April 25, 2014
Kuroda, Yankees embarrassed in rout by Angels
Injuries and controversy hardly seemed to slow down the Yankees while they were closing out their recent road trip, but an ugly game to start a nine-game homestand made that...
Granderson, Mets rally after being down to last out
Another dramatic endgame in Flushing, yet another winning Mets walk-off. And after a two-run rally in the ninth, after much-maligned Curtis Granderson’s two-out, game-ending single handed them a come-from-behind 4-3...
The president’s adolescent arguments
Recently, President Obama — a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance; a Pericles sent to ameliorate our rhetorical impoverishment — spoke at the University of Michigan....
Red Bulls gaining momentum, look for third straight win
Even after being limited to reserve duty in last weekend’s win over Philadelphia, and sitting out Wednesday’s rout of Houston altogether, Tim Cahill could feel the Red Bulls’ momentum gathering....
President Obama’s dirty ‘watchdogs’
The Obama administration doesn’t have watchdogs. It has whitewash puppies. The president’s Chicago bullies have defanged true advocates for integrity in government in DC from day one. So the latest...
Exec charged with letting slip that eBay was buying his employer
It was the inside tip that kept on giving — and giving and giving. A former tech executive was hit with criminal and civil charges for tipping friends and family...
Man caught on video firing at two others in broad daylight
A man wanted for shooting two people in the Bronx was caught on surveillance video as he fired away in the mid-day shooting, police said. Cops released video of the...
Mama D’Amato, 1915-2014
Long before Dante de Blasio’s TV ad rocked his father’s mayoral campaign, there was Antoinette D’Amato, the woman who elected her son senator and who died Thursday at age 99....
Obama's trade-off
President Obama returns from Asia Tuesday, but it’s already clear the signature trade initiative of his administration — the Trans-Pacific Partnership — is in tatters. And New York will be...
Nets hold off Raptors, take 2-1 series lead
When Joe Johnson’s 3-pointer splashed through the net to give the Nets a 93-78 lead with 5:02 remaining in Game 3 Friday night at Barclays Center, it appeared Brooklyn was going to cruise to...
Andrew's commission
What happened to Andrew Cuomo the reformer? The guy who campaigned as the man to clean up Albany? In his place was the fellow we saw this week in an...
Mason, Flyers even series with Rangers
PHILADELPHIA — No more freebies in this one, no sir. As Steve Mason returned to the Flyers nets, following in his wake was the stark realization for the Rangers they...
More coffee every day might keep type 2 diabetes away
Coffee: The antioxidant-filled beverage is adding another benefit to its ever-growing roster. A new study published in the journal Diabetologia has revealed that increasing your daily consumption of coffee may...
Current owners will bid for control of Philly's big papers
A Delaware judge ruled on Friday that the parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News must be dissolved and sold in an auction limited to its...
Wife of Foursquare CEO forged bib to race in Boston Marathon
The wife of Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley forged her Boston Marathon registration number so she could run the run alongside her tech-mogul husband, the red-faced couple admitted Friday. Outrage grew...
Cops looking for man who stabbed girl in the face
A 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the face, neck, and back by a man she knew in Queens Monday afternoon, leaving her with over 100 stitches for her wounds, cops...
Don't grab Ike Davis off the waiver wire -- you want these players instead
After an offseason filled with question marks, the Mets finally decided last week there was no future for Ike Davis at Citi Field. Some Mets fans rejoiced after the team...
Pilot arrested in kiddie porn probe
A commercial airline pilot from Texas who was a target in a federal child porn probe was busted at JFK after flying into the US from Canada, sources said. Thomas...
Current regime 'tired of hearing about '86 Mets'
To understand the underlying tension between the Mets’ current front office regime and the 1986 Mets, you only need revert to spring training three years ago in Port St. Lucie,...
With a win this weekend, Luis Collazo's career will skyrocket
Luis Collazo long ago earned the respect of those who know him for his dedication to family, boxing and his faith. But an international pay-per-view audience will finally take notice...
Brooklyn's Myrtle Ave now a killer spot to dine, drink and shop
Once known as "Murder Avenue," Fort Greene's northern border, Myrtle Avenue, is now Brooklyn's go-to spot. Le Petit Bakery 354 Myrtle Ave., 718-875-6500, lepetitbakery.com Looking for a doughnut-croissant mash-up without...
Fordham men’s basketball lands talented freshman class
Fordham has yet to turn the corner on the basketball court, but coach Tom Pecora feels his Rams have made a major dent on the recruiting trail. Last year it...
