April 29, 2014
Niese, Mets fend off Phillies for first 15-win April since 2007
PHILADELPHIA — Jon Niese makes more deliveries in awful weather than the post office. Rain, cold and gloom of night certainly weren’t going to keep the left-hander from giving the...
Time 100 gala glitters – even without Beyoncé
Time cover girl, Beyoncé, and Pope Francis, not too surprisingly, skipped the top gala for Time’s 100 most influential people in the world Tuesday night — but there was still...
Oklahoma nixes 2nd execution of the night after botching 1st
McALESTER, Okla. — A botched execution using a disputed new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney on Tuesday, leading prison officials to...
Domino's CEO under fire for exorbitant salary
Hey, J. Patrick Doyle, save some dough for the pizzas. The Domino’s Pizza CEO’s lavish pay package — $43 million over the past three years — earned a sharp rebuke...
'Harry Potter' alum electrifies in 'Peddling'
An electrifying new show’s in town, starring the little dude from the “Harry Potter” movies. No, it’s not “The Cripple of Inishmaan” with Daniel Radcliffe, but “Peddling” with Harry Melling...
New Barclays US boss Gold was unaware of scam
The new head of Barclays’ Americas unit has a vision problem. Joseph Gold, who will take over as the head of US operations of the UK bank on May 1,...
Mariners topple Yankees in Robinson Cano's return
They booed the wrong guy. Robinson Cano returned to The Bronx Tuesday night wearing a Mariners uniform and listened to a two-thirds empty Yankee Stadium welcome him back with loud boos. “It...
Flyers whip Rangers to force Game 7
PHILADELPHIA — Now, again, there is only one game, a single contest left for the Rangers to keep their season from falling off the cliff. With a 5-2 drubbing at...
Putin's Europe
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama elicted a continent’s cheers when he came to Berlin and told the adoring crowds that “in the absence of Soviet tanks and a...
Sterling could snag $780M if he's forced to sell Clippers: expert
Clippers owner Donald Sterling stands to reap one of the biggest windfalls in sports history if the NBA makes good on its threat to force a sale of the team....
Attacking Astorino
Rob Astorino must have Andrew Cuomo more worried than we thought. How else to explain two just-released attack ads suggesting the Republican is a bigot? One is called “Contempt.” It...
The Sterling standard
Donald Sterling comes off badly in the audio recordings in which he tells his girlfriend not to associate publicly with African-Americans. Now he’s paying for it. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver...
Silver's Sterling ban leaves no doubt he's The Boss
http://youtu.be/7fnrbej4U8A The words were perfect, the tone more so. Adam Silver walked into the Gramercy Ballroom, second floor of the New York Hilton, as a neophyte, a thin man in...
Ex-CEO secures big payday in Energy Future Holdings collapse
Meet the Texan who outwitted Henry Kravis, David Bonderman and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and is the big winner in the Energy Future Holdings fiasco. C. John Wilder not only...
Knicks coaching job is Kerr's to turn down
It’s Steve Kerr’s job if he wants it. Kerr is the Knicks’ preferred choice for the vacant head-coaching position, according to an NBA source, but he is doing his “research...
A crucial 2016 opening against Hillary
Hillary Clinton is in a formidable position to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, should she decide to run. But someone else also is in an enviable position: Whoever...
Idiot John Kerry's 'apartheid' comment backfires
John Kerry has never been so insulted in his life! Oy, the insult! How dare anyone imagine that his reference to Israel as an “apartheid state” in the making might...
Former coworker applauds Adam Silver for 'restoring dignity'
The consensus surrounding the Donald Sterling tape has been that new NBA Commissioner Adam Silver had terrible timing — having to address one of the league’s worst crises in a...
Clemens camp chastised by judge for stalling defamation suit
The Rocket landed in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Steroid-stained baseball legend Roger Clemens appeared in Brooklyn federal court as a federal judge tried to forge a settlement in a defamation suit...
Columbia student reveals secret life as a male gigolo
Duke may have a porn star — but Columbia has its very own male escort. A strapping Columbia University student stepped forward to reveal a secret life as a male...
Cano gets a Bronx cheer — but not the one he was looking for
[mlbvideo id="32464133" width="680" height="381" /] Robinson Cano said he hoped he would get a standing ovation when he returned to The Bronx for the first time. He didn’t get it....
NYPD's enemies refuse to relent
The NYPD’s recent Twitter embarrassment is a troubling sign that the new command team didn’t realize that the war on New York’s cops is far from over. The NYPD invited...
