July 25, 2014
Fighter jets escort plane back to Canada after passenger's threat
Two U.S. F16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada back to Toronto on Friday after a man on the plane apparently threatened to blow...
Duda's home run caps Mets' comeback win over Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Lucas Duda is a man on a mission. A night after establishing his career high for home runs in a season, the powerful first baseman delivered maybe his...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn ■ The men pictured above are wanted for snatching a Jesus pendant and two gold chains at gunpoint in Flatlands, cops said. The crooks are suspected of pulling a...
Ex-WWE champ subdues home burglar
PHOENIX — A hapless burglar in Arizona learned a hard lesson when he broke into the Phoenix home of former World Wrestling Entertainment heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan, police said on...
Millionaires are taking over New York City: survey
Millionaires are taking Manhattan. New York is set to become the leading home of high net-worth individuals — surpassing Tokyo to have more millionaires than any other city in the...
My awkward call with the late great Alan 'Ace' Greenberg
Ace Greenberg liked to play cards. Bridge was his favorite game, but he was known to keep a deck of cards on his desk to distract himself from the rigors...
Would you brave the world’s tallest, fastest drop ride?
Pulling up to the parking lot, I was good. “You got this,” I thought to myself. “You is kind, you is smart, you is going to tackle the beast.” But...
‘Lightning Thief’ makes a spirited plea for self-acceptance
You can’t accuse Theatreworks USA of lacking ambition in its shows for young audiences. Its 26th season’s production, “The Lightning Thief,” is an action-packed musical filled with heroic battles and...
Hondo’s in for Red
Kuroda and the Yanks came to Hondo’s rescue last night, rallying wonderfully to continue their Stadium domination of the Jays and reduce the deficit to 1,450 kluszewskis. Saturday: Mr. Aitch...
‘Knife Fight’ gets a Hall pass
Before he had his own TV show on Esquire Network — and even before he competed on Bravo’s “Top Chef” — Ilan Hall was challenging his fellow line cooks at...
Lakers offer coaching gig to Byron Scott
A member of Showtime is about to return to the Lakers in his dream job. Byron Scott, who played 11 seasons in Los Angeles, coached the Nets to two Finals...
Ichiro powers surging Yankees into wild-card lead
The Yankees have found all sorts of unusual ways to win games this season, with their rotation in shambles and their lineup almost devoid of power. On Friday, they got...
Giants’ Brown ready to Rolle like fellow safety Antrel
Anyone wondering about the quality of the Giants’ starting safeties would wonder first about Stevie Brown. Antrel Rolle is an established NFL player, a defensive fixture in New York just...
‘Game of Thrones’ reveals new cast members
HBO on Friday confirmed several new cast members for the upcoming season of “Game of Thrones.” Among the “GoT” newbies are Alexander Siggig, who will play Doran Martell, the ruling...
New Yankee Capuano relieved to be back as a starting pitcher
The Red Sox’s trash is the Yankees treasure. Less than a month after Boston released journeyman Chris Capuano, the Yankees are counting on the 35-year-old left-hander to help in their...
Plenty of talent still available to help your fantasy team
Your fantasy team is struggling, all of your players are day-to-day or on the disabled list. You’re starting to see fantasy football leagues opening up, and you’re ready to start...
Mangold wants to remain with Jets for life
CORTLAND — He has been chasing a Super Bowl ring for nine years going on 10, on a franchise that has been chasing one for 45 years going on 46,...
Jeter credits Hall-of-Fame-bound 'Mr. Torre' for success, career
It was his 2,692nd game as a Yankee, and before Derek Jeter went 1-for-4 in Friday night’s 6-4 victory over the Blue Jays in The Bronx, the captain shared one...
With Tuck, Snee gone, Giants look for loud leaders
Antrel Rolle was barking out encouragement as if he had a whistle around his neck. “Get that ball out! Compete, compete, compete!” the Giants safety yelled. His words were shouted...
Democrats' big bad ObamaCare bet
Words mean what they say. That’s the basis for the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in Halbig v. Burwell invalidating the Internal Revenue Service...
Iona Prep star Ty Jerome getting noticed during AAU season
July is the showcase month for high school basketball prospects, four weeks of travel from one AAU tournament to another, playing in front of hundreds of college coaches. The goal...
Angry vandal points out 'bad' parking by spray painting cars
A self-appointed Queens parking expert vandalized two cars with spray paint Wednesday, tagging two cars with messages slamming their parking, CBS New York reported. “Learn to park S bag,” the...
