March 25, 2014
Masahiro Tanaka unfazed by hype with debut approaching
TAMPA — This is what we know about Masahiro Tanaka after six weeks of spring training. He might be the coolest customer in Yankees camp other than Derek Jeter. That...
Secret Service agents sent home for partying in Amsterdam
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before President Barack Obama's arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret...
South Street Seaport owner eyes southern 'star'
Frustrated by community activists who don’t want them to build a 50-story tower on the north side of Pier 17, South Street Seaport’s operator is nevertheless doubling down on the...
Titanic items swiped from Seaport Museum founder: suit
Two Manhattan antique dealers pillaged $1 million in valuable maritime artifacts — including original Titanic memorabilia — from the elderly New York historian who founded the South Street Seaport Museum,...
Bandit jailed for 15 years robs same store day after release
Christopher Miller spent 15 years in jail for holding up a shoe store on the Jersey Shore. And just one day after being freed from prison, he went back to...
American Apparel's $30M share sale keeps CEO in control
Dov Charney has beaten back the loan sharks — again. The controversial CEO of American Apparel survived a vicious battle with creditors including Goldman Sachs by selling $30.5 million of...
Islanders hang on to beat Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. — Even as the lead quickly grew to four goals, Matt Martin and the Islanders never felt comfortable. It turned out they needed each of those goals —...
The best coach among the Sweet 16? There 'Iz' no doubt
The Sweet 16 is here. By Sunday night, only four teams will remain. This is when the good become great, when incredible seasons can become career-defining. Sixteen coaches remain, with...
Scientist warned in '99 of deadly mudslide
ARLINGTON, Wash. — A scientist working for the government had warned 15 years ago about the potential for a catastrophic landslide in the fishing village where the weekend collapse of...
Facebook acquires Oculus VR goggle maker for $2B
Mark Zuckerberg is making a $2 billion bet on a nascent virtual gaming company founded by 21-year-old who got his start on Kickstarter. The Facebook CEO on Tuesday announced plans...
Prokhorov's mulling of move to Russia not related to Crimea
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Nets, Monday’s speed bump in New Orleans aside, have been on cruise control over the last few months, emerging from the turbulent opening two months of...
'Burger King baby' finds mom with Facebook's help
A woman who, as a newborn, was deserted in the bathroom of a Pennsylvania Burger King more than 27 years ago finally has been reunited with her mother. Katheryn Deprill,...
Serby’s Special NCAA Q&A with Shabazz Napier
With his team heading to the Sweet 16, senior UConn guard Shabazz Napier took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: The Garden will be filled...
Rangel, Espaillat faceoff causes rift among minority legislators
The hotly contested congressional Democratic primary pitting state Sen. Adriano Espaillat against incumbent Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel is causing an ugly rift among the city’s minority legislators serving in Albany,...
Iowa State assistant hosting Garden party
When the NCAA Tournament brackets were released, Matt Abdelmassih forgot he was a coach for a moment. He saw Iowa State slotted as third seed in the East region and...
NFL owners ban crossbar dunk
ORLANDO, Fla. — The No Fun League strikes again. Much to the dismay of players and fans alike, the owners sprung a surprise Tuesday by voting to ban dunking the...
Lovely Kingside's fare can't live up to its price
‘The scariest room where I ever stayed was in East London,” the well-traveled British guy at the next table at Kingside informed his mates. But the scariest prices he’s likely...
Livery drivers to form neighborhood watch
Livery drivers are going to put the heat on dangerous driving. The hacks plan to create a neighborhood watch on wheels that looks out for reckless driving and other suspicious...
Soriano dealing with a ‘tight’ right shoulder
TAMPA — The ice pack strapped to Alfonso Soriano’s throwing shoulder was a sign that all is not OK with the Yankees’ outfielder/designated hitter. “I started it last week, about...
Giants’ signings give Reese free reign in draft
What the Giants did most of all with their uncharacteristic free agency shopping spree was provide themselves with flexibility. They now can look ahead to the NFL Draft — where...
'I turned my apartment into a restaurant!'
