April 3, 2014
Robertson aces Rivera test as Yankees avoid Astros sweep
HOUSTON — Joe Girardi picked up the phone in the Yankees’ dugout and called for the closer. For so many years, whoever was in the dugout said, “Get Mo up.’’...
More staff cuts at Entertainment Weekly
There were a few more trims at Entertainment Weekly as new Editor Matt Bean reshapes the staff. Film critic Owen Gleiberman and music critic Nick Catucci are among the latest...
Note to St. John's: Lavin hasn’t earned an extension yet
This is a vital time for the St. John’s basketball team. There was another defection on Thursday, shot-swatter Chris Obekpa announcing he was transferring out of Jamaica, leaving an odd...
Cerberus out of the military facilities business
Cerberus Capital Management has lost its ownership of money-losing military facilities contractor, IAP Worldwide Services, to creditors. “They are basically out,” a source close to the process said. Stephen Feinberg ’s...
City Council wipes housing group's tax bills
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was set be honored Thursday night by a Brooklyn-based housing non-profit — the same group that had $12.27 million in back taxes and...
Everyone (even Girardi) is eager to see Tanaka's debut
HOUSTON — After an offseason of wild speculation, an unprecedented bidding war and a spring filled with intense scrutiny, the Yankees will get their first look at what $175 million...
The war on our troops who smoke
“You ask me what we need to win this war. I answer, tobacco as much as bullets.” So cabled the commander of the American Expeditionary Force, Gen. John Pershing, to...
2 NYPD dogs join search teams at deadly Washington mudslide
Two NYPD police dogs on Tuesday became the newest addition to the Department of Homeland Security’s search and rescue team after the devastating mudslides in Washington state, according to cops....
New chapter for Malone in Barnes & Noble selloff
Media tycoon John Malone just cleaned Barnes & Noble off his books. The billionaire chairman of Liberty Media disclosed Thursday he has slashed his 17 percent stake in B&N, acquired...
Claire's hopes Katy Perry can boost business
Billionaire Leon Black’s widely anticipated bid to take Claire’s Stores public may be ’tween a rock and hard place. The mall-based teenager-friendly costume-jewelry chain, owned by Black’s private-equity firm Apollo...
MLB dropped the ball on its own national holiday
Not that we’re not grateful to “Bottom Line” Bud Selig for all he has done, but exactly when does Opening Day Month end? We know — or heard — MLB’s...
Full of bologna
Whatever happened to brown-bagging it to school? Apparently, that’s no longer good enough. And if City Councilman Rafael Espinal (D-Brooklyn) has his way, the city’s public schools will not only...
Larry Brown's Mustangs fall to Minnesota in NIT final
Richard Pitino held his 3-year-old daughter in his arms as his Minnesota team cut down the net at Madison Square Garden. “Richard, get up there!” yelled his famous father, Rick,...
Mom reunites with daughter days before son slain at Fort Hood
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The mother of a 37-year-old Illinois soldier killed during an attack at Fort Hood says she was reunited less than two weeks ago with a daughter she...
Mets' Wheeler down on himself: 'It all starts with me'
Zack Wheeler gave the Mets the modern-day quality start. But the way the way the lineup is struggling and with their bullpen imploding, quality isn’t good enough to win. What’s...
Pistons pose a ‘big’ problem for the Nets
If the Nets are going to improve their franchise-record 14-game home winning streak to 15 Friday night against the Pistons, they will need to solve Detroit’s massive frontline of Josh...
Duda's the favorite to get first crack at 1B
After the Mets started three different first basemen through their first three games — all losses — Terry Collins decided he was done with rotating the position and will give...
Taxed to the max
Just days after noting our surprise that Gov. Cuomo was consulting with the same Tax Foundation his aide once dissed as a biased, right-wing think tank, the group has come...
Bank of America to pay out $800M in CFPB settlement
Bank of America is in talks to pay more than $800 million to settle allegations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it forced customers to sign up for extra...
0-3 for Yankees wouldn't have been disaster, but would've felt that way
HOUSTON — We talk about how long the season is. We mention great years that began brutally. We offer perspective that every team will endure a three-game losing streak, but...
Business Insider gets new digs
Jeff Bezos was the lead investor in a $12 million infusion into business website Business Insider last month, and now it looks like some of the new-found cash will be...
Giant changes for Big Blue, but are they better off?