Rex Ryan: Former Jaguar Jason Babin was brought in to play
CORTLAND — The Jets got a look at their newest addition Friday when outside linebacker Jason Babin practiced for the first time. Babin said he knew he could still play...
Mets' Wright: I'd recruit Tulowitzki, who's 'perfect' for NY
MILWAUKEE — David Wright doesn’t know if the Mets can land Troy Tulowitzki or Carlos Gonzalez, but just the idea his team has interest in the Rockies sluggers means something...
Homeless man busted for stalking Rihanna with creepy notes
A homeless man was arrested for stalking pop star Rihanna by delivering creepy handwritten notes to her luxe SoHo apartment, cops said Friday. Kevin McGlynn, 53, was caught on surveillance...
Weight loss could help Jets' Coples live up to billing
CORTLAND — When Quinton Coples returned to his Kinston, N.C., home this offseason, he did so with a rule. “No barbecue, none of that,” the Jets linebacker said Friday. Coples...
Israel, Hamas agree to 12-hour cease fire
JERUSALEM — Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal...
Giants' Rodgers-Cromartie: Can’t beat the cleat
How can you tell what mood Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie is in? Look down and check out his shoes. The new Giants cornerback has an extensive and varied collection of colorful cleats,...
Michael Moore's class act
Divorce is always tragic, especially when a couple was married as long as Michael Moore and his now-ex-wife, Kathleen Glynn. Glynn was a partner in film too, producing many of...
Where's Andrew?
Anyone seen Gov. Cuomo lately? On Wednesday, he canceled a scheduled drop-in at the Bronx County Democratic dinner. On Thursday and Friday, he listed zero public appearances on his schedule....
Tunnel terrorism
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel has agreed to a 12-hour ceasefire starting Saturday morning. The sticking point for anything longer is Israel’s insistence...
The autoworkers Obama robbed
The White House pretended to champion American workers this week with gimmicky initiatives on federal job training and “workplace innovation.” But far from the Beltway dog-and-pony show, a group of...
Border-kid bashing: Stop the fear-mongering
The good news at the US border with Mexico is that the flood of children from Central America crossing illegally, now totaling nearly 60,000, has slowed. The bad news is...
Take The Post's sex survey to see how kinky you really are
The Post wants to know what you’re up to when you’re getting down! Weigh in on sexting, threesomes and everything in between (the sheets) by taking our annual Sex Survey...
Offensively challenged Yanks could turn to utilityman Pirela
When the Yankees spent over $450 million this past offseason, it underscored the lack of major league-ready talent in the team’s farm system. Indeed, only one of the organization’s top...
The day in photos
San Diego Comic-Con takes over, a chimpanzee chomps down, Israelis and Palestinians mourn loved ones and more.
Darrelle Revis: 'Weird' being with Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Even Darrelle Revis finds it strange to be wearing the uniform of the Jets’ most bitter rival. The All-Pro cornerback said Friday that suiting up for the...
Hospital gunman intended to kill others: official
MEDIA, Pa. — A psychiatrist's patient ranted about a gun ban at a suburban medical complex before opening fire there, killing his caseworker and grazing his psychiatrist before the doctor...
Victims of voyeuristic doctor must define trauma to get share of $190M
BALTIMORE — Thousands of women whose genitals might have been photographed during gynecological exams can share a $190 million settlement from Johns Hopkins Health System. But they'll have to describe...
Gennady Golovkin is the best boxer you (probably) don't know
Miguel Cotto’s stoppage of Sergio Martinez last month at the Garden solidified Gennady Golovkin as the best middleweight on the planet, a standing he plans to validate Saturday when he...
Baby dies after being left in hot car
WICHITA, Kan. — A 10-month-old Kansas girl died after being strapped for more than two hours inside a sweltering car, and police arrested a foster parent who said he'd forgotten...
So far so good for Giants' Wilson in first practice in pads
The best news for the Giants regarding David Wilson was that there was no news. The running back practiced Friday with the rest of the team, wearing shoulder pads for...
7 things to know about 'Batman V Superman'
Why so serious, Batman? As part of Comic-Con in San Diego, producers of “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” have been dropping tidbits of news about the highly anticipated 2016...
