April 16, 2014

Flight instructor fired for 'shaming Canada' on CNN

Take off, eh? A Canadian flight simulator company canned a teacher who gained fame during TV coverage of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, saying he showed up late to his...

Knicks triumph in finale

The Knicks finished out their disappointing campaign with a fourth straight victory as they rallied from a 21-point first-half deficit Wednesday night to beat the Raptors 95-92 in their season...

Mike Woodson makes one last plea to stay on with Knicks

Mike Woodson said he still hopes to talk to Phil Jackson about remaining as head coach next season, but wouldn’t say if he will help the Knicks team president conduct...

Andrew Garfield: Spider-Man is Jewish

Spider-Man is not just a superhero — he’s one of the chosen people. Or at least that’s what Andrew Garfield, the British actor who plays the latest iteration of the web-spinning...

Nets-Raptors is the first-round series both teams asked for

CLEVELAND — When Raptors guard Terrence Ross was asked a few weeks ago in an Internet chat what team he would like to face in the playoffs, the second-year guard...

Doomed teens texted parents from sinking Korean ferry

With water quickly flooding the decks and a mammoth South Korean ferry about to sink, desperate students took to their smartphones Wednesday to text their last goodbyes. “Mom, I want...

Plane evacuated after bomb threat on Twitter

A United Airlines flight was evacuated at JFK airport around 7 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat was made on Twitter, sources said. The plane, which was at Terminal 7,...

Lamar Odom is officially a Knick ... for at least one game

J.R. Smith sang the praises of the Knicks’ new signee, Lamar Odom, the troubled power forward from Queens who was officially signed Wednesday for the final game of the regular...

Loeb’s museum board history not a strong case for Sotheby’s

Billionaire art collector and activist investor Dan Loeb might wish he had left the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles off his résumé. The Third Point hedge fund founder,...

Sen. Franken questions Netflix-Comcast deal

Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday reached out to Netflix boss Reed Hastings to get details about his recent interconnection deal with Comcast. Franken (D-Minn.), an outspoken critic of the proposed...

Red Bulls finally earn first win

Still winless six games into the season, the Red Bulls knew how important a victory was, how desperately they needed three points against Philadelphia. And a day after star Tim...

Bureau secrets: 'Censusgate' e-mails fail the smell test

What is the Census Bureau hiding? Census, which is under investigation by several government agencies and by Congress, is refusing to turn over an estimated 1,900 e-mails and text messages...

Tech giants drive up NYC rents

The tech boom in Manhattan office space is creating a space crunch that has building owners cranking up rents. The smaller and most desirable Midtown South office market has the lowest...

Silver artist Stéphane Parmentier in his element

Next month marks a year since the appointment of Stéphane Parmentier as creative director of Christofle, the French silver maker founded in 1830. Vibrant and talented, Parmentier came to Christofle...

Rangers can’t roll over against these Bullies

This is a cultural era in which it’s not enough to be who you are or do what you do, but in which you’re expected to become a brand. This...

Shares drop by 6% after Google revenues come up short

Google on Wednesday served up some keywords the Street didn’t like. The Silicon Valley search giant saw its shares fall nearly 6 percent in extended trading after it reported revenue...

Robot sub finishes first full day searching for missing plane

PERTH, Australia — A robotic submarine has completed its first full 16-hour mission scanning the floor of the Indian Ocean for wreckage of the missing Malaysian airliner after two previous...

Red-hot Beltran cracks another homer

On a day where Masahiro Tanaka looked like he could win on his own, Carlos Beltran provided the only help he would need. While the first-year ace put on another...

End the horseplay

Mayor de Blasio’s plan to put some 300 horse-carriage drivers out of work by banning their businesses in the city is drawing increasing flak: Voters now strongly oppose the idea....

Dice-K is back ... in the bullpen

PHOENIX — Daisuke Matsuzaka was crushed not to make the Mets’ Opening Day roster, but in the end only had to wait two weeks to escape Triple-A Las Vegas. In...

The commish cops out

The decision to end an NYPD anti-terror program that collected information on local Muslim communities is worrisome, because, as we said Wednesday, it may hamper efforts to thwart jihadi attacks....