Clippers owner's peers now in control of his fate
NBA commissioner Adam Silver did his job with a historic lifetime ban of Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Now it’s in the owner’s hands. Silver said at Tuesday’s news conference he...
Inside Success Academy's fight for children
Campbell Brown, a member of the board of the Success Academy Charter Schools, was honored at Success’ spring benefit Monday night. These are excerpts from her remarks. Like a lot...
Luxe jewelry designer draws inspiration from the past
Jewelry designer Sharon Khazzam loves a good story. In a well-lit corner of Barneys, she points to an asymmetrical engagement ring encased in glass and reveals she named it after...
Royal family favorite designer goes global
Alice Temperley is known for her romantic, hand-finished gowns and cider-soaked country parties, but beneath the silk and spirits is an astute businesswoman with a five-year business plan. Her aim:...
Couple who leaped to their deaths were suspects in murder
A couple who leaped to their deaths from the George Washington Bridge were suspected of strangling a man in their home in Suffern, NY, before they drove south and took...
Tavern on the Green is back ... and it's better than before
Keep those strong, “farm-driven” American dishes rolling out of the kitchen. Lose “red velvet cake” made with beets — shoot me, but I prefer Red Dye No. 2 for dessert....
Meet the stunner from Down Under who will have you tuning in to '24'
Carrie Mathison of “Homeland” had better watch out — the fictional arm of the CIA has a new maverick agent on the scene, and she doesn’t do “cry faces.” “Oh,...
Stars prep for chicest Met Gala yet
This could be the chicest Met Ball ever. With the theme of society designer Charles James, a dress code of white tie and a whopping $25,000 price tag for each...
Frank Ocean tapped to perform at Met Gala
Who knew Wintour is such a fan of hip-hop? Last year, Kanye West was tapped to perform at the Met Gala, right before the rapper released his epic “Yeezus” album....
First Kim, now Kanye makes over the Kardashian clan
First Kanye made over his fiancée Kim Kardashian, now he’s working on the rest of her clan. “Everyone in Kim’s posse — the sisters, even mom — has to wear...
Kate Upton woos Dolce & Gabbana
While some are fretting over Anna Wintour’s white tie dress code, model of the moment Kate Upton isn’t sweating it. “I’m naturally glam!” a coquettish Upton told Threads at the...
Gwyneth Paltrow to skip Met Gala this year
In the wake of her “conscious uncoupling” from Chris Martin and whispers that her beloved lifestyle Web site is $1 million in debt, Gwyneth Paltrow will be a no-show at...
Viktor & Rolf celebrate 20 years with perfume launch
Over the past two decades, princes of fashion Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have become known for dancing the fine line between surrealism and femininity. And this year, on the...
4-year-old boy dies after possibly ingesting rat poison
A 4-year-old Bronx boy who suddenly collapsed and died at home may have accidentally ingested rat poison, authorities said Tuesday. Investigators are awaiting a toxicology report from the Medical Examiner’s...
Mom of boy killed by taxi lobbies for harsher legislation
The devastated mom of a 9-year-old boy killed by a taxi is set to push for harsher laws against rogue cab drivers at a City Council transportation super-hearing Wednesday. Dana...
NAACP to tighten up award policies amid Sterling scandal
For years, the NAACP loved racist LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling. It gave him honors — a Humanitarian Award in 2009 and a Lifetime Achievement award the group was set...
Mom who left baby behind during candy heist gets 2½ years
She took the candy, left the baby — and now she'll pay. The moronic mom who abandoned her 1-year-old son while swiping $300 worth of candy from a Manhattan Duane...
The landmark suspensions in sports history
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was walloped with a lifetime ban from the NBA on Tuesday, mere days after the release of audio recordings on which Sterling was heard...
Ex-Clipper: I feel bad for Shelly Sterling
Ron Harper, who played for the Clippers from 1989 to 1994, said owner Donald Sterling must sell the team or the sanctions imposed by commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday will...
Shoe bomber: Hate preacher's sermons didn't mention 'jihad'
Maybe the feds should have changed the channel. Speaking as a government witness from London via closed-circuit TV in the terror trial of handless accused terror teacher Abu Hamza al-Masri,...
Shooter gets 23 years in killing over hair-weave beef
The Brooklyn gunman who shot dead another man in a street fight — sparked when his own girlfriend mocked the hair weave worn by his victim’s gal pal — was...