Reward raised to $2,000 in case of neglected Shih Tzu
The reward to catch a heartless dog owner who left a severely neglected Shih Tzu to die in Long Island last week has been raised to $2,000 by the Suffolk...
Comic-Con 101: Know your franchises
New to the elaborate world of Comic-Con? It's admittedly a little daunting to navigate your way around the who's who of superhero royalty and the celebrities that are playing them....
Billy Joel sells multimillion-dollar beach house
The Piano Man has sold his oceanfront beach "bungalow" in the Hamptons for just under its $19.9 million reduced asking price, The Post has learned. But Billy Joel will still...
Jets practice report: Vick can throw a beauty when he gets chance
CORTLAND – Geno Smith threw his first interception of training camp on Friday, a terribly thrown pass across the middle that was tipped in the air and then picked off...
River mysteriously turns blood-red
There will be blood! In a story straight out of Exodus, a river in eastern China has mysteriously changed to a crimson color. The river’s plague-like transformation was noticed early...
Why won't John Idzik admit Geno Smith is Jets' No. 1 QB?
CORTLAND -- During the first two days of training camp, Jets quarterback Geno Smith has received 74 percent of the first-team snaps and Michael Vick has picked up the scraps....
Matt Brown resurrects UFC career to within 1 win of title shot
It will be a battle of career comebacks Saturday night in San Jose when Matt "The Immortal" Brown takes on "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler in the main event on FOX. Brown,...
2 kids killed, 3 critically injured in horrific carjacking crash
PHILADELPHIA — Two men forced a woman into the backseat of her sport utility vehicle at gunpoint, drove off but later lost control and plowed into a group of people...
Diane and Julia triumph, while Aubrey just looks tragic
The week’s most stylish served up neutrals — and black and white and red (all over!) — refreshed in attractive ways. The worst worked a mix of the season’s biggest...
Couple found in each other's arms after 'suicide' at Hilton
A man and woman were found dead Friday — lovingly wrapped in each other’s arms in bed — in an apparent double suicide in a Hilton Garden Inn hotel on...
Rice's wife pleaded with Goodell to go light on ban: report
An impassioned plea from Ray Rice's wife, Janay Palmer, at the Baltimore Ravens running back's disciplinary hearing with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly was instrumental in limiting the length of Rice's...
Italian director making documentary about de Blasio
http://youtu.be/cBRIiD5Htjc Move over, "My Cousin Vinny" — here comes "My Cousin Billy." A star-struck Italian director linked to Mayor Bill de Blasio's grandmother is filming a documentary tracing Hizzoner's rise to...
Israel rejects Kerry's Gaza truce while Palestinians protest
Bullets went flying through the streets of East Jerusalem on Friday, as Israeli police and Palestinian protesters clashed in bloody battles near the Old City during a “day of rage”...
Crash survivor crawled out of plane wreckage to call her dad
XIXI, Taiwan — The 10 survivors of Taiwan's worst air disaster in more than a decade include a 34-year-old woman who called her father after scrambling from the wreckage and...
Pope eats lunch in Vatican worker cafeteria
VATICAN CITY — Do you make the pope pay for lunch? Pope Francis popped in unannounced at the Vatican workers' cafeteria Friday and lined up, tray in hand, along with...
Carmelo says belief in Phil trumped Bulls after 'flip-flopping'
Faith in Phil Jackson trumped everything else for Carmelo Anthony, including money. “I want to win. I don’t care about the money,” Anthony told ESPN.com. “I believe Phil will do...
Alan 'Ace' Greenberg, former head of Bear Stearns, dead at 86
Just days before his death at age 86, Alan “Ace” Greenberg was still coming into his office at JPMorgan Chase to manage money. Greenberg, who helped turn Bear Stearns into...
Is 'Seinfeld' heading to Netflix?
Jerry Seinfeld says his iconic NBC series “Seinfeld” could be available on Netflix. Seinfeld made the remark Thursday while doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview when he was...
Tennis player's valiant, absurd 2-on-1 after KO'ing doubles partner
https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/492478850266578944/ Taylor Townsend found herself woefully outnumbered at a World Tennis Team event on Thursday. Townsend knocked her doubles partner, Liezel Huber, out of their match when Townsend accidentally hit Huber...
Satellite full of lizards having sex is spinning out of control
Leapin’ lizards — they're lost in space! A Russian satellite full of geckos having sex in space has stopped responding to ground control, the Washington Post reports. The unmanned spacecraft...