Yankees may have found a pair of young aces

Life in the majors is about making big adjustments. Three hours before the first game of Wednesday’s day-night doubleheader sweep of the Cubs, Masahiro Tanaka sat at his Yankees Stadium...

No excuse for season ending in apathy

The talk outside Madison Square Garden Wednesday afternoon was hockey mostly, and that figured on a frosty day conjuring images of frozen ponds far more than sweaty playgrounds. Out by...

Bratton takes big risk in ending Muslim surveillance

What a day to announce that the NYPD is retreating from its so-called Muslim surveillance — on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. It turned out that the Boston...

'Make Your Move' a generic dance-fest

The latest entry in the street-dancer romance genre sees Donny (Derek Hough of “Dancing with the Stars”), a New Orleans tap artist with a checkered past, and Aya (Korean pop...

Pay homage to Earth Day with these nature-inspired looks

Who says the world of style doesn't appreciate the planet? This Earth Day, take a wild on the wild side with nature-inspired looks. Coast to Coast Keep cool with an...

Can you spot a gold digger?

When he first met a beautiful, inquisitive and upbeat doctor during a singles trip, K.G., a 42-year-old Manhattan-based risk consultant for banks, had no idea he was being played. (He...

Fired Yahoo bigwig gets $58M for 15 months of work

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo's recently fired chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, left the Internet company with a severance package of $58 million even though he lasted just 15 months...

Yanks score one on rare catcher interference call

Joe Girardi played the percentages. In a bizarre play in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 3-0 win over the Cubs in Wednesday’s matinee, Jacoby Ellsbury appeared to hit a...

Developers crafting luxury NYC condos — and keeping one for themselves

It’s an old New York story: Man stumbles upon fixer-upper. He struggles to come up with the down payment. He expends blood, toil and tears renovating the property. He rents...

Firetrucks collide, slamming into restaurant. 14 injured

Two fire trucks answering a call collided at an intersection in a Los Angeles suburb Wednesday, sending one careening into a restaurant and leaving 14 people injured, including several firefighters....

Former TV exec asked staffer for 'Clinton-style' sex affair: suit

A horny ex-honcho for a Chinese broadcast company — whose alleged pervy ways spurred Mayor de Blasio to pass a bill protecting interns from harassment — was slapped with a...

The false promise of single-payer healthcare

Government-run, single-payer health care is back in vogue. It’s the left’s favored fallback as ObamaCare fails. And the Senate just held a hearing on single-payer systems in other countries —...

Hillary Clinton's top 2016 worry is 'Obama's economy'

If Hillary Clinton runs for president, she’ll be getting a lot of help from Wall Street. But her friends and confidants there tell me she truly hasn’t decided yet. So...

North Korea not laughing at Kim Jong Un 'bad hair' ad

LONDON — North Korea has made a diplomatic appeal to the British government to get a London salon out of its hair. The country's diplomats have complained to the Foreign...

Houses of the week

Sutton Place | $1.995 million Bedrooms: 2 | Bathrooms: 2 | Square feet: 1,600 | Maintenance: $3,783 This 1926 McKim, Meade and White building on East 57th Street, between First Avenue and Sutton Place, represents the gilded days of prewar living...

Bonehead busted with loaded gun at JFK checkpoint

There’s still one man in America who doesn’t know that you can’t bring weapons onto airplanes. A knucklehead from Pennsylvania found out the hard way that guns and air travel...

There are reasons why Chris Johnson was so affordable

The first thing you do is lower the expectations for Chris Johnson, no longer CJ2K. But CJ1K is plenty good enough. CJ1K makes the Jets better. Slow and steady wins...

Atlanta lands new MLS team

ATLANTA — Major League Soccer announced its newest franchise Wednesday, unveiling an expansion team for Atlanta that will begin play in 2017 at the city's new retractable roof stadium. The...

Derick Brassard insists he's 100 percent for Rangers opener

Derick Brassard said he was “100 percent” so many times, it got hard to believe him. The Rangers center returned to practice on Wednesday one day after leaving the ice...

Gee, Mets complete 3-game sweep of Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — Mission accomplished in Operation Desert Broom. Either the Mets have begun getting their act together or the Diamondbacks are a complete farce of a baseball team. Whichever the...

'Bank robber' caught by predicting his getaway route

A Manhattan cop used math skills — and a little luck — to bust a serial bank robber on Wednesday, law-enforcement sources told The Post. James Walton, who was wanted...