To “replace’’ is to take the place of, especially as a substitute or successor. No definition of “replace’’ or “replacement’’ contains any promise of “improvement’’ or “upgrade’’ — no assurance...
Fort Hood. Again.
Late Wednesday afternoon, violence was again visited on Fort Hood, a US Army base that serves as home to men and women who have stepped forward to protect our country....
Landowner exiled by Cuomo’s fracking games
Jon Kark of upstate Fenton is suing Gov. Cuomo because he’s sick of spending just a week or two a year with his family. Kark is part of a coalition...
Cubs outfielder plays first inning in wrong uniform
At least the Mets all know to wear the same uniform. The same can’t be said for the woeful Cubbies, whose left fielder Junior Lake played the first inning of...
Dress the part for the 'Game of Thrones' season premiere
Whether you're team Cersei, Arya or Daenerys, these "Game of Thrones" fashion pieces are just the thing to prepare you for the big Season 4 premiere. Queen Cersei This evil...
Florida, Kentucky look to be favorites going into Final Four
Florida-UConn matchups Backcourt: All eyes will be on the must-see matchup at point guard between the two teams’ most valuable players, Florida’s Scottie Wilbekin and UConn’s Shabazz Napier. But the...
Where are all the movies starring female superheroes?
Friday marks the release of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” and with it is likely to come griping along the lines of, “What? Another movie starring a male superhero?” As...
Visas for excellence: Tanaka & fixing immigration
When Masahiro Tanaka takes the mound this week in his major league debut, Yankees fans will have more than the club’s front office to thank for bringing the Japanese-born pitcher...
J.Lo outbids ex Sean 'Diddy' Combs in war for TV network
Jenny from the Block has clocked ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs in a high-stakes battle to purchase a cable music network. The NuvoTV network — in which Bronx-born singer Jennifer Lopez...
How the Giants stayed under the cap, despite flood of signings
No one can deny general manager Jerry Reese and his assistant, Kevin Abrams, spread the Giants’ available salary-cap money around so evenly that the dollars trickled down to fill needs...
California investors to take over LICH after $250M bid
California investors won a $250 million bidding war to take over ailing Long Island College Hospital and operate a new medical facility, officials said Thursday. Winning investors, under the banner...
Woodson sticking with his big guys
You go big, the Knicks will go big. You go small, the Knicks will go big. You go medium, the Knicks will go big. You see a pattern here? “I’m...
Obama's laughable stand-up routine
President Obama was doing his favorite thing this week: talking to crowds of adoring young people who already agree with him while acting like he persuaded them about something. They...
Judge slams lawyer of 'butt-inject killer' for blaming dead victim
A Manhattan judge skewered the lawyer for an unlicensed beautician accused of killing a client with an illegal buttock injection after he blamed the victim for seeking out an unqualified...
The day in photos
A koala takes a selfie, President Obama has a day full of highs and lows, Sarah Palin makes a big fashion statement and more.
Aronofsky twists ‘Noah’ into Greenpeace worship
Yahweh, we hardly know ye. As presented in Darren Aronofsky’s aggressively weird blockbuster “Noah,” the deity is not the God of Abraham. More like the God of Oberlin: A militant...
Top 10 comics to replace Letterman
With David Letterman announcing his exit from “The Late Show” in 2015, all eyes now turn to his possible successor. Here are the 10 people who could replace Letterman (in...
Fort Hood gunman prone to fights, sought help before killings
The Army specialist who slaughtered three soldiers and wounded 16 more at Fort Hood was prone to fights, deeply depressed and convinced he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Ivan Lopez,...
Rikers' warden transferred after inmate 'baked to death'
The warden of the 2,100-inmate New York City jail where a mentally ill veteran "baked to death" in an overheated cell in February has been demoted and transferred to another...
Rangers' McDonagh 'day-to-day' with injured shoulder
DENVER — Calamity apparently was averted when Ryan McDonagh’s left shoulder took the brunt of Alexandre Burrows’ wicked hit in the final minute of the Rangers’ 3-1 victory in Vancouver...
Family blasts NYPD probed after teen lured from playground then assaulted
A 13-year-old girl told cops she was sexually attacked by four male teens near her Brooklyn middle school last week — and her family claims the NYPD is dragging its...
Tom Coughlin: New faces will transform Giants' culture
So many new players. So many new coaches on the offensive side of the ball with an entirely new offense to teach, learn and master. It is going to bring...