'Family Guy' mocks Chris Christie in Emmy ad
TRENTON, N.J — "The Family Guy" is taking on a New Jersey political scandal. A flier sent to Emmy voters asks them to name the show "best animated program." It...
Court weighs in on police use of cell tower data
MIAMI — In the latest challenge over digital age technology and privacy rights, a federal appeals court wrestled Friday with the authority of law enforcement to obtain and use records...
FDNY crew suspended in botched response to fire that killed 2 tots
Three FDNY dispatchers and their supervisor were to be suspended Friday for botching emergency calls that delayed ambulances to an Easter weekend fire that killed two kids in Queens. The dispatchers...
Why folks at Triple-A are buzzing over Mets' Jacob deGrom
If there’s one thing the Mets possess in spades, it’s young pitching. Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and Jenrry Mejia are installed in the big leagues, and top prospects Noah Syndergaard...
The day in photos
The world's biggest rose, curious baby foxes, protests and marriages in Pakistan, Pope John Paul II canonization preparation, an electricity-powered aircraft and more.
Congressman Michael Grimm to be indicted
Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm will be indicted following a two-year federal investigation of his business dealings and fund-raising activities, his attorney said Friday. The charges against the former FBI...
One critic's dream Tony nominations
Broadway loves two things: arguing about the Tony nominations and arguing about the awards themselves. Fortunately it’s been an action-packed season since “Forever Tango” — remember that?! — opened in...
Eco-musical falls short of 'Great'-ness
The Civilians troupe made its name with documentary, mosaic-like shows based on extensive interviews — “Gone Missing” about losing things, “In the Footprint” about the battle over Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards....
4 things to expect from Emmys host Seth Meyers
Late Thursday night NBC announced it had chosen “Late Night” host Seth Meyers to host the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards in August. It’s tradition for the hosting network to tap...
Hey, Kate Middleton... try a tiara and quit boring us
What kind of a princess doesn’t wear a tiara? Kate Middleton, I’m looking at you. You’re young, you’re beautiful, you have a killer body and . . . You’re. A. Princess. Which...
Mobster freed for helping feds nab crime boss
A former Bonanno capo who helped sink dozens of his own family members after turning into a government cooperator was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to time served Friday for...
South Korea says they mismatched bodies released to families
SEOUL, South Korea — As visiting President Barack Obama offered South Koreans his condolences Friday for the ferry disaster, the South Korean government conceded that some bodies have been misidentified...
Giants defense lost if Pierre-Paul doesn't find old form
The most important Giants player on the defensive side of the ball is Jason Pierre-Paul. And no one is a close second. Analyze all you want how Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie upgrades...
Woman arrested after stealing toys from child's grave for years
A woman caught on an Ohio cemetery surveillance video taking a toy duck off the grave of a 14-month-old boy has been charged with petty theft, police said on Friday....
North Korea detains American tourist seeking asylum
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea has detained a 24-year-old American man for improper behavior while he was being processed to enter the country as a tourist, state media reported...
25 cats found hanging in trees were killed in ritualistic way
Dozens of dead cats found hanging from trees in shopping bags in Yonkers may be weird trophies placed there by a sadistic cat killer, investigators said Friday. Results of the first...
Former Islanders owner admits to role in $554 million cheat
A former co-owner of the Islanders who helped run the once-proud franchise into the ground in the early 1990s copped a plea on Friday to securities fraud charges. Stephen Walsh,...
John Paul II's record on sex abuse defended ahead of sainthood
VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II's biographer and longtime spokesman sought Friday to defend his record on sex abuse against evidence that he didn't grasp the scale of the...
Why we don't love 'Mad Men'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yxreuDozzs The last days of Don Draper have been something of a disappointment. To say this is sacrilege, I know. People in the church of “Mad Men” hang on every...
NBA Draft returning to Barclays Center
The Nets not only saw their season last longer than the crosstown rival Knicks, but they have managed to keep the NBA Draft away from them, too.The league announced Friday that for...
Who's been the most disappointing NBA playoff team?
Chaos has reigned through the first week of the NBA playoffs. This isn’t how it’s supposed to work in the NBA, where more than any other sport the best teams...
Catholic man crushed by 98-foot crucifix
A 98-foot crucifix constructed to honor Pope John Paul II's 1998 visit to a small town in northern Italy collapsed Thursday and killed a visitor three days before the late...