What version of Mark Teixeira can the Yankees tolerate?

Mark Teixeira can return to the Yankees as early as Sunday, but return as what? He has fallen – physically and statistically – but to where? The offensive identity of...

Modell family spars over CEO's $7M in 'personal' spending

The big-spending CEO of Modell’s Sporting Goods has little love for his brother’s widow — denying her cash while blowing $7 million in company profits on such personal luxuries as...

Woman sues after being fired for being 'too old'

A deputy city mayor who previously headed the Children's Aid Society is being sued for allegedly firing a former underling because he thought she was too old. Patricia Grayson, 61,...

The day in photos

Elephants celebrate, inmates perform, sand sculptures amaze, the New York International Auto Show awes and more.

Isaiah Whitehead sidelined for all-star game at Barclays

The hometown hero will be on the sideline Friday night when the nation’s top high school prospects take the floor at Barclays Center for the 13th annual Jordan Brand Classic....

Video of alleged cop assault makes woman cry in court

Manhattan jurors were shown a damning video Wednesday in which an Occupy Wall Street protester allegedly elbows a cop in the face as she's escorted out of Zuccotti Park --...

If not for Keith Hernandez, Mets totally would have perfect game

Keith Hernandez: perfect game killer. Mets starter Dillon Gee was cruising through the Diamondbacks lineup through 4 2/3 innings when Mex broke the cardinal rule and talked about Gee having...

Bill Bratton joins cops on massive gang raid

The boss is still a cop at heart. Proving he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton went on a ride along with cops who rounded...

The evolution of Nicki Minaj

At first it seemed like a phase, but we think Nicki Minaj has kicked her Barbie fashions to the curb for good. The rainbow-bright wigs, the bubble-gum pink lipstick and...

Staff says Dallas BBQ bosses are peeping pervs

Fed up staffers at the popular chicken-and-ribs chain Dallas BBQ claim that their bosses set up illegal video surveillance in employee locker rooms and snooped on them while changing, according...

Luxury developer slapped with civil rights suit

The feds have slapped one of the city’s oldest and biggest developers with a lawsuit alleging it has a shoddy track record when it comes to making its luxury rental...

Owner gets car back after a mom accidentally stole it

A hapless woman house-sitting for her daughter in Brooklyn ­unwittingly moved a stranger’s Honda for alternate-side parking — because the key worked in that car, too. “I just opened the...

Charges dropped against famed jewelry designer's wife

A well-known jewelry designer's wife, who was busted along with her husband during a fight with NYPD cops over the couple's towed Mercedes, caught a break in court Wednesday. Gina...

Cubs manager says he'll keep an eye on Pineda's palm

Cubs manager Rick Renteria said he intends on keeping an eye on Michael Pineda’s pitching hand Wednesday night after the controversy that arose during Pineda’s last start. Television cameras showed...

James Franco: the guy you love to hate (and hate to love)

On Wednesday, James Franco makes his Broadway debut playing the lead in “Of Mice and Men.” The actor’s latest role could make him the toast of the town — or...

Tanaka, Pineda dominate Cubs in twin killing at Stadium

They haven’t been in The Bronx long, but Masahiro Tanaka and Michael Pineda have quickly gone from mysteries to vital parts of the Yankees starting rotation. The duo was terrific...

Jets agree to 2-year deal with Chris Johnson

The Jets filled their need for speed Wednesday, signing free-agent running back Chris Johnson. The team and the lightning-quick Johnson agreed to a two-year deal, according to a source, reportedly...

Depp can’t transcend artificial stupidity in latest film

Johnny Depp, playing a dying scientist, has his brain uploaded to mind-numbing effect in “Transcendence" — where nothing happens that you haven’t seen done much better in almost any computer-oriented...

J.R. eager for chance to pick Jackson’s brain

J.R. Smith said he can’t wait for his exit meeting Thursday with new Knicks president Phil Jackson to “pick his brain,’’ considering the Zen Master has had success with a...

Why Rangers will take down Flyers in five games

This first-round series between original Patrick Division rivals — who, bet you didn’t know this, played a six-game season series in 1969-70, with every match ending in a tie —...