Man busted for heroin after leaving 'medicine' in rental car
A dim-witted drug dealer tipped cops off to his scheme after he reported his missing heroin to the lost-and-found at a rental car company — claiming he’d left a bag...
Nets rewind: Will they slip to sixth place?
Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 110-81 loss to the Knicks Wednesday night at the Garden: 1. Is sixth place now more likely than third or fourth? It appears...
Gambino pal cleared in final Gotti-ordered hit
A reputed Gambino crime-family associate was cleared Thursday of taking part in the last rubout believed ordered by the late mob boss John Gotti. The feds dropped their witness-tampering case...
Junk food ads in Bronx neighborhood outweigh healthy ones by 11 to 1
No wonder residents of one neighborhood in the South Bronx keep reaching for high-calorie beverages — 88 percent of their food stores are plastered with ads for the pound-packing beverages, a Health Department survey found. Inspectors...
Mets fall to 0-3 after another bullpen stinker
After Thursday’s matinee, 90 losses sounds more believable than Sandy Alderson’s goal of 90 wins. The Mets lost another player in Chris Young, then lost 8-2 to the Nationals, completing...
Freed man claims cops coerced witnesses in overturned murder conviction
A Brooklyn man who spent four years in jail for attempted murder before his conviction was tossed in January is suing two NYPD cops he claims coerced witness testimony in...
This 'Happy Fella' is a charming crowd-pleaser
Fans of glorious singing should hustle to City Center, where the intoxicating Encores! revival of “The Most Happy Fella” runs through Sunday. After landing a hit with “Guys and Dolls,”...
Jackson: Carmelo at 'another level' during Knicks' turnaround
In 17 days as Knicks president, Phil Jackson has seen the best of times, he has seen the worst of times. And he has seen a lot to like in...
Kim Kardashian has finally become stylish
I have a confession — I had never been a fan of Kim Kardashian, but I am now, and I have fashion to thank for it. Before you spit out...
Former player sues NCAA seeking brain-injury screening
While the NFL has reached a preliminary settlement on brain injury claims from former players, cases against the NCAA are still piling up. A former New Jersey college football player...
White House bashes Ortiz for opportunistic selfie
WASHINGTON - The White House is calling foul on Red Sox slugger David Ortiz for taking a shameless selfie with President Obama in what looked like a plug for corporate sponsor Samsung....
Vigneault: J.T. Miller 'hasn't earned the right' to stay in NHL
DENVER — Coach Alain Vigneault did not mince words when asked what J.T. Miller — demoted on Thursday to the AHL Wolf Pack for the sixth different time this season...
Cops bust gun traffickers in undercover operation
Undercover cops brought down two big-time gun traffickers in separate cases after the thugs sold them an arsenal of 39 illegal firearms in broad daylight, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said....
Ex-Yankee's take on his molest victims will make you shudder
Former Yankee Chad Curtis comes across as a delusional monster in a Sports On Earth article that features a jailhouse interview and details of his trial last year. Curtis has...
Parnell: 50-50 chance I'll need elbow surgery
Injured Mets closer Bobby Parnell said team doctors told him there’s a 50-50 chance he will need season-ending Tommy John surgery. Parnell went on the disabled list Wednesday, and has...
St. John's running out of players as Chris Obekpa transfers
Thus far, St John’s regular season was a smashing success compared to its offseason. Following a disappointing one-and-done NIT appearance, the deep and talented roster has fractured. Chris Obekpa, the...
Hugh Masekela's most memorable musical moments
Legendary trumpeter/bandleader Hugh Masekela turns 75 Friday, so we asked how long he plans to continue playing and touring the world. “As long as I’m able to,” the South African...
South Korea investigates alleged North Korea drones
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials said Wednesday they suspect that two unmanned drones that crashed recently near the border with rival North Korea were flown by the North...
City returns 3 white tigers to circus amid investigation
The circus is bringing its wild animals to town after all. City officials cleared the return of three white tigers to the Big Apple late Wednesday night after the animals...
Vast ocean discovered on Saturn moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have uncovered a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn's little moon Enceladus. Italian and American researchers made the discovery using Cassini, a NASA-European...
Charming nature documentary spotlights 'Lemurs'
Here's the story of the world’s oldest primate, who lives on an island and sings like an air raid siren. But it turns out it isn’t about Liza Minnelli. Still,...