As Eric Salit prepped his chicken sorrentino marsala and bucatini arrabiata for a recent Saturday night dinner party, he was confident in the familiar recipes he’d served time and again....
Cuomo's moment
As Albany wraps up talks on the budget, it’s time for Gov. Cuomo to make good on his vow to save charter schools. Parents, students and teachers at these public...
Rikers guards kept from rescuing a comrade — to avoid lawsuits
Rikers Island officers were ordered to just stand by and watch as a colleague got savagely beaten by a mob of inmates — because correction supervisors feared getting hit with...
Dodgers top Yanks as MLB's big spenders
Zack Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers have knocked Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees off baseball's payroll perch, part of an offseason spending spree that has the average...
‘Beyond Therapy’ is beyond saving
Many ’80s artifacts are best gone for good: Fond memories of REO Speedwagon, shoulder pads and “ALF” are better than the reality. The same is true of Christopher Durang’s “Beyond...
Fiancé pops question in cab with medallion used by gal's family
A romantic Upper West Sider popped the question to the love of his life Tuesday — in a cab with the same medallion number that once belonged to her late...
King: Recovering Brook Lopez ‘got too heavy’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a radio interview Tuesday, general manager Billy King said Brook Lopez “maybe got too heavy” last summer, and said the team will try to rectify that...
Nuking New York
Ordinarily, New Yorkers might be grateful to learn the President Obama regards a nuclear attack on Manhattan as “the No. 1 security threat” he worries about. It’s telling this was...
Walking through Cooperstown with a nostalgic Joe Torre
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Joe Torre held a bat used by Babe Ruth in the basement archives at the Baseball Hall of Fame. And one by Lou Gehrig, sitting just feet...
Bill's secret donors
Are the “evil” Koch brothers funding Bill de Blasio’s pre-K lobbying group? It’s impossible to tell, because UPKNYC won’t disclose its donors. And the mayor — once a champion of...
Chances for DeSean Jackson to join Jets dimming
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rex Ryan is all but guaranteeing the Jets will add a wide receiver this offseason, but the chances of it being DeSean Jackson appeared to dim Tuesday....
Surgeon bills Medicare $85M for 'procedures he never performed'
He’s the Bernie Madoff of bariatric surgery. A fat-cat Long Island Gold Coast surgeon billed Medicare for $85 million for procedures he never performed — even claiming to have operated...
Pineda secures the final spot in Yankees’ rotation
TAMPA — By pitching well in games that don’t count Michael Pineda will open the season in the Yankees’ rotation as the fifth starter. How long the right-hander remains at...
Rangers’ McDonagh, Girardi give 'D' some scoring punch
The NHL has become a league in which offense no longer can be relegated to the forwards. Just ask Rangers coach Alain Vigneault, who didn’t even hesitate after Monday night’s...
De Blasio proposes fare hike to fund handicap-friendly cabs
Mayor de Blasio is proposing a 30-cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city’s yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible. De Blasio called the surcharge a...
Davis, Duda expected to be on Opening Day roster
VIERA, Fla. — Ike Davis and Lucas Duda can plan on remaining as teammates at least to begin the season. In assessing the Mets’ first-base situation heading to the regular...
$90 emu eggs are NYC's latest dish du jour
Last Saturday night, Melissa Gitlin, 44, and her husband, Jordan Gitlin, 45, were looking to have a nice dinner in the city with another couple they hadn’t seen for a...
Woman says discount store targets minorities for theft, fraud
A black Manhattan woman is suing the discount chain Pay Half, alleging that its stores target minority customers for theft and credit-card fraud. In her class-action suit, Ginger Marville, 24,...
Dice-K may be reassigned to start season for rotation flexibility
VIERA, Fla. — On the surface, it’s Daisuke Matsuzaka and Jenrry Mejia with one start apiece to prove their worthiness for the final spot in their team’s rotation, but it...
Ricardo Tisci's hoop dreams
“The Air Force 1 is universal, yet somehow very personal,” says designer eminence Riccardo Tisci. Tisci’s own interpretation of Nike’s iconic basketball shoe (the original came out in 1982) was...