10 must-see indie movies at the Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival starts tomorrow, showcasing a ton of intriguing upcoming movies, from revealing documentaries to good ol’ knee-slappers. Here are our picks for movies to see at the...

Obama recruited George W. Bush insider before supporting gay marriage

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s decision to come out in support of gay marriage in 2012 was heavily influenced by advice from George W. Bush's former campaign manager, according to a new...

Will she or won't she? Mixed messages on possible Sebelius Senate run

WASHINGTON — Democrats sent up a trial balloon for a US Senate run by former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius — but it was quickly shot down Wednesday. Sebelius, the...

Mets call up Dice-K to replace Lannan in bullpen

PHOENIX -- Daisuke Matsuzaka was crushed not to make the Mets’ Opening Day roster, but in the end only had to wait two weeks to escape Triple-A Las Vegas. In...

Chelsea Clinton says she might run for office

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Chuck Schumer had better watch their backs: Chelsea Clinton says she might run for office if her own elected reps aren’t up to the...

Rangers' Nash not sorry Flyers goalie Mason is out for Game 1

Rick Nash and Steve Mason are old chums from their days with the Blue Jackets, yet forgive Nash if he’s not overly empathetic toward his former teammate. Nash is readying...

5 things 'Fargo' fans will recognize in the TV adaptation

On Tuesday night, FX premiered “Fargo,” its 10-episode limited series, which is an adaptation of the 1996 Coen Brothers feature film. While the series features an all-new “true crime” story...

Report stokes worst fears about cops in Jameis Winston case

Jameis Winston's legal problems may be in the past, but the sordid details of his alleged sexual assault aren’t going away. A bombshell New York Times report investigates the Tallahassee Police...

Beloved Port Authority police dog dies after cancer battle

A PAPD canine has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Phoenix, who served the Port Authority Police Department since 2007, died Tuesday. The German Shepherd was partnered with...

Giants, QB Josh Freeman agree to one-year deal

The Giants added some quarterback insurance Wednesday, agreeing to a deal with free agent Josh Freeman. Freeman’s agent, Erik Burkhardt, confirmed on Twitter the two sides reached an agreement. A...

Is AC/DC about to call it quits?

Music fans are waiting for rock band AC/DC to confirm or deny the latest rumors over their future. Whispers surfaced yesterday that the band’s 40th anniversary tour may be axed...

Dealers 'tricked out' apartments to hide $12M in drugs

A sophisticated crew of drug dealers “tricked out” a pair of Washington Heights pads with secret compartments and high-tech surveillance gear to stash more than $12 million worth of heroin...

Missing toddler found in claw game machine

The claw! A Nebraska toddler went missing on Monday and was found in a bowling alley — trapped inside a toy-vending claw machine. The 3-year-old was able to squeeze his way...

Lorde finally meets baseball star who inspired 'Royals'

Lorde finally met her muse. On Tuesday night, the 17-year-old Grammy Award winner from New Zealand posed for a photograph with Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett – who...

‘Computer’ gloats over predicting Knicks' awful season

As it turns out, there were no glitches in the computer. Before the season, an ESPN projection system called SCHOENE pegged the Knicks to win 37 games, which was a...

Prosecution questions 'expert' witness' integrity in Pistorius trial

The prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial launched a blistering attack Wednesday on an expert witness for the defense. Roger Dixon, a former cop, told the court he had conducted...

Take a sneak peek at the new SAT

WASHINGTON — Anxious students — not to mention their parents — can get a heads-up for how the redesigned SAT might look in two years. Sample questions for the new...

Ranking the gimmicks from Cyclones’ ‘Seinfeld’ night

The Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets' minor league affiliate, will hold a “Seinfeld” night on July 5 in honor of the show’s 25-year anniversary on July 5. The festivities will take...

Teen taking train selfie kicked in head by conductor

http://youtu.be/Dy8Yt-P614w Teenager Jared Frank was trying to take a video selfie in front of an oncoming train when the conductor gave him a lesson — a swift kick to the head! "Wow,...

NYU gave president's aspiring actor son apartment on campus

New York University’s controversial penchant under President John Sexton for doling out real-estate perks to top professors and executives also extended to his son. Jed Sexton, whose sole affiliation with...