Widow to confront firm over finance chief's suicide
Seven months after the suicide of Zurich Insurance finance chief Pierre Wauthier, his widow is set to confront the company over its handling of the tragedy, reopening a scandal that...
Which sports flick tops them all?
From boxing to baseball, football to golf, sports is a perennial movie premise. Pick your favorite sports-centric film of all time from the list below, and tell us in the...
Condé Nast ousts editor Lucy Danziger in Self shakeup
Condé Nast has expelled the upper echelon at Self, replacing Editor-in-Chief Lucy Danziger with Cosmopolitan Executive Editor Joyce Chang. Publisher Laura McEwen is also out — but no replacement was...
Teen gets stuck in storm drain trying to retrieve phone
It can be a great inconvenience when your phone is drained, particularly if there is an emergency. For one British schoolgirl, such an emergency came when she dropped her phone...
Noah's Ark would have floated: study
Noah's Ark would have floated — even with two of every animal on board, physicists have determined based on the weight of the beasts and the buoyancy of the boat....
Hollywood's 10 hottest aliens
“Under the Skin,” out Friday, sees Scarlett Johansson playing a mysterious and alluring woman who turns out to be an alien. Funny thing about extraterrestrials in pop culture — they’re...
Subway sandwich tests mobile app in NYC
Struggling with slow sales? The fast-food industry thinks there’s an app for that. Subway, the world’s largest restaurant chain, this week will begin testing a mobile app in New York...
New York is losing out on shale riches
New York state is missing out on one of the strongest and longest-running plays in the natural gas field, according to a recent report. The Marcellus Shale formation stretches roughly...
Turkey lifts Twitter ban after court ruling
Turkey's telecoms authority lifted a two-week-old ban on Twitter on Thursday after the constitutional court ruled the block breached freedom of expression, an official in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...
Meet the announcer whose 1st game in 5 years will be at Final Four
Rob Bromley was in Indianapolis, preparing for his nightly newscast for Lexington, Ky.’s WKYT after the Wildcats advanced to the Final Four on Sunday night, when he got an email...
Death toll in Washington mudslide rises to 30
EVERETT, Wash. — As medical examiners painstakingly piece together the identities and lives of the 30 people known killed when a mudslide wiped out a small Washington community, one mystery...
FDA approves prescription heroin overdose remedy
WASHINGTON — The government is taking a step to let friends or loved ones treat someone they suspect has overdosed on heroin or powerful painkillers called opioids, while they're waiting...
Verve energy drink company tries to stay off regulators’ radar
Vemma, the high-flying company behind Verve energy drinks, wants to stay off regulators’ radar. Founder and CEO Benson K. Boreyko said the nine-year-old multilevel marketing company is changing its business...
Collins defends Murphy over Francesa's paternity-leave rant
Daniel Murphy might not be inclined to take swings at critics of his decision to take paternity leave, but Mets manager Terry Collins had no need for such restraint. “There’s...
Churches blocked from hosting events in public schools
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the city has a constitutional right to bar religious groups from using public schools for services. In a 2-1 decision, the Second Circuit...
Al Leiter: The pitch that makes Tanaka dangerous
YES Network analyst and former Yankees starter Al Leiter previews Masahiro Tanaka’s much-anticipated debut (7 p.m., Friday, vs. Blue Jays) with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Do you think Tanaka’s...
Lenny Dykstra: 'Barely breathing' after guards beat me up
LOS ANGELES — Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra filed a lawsuit Wednesday saying he suffered an unprovoked and brutal beating by deputies in a Los Angeles County jail two years...
Senators vie to declassify Bush-era interrogation report
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee's expected vote to approve declassifying part of a secret report on Bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects puts the onus on the CIA and a...
Famous Redskins fans went all out to land DeSean Jackson
For a guy that was released, DeSean Jackson sure was popular — at least in the nation’s capital. The Redskins landed the speedy receiver on a three-year deal Tuesday after a recruiting...
Christie's White House odds plummet after Bridgegate: poll
Bridgegate has taken a toll on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s chances for the White House, a new poll suggested Thursday. Christie sank to ninth place from his top spot...
Bankrupt MF Global to pay back customers $6.7B
The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of MF Global says its customers are going to get paid back 100 percent of what they are owed by the boutique brokerage. MF Global...