Elections Board head claims agency deliberately underfunded
The head of the city Board of Elections stunned City Council members on Tuesday by claiming that the long-battered agency was purposely shorted funds by the city so it would...
Soho shop, Dickies build a sturdy collaboration
“I know guys are scared of highrise, but you can still wear them low if you want,” says Willy Chavarria, holding a pair of jeans across his waist. Chavarria and...
Drug kingpin ordered 20 murders: feds
The feds on Tuesday raised the stakes in their federal racketeering case against the alleged chief of a notorious pot-selling ring, accusing him now of ordering the murders of 20...
Warner Archive Collection leads the MOD squad
It's hard to believe the Warner Archive Collection launched five years ago this month. The one-time torrent of classic-era films being released on DVD by the major Hollywood studios, which...
A fashionable taste of Italy
As far as men’s goes for fashion weeks, we’ve come to expect the usual from the different cities: New York is commercial with a heavy Americana slant, Paris has its...
A new twist on Roman classic
The 38-year-old British designer Brendan Mullane took the reins at Brioni in 2012. He kept the heritage of the 69-year-old brand and suffused it with a youthful exuberance. Mullane has...
Crosby Street becoming new menswear mecca
Since opening near the corner of Howard and Crosby in 2002, Opening Ceremony — the still-undisputed purveyors of cool in downtown NYC — have ignited a transformation of one of...
Free market: Barricades around Wall Street Bull go down
Top cop Bill Bratton freed the Wall Street Bull from its corral Tuesday after two-and-a-half years of captivity. Uniformed and plainclothes cops removed about 20 barricades surrounding the iconic “Charging...
Teen couple kills cop, then selves in suicide pact
He loved his mother. She hated her mom, and said she was a “waste of space.” But the two Florida teenagers adored each other, dying together in a suicide pact...
Horror as man is killed by train, bystanders hurt by body parts
A man was struck and killed Tuesday by a New Jersey Transit in New Brunswick, and four people were hurt after being struck by pieces of his body, police said....
Breathtaking new video of WTC BASE jump released
This visit to the Freedom Tower wasn't for the faint of heart. A new video of a death-defying BASE jump off the World Trade Center shows one of the parachutists plummeting head-first...
Police probe suspicious letter at Bronx courthouse
Police are investigating a suspicious letter sent to the Bronx courthouse Tuesday, law-enforcement sources said. A pasty white substance was found in an envelope along with a nasty letter to...
The day in photos
Sweet deals from a Cupcake ATM, a space launch, an Afghan commando gets kissed, a dreamy art installation and more.
TV stars who left shows at their peak
After 14 seasons of playing Capt. Jim Brass on the CBS procedural “CSI,” Paul Guilfoyle — one of the drama’s original stars — will leave the long-running drama in the...
'Veep' star makeover: 'DC ten years behind fashion curve'
Recently, at a Wizards basketball game in Washington, DC, actor Reid Scott was approached by a young woman shouting, “I’m the Dan! I’m the Dan in my office!” “That’s not...
Wright to Harvey: Your reputation is on the line during rehab
VIERA, Fla. – Matt Harvey cannot win or lose on the field for a while now. In the clubhouse, however, his credibility will receive a decision. Take your pick –...
Justin Timberlake stepping back into fashion game
Last year, Justin Timberlake was ready to ditch the clothing line, William Rast, that he co-founded with bestie Trace Ayala. It began in 2006 with runway shows at NY Fashion...
Shakira's 10 hottest looks
She may be named Shakira, but this is one pop singer who rarely seems shaken by anything. With millions of records sold — and wheelbarrows full of awards — she...
Designer dishes on dressing 'Noah' director for papal visit
Did he wear boat shoes? Darren Aronofsky, whose Old Testament epic “Noah” opens Friday, looked slick for his papal audience. The director and the film’s star, Russell Crowe, met with...
Omar Epps: dream tenant turned fashion muse
Last summer, Omar Epps, the leading man in “Resurrection,” rented a house from designer Jason Geter in Atlanta during shooting for ABC’s new thriller. “We’d watch the fights and hang...
Is Pharrell Williams inking a deal with Adidas?