Aussie and Dutch police ready to secure MH17 crash site
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A small group of Dutch and Australian investigators walked the sprawling, unsecured site where Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 went down as their governments prepared police detachments they...
Thierry Henry on Arsenal reunion: At least stadium will be full
For the Red Bulls, Saturday’s friendly against FA Cup champion Arsenal is exciting. And glamorous. And a huge pain in the rear. While captain Thierry Henry and coach Mike Petke...
Iggy to host 'House of Style,' Kate Upton covers Elle and more
MTV resurrects “House of Style” (again), Kate Upton loses her pants and both American Apparel and beauty Andrej Pejic make big, bold decisions. - Androgynous model Andrej Pejic came out...
The 9 spots to avoid in a blistering NYC summer
It's hot out there. The city has a lot to offer New Yorkers in the summertime, but finding a cool respite from the searing heat can be a minefield. Beat the...
Homemade heroes: The cosplayers of Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is full of colorful characters.
NYPD terror chief scales Brooklyn Bridge to inspect white flag site
Anti-terror cops who were caught flat-footed by flag-swapping trespassers on Brooklyn Bridge are getting yanked from the comforts of their squad cars — and will have to walk around-the-clock foot...
Ambulance going to emergency strikes and kills motorcyclist
An ambulance racing to an emergency struck and killed a motorcyclist Friday morning in East Harlem, authorities and witnesses said. The New York Presbyterian ambulance was heading eastbound on East...
5 ways the Beastie Boys’ 'Paul’s Boutique' changed hip hop
Very few people knew what to make of it at the time, but 25 years to the day from its release (July 25, 1989), the only way to think of...
Man who shot cop in crotch to get 25 years in prison
A smug Brooklyn street thug took his sweet time accepting a plea deal Friday for shooting and permanently injuring a Brooklyn police officer — and even objected that the cop...
Pro-Russian beauty wears makeup found at MH17 crash site
She didn’t bat an eye when she painted her lashes with a dead woman’s mascara. A Pro-Russia Ukrainian woman posted Instagram photos of herself dolled up with makeup that she...
Ride-sharing service Lyft gets green light in NYC
After claiming it would go rogue in the Big Apple, the ride-sharing app Lyft caved in to regulators on Friday and agreed to immediately start offering the service using only...
Chris Paul would sit out if Sterling remains Clippers owner
Chris Paul might be the only person able to convince Donald Sterling to end his fight to regain control of the Clippers. Paul revealed to ESPN he and some key...
The best and worst cosplay at Comic-Con ... so far
With San Diego's annual Comic-Con event kicking off this weekend, fans of iconic comic books, films and TV shows are ditching their work duds for superhero-esque apparel. While some costumes...
The 9 best sour beer breweries in Colorado
Not every puckered face in Colorado is puffing on a joint — many of them are just reeling in the wonderfully tart-tastic aftermath of a sour beer, one of the...
Zuckerberg richer than Google guys after stock rally
While Facebook and Google duke it out for Internet ad dominance, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already beaten Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page in one key metric —...
Jon Stewart skewers Cuomo on ethics scandal
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reported interference with a short-lived ethics panel is getting laughs on late-night television. On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart played a clip of an earlier...
Timeshares at Manhattan club too good to be true: AG
You can own a midtown Manhattan condo for a mere $35,000 — a tantalizing offer that is too good to be true, according to a new fraud lawsuit by the state's...
Banned ex-Giants safety Will Hill lands with Ravens, of all teams
Will Hill, the former Giants safety, has found a new home. The talented but troubled Jersey City resident signed Friday with the Baltimore Ravens, a team currently embroiled in the...
Is Bon Jovi trying to steer the Bills to Toronto?
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo Bills prospective ownership group that includes rocker Jon Bon Jovi has conducted a feasibility study into buying the NFL franchise and building a stadium in...
Top regulator opposed new bank regs while job hunting
A former top regulator at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission was allowed to weigh in on controversial rules for big banks — even after he alerted ethics officers at the...
GM's public prostate exam while singing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game'
http://youtu.be/Eg70nQanlag They say you see something new every day in baseball, and this certainly qualifies: The general manager of the minor league Myrtle Beach Pelicans had a prostate exam. During...
Putin's daughter flees home in the Netherlands
Vladimir Putin's daughter has fled her home in the Netherlands amid overwhelming criticism from disgusted locals who demanded she be deported after the downing of Flight MH17. "We have not...