Women's hockey player mocks Pineda in Fenway first pitch
There is no sympathy for Michael Pineda in Boston. Olympic women’s hockey silver medalist Meghan Duggan, a Massachusetts native, made light of the pine tar-using Yankees pitcher by rubbing her...
Obama would save Putin if he were drowning
WASHINGTON — President Obama has revealed the limits of his frosty relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin: He'd save the Russian leader's life if given the chance — just like for anyone...
Flyers frustrated Rangers won't tussle: 'That's not playoff hockey'
PHILADELPHIA — As a whole, the Flyers seemed shocked the Rangers have had the audacity not to engage them in a bloody mess of a first-round playoff series. On Friday...
Anderson Cooper stalker: 'I would die for him'
The schizophrenic Queens man who terrorized CNN anchor Anderson Cooper for nearly six years pleaded guilty Friday to felony menacing and harassment charges — but insists he's no stalker and never...
It's battle of the bimbos as Tan Mom and Milf Mom face off
The moms are not all right. New Jersey “Tan Mom” Patricia Krentcil and Internet-famous “Milf Mom” Ang Cottone got into a beer-fueled brawl at a Thursday night press conference for...
LaMarcus Aldridge is on another level right now
Move out of the way, LeBron James. Clear room, Stephen Curry. Not now, Kevin Durant. The star of this postseason has been LaMarcus Aldridge, the dynamic 6-foot-11 forward who has...
Ranking the potential of the NBA Draft's underclassmen
The highly anticipated 2014 NBA Draft is approximately two months away. The country's many mega-talented underclassmen didn't disappoint, enjoying big season in college basketball before deciding to go pro rather...
Man follows hammer attack on mom and sisters with a kiss
A hammer-swinging homeless man attacked a sleeping mom and two sisters in their Queens apartment this week — stealing a kiss from one and property from the others while cracking...
Ferry victims' bodies found in 'freeze-frame of panic'
JINDO, South Korea — Divers grope their way slowly through the dark corridors and cabins of the sunken Sewol ferry. Bodies appear suddenly, floating by in the murky water, buoyed...
Stabbing victim would have been a 'beautiful prom queen'
A teen boy slashed a 16-year-old girl to death at their Connecticut high school Friday morning — after he asked her to be his date for the junior prom and...
UFC champ Jon Jones tells contenders to keep talking trash
The most called-out man in the UFC isn’t necessarily annoyed by the attention. Phil Davis has been on a vitriolic campaign against Jon Jones leading into their respective fights on...
Michigan's McGary: Suspend me for pot? Fine, I'll go to NBA
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan sophomore Mitch McGary is entering the NBA draft, saying he had little choice after testing positive for marijuana during the NCAA tournament. "I am ready to...
Judge tosses discrimination suit by female bankers over ‘Boys Club' book
Forget “The Boys Club” — these women were fired because they were no good at their jobs. That’s the ruling from a Manhattan judge who tossed a lawsuit brought by...
Nonprofit operator blew money on steaks, Playboy Bunnies
The fat-cat operator of a Bronx nonprofit copped a plea Thursday to diverting more than $360,000 in government funds earmarked for cancer screening so he could live large with overseas...
Columbia, Barnard administrations mishandle sexual misconduct: students
Columbia University and Barnard College mishandled incidents of sexual assault and misconduct on campus, according to a complaint filed with the US Education Department Thursday. More than 20 students have...
Construction workers helped their own rip-off in company's kickback scheme
A Queens construction company shortchanged employees in a kickback scheme that had workers assisting in their own rip-off, city records show. Optimum Construction Inc. of Long Island City will pay...
LIRR unions inch closer to strike after failed raise negotiations
LIRR unions rejected an MTA offer of 11 percent raises over six years during negotiations Thursday — bringing the railroad closer to a strike, sources told The Post. Workers would have...
TSA finds AK-47 in man’s luggage at Newark Airport
A 23-year-old Indiana man tried to check an AK-47 rifle and 70 rounds of ammo onto a flight from Newark Airport to Chicago, authorities said. Adam Urbano, of Valparaiso, was...
Many happy returns as Tavern on the Green reopens
Famed Central Park restaurant Tavern on the Green on Thursday opened its doors for first time since 2009, as the staff gave a standing ovation to a Michigan couple and...
US doctor gunned down in Afghan hospital 'always wanted to be a missionary'
He came from halfway around the world to save children’s lives — and was killed in cold blood for his efforts. A Chicago doctor was among three Americans shot dead...