Pharrell Williams doesn’t need to stay up all night to get lucky in fashion. Arby’s bought his gargantuan Vivienne Westwood “mountaineer” Grammys hat from him for $44,000 (it eerily echoed...
Designer Alexander Olch unveiling 'fashion's open kitchen'
There’s something lurking in the basement, and it’s fabulous. Alexander Olch is unveiling the subterranean space of his new Orchard Street shop to the public, in fashion’s answer to an...
'Mad Men' stylist unzips set secrets
Jon Hamm, who has a regularly updated Tumblr devoted to the fit of his pants, isn’t a (trouser) snake with the wardrobe department on “Mad Men.” He uses the utmost...
World's largest hot dog grilled at county fair in Florida
Get a load of this winning wiener. The world's largest hot dog was grilled at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition last Friday, reports the Miami Herald. Cooked over the...
CNN producers busted trying to get into WTC site
Two CNN producers were arrested Tuesday for trying to sneak into the World Trade Center site to test its security — after The Post reported that a teen made it...
9 crazy Spring Break horror stories
Put away those boots and grab your flip-flops. For millions of students, it’s time for Spring Break, and all of the sunny debauchery that goes with it. But first, check...
Hunt for 'killer' in botched 2009 home invasion
The FBI is hunting an alleged killer involved in the 2009 slaying of a Queens pizzeria owner’s son, who died trying to protect his cancer-stricken dad during in a botched...
Rex back to blustering: 'Watch out for the Jets'
ORLANDO, Fla. — Shades of the old Rex. Rex Ryan didn’t promise a Super Bowl or even that the Jets would make the playoffs, but their coach sounded Tuesday morning...
IRS: Bitcoins can be taxed
Wading into a murky tax question for the digital age, the Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin are to be treated as property for...
Christopher Reeves busted wearing Superman shirt
This Superman was flying high. A man named Christopher Reeves was busted on drug charges in Utah early today -- wearing a Superman shirt. Reeves, 33, got pulled over for...
Bills owner Ralph Wilson dead at 95
ORLANDO, Fla. — The NFL lost a towering figure Tuesday when Bills owner Ralph Wilson died at his home in Michigan at age 95. Wilson’s death was announced by the...
Potential video deposition an issue in A-Rod case
A Bronx judge suggested Tuesday that Alex Rodriguez be videotaped for a deposition related to his medical malpractice lawsuit but that the footage not be made public. “Why don't we agree that counsel for each...
Fire engulfs Texas apartments
HOUSTON — A large apartment complex under construction in Houston has been consumed by fire, sending thick, black smoke billowing into the sky and drawing hundreds of emergency personnel. Much...
The Rock heading to theaters as 'Hercules'
http://youtu.be/4JZhGYrgCPg Hope you're not too sick of sweaty dudes in sandals just yet. Despite 2014 already giving us a "300" sequel, "Pompeii," and Kellan Lutz in "The Legend of Hercules,"...
Where does Sampson's departure leave St. John's?
Steve Lavin described Tuesday’s press conference as a celebration. JaKarr Sampson, in a dark sports jacket and tan dress pants, never stopped smiling as he discussed his decision to declare...
Phil sneaks in a chat with Carmelo at Knicks shootaround
LOS ANGELES — Phil Jackson stepped onto the court for the first time as Knicks team president during Tuesday’s morning shootaround at Staples Center and spoke with Carmelo Anthony in...
10 times Lady Gaga got it fashionably right
Earth to Lady Gaga, we know you can do better. The singer actually looks pleasant when she isn’t trying so hard. 2008 is long gone, and now her freaky fashion...
Pistorius has no choice but to testify in own defense: lawyers
A desperate Oscar Pistorius will take the stand when his defense lawyers present their case in his premeditated murder trial in the fatal shooting of his pretty blond girlfriend, Reeva...
Masiello’s deal falls apart over false résumé: report
Steve Masiello may not be leaving Manhattan after all. Less than a week ago, the 36-year-old coach nearly led Manhattan — in its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 10 years...
Cops bust thieves who nabbed replica 'Wizard of Oz' slippers
The thieves who stole a valuable pair of replica Wizard of Oz ruby slippers from the Hilton Garden Inn in Staten Island have been arrested and charged, cops said. Julie...
