claims only 42% of subway cars are clean
The subway trains keep getting dirtier and dirtier. Only 42 percent of cars systemwide were considered clean in a recent “shmutz” study by the Straphangers Campaign. It was a 10...
Ex-Microsoft employee charged with leaking trade secrets
A former employee of Microsoft Corp is facing criminal charges after he allegedly passed trade secrets to a blogger in France, U.S. court documents showed. Russian national Alex Kibkalo, a...
Putin tells Russia's billionaires to 'pay taxes in our motherland'
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on billionaires to pay taxes at home amid fears that a new wave of western sanctions against the country over the annexation...
Teaching assistant busted for alleged sex trysts with teen
A Queens teaching assistant was arrested for carrying on a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student after the boy outed the trysts to a school speech therapist, a police source said....
Perv busted after thwarted Lower East Side rape
A predator tried to rape a woman inside her Lower East Side apartment, cops said Thursday. Hua Qin Ye, 28, allegedly attacked the woman after barging into her home on...
Julian Green could be teenage sensation for US at World Cup
Luring Bayern Munich teenage forward Julian Green to play his international soccer for the United States rather than Germany was a big catch for coach Jurgen Klinnsman, but it's also...
Pistorius going broke fighting murder charge
The Blade Runner is going broke trying to beat a murder rap. Oscar Pistorius is selling his prized pedigree horses and the luxe Pretoria pad where he fatally shot his...
Thug busted in $36K jewel heist after befriending home-alone teen
A career criminal stole more than $36,000 worth of jewelry from a posh Lower Manhattan building after befriending a 19-year-old whose parents were away on vacation, according to police. Jamar...
Starbucks to expand beer, wine sales throughout US
Starbucks is aggressively courting the happy hour crowd. The world’s biggest coffee chain plans to expand alcohol sales to thousands of cafes after testing a booze-fueled evening menu in several...
Russia, Ukraine to throw down in boxing ring
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian and Ukrainian boxing teams will compete as scheduled in the World Series of Boxing quarterfinals despite tensions between the countries. The International Boxing Association says the...
Ponzi crook Madoff blasts politicians in new interview
Jailed-for-life Ponzi kingpin Bernie Madoff doesn’t mind stealing money — but he sure has a problem with politicians who ask for it. In his latest jailhouse interview, the man who...
DSK plans to raise $2B for new hedge fund
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn plans to raise $2 billion in a macro hedge fund, his firm, LSK & Partners, said on Thursday, as investors continue to back...
About 50 Knicks fans rage on at protest despite Jackson hiring
The natives still may be restless, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, in the form of Phil Jackson. That was the takeaway from Wednesday evening’s protest...
Reds' Chapman has face broken by terrifying line drive
[mlbvideo id="31593793" width="680" height="400" /] SURPRISE, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman broke bones above his left eye and nose when he was hit by a line drive Wednesday...
Teen sneaks past guard to reach WTC spire
A New Jersey teen captivated by 1 World Trade Center sneaked out of his home in the dead of night, got past a wall of security — and a sleeping...
City hospitals get no ObamaCare cure for uninsured
ObamaCare has enrolled more than 5 million people nationwide, but it won’t rescue the city’s municipal hospitals because more than 60 percent of their uninsured patients are undocumented immigrants who...
Queens man busted in drugs, weapon raid
A man in Queens was busted in possession of a mountain of drugs and an arsenal of guns, authorities said Wednesday. In a raid at 5 a.m. Tuesday at a...
Boston bomb victim back on the dance stage
For the first time since losing part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, professional ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis danced on a stage Wednesday. Haslet-Davis, 33, shed a...
Rolling Stones bandmates worried about Jagger
Mick Jagger is so shattered by the suicide of longtime lover L’Wren Scott that his bandmates are worried about the health of their aging frontman. “He’s not really well. He’s...
A one-state plan for Mideast peace
The difficulties that Secretary of State Kerry is discovering in his quest for a peace deal between Israel and the Arabs have everyone looking for alternatives. The most radical is...
Bye bye ‘mandate’
Has any New York mayor squandered a mandate faster than Bill de Blasio? That’s the question raised by the latest Quinnipiac polls. Released this week, they show New Yorkers opposing...
Escape from New Jersey
Remember Joe Piscopo’s immortal line on Saturday Night Live about encountering a fellow citizen of New Jersey: What exit? The punchline is no longer a joke. According to a recent...