Citi Bike wins battle to keep racks outside Plaza Hotel
Citi Bike 3 - Opponents 0. A Manhattan judge on Tuesday threw out a challenge to a block-long bike-share station in front of the landmark Plaza Hotel, ruling for the...
Stop-and-frisk law can't be challenged by cops: attorney
A City Council attorney said Tuesday that cops cannot challenge a stop-and-frisk law -- because the five-month-old measure has never been tested in court. “Not one officer has been sued,...
Modeling agency battling former rep over poaching, slander
A top New York City modeling agency is suing its former booker, claiming he was two-timing the company by making false promises to get out of a contract while stealing...
Cano pre-game turns awkward during contract questions
For a guy who signed a deal worth nearly a quarter of a billion dollars last offseason, Robinson Cano sure is uncomfortable discussing it. “I’ll tell you one thing: I’m...
Doorstop turns out to be rare Chinese pot worth over $250k
A British woman is a quarter million dollars richer, after a pot she was using as a doorstop turned out to be a rare Chinese artifact. The unnamed woman was...
The day in photos
A white tiger plays with her cubs, President Obama faces Philippines protests, a rare blue diamond goes on sale, a flood warning gets everyone's ducks in a row and more.
Fraudster must sell his mansion and pay $67M after guilty plea
A Long Island Ponzi schemer who used investor money to fund his lavish lifestyle including the purchase of a massive Montauk property pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Long...
Bad to worse for Pineda with back injury; Ellsbury also hurt
After watching injuries wreck their 2013 season almost before it started the Yankees are again dancing with the MRI tube before April turns to May. Ivan Nova is done for...
Austin Food and Wine Festival goes beyond Texas barbecue
The flight from New York arrived into Austin last Friday at 1:40 p.m., and after checking into my hotel and getting my press credentials in order, it was almost 3....
Senators back off cry for detailed reports on drone-strike deaths
Senators have dropped a demand for a public declaration of how many civilians the United States kills in CIA drone strikes each year after the US intelligence chief expressed concerns,...
How a ‘Turkish crime ring’ helped Iran get gold, supplies
In Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, sellers along labyrinthine passageways hawk carpets, jewelry and souvenir knick-knacks to tourists. Turkish police believe that until recently, the area around the market also sat at...
Louis C.K. blasts Common Core, standardized tests
Comedian Louis C.K. hates the Common Core - angrily ranting on Twitter that the stress of prepping for the tough standardized tests left his two elementary-school age daughters in tears....
NY pilot thinks he found wreckage from missing jet
A New York-based recreational pilot thinks he spotted some wreckage of the Malalysia Airlines Flight MH370 seven weeks after it disappeared, according to a published report. Michael Hoebel, 60, spent...
Geno Smith begins as Jets' No. 1 QB, says Mornhinweg
It certainly sounds as if the Jets' starting quarterback job is Geno Smith’s to lose. Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said Smith will open with the first team when the Jets...
Roger Clemens returns to court for 5-year-old defamation suit
The Rocket landed in Brooklyn Tuesday. Steroid-stained baseball legend Roger Clemens appeared in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday as a federal judge tried to forge a settlement in a defamation suit...
Pharrell’s views on women — and his new clothing line
Hats off to Pharrell Williams! The superproducer and “Happy” singer is trying to tone down the usual hypersexualized bump and grind of music videos. The hitmaker says his newest album,...
'Star Wars: Episode VII' cast revealed
It’s an all-star reunion in a galaxy far, far away! The much-anticipated new Star Wars movie will feature several members of the original cast, the film’s director revealed on Tuesday....
7 stars with make-or-break moments at the box office
With the release of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” Friday marks the official launch of the summer movie season, that time of year where studios crowd in as many big-budget spectaculars...
5 hosts who could replace Craig Ferguson
Let’s do this again. With Craig Ferguson announcing Monday that he is stepping down as host of the “Late Late Show” in December, another spot in the late-night lineup is...
Prom 'killer' told police: 'I did it. Just arrest me.'
Covered in blood, Connecticut teen killer Chris Plaskon calmly admitted to police, “I did it. Just arrest me,” after fatally stabbing a classmate who turned down his invitation to the...
Madison Avenue eatery named top restaurant in US
Chichi Eastside eatery Eleven Madison Park has been named America’s best restaurant and No. 4 in the world. The Madison Avenue spot took home that impressive honor in the annual...
Allies race to defend embattled Michael Grimm
WASHINGTON – Embattled Rep. Michael Grimm’s closest allies are waving the flag as they try to mount a PR defense -- a day after the Staten Island Republican got slapped...