Nets rewind: Clanging a whole bunch of 3-pointers
NEW ORLEANS -- Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 109-104 overtime loss to the Pelicans Monday night: 1. The Nets have lost three games in March, and two of...
Ukrainian women launch sex boycott against Russian men
Not tonight, Boris — I have headache since you take over Crimea. A group of patriotic Ukrainian women are calling on their sister citizens to just say "Nyet" when it comes...
From Seaver to Gee: Name that Mets Opening Day starter
Tom Seaver ... Dwight Gooden ... Dillon Gee. Gee was officially named Monday as the Mets' Opening Day starter, getting the nod over fellow right-handers Bartolo Colon and Zack Wheeler after...
Smokers' rights group sues NYC over e-cigarette ban
A smokers-rights group has sued the city in a bid to snuff out the ban on electronic cigarettes in public places. The New York City Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment,...
NBC traded Michelle Beadle to ESPN for the Ryder Cup
Aren’t TV trades the best? NBC and ESPN worked out a deal that allowed ESPN to negotiate with a disgruntled Michelle Beadle while she was still under contract with NBC,...
Shooting of Boston bomber's friend was justified: prosecutor
A pal of one of the Boston Marathon bombers threatened an FBI agent and a Massachusetts state cop with a pole, and was shot dead by the agent just moments...
Michelle Obama takes up tai chi as turmoil in her office is revealed
WASHINGTON — First Lady Michelle Obama is staging picture-perfect photo ops on her tour of China — but back home, her East Wing office is fraught with tension and anxiety, according to...
Subway passes over man who survives without a scrape
A man jumped onto the subway tracks to get his cellphone in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning — and miraculously survived without a scrape when an L train passed over him, authorities...
Obama's top fear is Manhattan getting nuked
WASHINGTON — President Obama dissed Russia as a “regional power” on Tuesday and said his bigger worry is a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan. Obama's comment came at a press...
Welcome to the season of tacky minor league jerseys
The p.r. departments of minor league teams have found a new way to make money this offseason: jerseys based on old movies/cartoons. It’s a way to get fans in the...
Assemblyman-turned-convict Boyland denied bail
Former Brooklyn Assemblyman-turned-convict William Boyland Jr. must remain behind bars until his June sentencing on corruption raps, a judge ruled Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. A blistering Judge Sandra Townes...
Hedgie Paulson seeks new mortgage payday
Famed shortseller John Paulson, who earned one of Wall Street’s biggest paydays betting on the collapse of mortgage-backed bonds, is following that with a bet that he can recoup millions...
Cowboys sue player for 'exaggerating injury'
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Dallas Cowboys have filed a complaint against Jay Ratliff and are seeking compensation from the defensive lineman. Ratliff was sidelined last season while recovering from a...
Bills great Kelly to have surgery on aggressive cancer
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is expected to undergo surgery following the return of oral cancer. His wife, Jill, says the cancer is aggressive and starting...
Michelle Obama learns tai chi from Chinese high schoolers
BEIJING — US First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged rural Chinese students to aim high and get a good education despite humble roots, in a speech Tuesday that was delivered via...
Corzine loses bid to dismiss lawsuit over MF Global’s collapse
Jon Corzine, the former MF Global Holdings chief executive, and two former colleagues failed to win the dismissal of a lawsuit by a trustee seeking to hold them responsible for...
Scandal-plagued NY senator faces primary challenge
Scandal-scarred Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith could lose either way — in court or at the ballot box. Deputy Queens borough President Leroy Comrie is ready to challenge Smith in a...
Readers to get $166M in e-book payouts
Major e-book publishers have agreed to cough up $166 million in refunds as part of a price-fixing settlement with New York and 32 other states, authorities said Tuesday. Readers will...
'Horseplay' or assault: Shaq under investigation
Shaquille O’Neal is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a Turner Studios co-worker. O’Neal’s lawyer, Dennis Roach, claims the incident was merely “horseplay,” but accuser Robert Williams says he suffered injuries...