S&P cuts Russian debt rating
Standard & Poor's cut Russia's foreign currency ratings on Friday, saying further downgrades were possible if the West imposed tighter sanctions against Moscow in response to the crisis in Ukraine....
Netflix hits the cable box
Netflix's streaming video subscription service will be integrated into TiVo set-top boxes for customers of three US cable operators, the companies announced Thursday. The deals with Atlantic Broadband, Grande Communications...
FBI probing extortion of Christine Quinn over carriage horses
Lobbyist Scott Levenson is under investigation by three law-enforcement agencies over a wide range of questionable activities during the last campaign cycle, The Post has learned. The controversial Advance Group...
Sherpas struggle with climbing season in disarray
KATMANDU, Nepal — With Mount Everest's climbing season in disarray, the Sherpa guides who decided to abandon the mountain this year after a deadly avalanche said Friday that they would...
Bernie Goetz wants Manhattan to follow Brooklyn DA's lead on pot busts
Pot-loving subway vigilante Bernie Goetz took aim at the Manhattan DA Thursday, saying he should follow in the footsteps of his counterpart in Brooklyn and no longer prosecute small-scale marijuana...
Nets know protecting home court not easy in playoffs
The Nets return to Brooklyn for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference playoff series against the Raptors on Friday brimming with confidence, having gone 22-4 at Barclays Center since the...
LIRR massacre gunman tried to incite prison riot
ALBANY, NY — The gunman who killed six and wounded 19 people on a New York commuter train two decades ago tried to incite a deadly riot at an upstate...
People are waiting for 2 hours to get into a cat cafe
Feline fanatics waited for up to two hours outside the first-of-its-kind Cat Cafe on the Lower East Side Thursday, just for a chance to play with adorable and adoptable kitties....
Lance Lynn: Pine tar not universal -- but what's that smudge?
Lance Lynn was asked what he did to keep a firm grip on a chilly, windy day like he pitched in Thursday at Citi Field and answered with deadpan humor....
Joe Johnson not impressed with Landry Fields
This postseason is already going better for Landry Fields than his previous two trips to the playoffs. Before the Raptors’ Game 2 victory over the Nets, the Knicks castoff was...
Hondo's a Pod picker
Hondo swung and missed again Thursday when Lynn and the Cards proved to be overmatched against the Mighty Metamucils, which sent the accounts payable skyrocketing to 580 pateks. Friday night:...
Curtis Granderson finally 'getting there' for Mets
Curtis Granderson sat and waited for his opportunity and made a decent contribution to the Mets on Thursday. The struggling outfielder was absent from manager Terry Collins’ starting lineup to...
A big F-you from Nets fans likely for Raptors GM
It’s time for Masai Ujiri to face the music. The Raptors general manager, who took the opening round, best-of-seven playoff series against the Nets to another level when he surprisingly...
Kevin Burkhardt leaving SNY after season
It was only a matter of time. Kevin Burkhardt, the popular field reporter for SNY’s Mets telecasts who joined Fox Sports last season as a play-by-play man for the network’s...
Mookie Wilson: I went from Mets hero to 'hood ornament'
Mookie Wilson isn’t feeling loved by the Mets. The 1986 World Series hero, who still serves as a club ambassador, writes in his soon-to-be-released autobiography that he has been stripped...
9 injured in early morning Bronx SUV crash
Nine people were injured, two critically, when a speeding SUV rammed into a guardrail on the New England Thruway in The Bronx early on Friday, police said. The black 2013...
There's an easy answer to the Pineda controversy
BOSTON — The wording in the MLB press release was that Michael Pineda was suspended 10 games “for possessing a foreign substance on his person” while pitching Wednesday against the...
Senior softball turns ugly as geezer 'threatens to beat teammate's brains out'
A hot-headed old-timer turned his Long Island “Super Senior” softball league into a field of screams by threatening to beat his teammate/manager’s “brains out” with a bat — and even...
'Playing House' besties improvise new USA sitcom
It’s been more than a decade since “Playing House” stars and real-life best friends Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham first met at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. But...
Ackman: No other deals for Herbalife foes
Activist investor Bill Ackman said he hasn’t cut any other deals to pay Herbalife critics after the company attacked him for making one with a whistleblower. Ackman’s secret pay deal...
City Council fears possible extra annual $28.5M pre-K tax hit
Mayor de Blasio’s pre-kindergarten plan could cost city taxpayers more than they bargained for. The City Council is sounding the alarm over whether the state’s promised allocation of $300 million...