Tough to be a Pacer: Paul George robbed during Game 5 loss
Paul George's week keeps getting worse. While the No. 1 seed Pacers were losing Game 5 to the Hawks -- falling one game away from a stunning first-round exit --...
NBA drops hammer on Sterling: Banned for life, fined $2.5 million
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA and fined the maximum $2.5 million for his infamous racist rant, league Commissioner Adam Silver announced...
Ex-city Parks staffer gets 25 years for killing co-worker
A Queens judge threw the book at a former Parks Department employee who stabbed a co-worker to death on the job, sending him to prison for 25 years for the...
Ebola survivors: The stigma is worse than the fever
CONAKRY, Guinea — The doctor has beaten the odds and survived Ebola, but he still has one more problem: the stigma carried by the deadly disease. Even though he is completely...
Kimye's Vogue issue to smash records, Kate Moss the doll and more
Kimye is about to smash some records for Vogue; meanwhile, sis Kendall Jenner may be Calvin Klein’s new girl. Klein’s original star, Kate Moss, gets the paper doll treatment, and...
Future Mrs. Clooney proves Princeton Mom wrong
Dear Amal, Well played, Ms. Alamuddin, well played. You are my new personal hero. But not for the reason you might think. Sure, you’ve just landed the Moby Dick of...
Possible Malaysia jet wreckage found off India, firm claims
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The countries searching for the missing Malaysian jet are assessing a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern...
Black hockey players feel sting of Sterling race fiasco
PHILADELPHIA — When the bombshell racial rants allegedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling became public, the words hit Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds harder than a bone-jarring check into...
Biker going 130mph with a pound of cocaine busted in statewide crackdown
State troopers busted more than 25,000 drivers in two crackdowns this month targeting speeders and distracted motorists — including a Bronx biker going 130 mph with more than a pound...
Carriage driver accused of using hoof brand to fake sick horse's age
A carriage driver has been accused of altering a hoof brand to make a 22-year-old draft horse with a breathing ailment appear to be a healthier horse nearly half its...
The surprises & snubs of the Tony nominations
We know that saying “it’s an honor just to be nominated” is a way to make you feel better when you lose the actual prize. But in a Broadway season...
Creating Star Wars art, one staple at a time
A Brooklyn-based Star Wars fanatic spends his time making mosaics of his favorite characters…out of staples. James Haggerty was playing with an old stapler when he realized the metal staples'...
More secret NBA recordings! Warriors coach axed over tapes
Apparently, no conversation is safe in the NBA. Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired earlier this month because of a "violation of company policy," and the violation reportedly was that Erman...
Warren Buffett offers investors autographed diamonds
Warren Buffett is betting shareholders will pay up for a pricey souvenir from his annual investor-palooza. Berkshire Hathaway shareholders looking to get the legendary investor’s autograph at the May 3...
For rent: the International Space Station
It's the ultimate getaway destination, with views that are literally out of this world. For the world-weary tourist, the International Space Station offers a unique holiday destination — and unlimited...
Mark Cuban: Here's why Sterling should keep the Clippers
DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban called Donald Sterling’s purported comments about minorities “abhorrent” while saying he didn’t think the NBA could force him out as owner of the...
Loeb, Sotheby’s case may reshape shareholder activism
Sotheby’s and its largest investor, Daniel Loeb, will open their arguments in court on Tuesday on whether the auction house should be allowed to restrict the billionaire’s ownership stake, in...
'A Gentleman's Guide' leads with 10 Tony nods
The musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," a comedic romp in which a poor man eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, nabbed a leading...
Apple slices $100 off MacBook Air
Apple is finally competing with PC rivals on price. The Cupertino, Calif., company rolled out a refreshed MacBook Air laptop lineup on Tuesday morning that features lower prices along with...
History's 10 worst forms of birth control
The next time you scoff at grabbing one of those free NYC condoms at the bar, think of all the way-more-terrible methods people used to employ to prevent pregnancy. History...
Dolphins protect swimmer in shark-infested waters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohsg1XI6KdI In a scene reminiscent of the '60s television show "Flipper," a long-distance swimmer has been protected by a pod of dolphins that scared off a shark during a charity...
All of Nets' hopes rest on Deron Williams
To find out which team has won each of the first four games of the Nets-Raptors first-round playoff series, you don’t have to look further than Deron Williams’ line in...
Raptors gaining confidence as series goes on
The Raptors began the series with a whimper, their inexperience showing in the Nets’ easy Game 1 victory. They haven’t displayed those nerves lately, however, winning two of the last...