Bret Michaels' guide on how to properly trash a hotel room
Shows. Tours. Parties. Girls. In rock ‘n’ roll, the above are standard — but to be a true rock star, you’re going to have to break a few things. As...
Sleeping Yankee fan: 'I wasn’t doing anything wrong'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDrcWTSczs The Bronx Bombers fan who filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against two ESPN announcers who mocked him on air for snoozing in his seat said the whole experience...
Hamas fired 3 rockets at Tel Aviv’s airport
Hamas said it fired three rockets at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Friday — only one day after US carriers and some European airlines started flying there again following a...
Mawkish rom-com ‘And So It Goes’ is as bad as it gets
Thirty years to the week after “When Harry Met Sally,’’ Rob Reiner directs the excruciating, mawkish and interminable romantic dramedy “And So It Goes’’ with shocking ineptitude. Just how awful...
21st Century to use pay-TV sale proceeds to renew buyback
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox said on Friday it would renew a share buyback program using the proceeds from its partial exit from European pay-TV, regardless of any acquisitions the...
Astronaut tweets picture of Gaza explosions from space
An astronaut has given the conflict in Israel some perspective by tweeting a picture showing explosions and rockets that even he can see from space. Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut...
Creepy dolls on families' doorsteps were meant to spread cheer
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — They sent a creepy feeling through several Southern California families, but authorities say the person who left porcelain dolls on doorsteps didn't mean any harm. The...
Ohio State band marches on after 'sexualized' culture revealed
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State marching band is moving forward without its director: A day after he was fired, the band is performing with the Columbus Symphony in what...
Harness great Cat Manzi to be feted at Meadowlands
Friday night, the New Meadowlands will honor one of its own: driver Catello Manzi, who is also one of the best the sport of harness racing has ever seen. Manzi...
Black box found in Mali crash that killed 116
PARIS — French soldiers recovered a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, officials said. Terrorism hasn't been ruled...
G train shutting down for 5 weeks in Brooklyn and Queens
Beginning Friday night, a portion of the G subway line that connects Brooklyn and Queens will be shut down for five weeks. The MTA says there will be no service...
De Blasio gets big welcome in grandmother's hometown
Italian boys love their nonnas and Mayor de Blasio is no exception, paying an emotional visit to his grandmother’s hometown of Grassano on Thursday. Hundreds cheered the mayor as he...
Alcohol banned on federally owned Fire Island beaches
It’s last call for boozing beachgoers at two popular party spots on Fire Island. Every weekend, hundreds of people looking to soak up the sun with a Solo cup in...
Mario Batali's Times column ends after three years
Celeb chef/restaurateur Mario Batali’s “What I’m Drinking Now” mini-column in the New York Times Magazine has ceased after a three-year run. Jake Silverstein, the new editor of the magazine, said...
InStyle narrowly beats Vogue in ad page battle
Most of the fashion titles reported strong Septembers, but after a dismal first half, it has not been enough to push their totals into positive territory for the year to...
Russian newspaper prints front-page MH17 apology
Russia's left-leaning Novaya Gazeta newspaper has published a highly provocative apology — written in Dutch and splashed across its front page Friday. The paper has deviated from the official line...
Leap of faith for passengers after aviation's terrible week
WASHINGTON — Airline travel requires passengers to make a leap of faith, entrusting their lives to pilots, airlines, air traffic controllers and others who regulate air travel. Even after a...
Israeli airstrikes hit 30 Gaza Strip homes
JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft struck 30 houses in the Gaza Strip early Friday, killing a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group and two of his sons, as Israel's Security...
Indian teen has 232 teeth removed from his mouth
When Ashik Gavai began struggling to bite and chew due to severe swelling on the right side of his face, he took himself to see a doctor. After a number...
Billionaire’s apartment is oozing goo in neighbor’s homes: suit
A glass-encased Tribeca condo that is home to a restaurant billionaire and a top Wall Street banker is oozing sticky goo into the apartments of several big-bucks residents because of...
Overseas tax dodge taxing Obama's patience
In his strongest plea yet to close a popular corporate-tax dodge, President Obama blasted US companies that shift their tax domiciles overseas — known as inversions — for “gaming the...
Yelp spreads out with 11 Madison Ave. move
Online review site Yelp has given five stars to 11 Madison Ave., where it has finalized a lease for 151,200 square feet. Yelp will join Credit Suisse, Sony and William...