Breaking down baseball's offseason winners & losers
Spring training is, in the most technical sense, still the offseason. The games don’t count yet. Teams continue to significantly revise their rosters. A handful of free agents remain unsigned...
Record-breaking Girl Scout sells 18K boxes of cookies
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City girl who says she asks everyone she meets to buy Girl Scout cookies has broken the organization's decades-old sales record by a margin about...
HBO cut hardcore sex scene from 'Girls'
Judd Apatow has revealed that HBO refused to allow Lena Dunham to film controversial sex scenes for her hit show "Girls," which he says may have included a male erection....
Are Chile's 300 earthquakes this week a harbinger of doom?
SANTIAGO, Chile — More than 300 earthquakes have shaken Chile's far-northern coast the past week, keeping people on edge as scientists say there is no way to tell if the unusual...
Cuomo's ratings slip as voters fret over economy, education
ALBANY, NY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ratings among New York voters have slipped, though he still leads the only declared Republican candidate for governor by 35 points, according to a...
Rex won't rule out Vick starting, but Geno 'hard to beat'
ORLANDO — Geno Smith or Michael Vick? How about Geno Smith and Michael Vick? The Jets could use both of their mobile quarterbacks on the field together on occasion, Rex Ryan said Tuesday...
19th-century physics key in hunt for missing jet
Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the 19th century to analyze the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination....
Chris Weidman's UFC title defense delayed by knee surgery
Middleweight champ and Long Islander Chris Weidman has pulled out of his UFC 173 title defense against Lyoto Machida due to a knee injury, the UFC announced Monday. Weidman, who...
Mysterious London banker death officially ruled a suicide
A former senior manager at Deutsche Bank, William Broeksmit, killed himself after leaving several suicide notes for family and friends, an inquest concluded on Tuesday. Broeksmit, 58, who had close...
Eerie security video captures knifepoint robbery
A brazen knifepoint robber was caught on video snatching a woman’s purse in Astoria. The video shows the attacker, knife in hand, approaching the 36-year-old victim on 38th Street at...
Disney to buy YouTube giant Maker Studios for $500M
LOS ANGELES — Disney said Monday that it is buying YouTube channel operator Maker Studios for $500 million as the family entertainment giant seeks to stay in front of younger...
'It is a miracle that nobody died' in Chicago train crash: Expert
CHICAGO — The crash of a Chicago commuter train that derailed and plowed up an escalator at one of the world's busiest airports would have been far worse, and likely...
Pistorius' defense emphasizes loving texts between couple
Oscar Pistorius was deeply in love with his beautiful gal pal Reeva Steenkamp - right up until he shot her three times at close range as she cowered in fear...
Ray-Ban, Oakley to make Google Glass more chic, less geek
Luxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, has struck a deal to design, develop and distribute glasses based on Google's Internet-connected Glass eyewear, potentially bringing the new technology to a wider...
'Houses exploded' during mudslide in which dozens are missing
OSO, Wash. — First there was a "whoosh." Elaine Young said she thought it might be a chimney fire, a rush of air that lasted about 45 seconds. But when...
Suspect disarms officer, kills sailor at Norfolk naval base
NORFOLK, Va. — A civilian suspect approached a destroyer docked at the world's largest naval base late Monday, disarmed a petty officer who was on watch and fatally shot a...
Searchers race to find black boxes before pings stop
Knowing roughly where the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed into the southern Indian Ocean won’t make finding remnants of the plane much easier, experts said Tuesday. Not one object has...
Celebrity stylist hits business partners with $500K lawsuit
Celebrity stylist Oribe Canales is having a really bad-hair day. The salon owner, who has worked on the manes of models like Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Tyra Banks, slapped...
Snow expected Tuesday night into Wednesday
Old man winter is set to make one more curtain call as the metro area is expected to get up to 2 inches of snow amid frigid temperatures Tuesday. The...
Obama to propose curbing NSA’s phone-data collection
President Obama is set to announce a proposed overhaul of the National Security Agency’s controversial collection of phone records as the agency has come under scrutiny for its surveillance methods,...