Queen Elizabeth meets Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has paid a private call on Pope Francis at the Vatican, making him the fifth pontiff she has met. She arrived Thursday afternoon...
Subway surfer killed riding atop 6 train
A man was killed while trying to ride atop a subway car in the Bronx, police said. The victim, believed to be in his 40s, was found dead at the...
Profile emerges of veteran behind deadly Fort Hood shooting spree
FORT HOOD, Texas — Officials at Fort Hood have released few details about the gunman who killed three people before taking his own life in a shooting Wednesday at the...
7.6 aftershock rattles Chile day after tsunami
IQUIQUE, Chile — A powerful 7.6-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast late Wednesday, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before, causing some damage and...
Thick blanket of toxic smog forces London's kids inside
London fog has given way to London smog. A toxic brew of local and European pollution and blowing sand from the Sahara has covered London in a choking blanket of...
Authorities forbid parents from naming child 'WikiLeaks'
A German couple who wanted to name their baby boy “WikiLeaks” in honor of the whistle-blowing website were turned down by local officials who said the bizarre moniker could endanger...
Bill Clinton: Alien attack would unite us, I probed Area 51
http://youtu.be/6PNttGg-z84 This time, he must have inhaled. Bill Clinton has a novel vision of how to attain world peace — an attack by villainous space aliens. The former president said on...
Rob Ford blames 'stretching' for voting no on honoring Olympians
TORONTO — What could be controversial about the city of Toronto congratulating Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes? Ask Rob Ford. The Toronto mayor on Wednesday cast the sole "no" vote...
Hondo eyes day-night delight
Hondo plunged deeper into negative numbers Wednesday night when the Cards were nipped in the ninth in Cincy, causing the accounts payable to grow to 140 frisches. Thursday: Mr. Aitch...
Take a 'walk' through Cambodia's ancient Angkor temples
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The spectacular temples of Cambodia's Angkor civilization have been incorporated into Google's Street View, a boost to the impoverished country's tourism industry that also adds urgency...
Microsoft will give away Windows on smartphones, tablets
Microsoft is to give away its Windows operating system to makers of smartphones and small tablets for consumers as it seeks to make more of an impact on those fast-growing...
Little girl's vision saved by eagle-eyed Facebook users
A mother who posted a picture of her daughter on Facebook got more than just a few likes after users spotted something in the photo that helped identify a rare...
Delta jet drives off the runway after emergency landing at JFK
A Delta jet from Atlanta bound for New York's LaGuardia Airport was diverted to John F. Kennedy Airport because of a problem with its hydraulic system. The plane went off...
Israel-Palestine peace talks at 'critical' stage: Kerry
Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are at a critical moment although progress was made in overnight discussions, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday. "The dialogue remains...
Yahoo bulks up security to protect users from Big Brother
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has added more layers of security in its effort to shield people's online lives from government spying and other snooping. The measures announced Wednesday include the...
Former CIA big testifies Benghazi's terror references were deleted
WASHINGTON — The CIA’s former deputy director said Wednesday he deleted references to terrorism warnings from widely disputed talking points on the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack to avoid the agency’s...
Feds nix $4M Sandy aid to Jersey shoreline town
TRENTON, NJ — The federal government says more than $4 million in Hurricane Sandy aid promised to a New Jersey shore town should be reallocated or repaid because it was...
Pre-teenage smokers risk having overweight sons
LONDON — Men who start smoking before the age of 11 risk having sons who are overweight, British researchers have found, adding to evidence that lifestyle factors even in childhood...
Sneaker release nearly causes riot at Soho store
The release of a new Nike sneaker at a Soho store led to a near-riot Wednesday when hundreds of people anxious to get their hands on the red-hot footwear rushed...
Fort Hood shooter enraged at Army over mom's funeral
Authorities on Thursday were still investigating why an Iraq War veteran shot and killed three people and wounded 16 others at Texas' Fort Hood before committing suicide — and have not...
Feds probe Citigroup over $400M fraud involving Banamex
Federal authorities have reportedly launched a criminal probe into Citigroup for a recent $400 million fraud involving its Mexican unit. The investigation, led by the FBI and prosecutors from the...
Woman abducted in Midtown and forced into prostitution
A 23-year-old woman was abducted near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown last month, shoved into a Mercedes and beaten before being driven cross-country and forced into acts of...
Two separate rapes inside Bronx apartments
Two women were raped inside their Bronx apartment buildings in unrelated attacks, cops said Wednesday. In the first, a man got into the elevator of the 27-year-old victim’s University Heights...