Google developing contact lenses with built-in cameras

This is one way of dealing with the growing reports of backlash against the “Glassholes” who insist on wearing Google Glass everywhere. Google has a patent for contact lenses that...

Paulina Gretzky's mom set her up with golfer fiancé

Paulina Gretzky: a ragamuffin who needs to be set up by her mom with weary single guys. It’s a likely story, right?

Paul Walker's brothers helping to finish 'Fast & Furious 7'

“Fast & Furious 7” will complete filming with the help of the late Paul Walker’s brothers. Caleb and Cory Walker will step in and help fill in the gaps in...

Boston bomb hoaxer is a cross-dressing truther 'performance artist'

The crazy cross-dresser busted for carrying a rice cooker in a backpack near the site of last year's Boston Marathon bombings is a campy, former New York City fashion student...

Jones Group CEO to step down after sale to Sycamore

Jones Group CEO Wesley Card is stepping down following the Seventh Avenue apparel company’s acquisition by Sycamore Partners. Sycamore, a New York buyout firm, last week completed its $2.2 billion...

NCAA approves unlimited snacks for D-1 athletes

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA's Legislative Council approved a proposal Tuesday to expand the meal allowance for all athletes. The move occurred eight days after Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier complained during...

Lucky kids hitch a ride with Francis in Pope mobile

Pope Francis has given a lift to two lucky kids during his general audience in St. Peter's Square. A particularly jovial Francis hopped off his white, open-air car Wednesday to...

Is this the iPhone 6's screen?

New leaked photos showing what could be the iPhone 6 have surfaced online. The rumor wagon rolls on with this latest image showing the front panel of a larger-size device...

Colon has sore back, but is not expected to miss start

PHOENIX — Bartolo Colon was bothered by back soreness when he got shelled by the Angels on Sunday, a Mets source confirmed Tuesday night, but for now, the team is optimistic the right-hander will...

Hondo launches a trey

The Giants came to Hondo's financial rescue in the wee hours Wednesday, posting an extra-special victory over the Dodgers that lowered the debt to 185 santos. Wednesday: Mr. Aitch will...

The Yankees' most messed-up position

It was shortly before the General Managers meetings in November when baseball executives and agents started wondering aloud about what the Yankees were going to do for a backup first...

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox headed to bankruptcy

TOKYO — The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo is headed for dissolution after a court rejected its bankruptcy protection application. Mt. Gox said Wednesday the Tokyo District Court decided...

NY claws back $3.9B in evaded taxes

ALBANY, NY — New York officials report collecting $3.9 billion in evaded taxes over the past year, an increase of about $200 million or 5 percent over the prior year....

Ukrainian soldiers are switching sides, flying Russian flag

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — A column of armored personnel carriers flying Russian flags drove into a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russia demonstrators on Wednesday. Some of the troops aboard said they...

Police storm Israeli holy site to disperse riot

JERUSALEM — Israeli police say they have stormed a Jerusalem holy site to disperse a riot. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says Palestinian rioters hurled stones and firecrackers on Wednesday from...

Former Sprint employee collected $300K in rebate fraud: feds

A former Sprint employee pocketed more than $300,000 in customer rebate checks during a three-year scam, federal authorities charged Tuesday. Heng Dong routed the checks to post office boxes that...

Cooper's stalker will stand trial on harassment charges

Anderson Cooper’s self-proclaimed “gay, Jewish white supremacist” stalker was found mentally fit to be tried on charges he harassed the silver fox for five years. Alex Hausner, 38, a Queens...

Teen who carried dead tot into store could get murder charge

A teenager who walked into a Manhattan Victoria’s Secret store carrying her dead baby in a shopping bag could be charged with murder after the city Medical Examiner’s Office on...

Police want to question NFL prospects in vicious beating

A brawl between some college football players and a New York club promoter at a notorious Soho nightspot ended with one of the players stabbed, the promoter’s face smashed and...

NYPD Internal Affairs chief slams overtime abuse

The new NYPD chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau has a bone to pick with detectives he believes are abusing overtime while making arrests. Joseph Reznick sent a memo April...

Al Qaeda video shows terror conference, fiery speech

This gathering in the desert is no Coachella — it looks more like a full-scale Allah-palooza. A new video popping up on jihadi Web sites shows some of al Qaeda's...