Investors hope Alibaba will acquire Yahoo!
Forget about Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer and her plans to turn around the ailing Internet company. Thanks to an intriguing report making the rounds of Wall Street, investors are hoping...
Dunkin’ Donuts heats up war against Starbucks
Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Nigel Travis is trying to rally his troops to mount a fresh attack after coffee rival Starbucks gained ground in the latest quarter with a low-priced assault....
Bezos pet projects blamed for huge losses in Q2 for Amazon
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is becoming increasingly obvious about his willingness to saddle shareholders with losses — big losses. Amazon’s stock tumbled 10 percent in after-hours trades Thursday after the...
Walmart taps Greg Foran to head its US stores
Walmart has tapped the head of its Asia division to run its troubled US stores, replacing longtime domestic chief Bill Simon. Simon, 54, who last year had been a candidate...
$2.1B deal to sell Red Lobster slammed as 'fire sale' in suit
A controversial deal to sell Red Lobster is still causing indigestion. Starboard Value LP has sued Darden Restaurants over its $2.1 billion agreement in May to sell Red Lobster to...
Herbalife hires ex-Biden chief to fend off regulators
Herbalife is tapping an ex-Obama administration honcho to beat back hedge fund nemesis Bill Ackman, who upped the stakes this week when he called the nutritional supplements company a “criminal...
Barchetta's doomed location is sunk by careless dishes
What part of Africa was the “African pompano” from? “ ‘African’ is a type of pompano,” the Barchetta waiter advised us. “It’s from Florida.” Wherever the fish called home, it was...
How secret race to develop ‘The Bomb’ affected those involved
Rachel Brosnahan is developing a rep for playing characters with a secret. The 24-year-old actress had a break-out turn on “House of Cards” as Rachel Posner, a reformed call girl...
Samberg, Harington lead HBO's '7 Days In Hell'
Andy Samberg (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) are set to lead the star-studded cast of the HBO movie “7 Days In Hell.” The sports mockumentary stars Samberg...
Ferguson breaks silence on leaving 'The Late, Late Show'
Craig Ferguson has broken his silence about leaving CBS, and “The Late Late Show,” this December after a 10-year run. “It’s time for a change, man. It’s time for a...
A thin line between love & hate for Laurents & Sondheim
There's nothing more bracing on a hot summer day than sipping an ice-cold martini while reading Stephen Sondheim’s letters to Arthur Laurents on the subject of their flop musical “Anyone...
'Fifty Shades' of meh: Trailer is all pain, no gain
"This is just an interview for the newspaper,” begins the trailer to the eagerly anticipated “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie, eight words that are a guaranteed prelude to a sexy...
Tina Charles' put-back leads surging Liberty to OT victory
SEATTLE — Tina Charles broke a tie on a put-back with 23 seconds left in the Liberty’s 84-80 overtime victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night. Cappie Pondexter scored...
Mom whose kids, parents died in Christmas blaze finds love again
When Madonna Badger suffered the unthinkable loss of her three young daughters and her parents in a Christmas Day house fire, she never imagined she’d ever find happiness again. She...
MTA faces $12B funding gap for major capital projects: report
The MTA could face a $12 billion gap in funding for improvements and big projects like the Second Avenue subway, says a new comptroller analysis. Chairman Thomas Prendergast will present...
Eighth-inning role setting up nicely for Jeurys Familia
MILWAUKEE — Jeurys Familia admits he sneaks an occasional peek at his numbers, but he doesn’t want to jinx himself. “I don’t like to see them,” the Mets reliever said...
Welfare office worker stole homeless clients' checks: investigators
A veteran city worker stole more than $500,000 over three years by diverting welfare checks meant to cover the rent of homeless clients to his pals posing as landlords, investigators...
Travelers rip FAA's two-day ban on US flights to Tel Aviv
Passengers on the first jet to Israel from a New York-area airport Thursday blasted the federal government for the two-day ban on commercial flights to Tel Aviv, saying it made...
Russia planning major missile shipment to Ukraine rebels
Russia has been lobbing artillery shells into Ukraine and is planning to give the rebels missiles that are even deadlier than the one that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the...
Wilmer Flores back up with Mets -- so who's the shortstop?
MILWAUKEE — Wilmer Flores is back with the Mets, but the same old problem persists: How will he get steady at-bats? Manager Terry Collins had no definitive answer to that...