Robinson Cano pranks Yankees fans hard on 'Fallon'
http://youtu.be/0b9rOji_PWY Robinson Cano returns to play at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time since leaving the team to sign a mega-bucks free-agent contract with the distant Seattle...
FedEx shooter was decked out 'like Rambo'
A crazed gunman – dressed like “Rambo” and bent on “heading into war” – shot six co-workers and killed himself at a FedEx facility near Atlanta on Tuesday, police said....
Hondo brewing up a winner
Hondo’s inexorable march toward a four-figure deficit raged on Monday night when Darvish and the Rangers failed their assignment against the A’s, which raised the dirty digits to 735 younts....
Warriors coach urges Clippers fans to boycott playoff game
If Mark Jackson was a basketball fan in Los Angeles, he knows how he would handle the decision whether to attend Game 5 of the Clippers first round series with...
The biggest myths about the crisis in Ukraine
On a cool evening, a 23-year-old girl approaches with a slight limp (the result of an injury at Maidan Square, she later says), asking for a light. When she realizes...
White House releases guidelines to stop sexual assaults at colleges
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration admonished colleges and universities — "No more turning a blind eye" — as it released guidelines designed to stem sexual assaults on campuses and help...
Plane's engine catches fire shortly after takeoff
SYDNEY — A plane carrying 97 people has been forced to make an emergency landing in western Australia after one of its engines caught fire. No one was injured. Cobham...
'The Following' producer hints at what's in store for next season
Monday’s Season 2 finale of “The Following” left fans knowing that there will be more psychological scrapes next year. Serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) and his nemesis, Ryan Hardy...
'Grease' goes live on TV in 2015
The T-Birds and the Pink Ladies are coming to TV. Following the success of NBC’s “Sound of Music Live!,” Fox announced it plans to broadcast a live production of “Grease”...
City Council members set to reform discretionary funds
City Council members are set to introduce legislation Tuesday that would make the distribution of discretionary funds more equitable, sources told The Post. The much-touted reforms are largely meant to...
City Council revives war with charter schools after de Blasio makes peace
Just as Mayor Bill de Blasio finally managed to settle his public battles with charter network leader Eva Moskowitz, his City Council allies are gearing up to revive the fight....
9/11 mastermind had his sights set on London next: testimony
Only months after masterminding the 9/11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, Khalid Sheik Mohammed plotted a terror strike against London’s Canary Wharf, according to testimony in the trial...
Obama’s approval rating at an all-time low
President Obama’s approval rating is at an all-time low, according to a new Washington Post ABC poll. He’s at just 41 percent, down from 46 percent for the first three...
Schumer calls for more Port Authority reforms
The Port Authority needs major reforms to make it transparent and boost its finances, Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday. He called on the bi-state agency to have more open meetings,...
Donald Sterling's ex hits court in 'super visor'
The ex-girlfriend of Clippers owner Donald Sterling wore a multicolored visor to hide her face from photographers as she headed to a Los Angeles courthouse on Monday. V. Stiviano went...
Assemblywoman Malliotakis plans run for Grimm’s seat
Brooklyn/Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis wasted no time positioning herself for Michael Grimm’s congressional seat. Hours after lawyers for the Staten Island congressman announced on Friday that he would be...
Albany moves to ban e-cigs in public after city's ban
ALBANY — State lawmakers believe that if e-cigarette vapor is bad for New York City, it’s also no good for Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. In an effort to crack...
CityTime head, accomplices sentenced to 20 years in prison
Saying the CityTime payroll scam illustrates how the city’s contract-awarding “process is in need of significant reform,” a federal judge on Monday sentenced mastermind Mark Mazer and his two trusted...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Two nattily dressed thieves swiped four boxes of cigars from the Fort Greene cigar lounge run by Brooklyn Nets announcer David Diamante, cops said. The two suspects broke into...
In Michael Grimm, the surprising rise of a nobody
House Republican leaders are pulling the plug on Rep. Michael Grimm’s reelection campaign, cutting off cash infusions from the national party’s main campaign committee to the embattled Staten Island lawmaker....
Schneiderman makes fund-raising appeal to counter Super PAC
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is running scared. The Schneiderman campaign sent out an SOS fund-raising solicitation to its network of supporters on Monday — just hours after The Post...
Alleged stabbing killer a no-show at arraignment for murder
The Connecticut teen who allegedly stabbed a classmate to death after she turned him down for the prom was a no-show at his own arraignment on murder charges Monday. Chris...