Punish success, reward failure
Amid all Bill de Blasio’s woes, let’s acknowledge he’s doing his darndest to make good on one campaign promise: to keep bad public schools open and close down good ones....
Spring break trips galore right on TV this week
Spring is here! Where to escape when you need a TV break: “Cougar Town” (Tuesday, 10 p.m., TBS) Take the traditional route to the Sunshine State for a little fun...
5 unintentionally funny scenes in ‘Nymphomaniac’
He's either the bad boy of Danish cinema or a pretentious, misogynist hack. Either way, director Lars von Trier is aces at getting a rise out of audiences (sometimes literally)....
Billy Crystal returns to TV on FX
Billy Crystal’s return to series television has been confirmed, according to DeadlineHollywood.com. FX has given a 13-episode order to ‘The Comedians,” which pairs Crystal, everyone’s favorite Oscar host, with Josh...
Tomlin, Fonda reteam for Netflix
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda may become the new Golden Girls when their Netflix sitcom “Grace and Frankie” debuts on Netflix. The premise sounds like a hoot: the two veteran...
Meloni stands out in new sitcom 'Surviving Jack'
I’ve been a big Chris Meloni fan since “Oz” —and the admiration carried over into his long-running role as Detective Elliot Stabler on “Law & Order: SVU.” That being said,...
Westboro Baptist parodies Lorde's 'Royals'
Lorde save us, for the Westboro Baptist Church are spreading their idiocy again. Not satisfied with plans to picket the New Zealander’s show in Kansas City, MO on Friday night...
One final case for 'Psych' as finale approaches
After eight seasons of zany crimes, 'Psych' is closing its doors. The cult USA Network comedy series about a faux psychic detective (James Roday) and his sidekick Gus (Dulé Hill)...
Melo steps up Pace with Jackson in house
Carmelo Anthony didn’t waste any time putting on a show for newly minted Knicks president Phil Jackson. With the Zen Master watching from the sidelines, Anthony scored 34 points on...
Home winning streak at 10 for Nets
There’s no place like home for the Nets. With their 104-99 win over the Bobcats Wednesday, the Nets upped their home winning streak to 10 games, giving them the longest...
Now the real fun begins in March
ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s been lots of big sports headlines this month — Phil Jackson’s hiring, NFL free agency, MLB spring training — but little action. Thursday takes us from...
Stoudemire’s big game a glimpse of what he hopes to become
Amar’e Stoudemire has said his aim is simple. “Playing at a high level is my ultimate goal, to get back to my dominant self,” Stoudemire said. He looked that way...
Prison guard who sexually abused inmate gets 16 months
A former prison guard and counselor at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was hit with a 16-month sentence in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday for sexually abusing an inmate. Theodore...
Cops charge two in botched home invasion death
The feds have charged two Manhattan men they believe killed the son of a Queens pizzeria owner in a botched 2009 home invasion as the victim tried to protect his...
‘Mansion Tax’ produces geyser of revenue for New York
These members of the 1 percent are bringing smiles to the state’s tax collectors. New York’s “mansion tax” on homes selling for $1 million or more generated a record-busting $259 million...
City Council thinks mayor lacks votes for carriage ban
The neighs have it — for now. City Council members are questioning whether Mayor de Blasio has the votes needed to pass his long-promised ban on horse-drawn carriages. During the...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops are looking for a man who has allegedly robbed seven banks in three boroughs. He is believed to have begun his robbery spree at 11 a.m. on Jan....
Ukraine set to pull troops from Crimea region
Ukraine made plans Wednesday to yank all its troops out of Crimea as Russian forces seized two more Ukrainian military bases in the disputed territory. Russian-speaking forces have been surrounding...
Michelle Obama embraces 'enemy' Schwarzman
WASHINGTON — First Lady Michelle Obama is making nice with private-equity billionaire Steve Schwarzman — who once compared her husband to Hitler.On her whirlwind trip to China, which starts Thursday,...
Cancer patients shut out of top hospitals by ObamaCare
Cancer patients could be shut out of receiving world-class treatment under ObamaCare because many of the nation’s premier cancer hospitals are excluded from the new policies. An Associated Press survey...
550 families without power in SoHo: Con Ed
A power outage is leaving 550 people in the dark Wednesday night on a trendy Soho block, according to a Con Ed spokesman. The lights went out on Sullivan Street...