Royal couple arrive in Sydney for Australian tour

Prince William, along with his wife, Kate, and baby Prince George, touched down at Sydney Airport in Australia on Wednesday, beginning the second leg of their holiday Down Under. The...

McMahon pumps up record WrestleMania numbers

Vince McMahon’s WWE, looking to reverse a six-day, 28 percent stock slide, said Tuesday that a record 1 million US households watched its pay-per-view “WrestleMania 30” extravaganza earlier this month....

Ackman adversary John Hempton falls off Herba-cliff

An obscure Australian hedge fund manager who last year became a media darling with his acerbic attacks on Bill Ackman’s $1 billion Herbalife short is now sobbing to his investors...

Dan Rather headed to 'Presents' documentary series

Dan Rather will add another feather to his AXS TV cap with “Dan Rather Presents,” a new documentary series premiering Tuesday, May 6 (8 p.m.), which will tackle challenging issues....

Dots don’t connect in Draper’s trip to LA

Don Draper flies first class and direct — never by connection! The “Mad Men” character was shown landing in Southern California in Sunday’s season premiere. While the airport’s name was...

De Blasio’s union allies blew $800K on year-end party

The hospital workers union that rode Bill de Blasio’s wave to City Hall spent nearly $800,000 on a year-end blowout — where the mayor and his wife made a guest...

Mark-Viverito gave zero to charity: tax records

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito couldn’t spare a single dollar for charity last year, according to tax returns she released Tuesday. The councilwoman reported a salary of $113,555 plus $14,952...

State senator proposes dorm for legislators in Albany

It’s Grand Old Party meets toga party! A Long Island lawmaker is channeling his inner “Animal House” with a plan to build a college-style dormitory for legislators in Albany. The...

City to pay disabled cop $11M in squad-car crash

The city will have to shell out $11 million to a former cop who was permanently disabled in a 2006 crash when his partner sped through a red light while...

Father fears shot son might lose his sight

The father of the 13-year-old choirboy hit in the eye by stray gunfire in Brooklyn said Tuesday he is thankful his son is alive, but worried that the boy may...

City investigating nonprofit run by Brooklyn president’s aide

A nonprofit run by a top aide to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is being investigated following stories in The Post that exposed potential conflicts of interest. The mayor’s Office...

New law extends city sex-harassment coverage to interns

Hands off the interns! Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed into law a bill that closes a loophole in the city’s human-rights law to give unpaid interns the same...

Daily Blotter

Manhattan At least one anti-Semite sent hate mail to a Jewish immigration center in Chelsea a week before Passover, sources said. An individual using a Pennsylvania college’s ­e-mail address sent...

Winter will never end: Snow falls across NYC on Tax Day

When will the winter ever end!!! New York had to endure a round of showers as it started snowing Tuesday night in the city. That’s right, on April 15 — and...

Rangel, Espaillat have raised near-equal sums for race

WASHINGTON — Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel and his chief rival, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, are running neck-and-neck in the race for campaign contributions. Rangel raked in $272,000 in the first...

Despite past, Sharpton's pull remains intact

As usual, Al Sharpton has an answer. How is it possible, I ask him, that he carries so much tainted baggage from the past, yet still enjoys enormous pull with...

Hundreds of kids missing after South Korean ferry sinks

MOKPO, South Korea — A ferry carrying 462 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving more...

Nieuwenhuis leads Mets offensive explosion in Arizona

PHOENIX — Kirk Nieuwenhuis traveled from one desert city to another on Tuesday and naturally went right for the pool. Without literally making a splash, Nieuwenhuis had a substantial night...

Yankees to share Stadium with MLS team during 2015-17 seasons

New York City FC will play its first three years in Yankee Stadium while a permanent home is found for the 2015 MLS expansion franchise, a league source said, confirming...

Boston bomb hoaxer left confetti-filled rice cooker on street

A deranged man in woman’s clothing caused a nightmare flashback Tuesday when he rushed the finish line of the Boston Marathon with an apparent hoax bomb made out of a...

5 ex-Madoff staffers want guilty verdicts thrown out

The five ex-staffers of Bernie Madoff found guilty of helping the Ponzi monster pull off his epic $17 billion fraud are demanding an acquittal or new trial, claiming they were...