'House of Cards' stars celebrate Spacey's documentary
Tribeca Film Festival, TV style: That was “House of Cards” stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, along with director Sam Mendes, at Bowlmor Lanes (Union Square) celebrating Spacey’s documentary, “NOW:...
Catherine Bell makes moves before starting work on TV series
Hallmark Channel star Catherine Bell will make an appearance Tuesday at the National Cable Television Association shindig in LA before starting work on “The Good Witch” TV series based on...
Obama: May be time for more North Korea sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama says it may be time to consider further sanctions against North Korea "that have even more bite" as the country is threatening its...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx An elderly woman was hospitalized after being hit in the eye with a stray can of soybeans thrown by a meathead at another jerk in a Bronx Park...
Mason Capital buys company suing NY over fracking study
New York hedge fund Mason Capital Management this week led a group that quietly bought a bankrupt hydraulic fracker that is suing the state to force it to reveal its...
Bus driver busted for allegedly acting as drug courier on route
A city bus driver was transporting $3 million worth of heroin along with passengers on his Bronx route, federal authorities said Thursday. Veteran MTA driver Francis Abankwa, 50, was busted...
Curtis Sliwa loses two rounds in court to ex-wife
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa got hit with a double whammy Thursday when a Manhattan Family Court judge ruled he could not slash child support for his son — and...
Fraudster gets new, longer prison term
Opera-loving fraudster Alberto Vilar was re-sentenced Thursday to 10 years behind bars -- a year longer than he originally received - for his 2008 fraud and money laundering conviction. Manhattan...
Cumming makes ‘Cabaret’ revival hottest Broadway show again
What do you call a revival of a revival? A re-revival? In the case of this “Cabaret,” you just call it fantastic. In 1998, directors Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall...
Peter Yarrow: the guest of dis-honor
Al Roker didn’t know he’d signed up to honor a pervert. The “Today’’ show weatherman and his “20/20’’ TV reporter wife, Deborah Roberts, agreed to host a fund-raiser for La...
The sure shoo-ins for Tuesday’s Tony nominations
The Tony nominations are out Tuesday, but let me get a jump on things with my nomination for trouper of the year — LaTanya Richardson Jackson, who jumped in at...
Worries mount that new FCC rules will send Web down the tubes
There’s a furor over the free Web. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler hit back at widespread criticism on Thursday that his proposed rules for governing Internet traffic will allow...
De Blasio: No deal in works to swap horse-carriage licenses for taxi medallions
A day after a mayoral spokesman said the city was “considering a range of options” when asked about giving taxi medallions to horse-carriage owners, Mayor de Blasio on Thursday denied that...
Drunk tourist mistaken for hijacker after storming cockpit
BALI, Indonesia — A drunken passenger who caused a hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight by trying to break into the cockpit was arrested Friday after the plane landed...
Girl gives jobless dad's resume to Michelle Obama
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama’s annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first...
Detective shoots partner, drives 'drunk' to hospital
A Brooklyn detective got blitzed on his way to a robbery investigation Thursday and drunkenly shot his partner in the hand while showing him his old-school six-shooter, police sources said....
This isn’t first time Pineda’s given Yankees a headache
BOSTON — The Yankees took on the Red Sox on Thursday night, wrapping up this Rivalry series at Fenway Park, without a reliable backup shortstop. Yangervis Solarte, with a scant...
Thunder's Fisher: Jackson will change Knicks' culture
Derek Fisher and Steve Kerr were under the same roof Thursday night at Memphis’ FedEx Forum. Soon, Fisher and Kerr could be on the same coaching staff in New York....
Seabed search for missing Malaysian jet to widen
CANBERRA, Australia — The seabed search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is set to widen as a sonar scan of the most likely crash site deep beneath the Indian...
Pineda's suspension forces Yankees to demote Dean Anna
BOSTON — Michael Pineda’s awful decision to apply pine tar to the right side of his neck Wednesday night and the subsequent 10-game suspension affected the Yankees’ roster Thursday night...
Time Warner Cable, Comcast report banner results
The cable cowboys are riding high again. The nation’s two biggest cable providers reported strong results on Thursday, fueled by new high-speed Internet customers who came at the expense of...
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' ain't so amazing
Hans Zimmer’s score for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” is as bombastic as usual, and yet all I heard was the sound of paychecks being cashed by everyone going through the...