Carter: Russia invading Crimea was 'inevitable'
Former President Jimmy Carter says the Crimean annexation was "inevitable" because Russia considers the peninsula to be part of their country and so many Crimeans consider themselves Russian. But he...
Kobe Bryant boosts BodyArmor venture in sports drink market
Does the Vitaminwater co-founder still have game? Queens native Mike Repole, who made more than $1 billion from selling Vitaminwater and Smartwater to Coca-Cola, said Monday he sold a minority...
JCPenney gives CEO Ullman salary hike
JCPenney’s business isn’t exactly on the upswing yet, but the salary of CEO Mike Ullman is a different story. The retailer disclosed Monday that Ullman, who returned to the helm...
Sampson leaving Johnnies for NBA
JaKarr Sampson has decided to enter the NBA Draft. But will St. John’s star hear his name called? The sophomore forward made the surprising decision to forgo his junior and...
Lundqvist lovefest almost comes back to bite Rangers
The Rangers and the Garden had become so Henrik Lundqvist-centric over the last few days that you almost expected the team to take the ice on Monday wearing Frolunda jerseys...
Moore remains out, but ‘feeling good,’ says Vigneault
There was positive news regarding the health of young Rangers defenseman John Moore, who was concussed during Friday’s rousing 3-1 win in Columbus when Blue Jackets’ forward Blake Comeau put...
China demands satellite data as weather stops search
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — China demanded that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, killing everyone...
Shake it up, baby
In the course of admitting he didn’t have a good reason for taking a good school away from kids in Harlem, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that to fix a...
ObamaCare & the Supremes
The last time an ObamaCare mandate found its way into the US Supreme Court — the individual mandate — it was found constitutional. Of course, that was only because the...
Kicking our butts
If you enjoyed a smoke in New York today, more likely than not the cigarette you lit up got here illegally. For that, you can thank our high tobacco taxes....
De Blasio should endorse pre-K at charter schools
On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio offered an olive branch to the charter-school movement. If he wants to quickly show he really means it, he should back the effort to...
Internet freedom threatened throughout the world
Add cyberspace to the fronts where the world’s thugs are on the march, and America is in retreat. In Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is consolidating his ill-gotten gains. In the Sea...
Sprinkles' cupcakes taste mostly of sugar
Yes, they’re made with Mother Earth-pure, preservatives- and trans-fat-free, fancy-pants ingredients like Nielsen-Massey Madagascar bourbon vanilla, fresh bananas and natural citrus zest. But Sprinkles Cupcakes (except for a few artificially...
British Guiana stamp expected to sell for record $10-20M
A rare postage stamp printed in British Guiana in 1856 and most recently owned by a du Pont heir convicted of murder is expected to fetch a record price of...
State Senate leaders say college for cons plan is DOA
ALBANY — A proposal by Gov. Cuomo to provide taxpayer-financed college courses to prison inmates is dead in the state Senate, its leaders announced Monday. “This is a nonstarter,” declared...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan The mother of a 6-month-old baby boy found abandoned in a Harlem playground was charged with child endangerment, cops said Monday. Kenyetta Rowell, 18, of Staten Island, admitted to...
ATM sells cupcakes on street in NYC
It’s the icing on the cake for cupcake addicts. A 24-hour cupcake-dispensing “ATM’’ is set to open on the Upper East Side on Tuesday, giving New Yorkers the basic convenience...
De Blasio: I will open more charter schools
Charter schools will have “new chances to grow” in Mayor de Blasio’s administration — including more co-locations with traditional public schools, he said Monday. Launching the second day of a...
Sasha Obama is not impressed with trip to China
WASHINGTON — Spring break was never this dull. First Lady Michelle Obama’s kids finally hit the wall on their whirlwind visit to China, showing signs they’ve nearly reached their limit...
Aide who found Scott’s body arrives in LA for funeral
The assistant who found L’Wren Scott’s body in her Manhattan condo arrived in Los Angeles Monday to attend her boss’ funeral. Brittany Penebre, 28, attempted to duck photographers at LAX...
Russia booted out of G8
WASHINGTON — President Obama and his fellow leaders on Monday kicked Russia out of the world’s most exclusive club — the G8 group of leading industrialized countries. “We believe that...