‘I Remember Mama’ revived, with a 10-pack of veteran actresses
In the Transport Group’s new revival of “I Remember Mama,” 10 time-tested actresses — ages 67 to 82 — play all 23 characters, including the men and small boys. But...
Buscemi lands 'Park Bench' Web series
First there was “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” — now there’s Steve Buscemi in conversation on a park bench. The “Boardwalk Empire” star has signed on to host a New...
Smithsonian Channel will air documentary on missing jet
Well, that didn’t take long. Not even a month after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 captured the world’s attention when it disappeared on March 8, The Smithsonian Channel will air a...
Relativity forges new product-placement deals
Enter: Evian (stage left). Relativity swashbuckler Ryan Kavanaugh is looking to break the mold on product placement in Hollywood by signing a raft of multimillion-dollar deals to brands for starring...
Canadian player Showcase to compete for Brookstone
A new bidder has emerged for Brookstone — and it sells its massage chairs, drone helicopters and air purifiers with a Canadian accent. Toronto-based Showcase, a fast-growing chain of nearly...
Ukraine detains 12 riot police on suspicion for mass killings
Twelve members of Ukraine's disbanded Berkut riot police have been detained on suspicion of shooting peaceful participants in Kiev's months-long anti-government protests, a spokesman for the general prosecutor said on...
Mild-mannered Nets leaders take out frustration on refs
Jason Kidd and Joe Johnson — usually the two most mild-mannered members of the Nets — got into it with the officials during Wednesday night’s blowout loss to the Knicks....
Nets blow chance to gain ground in East
The Nets entered the Garden Wednesday night with a chance to not only deal their crosstown rivals’ playoff hopes a serious blow, but to remain in the race for both...
In reality, Kuroda is Yankees’ top arm in the rotation
HOUSTON — OK, so there is a dirty little secret lurking around the Yankees. CC Sabathia pitched the opener, as he has done on every Opening Day since 2009. Ceremonially,...
Young pulled with quad problem after half-inning
Chris Young could have more disabled-list stints with the Mets than official at-bats by Thursday. After playing the top of the first inning in the Mets’ 5-1 loss to the...
'Nymphomaniac Vol. II' is a joyless experience for audiences
Sex addiction recovery groups may have just found their new recruitment video. “Nymphomaniac: Volume II” makes the act look about as enjoyable as getting your taxes done (and you should...
Recent Mets woes make early struggles more painful
You watch a game like this one, 5-1 Nationals over the Mets on Wednesday night at Citi Field, and your mind wanders to how some of manager Terry Collins’ predecessors...
Alfonso Soriano has looked the worst in Yankees' woeful offense
HOUSTON — Where have you gone, David Adams and Ben Francisco? For all the concentration on the signing of Masahiro Tanaka and the first-game collapse of CC Sabathia, most of...
Why Knicks have an edge in home stretch of East race
Maybe this is how it’s going to work out for the Knicks. Maybe this is the way they’ll secure the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference and qualify for the...
Arm guard pays off for Gardner
HOUSTON — Brett Gardner picked the perfect night to protect his right arm with a guard for the first time ever Tuesday evening, and had it strapped on again Wednesday...
Felton takes fall, but keeps on ticking
Knicks point guard Raymond Felton took a nasty fall on a rebound try 7:56 left in the third quarter Wednesday. He landed on his elbow and it looked painful. “Honestly,...
First goodbye ceremony for Jeter 'short' and sweet
HOUSTON — Derek Jeter got his first taste of the Mariano Rivera farewell tour Wednesday night when he was honored by the Astros. While he expected the ceremony and the...
Hitless Ellsbury at center of tough start
HOUSTON — Outside of Masahiro Tanaka, the biggest splash the Yankees made last offseason was the signing of Jacoby Ellsbury. Despite his $153 million price tag, he’s not treating his...
'Cuban Twitter' secretly built by US to stir unrest
WASHINGTON — The US government masterminded the creation of a "Cuban Twitter" — a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies and...
Cheating bus driver turns himself in to Manhattan DA
A city school bus driver nabbed in a motor vehicle license exam scam voluntarily turned himself in Wednesday — by parking his 10-seat yellow school bus smack in front of...
Overdose doctor valued money over life: prosecutors
A Queens doctor on trial for manslaughter in the overdose deaths of two patients he prescribed painkillers to, valued money over human life, prosecutors charged Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court....
Rogue alcoholic court reporter kept writing 'I hate my job'
An alcoholic Manhattan court stenographer went rogue, channeling his inner “Shining” during a high-profile criminal trial and repeatedly typing, “I hate my job, I hate my job” instead of the...
Toppled tractor trailer caused massive BQE traffic jam
A tractor-trailer caused a massive traffic jam after it overturned on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Wednesday morning. The box truck crashed just north of the Atlantic Avenue exit in Brooklyn Heights...
Late bill in state budget benefits Bronx condo complex
ALBANY — A late bill slipped through the Legislature as part of the $138 billion state budget will provide millions in tax benefits to a Bronx condo complex built by a...
City must pay for foster kid’s sex change: judge
The city must pay $46,000 so a 20-year-old foster “child” can undergo male-to-female sex-change surgery, a judge has ruled. It will be at least the fourth time the Administration for...
MTA sued for construction damage to luxury condo
The board of a luxury Upper East Side condo slapped the MTA with a $1 million suit Wednesday, claiming construction from the Second Avenue Subway line has caused substantial crumbling...
Art collector sues dealer over fake Renoir
An art collector from Greenwich, Conn., is furious over being “bamboozled” into buying a fake Renoir, according to a lawsuit against a Manhattan gallery. Dealer Robert Fishko concocted an elaborate...
Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City is ‘uninhabitable’: suit
A former Air Force honcho has filed a $100 million class-action lawsuit against a major Manhattan developer, alleging that the mogul’s Battery Park City complex is “the poster child of...
Bank robber used misspelled note demanding $23K: DA
A Brooklyn bandit who used a misspelled note to demand $23,000 from four banks has been indicted for the rash of robberies, prosecutors said Wednesday. Michael Rodriguez, 33, handed bank...
Hardhat gets $6.3M from city after 20-foot scaffolding fall
A construction worker from Long Island scored a whopping $6.3 million settlement from the city after a 20-foot fall from scaffolding at a Brooklyn school left him unable to tie...
Masseuse slashed after refusing 'happy ending'
A massage customer was so angry he was denied a “happy ending” that he allegedly slashed the masseuse and fled in a stolen yellow taxi, law enforcement sources said Wednesday....
Deputy mayor addresses execs about growing NYC’s tech industry
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen addressed tech executives Wednesday about growing the industry in the city — then admitted she uses a flip-phone, can’t figure out Instagram and joined Twitter only...
Tower-climbing teen to undergo 'youth assessment'
Sympathy for the daredevil? Manhattan prosecutors plan to take a long, careful look at the kid who admits he breezed past security to climb to the top of the new...
New York leads US in residents' tax burden for 7th straight year
The results of this study won’t come as a surprise to anyone who lives here. New York is once again No. 1 when it comes to the taxes state and...
Playing spoilers, red-hot Islanders stop Senators
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Islanders are enjoying their role as spoilers. The Isles made Ottawa’s drive toward the postseason harder on Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory. Josh Bailey had...
Obama administration objects to Iran’s UN ambassador
WASHINGTON — Under pressure from outraged lawmakers, the Obama administration on Wednesday objected to Iran naming an ambassador to the United Nations who took part in the 1979-81 hostage crisis...
Daily Blotter
Staten Island Back to the Big House, buddy. A parolee was arrested after bringing a loaded gun and cocaine to a parole visit in New Brighton, authorities said. Tyrell McKenzie,...
Picasso painting must stay at Four Seasons for a month
The Picasso stays on the wall — for now. A real-estate mogul who wants a Pablo Picasso canvas removed from the lobby of the Four Seasons restaurant in his Park...
Sex comedy '10 Rules' is more embarrassing than funny
This retrograde sex comedy is embarrassing for just about everyone involved, but I do think a special endurance shout-out should go to Reid Ewing (“Modern Family”), both for the sheer...
Chilean earthquake death toll rises to at least 6
The death toll rose to six Wednesday in the 8.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile’s northern coast — a tremblor that knocked out power at a woman’s prison and allowed 300...
Roseanne Barr to host new series on extreme helicopter moms
Roseanne Barr wants everyone to listen up. The outspoken comedian — known for voicing her opinion on topics from George Zimmerman to Kim Kardashian’s latest selfie — will now take...